4
by Beyoncé
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4 is ranked 5th best out of 12 albums by Beyoncé on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Beyoncé is Lemonade which is ranked number 450 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,740.
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4 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/02/2026 22:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,496 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 17:44 | Jakor | 5,525 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2026 10:42 |  DeusExMackia | 750 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 21:44 | cicadelic | 13,774 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 21:12 | stanchoiaz | 335 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.9/100, a mean average of 63.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 23.0.
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VictorVale 01/04/2019 17:34 | #228920
Menos pretensioso e mais divertido de seus álbuns.
I love this album. (Edited)
Please do not judge this album based on Run the World. It is clearly the worst track coming from someone who has listened to the whole album dozens of times.
This has some of her best songs, Countdown being my all time favorite but also Best I Never Had, Start Over, and Love on Top are highlights.
forget about the self titled and lemonade, this right here is bey in her musical peak
It's pretty decent, a solid pop album, there are some interesting things going on the production. The lyrics are very simple and the album is easygoing, but there are low points on some ballads like "I Care" and "I Miss You" that can sound boring, and of course "Run the World (Girls)", the worst of the album. There are great songs like "Love on Top", "Countdown" and "1+1", plus Beyonce makes justice to the retro sound with her vocals.
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Admittedly I'm 4 years late to comment on this. Like the album. Even Like Run The World. Think it's sample from Pon De Floor mixed with percussion works well, especially in clubs and it's a great track when performed live.
Gets a lot of criticism for being pro woman. So what?
PsychologistHD 09/24/2015 16:58 | #150376 | TOP COMMENT
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It's solid. I wouldn't call it refreshing, and suffers from being overlong. I could've done without Run The World, I'll admit. (Edited)
She needs to do more albums like this
Punishing this album mostly for 'Run the World'.
Some sins can't be forgiven.
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