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"Survivor" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
The '70s had Helen Reddy declaring "I am Woman" and Gloria Gaynor vowing "I Will Survive." Two-and-a-half decades down the road, female empowerment is finding its pop music voice in the self-empowerment anthems of Destiny's Child. On SURVIVOR, the pop-R&B trio uses such songs as "Independent Women Part I" (previously heard on the CHARLIE'S ANGELS soundtrack) and the title tune as vehicles for their own statements of gender independence. Seldom has the women's-lib aesthetic been applied to grooves this sultry.
Despite all the social statements, DC isn't above diving into more salacious waters, like "Bootylicious," where the ladies assess their own desirability over a sample from Stevie Nicks's '80s hit "Edge of Seventeen." On "Nasty Girls," trashy women receive a verbal dressing-down, but more spiritual matters are addressed in the closing "Gospel Medley," which finds Destiny's Child offering harmonious thanks to the Lord.
Engineers include: Brian Springer, James Hoover, Dan Workman.
Personnel: Beyoncé (vocals); Dan Workman, D'Wayne Wiggins, Nunzio Signore (guitar); Greg Bieck, Walter Afanasieff (keyboards, programming, drum programming); David Donaldson (keyboards); Errol "Poppi" McCalla, Robert Conley (programming).
Audio Mixers: Dave Pensado; Dan Workman; Dave Way; Dexter Simmons; Nick Thomas ; Richard Travali; Thom Cadley; Tony Maserati.
Recording information: 24-7 Studios, Houston, TX; 7 Studios, Houston, TX; Chase Studios, Atlanta, GA; Chung King Studios, NY; Digital Services, Houston, TX; Enterprise studios, Burbank, CA; Hit Factory, NY; House of Music, Oakland, CA; Lobo Studios, Deer Park, NY; Sony Studios, New York, NY; sony Studios, NY; Sound On Sound Music, NY; Sound On Sound Studios, NY; Stay Tuned Studio, Atlanta, GA; Sugar Hill Studios, Houston, TX; The Enterprise, Burbank, CA; TK STudios, Honolulu, HI; WallyWorld Studios, CA; WallyWorld, CA.
Author: Woody Pornpitaksuk.
Arranger: Walter Afanasieff.
Destiny's Child: Beyonce, Kelly, Michelle.
Producers: Beyonce Knowles, Walter Afanasieff.
This is an Enhanced CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Rolling Stone (5/10/01, pp.83-4) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Fluid R&B harmonies, exotic techno beats and more floss than the American Dental Association....SURVIVOR confirms their reign as the princesses of pop....packed with enough hits to keep the show rolling." Spin (7/01, pp.125-6) - 9 out of 10 - "...Every gesture dances along [with a] platinum pop irreconcilability....Relentlessly inventive in its recombinations. The beats are just a tinge twisted for teen pop....[They] are the soul of the new machine..." Entertainment Weekly (5/11/01, pp.77-8) - "...They are in the take-charge phase of their career...there is much musical meat on [the album's] bones....but from leader Beyonce Knowles' creative input to the dominance of her Mariah-style trills, SURVIVOR is very much her work..." - Rating: B+ Q (7/01, p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Sassy..." Vibe (6/01, pp.151-2) - 3 discs out of 5 - "...Beyonce's always been a capable singer, and she's grown even more so on SURVIVOR....the album concerns itself with what the girls have always been about: making it, shaking it, and heartbreaking it..." Mojo (Publisher) (6/01, p.116) - "...An impeccable fusion of classic soul virtues withmachine-tooled modernity..." NME (Magazine) (12/29/01, p.59) - Ranked #15 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001".
Great Cd... "Survivor" is a great album, their are a few songs on this cd that i'm not really familiar with but for the ones I am more familiar with on the album such as Survivor, Emotions, Nasty Girl, Bootylicious, Independent Women pt1, Gospel Medley and Happy Face are great songs. I don't believe that this album is meaningless at all, some have a good meaning to them others are just suitable to jam to wheither your in your car or your just chilling out at home. If you like music you can dance or just chill out to this is a good choice for you. Submitted by alison (melbourne , australia) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 9 of 11 found this helpful.
all of it i just love all of there music on the first one they made. Submitted by John (Charlotte,Nc) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 5 of 8 found this helpful.
AWESOME!! this is awesome!!! yes it is.. i love the song and how it talks about them surviving...w/o needing someone else to rely on... really is an inspiration Submitted by sddf (Wallingford, CT, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 3 of 6 found this helpful.
Survivor I remember this album when I was 14 and bought it. This CD shows maturity in the trio. The music is diversified. Beyonce wrote most of the songs. I fell in love with the title track. It was extremely tight. This CD has sold over 4 million copies. GO Girls! Submitted by davidogletree (Glenwood, IL) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
their best album i like this album totally.. ok there's some song that it seem like it sholud just fill the album but besides that it amazing. and one of the other reviewer wrote that beyonce couldn't sing-so wrong. She has one of the best voices i heard since lauryn hill. sure the could sing a lot more on the album, but beyonce is absolutely the best singer of them. The best song of them all is independent women and emotions! Submitted by jessica (sweden) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
all of it
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