Described by Knowles as a "visual album", Beyonc� consists of fourteen tracks, each having an accompanying short film. Musically, the album explores "post-dubstep tinted future R&B", combining minimalistic production, loose song structure and emotive vocals.

Tracklist

Disc 1

1 Pretty Hurts

2 Ghost / Haunted

3 Drun In Love Feat. Jay Z

4 Blow

5 No Angel

6 Yonce / Partition

7 Jealous

8 Rocket

9 Mine Feat. Drake

10 XO

11 ***Flawless Feat. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

12 Superpower Feat. Frank Ocean

13 Heaven

14 Blue Feat. Blue Ivy

Reviews

Knowles revisits her common theme of self-empowerment, but takes on much darker themes previously unexplored in her music, including "bulimia, post-natal depression, the fears and insecurities of marriage and motherhood" and frank, often explicit, discussion of sex.