Beyoncé: Platinum Edition

Beyoncé: Platinum Edition
Box set by Beyoncé
Released	November 24, 2014
Genre	Electro R&B[1]
Length	93:19
Label	Parkwood Columbia
Producer	Various Beyoncé (exec.) Justin Timberlake The-Dream Ammo Boots Mike Caren Cook Classics Detail Geoffro J-Roc Hit-Boy HazeBanga Bobby Johnson Pharrell Williams Key Wane Caroline Polachek Rey Reel Noah "40" Shebib Soko Ryan Tedder Timbaland
Beyoncé chronology
Beyoncé (2013) Beyoncé: Platinum Edition / More Only (2014) Lemonade (2016)
Singles from Beyoncé: Platinum Edition
"Flawless (Remix)" Released: August 12, 2014 "7/11" Released: November 25, 2014 "Ring Off" Released: November 28, 2014[2]

Beyoncé: Platinum Edition is the first box set by American singer Beyoncé, released on November 24, 2014, by Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. A reissue of her fifth studio album Beyoncé (2013), it was released in recognition of its one-year anniversary and is packaged with the audio and visual discs from the original record. The project additionally includes another CD including two newly recorded songs and four previously-released remixes, and a second DVD with ten live performances filmed during The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013–14).

Her fourth EP, titled Beyoncé: More Only was digitally released alongside the box set, offering the newly released material as an individual collection. The EP debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, selling 43,000 copies in its first week, but also garnered an additional 28,000 in album equivalent units. The release was promoted with the release of "7/11" which was sent to urban contemporary radio in the United States as the lead single from the box set on November 25, 2014.

Background and release

Beyoncé unexpectedly released her self-titled fifth studio album on December 13, 2013, without prior announcement.^[3] The record was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 with three-day sales of 617,000 copies,^[4] and remained at the summit of the chart for three consecutive weeks.^[5] Additionally, the release has sold five million copies as of November 2014.^[6] Reports of a follow-up record first surfaced in November 2014, at which time it was widely speculated that Beyoncé would release a second volume of the project on November 25 without prior promotion.^[7] After that it was confirmed that a reportedly-leaked track listing for the record was "completely made up".^[8] Parkwood Entertainment instead announced that Beyoncé would be reissued in an expanded four-disc box set subtitled the Platinum Edition.^[9]

The Platinum Edition was released through physical retailers and online music stores on November 24, 2014; it was simultaneously made available on Spotify for the first time since the original record was premiered.^[10] The box set is packaged with the audio and visual discs from the original record, a DVD subtitled Live with ten performances filmed during The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013–14), a six-track CD subtitled More, and a smaller version of the official 2015 Beyoncé calendar.^[11] Live and More were digitally released as a standalone extended play through the iTunes Store and Amazon.com;^[12][13] the audio material was made available as individual downloads on Google Play.^[14]

New material

Of the six tracks included on More Only, four are remixes of the previously released songs, and two are newly recorded songs.^[15] "7/11", which is an uptempo hip hop piece,^[16] features Auto-Tune in its composition.^[17] The track incorporates several rapping verses by Beyoncé. Caitlin White from MTV News likened the song's production to that of Beyoncé's "Bow Down / I Been On", which was released in March 2013.^[16] Lyrically, "7/11" is about Beyoncé's detailing her dance moves: "I put up my hands up, spinning while my hands up / [...] Legs move it side to side, smack in the air."^[18] "Ring Off" is described as a midtempo reggae ballad that features dancehall rhythms with slight elements of dubstep.^{[19][20][21][22]} The track, in which she sings: "Mama, I understand your many sleepless nights / When you think about father / and how you tried to be the perfect wife... I wish you didn't hurt at all," addresses the end of a marriage between Beyoncé's parents,^[23] Tina and Mathew Knowles. "Standing on the Sun" is an uptempo reggae-inflected song with an island/Caribbean flavor to it.^[24][25]

The extended play version of "Drunk in Love" features a guest appearance from Kanye West, who provided vocals for the official remix; the song features an explicit verse by himself and a slightly modified instrumental produced by Mike Dean. In his lines, West rapped about his wife Kim Kardashian and referenced the video for his own song, "Bound 2" (2013).^[26] Musically, the remix to "Flawless" was noted for being a slower version of the original and containing new, sexually explicit verses.^[27][28][29] It also contains a sample from the horns of Outkast's song "Spottieottiedopaliscious".^[30] Nicki Minaj provides a rapid-fire delivery using a low timbre.^[29] Her lyrics reference the work of Kanye West on the song "Monster", her own success and compares her detractors with Michael Jackson's convicted doctor through numerous punch lines.^[29][31]

Reception

Ben Sisario from The New York Times commented that the Platinum Edition continued the trend of "repackaging hit albums with some extra content" in order to maintain a successful commercial performance. Furthermore, he noted that Iggy Azalea reissued her debut studio album The New Classic (2014) as Reclassified and that Paramore re-released their self-titled fourth studio album (2013) in a deluxe version the same day that Beyoncé launched her repackage. However, Trans World Entertainment vice president for music merchandising Ish Cuebas acknowledged that initial interest in the Platinum Edition appeared "light".^[32]

In a review for Cuepoint, Robert Christgau gave the Platinum Edition an "A" grade and argued that, unlike most superfluous live DVDs, the third disc "rules, not just for Ms. Knowles's legendary stage discipline and expert dance routines but for a star-time visage further beautified by how readily it projects empathy, humor, and fun to fans who get it all". He concluded that the fourth disc More is the "best Bey ever" because it abandoned the tedious themes of dignity present on the original album in favor of more lustful, erotic songs.^[33] Christgau ranked its More Only portion as the seventh best album of 2014 in his year-end list for The Barnes & Noble Review.^[34]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Beyoncé: Platinum Edition.^[35][36]

Beyoncé – Disc one (Audio)[37]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Pretty Hurts"	Ammo Sia Beyoncé	Ammo Beyoncé	4:17
2.	"Haunted"	Boots Beyoncé	Boots Beyoncé	6:09
3.	"Drunk in Love" (featuring Jay-Z)	Knowles Detail Jay-Z Andre Eric Proctor Rasool Díaz Boots Brian Soko Timbaland J-Roc	Detail Beyoncé Timbaland^[b] J-Roc^[b] Boots^[b] Soko^[b]	5:23
4.	"Blow"	Pharrell Williams Beyoncé James Fauntleroy Timbaland J-Roc Justin Timberlake	Williams Beyoncé Timbaland^[a] J-Roc^[a]	5:09
5.	"No Angel"	Caroline Polachek Beyoncé Fauntleroy	Polachek Beyoncé Boots^[b]	3:48
6.	"Partition"	Beyoncé The-Dream Timberlake Boots Timbaland J-Roc Key Wane	Timbaland J-Roc Timberlake Beyoncé Key Wane Mike Dean^[b] Boots^[b]	5:19
7.	"Jealous"	Detail Beyoncé Proctor Díaz Soko Boots	Detail Beyoncé Boots^[b] Hit-Boy^[b] Proctor^[b]	3:04
8.	"Rocket"	Miguel Beyoncé Timberlake Timbaland J-Roc	Timbaland Beyoncé J-Roc^[a]	6:31
9.	"Mine" (featuring Drake)	40 Drake Beyoncé Majid Jordan Omen Key Wane	40 Majid Jordan^[b] Omen^[b] Beyoncé^[c]	6:18
10.	"XO"	Ryan Tedder The-Dream Beyoncé	Tedder The-Dream Beyoncé Hit-Boy^[b] HazeBanga^[b]	3:35
11.	"Flawless" (featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)	Beyoncé The-Dream Hit-Boy Boots Jay-Z	Hit-Boy Beyoncé Rey Reel Music^[a] Boots^[b]	4:10
12.	"Superpower" (featuring Frank Ocean)	Williams Frank Ocean Boots Beyoncé	Williams Boots^[b] Beyoncé^[c]	4:36
13.	"Heaven"	Boots Beyoncé	Boots Beyoncé	3:50
14.	"Blue" (featuring Blue Ivy)	Boots Beyoncé	Boots Beyoncé	4:26
Total length:				66:35

Beyoncé – Disc two (Visual)
No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Pretty Hurts"	Melina Matsoukas	7:04
2.	"Ghost"	Pierre Debusschere	2:31
3.	"Haunted"	Jonas Åkerlund	5:21
4.	"Drunk in Love" (featuring Jay Z)	Hype Williams	6:21
5.	"Blow"	Williams	5:25
6.	"No Angel"	@lilinternet	3:53
7.	"Yoncé"	Ricky Saiz	2:02
8.	"Partition"	Jake Nava	3:49
9.	"Jealous"	Beyoncé, Francesco Carrozzini, Todd Tourso	3:26
10.	"Rocket"	Beyoncé, Ed Burke, Bill Kirstein	4:30
11.	"Mine" (featuring Drake)	Debusschere	4:59
12.	"XO"	Terry Richardson	3:35
13.	"Flawless" (featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)	Nava	4:12
14.	"Superpower" (featuring Frank Ocean)	Åkerlund	5:24
15.	"Heaven"	Beyoncé, Tourso	3:55
16.	"Blue" (featuring Blue Ivy)	Beyoncé, Burke, Kirstein	4:35
17.	"Credits"		2:34
18.	"Grown Woman" (bonus video)	Nava	4:24
Total length:			78:00

Beyoncé – Disc three (Live)[37]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Run the World (Girls)"	4:01
2.	"Flawless"	4:11
3.	"Get Me Bodied"	4:51
4.	"Blow"	3:59
5.	"Haunted"	4:47
6.	"Drunk in Love" (featuring Jay-Z)	4:07
7.	"1+1"	4:47
8.	"Partition"	4:23
9.	"Heaven"	4:39
10.	"XO"	3:54
Total length:		43:39

Beyoncé – Disc four (More)[37]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"7/11"	Bobby Johnson Detail Beyoncé	Beyoncé Johnson Detail^[a] Sidney Swift^[a] Derek Dixie^[b]	3:33
2.	"Flawless (Remix)" (featuring Nicki Minaj)	The-Dream Beyoncé Hit-Boy Rey Reel Music Hazebanga Nicki Minaj	Hit-Boy Beyoncé Rey Reel Music The-Dream Dixie^[b] Boots^[b]	3:54
3.	"Drunk in Love (Remix)" (featuring Jay-Z and Kanye West)	Detail Beyoncé Jay-Z Proctor Díaz Timbaland J-Roc	Detail Beyoncé The Order Kanye West Dean Timbaland^[b] J-Roc^[b] Boots^[b] Noah Goldstein^[b]	6:35
4.	"Ring Off"	Mike Caren Beyoncé Cook Classics Geoff Early Charles Hinshaw Adam Amezaga Derek Dixie Stephen Bishop Hit-Boy Mike Dean Sidney Swift	Beyoncé Caren Cook Classics^[a] Hit-Boy^[b] Dean^[b] Ariel Rechtshaid^[b] Dixie^[b]	3:00
5.	"Blow (Remix)" (featuring Pharrell Williams)	Williams Beyoncé Fauntleroy Timbaland J-Roc Timberlake The-Dream	Williams Beyoncé Timbaland^[a] J-Roc^[a]	5:09
6.	"Standing on the Sun (Remix)" (featuring Mr. Vegas)	Greg Kurstin Sia Beyoncé Detail Proctor Díaz Soko	Kurstin Beyoncé^[b]^[c] Williams^[b]	4:33
Total length:				26:44

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[c]} signifies a vocal producer
• "No Angel" is stylized as "Angel"
• "Flawless" is stylized as "***Flawless"

Sampling credits

• "Partition" contains an interpolation of the French-dubbed version of the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, performed by Hajiba Fahmy.
• "***Flawless" contains portions of the speech "We should all be feminists", delivered by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
• "Heaven" contains portions of "The Lord's Prayer" in Spanish, recited by Melissa Vargas.
• "Flawless (Remix)" contains a sample of "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" by OutKast.
• "Drunk in Love (Remix)" contains a sample of Kanye West's "Flashing Lights", vocals provided by Connie Mitchell.
• "Ring Off" contains portions of a speech delivered by Tina Knowles at the 2014 Texas Women's Empowerment Foundation Leadership Luncheon.

Charts

Album charts

Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peak position Australian Music DVD (ARIA)[38] 1 scope="row" Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[39] 26

Year-end charts Chart (2014) Position Australian Music DVD Chart[40] 17 Chart (2015) Position Australian Music DVD Chart[41] 44 Swedish Albums Chart[42] 51

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalog no.	Ref.
Canada	November 24, 2014	CD + DVD	Sony Entertainment Canada	N/A	[43]
France			Parkwood Entertainment Columbia		[44]
Japan			Sony Music Japan		[45]
United Kingdom			RCA		[46]
United States			Columbia Records Parkwood Entertainment		[47]
Worldwide		Digital download			[48]
Netherlands	November 25, 2014	CD + DVD	Parkwood Entertainment	0888750384423	[49]
Poland			Sony Music Entertainment	88875038442	[50]
Australia	November 28, 2014		Parkwood Entertainment	88875038442	[51]
Turkey	February 8, 2015		Parkwood Entertainment	88875038442	[52]

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