Track Listing

1. Crazy In Love (Featuring Jay-Z)
2. Naughty Girl
3. Baby Boy (Featuring Sean Paul)
4. Hip Hop Star (Featuring Big Boi and Sleepy Brown)
5. Be With You
6. Me, Myself and I
7. Yes
8. Signs (Featuring Missy Elliott)
9. Speechless
10. That's How You Like It (Featuring Jay-Z)
11. The Closer I Get To You (Duet with Luther Vandross)
12. Dangerously In Love 2
13. Beyonc� Interlude
14. Gift From Virgo
15. Work It Out
16. Bonnie & Clyde '03

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #749 in Music
• Released on: 2003-06-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's hyped up, rush-released to avoid piracy and full of stars--but is Beyoncé's solo album Dangerously in Love worthy of all the expectancy? Yes. Her individual break from Destiny's Child has been predicted for the last four years, but Dangerously in Love takes advantage of not being hurried.

The first single "Crazy in Love" (featuring apparent fiancé Jay Z) opens the album and sets the quality bar high. Catchy, high octane and so, so now, it's the perfect club song. Then it's down to business with "Naughty Girl", a teasing track built around Donna Summer's erotic "Love to Love You Baby"--Beyoncé goes from soul-pop kid to sexually mature woman in three minutes.

The hip-hop of "Star" has a N*E*R*D feel, with Outkast's Big Boi undoubtedly responsible for pushing the track into rock/funk territory, a little out of the way of usual Destiny's Child fare. Sean Paul, fast replacing Busta Rhymes as the omnipresent guest star, takes over on "Baby Boy", riding a fashionably eastern-flavoured beat (not unrelated to the famous Diwali rhythm) around Beyoncé's vocals.

The ballad with Luther Vandross is tender without overdosing on sugar, while the astrological cut "Signs", with Missy Elliott, is another standout. Closing track "Daddy" finds Beyoncé crooning over a psychedelic piece of jazz funk, taken from cult 1970s artist Shuggie Otis, whom Beyoncé has been citing as an inspiration. Surprisingly, Beyoncé is the last member of Destiny's Child to release a solo album. The wait has been worthwhile. --Jake Barnes

CD Description
Debut solo effort from Destiny's Child frontwoman Beyonce Knowles. Fresh from her acting stint in Austin Powers, she has worked with Timbaland, Missy Elliott and the Neptunes to make a record she describes as "a mix of soul and hip-hop". It features collaborations with Luther Vandross, Jay-Z and Colombian pop sensation Carlos Vives.

Customer Reviews

Just buy the singles...
If you heard the excellent singles and thought the album might provide some more, stop. After two stunning tracks 'Crazy in Love' and 'Naughty Girl', the album lurches through some forgettable collaborations and slushy, sentimental ballads. There is little to look forward to when the bits you already know are removed. 'Bonnie and Clyde 03', another single, is welcome partly because it heralds the end and a quick change of pace that helps forget the middle tracks.

Perhaps it's naive to expect tracks like 'Crazy in Love' to fill the album, but it quickly steps down a gear and seems to stop trying. I'm glad I own the tracks that persuaded me to buy the album but would probably not buy it in hindsight. No danger of loving the rest.

Beyonce Review
It is impossible to deny that Beyonce has an incredible voice, and is an outstanding performer. However, I can't help but think she is a little weak on the songwriting side. The vocals on this album are admirable, but Dangerously in Love would be much stronger if the incredible voice sang incredible songs, as opposed to the predominantly bland songs that appear on this album. It's a worthwhile buy, as it's generally entertaining enough, but Beyonce doesn't quite live up to expextations.

Don’t believe da hype:
Shes got the body, the voice, she can move, shes beautiful and my dream woman.
The song “Crazy in Love” gets you moving, it makes me want to get up and do the Butt dance with her. its got good beats and is the first song on her Album.
So I was expecting the rest of the song on the album to be similar. But personally it was a BIG let down. Despite guess singers, like Sean Paul, Missy Elliott. All who have good reps for R&B and Hip hop tunes. But all there talents were wasted on this Album.

The album was riding on the song “Crazy in Love” to sell. I love that song so much I even brought the DVD..!!!!!..
With all the marketing and promotion, we are lead to believe that this is one of the best album every. Being number one in this country and that country. I can only guess that the people who brought the album did exactly what I did and not question it. We brought it on the reputation of Boyonce from Destiny Child.

The first song I upbeat and the rest is quite mellow.
I would recommend that you listen to the Album first, either borrow it from a friend or listen to it in the shop.

If Boyonce does do a second album, I will not be in to much of a hurry to purchase it till I heard the reviews.
But I still think she is sexy with a beautiful voice.