Once the deluxe edition of her new record I Am Sasha Fierce (!) appears, we'll be reviewing it properly, but for now here are our thoughts on the highlight of the Standard Edition disc...
Beyoncé - Radio
The original child of destiny is back, terrorising the airwaves once again - but hang on, for here is a song (an uptempo!) so devastatingly fierce that you will be begging your local station to spin it. And they'll be happy to. 'Radio' features a relentlessly energetic Jim Jonsin beat and some clever stereo/boyfriend metaphors ('the only one that Papa allowed to hang out in my room with the door closed / and Mama never freaked out when she heard it go boom, cos she knew we were in the zone'). Divas singing about their love for their steroes isn't anything new; singing it with such fire as is present here, though, is refreshing.
Beyoncé probably won't release Radio - so often these days the gems go avoided - but there can be no doubt it's her best uptempo since Baby Boy.
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