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".
Rovi
ミッシェルのソロ・アルバムデビュー、ビヨンセのオースティンパワーズ主演、そして、Nelly feat.ケリーでビルボード・シングル・チャートを独占した”DILEMMA”などなど、やっぱデスチャはスゴイです。そんな彼女達が社会現象を巻き起こした3rdがこちら!!(1)(2)(4)(5)(9)...大ヒット曲のオンパレード!!! (C)Flying Disco
タワーレコード(2002/10/10)
"Independent Woman"も耳にした方は多いはずだし、バラードの"Dangerously In Love"などでも聴かせてくれます。
久々に聴くと、01年作だったのが感じられない(90年代だと思ってました)ほどシーンの流れが早いのも改めて感じさせられました。