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List Price: $19.97 | | Label: Sony
Salesrank: 6100
Released: November 3, 2009 |
| Our Price: $12.99 |
| Used Price: $10.00 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
This collection features 7 videos, 7 dance mixes and 1 remix from songs taken from the multi-platinum selling release I Am... Sasha Fierce. Included on the CD is "Ego" (Remix featuring Kayne West) and chart-topping dance mixes. The DVD includes the captivating videos of "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" and "If I Were A Boy," just to name a few, along with never-before-released "Broken-Hearted Girl," "Ego (Remix featuring Kayne West) and "Ego" (Fan Exclusive). As an added bonus, there are over 20 minutes of exclusive behind-the-scenes footage which makes this collection a must-have.
Track listing:
Above and Beyoncé Video Collection DVD (Region 0, NTSC)
1. If I Were A Boy
2. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
3. Diva
4. Halo
5. Broken-Hearted Girl
6. Ego (Remix featuring Kayne West)
7. Ego (Fan Exclusive)
8. Beyond The Scenes: The Videos
Above and Beyoncé Dance Mixes CD
1. If I Were A Boy (Maurice Joshua Mojo UK Remix)
2. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio Remix - Club Version)
3. Diva (Karmatronic Club Remix)
4. Halo (Dave Audé Club Remix)
5. Broken-Hearted Girl (Catalyst Remix)
6. Ego (OK DAC Remix)
7. Sweet Dreams (Harlan Pepper & AG III Remix)
8. Ego (Remix featuring Kayne West)
Above and Beyoncé: Video Collection & Dance Mixes Reviews:
Far from Bootylicious 
2009-08-12 - I thought this cd was corny as hell and I'm a Techno/House fan. My sister is a bigger fan of Beyonce than me and when she told me the cd was crap I just didn't believe her. She gave me the cd and I listened to track 1, I really gave it a chance too, but then I found myself skipping through all of them. Why did she put this crap out?! And how come her fans have to win the lottery or save three paychecks just to see her in concert? I'll be a Beyonce fan forever, but "B" come on now, for real?
'Better than the album that spawned it! 
2009-08-09 - I bought "I am...Sasha Fierce" for my twenty-something niece and listened to it a couple of times and was not impressed. The songs, though some were well-written, just missed something, especially those that were dependent on the imagery from the videos that accompanied them.
However, "Above and Beyonce'" corrects that, offering "re-workings" that are major improvements on the originals, with the exception of "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it"). That is the sole original that is better the way it was first presented. Turning it into a "dance mix" is unnecessary, and downright "sacrilegious."
Also, "Ego," featuring a horrendous rap from Kanye West, is filled with too many inuendos, unsuitable for the younger segment of Beyonce's audience.
The DVD collection is a welcome bonus, especially for an artist who, herself, is a visual treat.
Excellent 
2009-08-02 - Excellent as alwaysm both DVD and CD. ell worth the price.Above and Beyoncé: Video Collection & Dance Mixes (DVD/CD)
The DVD is just a bonus
2009-06-20 - This release is something I never would have expected from Beyonce's label, but it is a crucial release. Beyonce has had numerous club mixes of songs from her "Sasha Fierce" CD hit the billboard dance top 10, and up until now, none of those club mixes were available commercially on CD. So for you collectors of music like me who don't believe you actually own a song if you just download a digital file, this release is for you. This isn't a quick money making remix CD of club edits--most of these mixes run 6 minutes or longer, and they are NOT segued together. And for the most part, all the mixes are house/electro mixes, not hip hop. Incredible. Oh yeah, and just to sweeten the pot, you get a DVD with all the videos from the album.
