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I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas (2009)
Where the lyrics of I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas take you, and where it was really made.
The show was staged as an intimate Las Vegas theatre gig, yet the album captures a full production with a large band, an orchestra, lasers, dancers and wind machines.
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Recorded at the Encore Theater in Paradise (2009)
Live show Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas — The album was recorded on August 2, 2009 at the Encore Theater in Paradise, Nevada, during the I Am... World Tour. The theatre is inside Wynn Las Vegas. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas is Beyoncé's third live album and fourth video album
- Recorded live at the Encore Theater in Paradise, Nevada, on August 2, 2009
- Filmed by Ed Burke during the I Am... World Tour (2009–2010)
- Released November 23, 2009 through Music World Entertainment and Columbia Records
- Covers over thirty songs, including solo material, Destiny's Child recordings and behind-the-scenes footage
- Directed by Nick Wickham and produced by Emer Patten
Background
- The I Am... Yours revue ran at the Encore Theater in Wynn Las Vegas between July 30 and August 2, 2009
- Performance backed by her all-female band Suga Mama and an orchestra
- Show choreographed by Beyoncé and Frank Gatson Jr.
- Beyoncé said she had always wanted to do her own show in Las Vegas, where many of her idols had staged remarkable shows
- Mathew Knowles, her father and then-manager, said the release was prompted by how music was presented in the digital world
- Knowles also cited the importance of the live experience and the artist's ability to entertain live
- Executive producers were Beyoncé, Mathew Knowles and Sheira Rees-Davies
Recording
- The show opens with a narrator introducing Beyoncé from the back of the theatre
- The first act includes acoustic medleys, a jazz-fused version of 'Déjà Vu' and a tap sequence by three dancers
- The second act tells her career story from age nine up to her third studio album I Am... Sasha Fierce
- The Destiny's Child medley is followed by solo hits, and the show ends with 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)'
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
Disc 1
| 1 | Hello | 3:48 |
| 2 | Halo | 5:33 |
| 3 | Irreplaceable | 5:38 |
| 4 | Sweet Dreams (medley) | 9:27 |
| 5 | If I Were a Boy | 5:35 |
| 6 | Scared of Lonely | 4:08 |
| 7 | That’s Why You’re Beautiful | 3:14 |
| 8 | Satellites | 2:31 |
| 9 | Resentment | 6:02 |
| 10 | Déjà Vu (Jazz medley) | 2:05 |
| 11 | Déjà Vu | 2:05 |
Disc 2
| 1 | I Wanna Be Where You Are | 3:24 |
| 2 | Destiny’s Child Medley | 11:52 |
| 3 | Work It Out | 3:27 |
| 4 | ’03 Bonnie & Clyde | 1:37 |
| 5 | Crazy in Love | 6:55 |
| 6 | Naughty Girl | 2:42 |
| 7 | Get Me Bodied | 2:58 |
| 8 | Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) | 5:41 |
| 9 | Finale | 2:26 |
Disc 3
| 1 | Scene One: Hello Introduction | |
| 2 | Scene Two: Halo | |
| 3 | Scene Three: Irreplaceable | |
| 4 | Scene Four: Sweet Dreams Medley | |
| 5 | Scene Five: If I Were a Boy | |
| 6 | Scene Six: Scared of Lonely | |
| 7 | Scene Seven: That’s Why You’re Beautiful | |
| 8 | Scene Eight: Satellites | |
| 9 | Scene Nine: Resentment | |
| 10 | Deja Vu Jazz Medley | |
| 11 | Deja Vu | |
| 12 | Tap Sequence | |
| 13 | Scene One: I Wanna Be Where You Are | |
| 14 | Scene Two: Destiny’s Child | |
| 15 | Scene Three: Beyoncé | |
| 16 | Untitled Chapter 16 | |
| 17 | Untitled Chapter 17 | |
| 18 | Untitled Chapter 18 | |
| 19 | Untitled Chapter 19 | |
| 20 | Scene Four: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) | |
| 21 | Finale & End Credits | |
| 22 | Menu | |
| 23 | What Happens in Vegas… |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups in history.
- Solo debut album Dangerously in Love (2003) became one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century.
- Destiny's Child disbanded in 2005 after the Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It tour.
Career
- Released B'Day (2006), I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), 4 (2011), Beyoncé (2013), Lemonade (2016), Renaissance (2022), and Cowboy Carter (2024).
- Renaissance and Cowboy Carter form a trilogy highlighting the overlooked contributions of Black pioneers to dance music and country music.
- Estimated sales of over 200 million records; the most-certified female artist by the RIAA.
- Holds a record 35 Grammy Awards, 30 MTV Video Music Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
- Headlined Super Bowl XLVII halftime show (2013) and the Coachella festival (2018).
- Acted in films including Dreamgirls (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), and The Lion King (2019).
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Rap-Up's Tanya Remekie felt the album contained a show-stopping moment when Sasha Fierce and Beyoncé came out to play
- People gave the album three and a half out of four stars and said it offers nicely subdued versions of her hits
- A People writer praised the album, saying listeners would get to know Beyoncé like never before
- Eye Weekly called the album extraordinary and described it as a chance to experience her up close
- AllMusic's Andy Kellman gave it four out of five stars and called it a theatrical production worthy of Vegas
- Kellman noted the mostly unexpected covers woven into the set set it apart from a typical live-album cash-in
- Ed Masley of The Arizona Republic praised the intimacy of the concert and the acoustic versions of the songs
- The Boston Globe review praised the jazz interlude and the acoustic rearrangements
- Darryl Sterdan of Jam! compared the album with Sin City and called the production massive for an intimate gig
- David Burger of The Salt Lake Tribune graded it A− and called it the best live concert film of the year
- Mike Diver of BBC Online called the production polished and professional and praised the narration
- Nate Chinen of The New York Times said the stagecraft keeps the viewer at a worshipful remove
Reappraisal
- Kellman concluded it was not quite destined to become one of the all-time classic live albums
- Diver found the arrangements largely predictable, with each movement telegraphed to the listener
Records
- Debuted at number one on the US Top Music Videos, Beyoncé's second number-one DVD in the country
- Stayed atop the US Top Music Videos for eight weeks and spent fifty-two weeks on the chart
- Spent ten weeks in the top five
- Sold 99,000 copies in the United States by the end of 2009, sixth best-selling music DVD of the year
- Sold 162,000 units in the United States as of December 29, 2010
- Best-selling music video of 2010 in the US
- RIAA double platinum, denoting over 200,000 shipments
- Peaked at number eleven on the Australian Music DVD Chart and the Australian Urban Albums Chart
- ARIA platinum, denoting sales of over 15,000 copies
- Peaked at number six on the New Zealand Music DVD Chart
- Live recording peaked at number fifty-eight on the Canadian Hot 100
- Live version of 'Halo' nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011)
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The DVD and Blu-ray editions feature the entire concert split into three parts, with over twenty-three minutes of behind-the-scenes footage
- A one-hour Thanksgiving special titled Beyoncé – I Am... Yours aired on ABC on November 26, 2009
- A live instrumentals album was released digitally on September 28, 2010
- Beyoncé highlighted Michael Jackson's 'I Wanna Be Where You Are' as one of the first songs she remembers learning
- The show was broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on December 25, 2009, Christmas Day
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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