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| Genre = | Length = | Writer = | Label = | Producer = | Tracks = | prev = "Blow" | prev_no = 4 | track_no = 5 | next = "Partition" | next_no = 6 | Misc = }} "No Angel" (stylized as " A chillwave midtempo song with elements of R&B, hip hop and trap music in its beat, "No Angel" features a minimalistic production and instrumentation consisting mostly of bass. Beyoncé uses a high vocal register, singing in falsetto with breathy vocals. Lyrically, the song features the protagonist declaring that neither she, nor her love interest are perfect. Contemporary music critics generally provided favorable reviews for "No Angel", praising its composition and the singer's vocal performance; however some of them criticized its placement on the album. A music video for the song was directed by @lilinternet and filmed in Houston, Texas as a tribute to the singer's hometown. It features various landscape shot of the city and some of its famous places as well as close-up shots of many people, including ten Houston-based rappers; Beyoncé is also seen lip-syncing the song throughout. It received positive reviews from critics who praised the fact that it accurately captured the city. At the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, Beyoncé performed "No Angel" live during a medley of songs consisting from her fifth studio album. ==Background== "No Angel" was written by James Fauntleroy, Beyoncé and Caroline Polachek, and produced by the latter. Beyoncé handled the track's vocal production, and American musician Boots provided additional production. The song was recorded with guidance from Polachek and Stuart White at Russel's of Clapton in London, Fetalmaus Studio, Jungle City Studios and Oven Studios, all in New York City. Polachek also handled the synths and drum programming and Andrew Scheps finished the track's audio mixing. "No Angel" was mastered by Tom Coyne and Aya Merrill at Sterling Sound, New York City.〔 Beyoncé met with Polachek's bandmate of Chairlift, Patrick Wimberly, who collaborated with her sister Solange Knowles at that time and went with her on tour. During the tour, Beyoncé expressed her admiration of Wimberly, adding that she would "love to get in the studio some time". Wimberly later contacted Beyoncé's management, and Polachek and himself were later invited to a studio in Manhattan to work on Beyoncé self-titled fifth studio album.〔 They stayed in the studio for a week and when the duo was asked to submit the tracks to Beyoncé's team, Polachek added one song with complete production and a missing verse she had written while being on tour in the United Kingdom. At that time, she felt that the song "could be a good album track for Chairlift, but it would be incredibly sexy if Beyoncé did it". Polachek further elaborated about the differences between her version of "No Angel" and Beyoncé's rendition, saying, "Her groove was different—my vocals were jumpier, and her's were more like panting. And in my version the synths detuned really quickly for a second; she did the same thing but with her voice. It sounds like the whole song melts." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「No Angel (Beyoncé song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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