I think the naysayers actually helped Bey. So many people downed the cd, they probably bougt it thinking it's bad. But I got the cd. I don't see where all the hate is coming from. It's not bad at all. Countdown is Bey's best in my opinion. I also like End of Time and Party. It sounds like 80s, early 90s which not sure why some complain about that. Those were the best times of music. I give her props, she didn't throw in the towel. I wish Xtina had done that with Bionic. Another cd that got unfair negative press. Otherwise, the media has egg on their faces with saying it wouldn't do well.