“She created an entire world to encompass the music that she’s put out over the last two decades of her career. “
Beyonce fans staying awake to catch her documentary drop on Netflix, “Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce,” were gifted another treat in the form of a huge live album.
Released at midnight, Queen Bey dropped the 40-track album with no advance warning. The majority of “Homecoming: The Live Album” takes fans track by track through her instantly iconic Coachella performance from last year, which quickly become the most-viewed live music festival performance ever on YouTube, per TMZ.
The new album features the original instrumentations used for the show—which, as Beyoncé explains during her new documentary, looked to honor Black culture and included a Black marching band orchestra as an ode to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In total, fans can now listen to 40 tracks from the show, for a total of one hour and 49 minutes. The record also features a cover of Frankie Beverly & Maze’s “Before I Let Go,” a 1981 track that’s become a staple at Black family events and gatherings, yet another nod to Black culture that’s resulted from Homecoming.
The artist absolutely dominated the scene a year ago when she became the first black woman to headline the festival. Her performances took over the social media conversation for two weeks and fans have been clamoring for more ever since.
Now, they get to not only enjoy Beyonce’s documentary treatment of her groundbreaking performance, but they can relive it at any time through the massive album release the singer announced herself via Twitter.
The album is available for purchase via iTune, or streaming on multiple platforms including Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube Music. Bey was even kind enough to provide all the links on her official website, along with samples of all 40 tracks.
Check out the full track list below:
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