It was complimented for its dance breakdown, and was nominated in five categories at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, the most of that ceremony, and went on to win Best Dance Video.
It was also complimented for its subtle instrumentation, which provides emphasis on Knowles' vocals.
Metro-North was complimented for its "tone game," as well as for its Hogan Personality Indicator, a test that screens job applicants for their aptitude for customer service.
There is regional literature, frequently praised, in a kind of backhanded compliment, for its parochial strengths by urban critics who find everyday life in some remote part of the world -- a farm, say, in Nebraska -- exotic and (briefly) interesting.
I've listened to it seven times now and can't muster even a small compliment for its ferociously mediocre stylings, its limp, mealy-mouthed Lorde-esque topline, and its just-about-produced backing track that's probably already being recycled for some other poor young singer that Sony will try and clean the meat from and poop out into a useless little pile of disappointment.
The song received generally favourable reviews from music critics and was complimented for its musical composition and subject matter.
Sonic Team also developed the Dreamcast's first online game ChuChu Rocket!—which was widely complimented for its addictive puzzle gameplay and "frantic" multiplayer matches, and the critically successful music game Samba de Amigo, which was noted for its expensive maracas peripheral and colorful aesthetic.
At one point, Stern even brought up the N.F.L., complimenting it for its aggressive audio approach in its broadcasts.
Robert Workman (an editor for GameZone) complimented it for its changes to the series that came without a sacrifice to quality.
