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Media Type: CD
Artist: RIHANNA
Title: GOOD GIRL GONE BAD
Street Release Date: 06/05/2007
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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There's a cool new development in summer singles: they no longer need to be sunny. In fact, the wetter the better. "Umbrella," the first single off Rihanna's ragingly good third album, may be her strongest ditty yet, and that's saying something considering her run of past summer chartbusters. More stylish than "S.O.S." (from A Girl Like Me) and more interesting than "Pon de Replay" (from Music of the Sun), "Umbrella" barrels forward with big, brawny drums and a hot but haunted-sounding vocal. From there, the upbeat numbers chug forth like chilled pina colada mix into a blender: "Breakin' Dishes" trades skillfully on a recent vogue for man-directed venom, and "Shut Up and Drive" borrows "S.O.S."-style from the '80s New Order song "Blue Monday." Both are irresistible. So, too, are a couple of late tracks. "Rehab" and "Lemme Get That," both produced by Timbaland, prove that being an island girl is no barrier to holding one's own amid a sizzling stew of urban beats. In fact, it's a boon--one that'll register with pop music fans instantly. -Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews: Read 118 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Song of the summer and a solid album. June 5, 2007
29 out of 38 found this review helpful

Rihanna has finally made a solid album, almost void of her nasal tick of notes and need to have herself above the sound mix. Now with the right production, hello -- echo effect in play during "Umbrella" (a song Mary J. Blige turned down, yeah, kick yourself hard for that one, girl). Rihanna has dropped the too-sweet Island sun music that she never quite American-ized to have a run away hit and is able to avoid working with Teairra Marie at the food court.

With the exception of the horrible slow jams that try to cater to her as if she had a strong voice, Rihanna does well with the sassy jams like "Lemme Get That" with its call to take every dime a man has on furniture instead of spending her own cash to do so ... why not have him buy the house too then? Even "Don't Stop the Music" which samples Michael Jackson's chant/call from "Wanna Be Startin' somethin'" is dipped in a little of reggae while still allowing her to cross over. It's nice to see her growing into her own, even though it is with massive help from studio production.

In the past, it seems as if she had been searching for an image, this sassy, sweet vibe suits her well. Even the film-noir album cover works. The only riff: when she fails, she fails hard! Slow jams just aren't her strong note, when its too much of a vocal push for her. Its like telling Ciara to go out there and belt -- not gonna happen. Rihanna has made an excellent summer album that'll stick on the charts for a long time or until Beyonce gets Jealous and tells her to sit down.

5 out of 5 stars

Don't want to stop the music June 17, 2007
19 out of 23 found this review helpful

Rihanna may have Guyanese roots, but it's not a case of national pride that leads me to a five star rating for this album. This girl just keeps getting better, livening up the dog days of summer with hot hits for hot nights and days. This album can spawn perhaps six singles, and the rest aren't bad either.

Mega single "Umbrella" already has people walking down the road singing "ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh" which sounds weird unless you can do a Bajan accent, but you just can't help singing it anyway.

The dance tracks alone are worth the price of the album, with songs like "Don't Stop the Music", where Michael Jackson blends with a Madonna type beat. (Can you say "Mamasay mamasa mamakusa"?) Other tracks to note are the revenge themed "Breaking Dishes", and the alt rock/electronic track and second single "Shut Up and Drive" co-written by the guys from New Order.

For mid tempo fans, there are the Timbaland tracks "Sell Me Candy" and the reggae/rap "Lemme Get That" plus the title track.

For fans of her slower jams, there's "Hate That I Love You" featuring Ne-Yo who also co-wrote the track, and the single-ready "Rehab", another Timbaland track co-written by and featuring Justin Timberlake.

Combining hip hop, electro-pop, reggae, lover's rock and R&B, Rihanna may just be the hottest export from Barbados in recent times. Highly recommended.

Amanda Richards, June 18, 2007

5 out of 5 stars

I Love This Bad Girl! June 5, 2007
16 out of 23 found this review helpful

Good Girl Gone Bad" is 19 year old Rihanna Fenty third album in only 3 years which is quite unordinary but she shows no signs of slowing down. As soon as her previous singles and albums started declining on the charts she comes out with new material, that itself is a very smart way of staying popular and not becoming a has been. Rihanna may not have the most spectacular voice but it's one of a kind with a shrill tone that makes her sound younger and easy to recognize and she's also very beautiful which is a good thing for a singer these days. Her music is a mix between, Caribbean Dancehall, Pop, R&B and Dance music and even some Rock lately. Hence, her music is more varied then alot of artists which makes her music accessable to most people. But Rihanna is better suited for uptempo's then ballads, her biggest hits were "Pon Da Replay" from (Music from the Sun) and "Sos" from (A Girl Like Me) and now her new single "Umbrella", another uptempo just reached the #1 position of the billboard charts. With this album, Rihanna decided to record an album where most songs are uptempo's (only 2-3 are slower but there is only 1 real ballad). She also gets alot of help from good producers like Timbaland, J. R Rotem, Carl Sturken/Evan Rogers, Stargate an Christopher Stewart and regardless of the diffrence between the producers it feels like most songs are part of the same concept, meliodic and well produced uptempos ready to become hits. Infact, the production here is amazing and some songs are in my oppinion it's as far as you can go right now with music production, mostly songs that brilliantly mix contemporary R&B and Pop with Dance Music. That's reason enough for a purchase.

It's quite incredible that Rihanna could make such a good album in such a short time. While her second album was better then her first, her third is better then her second. Like aformentioned, this is mostly a uptempo album with excellent futuristic production that blends diffrent genres with Dance Music. You got to give credits to Timbaland and other superproducers that really done something special to change the state of popular music from fabricated sample driven beat-oriented junk to creative futuristic and highly meliodic music that is mostly free from samples and blends diffrent genres brilliantly. Thus, I think that music right not is better then ever, and I thought I'd never say that 5-6 years ago when music had reached the bottom. Enough of the production, let's say something of the title "Good Girl Gone Bad", The title refers to Rihanna's going from being a girl to becoming a woman. The same thing happened with Britney Spears on her third album where more songs dealt with her emanicpation and sex then simple feel good pop. However, I wouldn't say that most songs deal with that and the few that do are mostly quite innocent or unrevealing, so judge the songs for it's sound and not it's lyrics that isn't put on focus here.

It starts with the first single and big hit "Umbrella" which is introduced by Jay-Z but I wouldn't say he got any impact of the song. The song which was produced by Christopher Stewart blends a rock edge with heavy drums with electro beats and got a killer hook where Rihanna sings "Now It's Raining More Then Ever/ Know that we'll still have each other/ You can stand under my Umbrella". A metaphor for being a good friend you can always count on, even in the hardest of time. It reached #1 in both US and UK, and it was the first song from a female artist ever to reach the top of the Uk list based entirely on downloads!. Next song "Push Up On Me" is one of the most uptempo songs with a 80's disco-pop inspired beat that slowly builds up and explode with a good hook. It's a Rotem prodution that samples the opening phase of Lionel Richie's "Running With the Night", This is a great floorfiller and feel good song and even if it's a bit repetitive towards the end it's simply irresisstable. Next song "Don't Stop the Music" from Stargate is quite simular to the last one, a floorfiller with great electro beats, although this time it sounds more like a Euro-Dance song that a 80's inspired pop song. It starts slow and slowly builts up til the hook comes in. It borrows the African chants from MJ's "Wanna Be Starting Sometin" but in a good way. It's good that the cathyness of Euro-Dance music is coming back into contemporary music again. "Breakin' Dishes" is another uptempo song with quite angry singing from Rihanna. It's more Hip Hopish then the other songs and got heavy bass and nice electro beats like the other songs. It seems to be about how to kill time before her guy comes home. "Shut Up And Drive" will be the second single and weird enough it's the second of only two songs that actually are rock-pop influenced and both single-released, why?. It borrows the bassline from New Order's "Blue Monday". It's not my favorite but a grower nonetheless.

"Hate That I Love You" with Ne-Yo, and produced by Stargate is the only real ballad on this album. The song sounds fammiliar but it's a sweet song and it's fun to see two of my favorite artists together for a duet!. "Say It" is a midtempo produced by Neo Da Matrix with some oriental infleunced beats, it's one of those songs that doesn't build up for a hook, but the song got a nice vibe nonetheless. "Sell Me Candy" is my favorite pick of this album and not too surprisingly it was produced by music innovator Timbaland. It's a catchy futuristic uptempo with great hook, that is destined to be the third single and smash hit In my oppinion. "Lemme Get That" a reggae inspired song about materialism. The song is good not great and also Timbaland produced. Another Timbaland song called "Rehab" that was co-written by Justin Timberlake. "Rehab" that resembles Timberlake's "Losing My Way" and "What Goes Around" is another standout and potential hit. With it's sad melancholy lyrics "You're the reason why I'm thinking/I don't wanna smoke on these cigarettes no more /I guess that's what I get for wishful thinking/ Should've never let you enter my door, Rihanna goes on the hook saying "It's like I checked into rehab/ And baby, you're my disease". "Question Existing" is quite strange, a slow song where Rihanna debates over who she is and what she wants. Must be strange going from a normal teenager on Barbados to a worldwide sensation everyone recognize?. Stargate ends this album with a midtempo and title track "Good Girl Gone Bad", the song is basically about how guys should treat girlfriends well, cause otherwise the "good girl" will be gone forever.

Overall, already after one listen I know this was a good album, after 2 listens I know it was better then anything else she had made and after 3 listens I know it's possibly the best album I've heard of this year so far. A more sexy Rihanna with an album brilliantly produced in the best of ways with a majority of uptempo's, it can't go bad. You should defenitely check this one, not only if you like Rihanna but if you like good meliodic hook driven pop music aswell. Every song here could be a hit. Recommended.

4 out of 5 stars

Good Girl Gone Better June 5, 2007
10 out of 16 found this review helpful

When Rihanna started two years ago, most people thought she would disappear within a few months. However, Rihanna is still here and better than ever! Her new album combines hip-hop, r&b, dance, reggae, rock, pop, and electronic to have a new sound all her own. While she is not the best singer in the world, her vocal skills has shown great improvement. At the age of 19, this could be the beginning of a new world for Rihanna.

MY FAVORITE SONGS:

'Umbrella' is the hottest song this summer and its totally Rihanna. She really didn't need Jay-Z assistance and the blend of rock with hip hop is both catchy and addictive.

'Don't Stop the Music' mixes 80s music with a today's electronic sound and I love the MJ chant in the song. Rihanna's vocals are nearly perfect with this song.

'Breakin Dishes' has alot of attitude and once again, she blends rock with a more hip hop sound.

'Hate That I Love You' is simply pretty. Rihanna and Ne-yo's vocals sound great together. The best part about this song is its very basic and simple.

'Sell Me Candy' is my favorite song because its one of her most reggae-sounding songs on the album.

'Lemme Get That' is another reggae song and the lyrics are quite funny to me. Her vocals are made for songs like this.

'Rehab' is another proof that Rihanna's vocals has improved alot of the years.

The other songs are okay to me (they are not filters), especially 'Shut and Drive' which is the next single and will no doubt increase Rihanna's appeal. The final word on this cd is: Rihanna is growing and this is her summer.

1 out of 5 stars

Oh Dear August 2, 2007
10 out of 22 found this review helpful

Oh Dear,

What will she release next year??? A country Album? Will she be Bad girl gone Good??? She has to strip and change her style(if she has one) to keep the public interested...

She is an image created to be so popular, but her album isnt selling as good as they are making us think, for an artist that has been on the charts for 9/wo week, her album hasn't even gone gold yet, but Maroon 5, Pink with U & ur hand, Justin Timberlake with Summer Love which didn't even go to #1 on Billboard have all gone gold??? I dunno I think it is like One person buying or downloading a song/album a million times so people will think everyone is buying it and then they start to buy it too...

An image created because talent & this girl don't go together... If not 4 Jay pushing her with those endorsement deals, she wud be forgotten like that Tierra Marie. But if i was her i wouldn't feel too bad, at least u never took ur clothes off to sell an album, keep flippin those burgers girl ;-)...

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