Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna
Good Girl Gone Bad is album that closer to teen-pop territory, where sex and consumerism supersede personal connection. From beginning to end, Good Girl Gone Bad is as pop as pop gets in 2007, each one of its 12 songs a potential hit in some territory. Unlike Music of the Sun or A Girl Like Me, neither Caribbean flavorings nor ballad ODs are part of the script, and there isn’t an attempt to make something as theatrical as “Unfaithful.” In the past, Rihanna’s best singles (”Pon de Replay”, “S.O.S.”) have camouflaged her weaknesses by reducing her voice to a chilly sound-effect, using her on tracks propulsive and streamlined enough that she doesn’t have any room to do anything other than coo melodies over the top. On last year’s Evanescence-esque ballad “Unfaithful”, though, she sounded totally lost trying to execute r&b runs that her voice just wasn’t built to handle. That Good Girl is being led instead by the more urban “Umbrella,” which features Jay-Z, speaks to Def Jam’s desire to maintain Rihanna’s R&B status. That the song is just plain good, regardless of genre, proves that Jay and Rihanna, who’s already scored hits across several formats with a string of singles that couldn’t be more different from each other, are dedicated to producing quality hits-however frivolous they may be. Anyway this album mixes up all the sounds of 2007 and the end result is amazing. And I think that Rihanna has been growing in popularity over the last couple of years and there’s no stopping her now.
Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna - all album traks:
1 Umbrella - Rihanna & Jay-Z 4:36
2 Push Up On Me 3:15
3 Don’t Stop The Music 4:27
4 Breakin’ Dishes 3:21
5 Shut Up And Drive 3:33
6 Hate that I Love You (Feat. Ne-Yo) 3:39
7 Say It 4:11
8 Sell Me Candy 2:46
9 Lemme Get That 3:41
10 Rehab 4:55
11 Question Existing 4:09
12 Good Girl Gone Bad 3:35