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Jessie Where
post Nov 20 2019, 11:54 PM
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QUOTE(George.keh @ Nov 20 2019, 08:21 PM) *
Her best album wbk


By infinite miles.
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post Nov 24 2019, 08:14 PM
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Really? not for me
Rude Boy is one of my least favourite Rihanna singles ever,
same for Te Amo
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Jessie Where
post Nov 25 2019, 12:57 AM
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QUOTE(Bjork @ Nov 24 2019, 08:14 PM) *
Really? not for me
Rude Boy is one of my least favourite Rihanna singles ever,
same for Te Amo


But what about the actual ALBUM?
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post Apr 11 2020, 11:28 AM
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I’ve said it so many times in this thread and on this forum but this is definitely her best album as a whole in my opinion.

It’s really genius, a bit ahead of its time and the fact she recorded this at such a difficult time in her life and at the age she was too is just remarkable. It’s genuinely one of my favourite albums of all time.

I think this was the major turning point for her where she went from pop star to artist! It’s an album what’s aged really well too.

I’m gonna relisten later today wub.gif

So weird to thunk this debuted at #16 in the UK! Imagine a Rihanna album doing that now. At least it eventually went top ten. I remember this come out the same day / week as The Fame Monster as well. My 2009 favourite release week for sure wub.gif
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post Apr 11 2020, 11:47 AM
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I agree completely.

This album is stellar and is often overviewed because it didn't produces smashes like her other albums, minus Rude Boy. This album was just so prolific to me especially after the Chris Brown incident and Cold Case Love is just so mesmerising. I view this as her best album and listen to it regularly. The only tracks I'd skip would be Stupid In Love and perhaps Rockstar 101. But otherwise magical.
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post May 19 2020, 04:12 PM
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I find it so shocking that the label didn’t want the most commercial song on the album to be a single!
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post May 19 2020, 04:14 PM
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What on earth roc nation? The album wouldn't have even gone top 10 if it wasn't for Rude Boy!
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Jordanlee
post May 19 2020, 06:25 PM
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I always low key thought it was the other way around and that Rih probably wanted other single choices so to hear that shook me!
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post May 19 2020, 08:02 PM
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QUOTE(Jordan Lee @ May 19 2020, 07:25 PM) *
I always low key thought it was the other way around and that Rih probably wanted other single choices so to hear that shook me!

Yeah I would have expected Rihanna to have fought for 'Wait Your Turn' to be pushed properly. Quite a surprise to think the record company didn't hear the potential in 'Rude Boy'!
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post May 19 2020, 08:04 PM
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Rude Boy's such an obvious single though drama.gif Surely the label could've seen that the darker singles approach didn't help the album as it peaked at #4 in the US (which is fine but disappointing after how massive the GGGB era was) and #16 in the UK and seen the pop smash before their eyes. I mean obviously they did in the end but come on x
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post Nov 20 2020, 12:29 PM
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Yet another day with a Rihanna related album anniversary wub.gif we’ve had a week full of them.

Rated R is now 11!
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post Nov 28 2020, 10:42 AM
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Just wanted to drop my ranking for this album. It's my favorite album of hers after ANTi.

1. Te Amo
2. Russian Roulette
3. Hard
4. g4l
5. Rude Boy
6. Stupid In Love
7. Rockstar 101
8. Cold Case Love
9. Fire Bomb
10. Mad House
11. Wait Your Turn
12. The Last Song
13. Photographs
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post Sep 23 2022, 03:48 PM
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Not sure why exactly, but "STREAM RATED R BY RIHANNA" is trending on Twitter.

Always have the time for this album wub.gif What an album.
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post Sep 24 2022, 04:12 AM
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Sound advice, album is brilliant.
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post Sep 24 2022, 01:24 PM
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My favourite Rihanna album, happy to see it's still getting the attention it deserves all these years later.
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post Nov 23 2022, 06:14 PM
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Her best album heart.gif
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post Nov 23 2022, 07:12 PM
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Agreed, so damn good. Loved it from the first listen 13 years ago.
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post Nov 24 2022, 11:03 AM
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i'm going to spin this today... i never really liked that much of it at the time but my tastes have changed so much over the last years
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post Nov 24 2022, 11:27 PM
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Such a great album. Most probably her best album for me.

"Russian Roulette" was such a serve. I'm so glad it was the lead single. It's a shame it was released during Rihanna's 1 album a year phase. They could've easily gone 6+ singles deep with this album. "Firebomb", "Photographs" and "Stupid In Love" would've been great singles. It's also a crime that "Te Amo" wasn't released to radio in the US. I would've loved the era going something like

1. "Russian Roulette"
1.5. "Hard" (US only)
2. "Rude Boy"
3. "Te Amo"
4. "Firebomb"
5. "Photographs"
6. "Stupid In Love"
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Jessie Where
post Nov 25 2022, 10:17 AM
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05 Mad House
08 Wait Your Turn
08 Hard
06 Stupid In Love
11 Rockstar 101
10 Russian Roulette
10 Fire Bomb
09 Rude Boy
05 Photographs
07 G4L
08 Te Amo
10 Cold Case Love
07 The Last Song

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