Atonement

shocked and APPALLED

01. Diamonds 02. Umbrella 03. Work 04. We Found Love 05. Only Girl (In the World) 06. Pon de Replay 07. SOS 08. Russian Roulette

But what are the LOWS ('Get It Over With', 'Lost in Paradise' and 'Presh off the Runway' right?)

I feel the same way but about MOTS instead of AGLM. AGLM has too many limp ballads at the end of the album but I do like most of the other tracks.

'We All Want Love' is awful though! The only track I always skip.

This is really hard as I think they're all very close in quality (except for 'A Girl Like Me') and none of them is amazing, so it'll probably change all the time except AGLM at the bottom. I put my album track highlights in brackets. 01. Talk That Talk [Drunk on Love, Roc Me Out, Watch 'n Learn] 02. Good Girl Gone Bad [Lemme Get That, Question Existing, Good Girl Gone Bad] 03. Music of the Sun [Willing to Wait, The Last Time, Let Me, Rush] 04. ANTI [Woo, Close to You] 05. Unapologetic [No Love Allowed, Numb] 06. Rated R [Photographs, Fire Bomb] 07. Loud [Complicated] 08. A Girl Like Me [Dem Haters, Kisses Don't Lie]

+5: Ariana Grande - Side to Side +4: Drake - One Dance +3: 21 Pilots - Heathens +2: Sia - The Greatest +1: Major Lazer - Cold Water -1: DJ Snake - Let Me Love You -2: Chainsmokers - Closer -3: Jonas Blue - Perfect Strangers -4: Chainsmokers - Don't Let Me Down -5: Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own

Yes Craig David in the top50! Hopefully this'll give the song a bit of a push.

She has been absent for so long in the pop world that I thought it would be impossible for her to have a successful comeback, but with this song she might be able to pull it off? I think it'll be a bit of a slow burner. I don't know how I feel about the song yet personally. It's definitely intriguing.

I'm also gonna go with 'Loud' because it has a lot of hits. I thought 'Only Girl' was a great comeback single and hearing 'Man Down' on the radio (I hadn't listened to the album yet) for the first time was such a MOMENT. Hearing 'Man Down' was the moment I fully realized that Rihanna was much cooler than the other pop girls, as none of the others would be able to pull something like that off. It's still my favorite Rihanna song to this day.

Agreed. Although mix albums like 'Talk That Talk' and 'Unapologetic' work for me. I'm happy for her she got to do what she wanted but throwing away a smash pop hit when it could have been on the album instead of a useless interlude is a big no (yes I'm still pressed she Rihjected 'Cheap Thrills' for ANTI).

She did it :w00t: #9 this week.

:D

Despite the low peak of #42 on the Dutch top 100 it's already in the chart for 20 weeks and still very stable :coffee: Queen of low-peak longevity.

If they are then I'm not really sure what they were expecting. Her last era did a lot of damage and this isn't exactly 'Bad Romance' part 2 is it?

'Controlla' just hit me so hard ⚰. It's so sad. The opening lines almost break my heart: ''My yiy just changed I just buzzed the front gate, I thank God you came How many more days could I wait? I made plans with you And I won't let them fall through, I I, I, I'' :(

I'm very far from a Gaga fan but I think it's a nice lead single. Probably my second favorite out of her lead singles. I think Gaga's vocals on here are great (but I'm not sure about the controversial key change). It reminds me a bit of 45Seconds, considering both songs are short, the middle 8 already starts at around 1:20, and both of artists are serving some of the rawest vocals of their careers.

you need jesus

But the vocal mannerisms fit the songgg

I'll give you the VMAs but the BBMAs?????

I think every single from Good Girl Gone Bad (Reloaded) except 'Umbrella' sounds dated, especially 'Disturbia'. I think that's why I look upon that era as my least favorite by Rih now.

Love the cover. Apparently they are waiting for 'Needed Me' to die (it's still slaying) on US radio before sending it to radio. Here's hoping for a good music video and fingers crossed the GP will take to it (I have some serious doubts about that).

I've been listening a bit to the album since the release but don't think I've commented on it yet. It's a pretty solid album although I'm mostly going back to the same tracks. The standouts for me are 'Make Me...', 'Man on the Moon', 'Do You Wanna Come Over?', 'Just Like Me', 'Love Me Down' and 'Liar'.

EQWorSQdBUo Not Ariana basically sounding better than Nicki at the VMAs when she's rapping ⚰

Debuts at #3 in the US with 88k pure sales (SPS 111k).