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Rihanna works with edgier and wittier verse than on her two previous albums.
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80An album of class, depth and seriously hard grinding, it's a major transformation from pretty girl with potential to star turn.
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Three consecutive Timbaland productions, including one suited for a black college marching band and another that effectively pulls the romantically co-dependent heartstrings, enhance the album rather than make it more scattered.
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Beyonce's superstar status is not in danger, but she should hand her A&R man a copy of this album.
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74An unexpectedly varied and satisfying listen.
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70She's chosen a bunch of fiery roles that even she can't dull up. [Jul 2007, p.114]
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This CD sounds as if it were scientifically engineered to deliver hits.
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70What the songs lack in lyrical innovation they more than make up for in transporting rhythms.
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70Frankly, any track from this set could work as a single.
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60[She] is ill-suited to the swerve into dance-pop territory that dominates the first half.
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Lyrics are once again an Achilles high heel for Rihanna.
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60A fairly satisfying collection of disposable pop R&B.
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60Focusing more on catchy hooks and Fergie-style chants than lyrics helps disguise her vocal limitations. [9 Jun 2007]
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Good Girl never settles on a sound, and Rihanna vacillates between aping Gretchen Wilson, Ashanti, Gwen Stefani, and Pink. Nonetheless, she often sounds every bit like the superstar she clearly intends to be.
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The album often ventures into the cheesiest territories of pop music, but this is Rihanna's strongest effort to date.
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There are hits on Good Girl Gone Bad, big clubfisted ones, but they're wedged in with facsimiles and reductions.
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50Truly, this is music for the ringtone generation.
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