Talk That Talk - Rihanna
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  • Summary: The Barbados-born singer's sixth studio album features guest appearances by Calvin Harris and Jay-Z.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 27
  2. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. Musically, this is pop without shame‑-her hookiest and most dance-targeted album.
  2. Nov 23, 2011
    60
    Talk That Talk tries too hard to send a more one-dimensional message and ends up falling flat: Rihanna's obviously going for sexy here, but her music's at its most alluring when she's blissed out in her own reverie, not taking the time to spell it all out for us.
  3. Nov 30, 2011
    30
    It's sure to sell on brand recognition alone, but I doubt a series of mannered and soulless hooks are going to find much life outside of the European remix circuit.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 75 out of 109
  2. Negative: 23 out of 109
  1. 10
    Rihanna did a really great job on this album. I think that it is one of her best. She has a bit of every genre of music that she has covered so far from pop, r&b, dancehall, dubstep, etc. I also want to note that while this album does have a lot of sexual songs, that is not all there is on the album. She talks about love a lot on this album. I would say it's basically half and half love and sex. The standout tracks on this album in my opinion would be We Found Love, Where Have You Been, We All Want Love, Drunk On Love, and the album title track Talk That Talk. I think you should purchase this album if you want something fun to listen too. Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. Talk That Talk.Rihanna's 6th studio album.Totally rushed , meaningless pop album.Yes i agree , songs are really catchy and fun but that is not the point.MTV said this album outmuscles Femme Fatale and Born This Way.They even mentioned that this album would outsell 21 by Adele.I just laughed at that when i first read the review. First of all ''You Da One'' is a fun production but not a masterpiece at all.Same tunes , silly lines. We Found Love is like the best song on the album.Lyrics are not good but the way that they use the dubstep is really cool. Where Have You Been is like the same sh*t with We Found Love.In fact they are the only 2 good songs on the album. Talk That Talk feat. Jay-Z is more like a classic Rihanna song but sorry - i did not like that. We did not even heard the full version of Birthday Cake yet so i can't say anything about it. We All Want Love is a nice try for ballad but no.It did not work Riri.Well the other songs don't even worth your precious time. Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  3. If I have to review this album with 2 adjectives: cheap & overproduced. The production of "Talk that talk" has been clearly rushed since Rihanna had her world tour to accomplish. The lyrics are poor (90% per cent of the tracks talk about sex) The quality standard definitely went down since her last album "Loud", and musically speaking Rihanna adds up nothing original. "Where Have You Been" could be a disco hit but clearly has nothing to do with the rest of the album, since it's a dancehall- electronic song, while the rest has an R&B/ Reggae print. I admire Rihanna and her career, but this has been her worst album. Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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