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Nov 23, 2011Talk 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.
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Nov 22, 2011This album is lacking fiercely in the big-time, gargantuan smashes Rihanna has made her career on. Even still, there are a few sonic creations on Talk That Talk that give the listener something to celebrate.
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Nov 21, 2011When she's not challenging herself in that way [trying to emulate the established RiRi formula], she can sound a little bored, but you could argue that's part of her ice-queen R&B appeal.
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Nov 21, 2011A so-so album which suggests it may be time for Ms Fenty to take a holiday.
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Nov 21, 2011"Talk That Talk" sounds like a rush job designed to keep Rihanna rolling through the holidays.
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Nov 21, 2011For all the innuendo and introspection, Talk That Talk contains little sweat, slobber or fluids and a lot of plasticized, inflatable insinuation.
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Nov 21, 2011Talk That Talk is pretty easily the worst Rihanna album yet.
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Nov 21, 2011As off-the-peg as Primark, the Rihan-droid returns with more dancefloor fodder which has all the right bleeps in all the right places, but nothing to make you go "wow".
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Nov 21, 2011Familiar tropes surface in the lyrical content (sexy times being the core focus), and musically it's a smorgasbord of European dance trends and contemporary RnB production, showy but soulless.
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Nov 21, 2011The emphasis on loud, clubby production means it lacks the progression of Rated R or the bombast of Loud.
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Nov 17, 2011"Cockiness" is barmy enough to stand out from the routine dubstep/electro beats cooked up by such as Stargate, Calvin Harris and Dr Luke.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 401 out of 609
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Mixed: 113 out of 609
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Negative: 95 out of 609
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