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Generally favorable reviews- based on 755 Ratings
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Positive: 496 out of 755
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Mixed: 102 out of 755
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Negative: 157 out of 755
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Mar 3, 2013This is not Rihanna's best album, but it also is not her worst. The songs at first glance seem generic and rushed, but addictive nonetheless. Several highlights are Nobody's business, No love allowed, and Right Now. The music is decent on this album, although not Rihanna's highlight
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Aug 21, 2013
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Apr 10, 2013"Unapologetic" is an album very sentimental and we can not deny. Rihanna spent over 6 months in the production of this new album with great producers and songwriters. And the songs that stand out are: "Diamonds" "Stay" "Pour It Up" and others. So that is one of the best albums of Rihanna's career, but the RATED R is the best of all.
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Apr 26, 2013
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May 12, 2013This totally slays all over Talk That Talk. This album is really great! Pour It Up, Stay, Diamonds and Nobody's Buisness Numb and Jump are the best tracks on the album. Great album!
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Dec 10, 2017
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Jun 22, 2013The emotional starkness with 'Stay' combining with the vitality of 'Right Now' and 'Diamonds' makes the phenomenal album of Unapologetic. Give this album a chance, and you will not regret it.
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Jul 5, 2013
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Aug 15, 2013Definitely not the best RiRi album, but not the worst either. Maybe it's just I'm so used to Rihanna's voice. But she definitely released the wrong songs. She should have released "What Now" and "Lost In Paradise".
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Aug 30, 2013
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Jun 12, 2014wonderful...one of her best albums...queen of pop music, love all songs,every lyric,everything!I pop,r&b,reggae,all together this album is amazing!!! love it
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Nov 1, 2013When diamonds first came out, I liked it but I thought it was a little bland. So when I heard an album of even blander songs, I was bored to death. In addition to that, half the songs sound like generic rap songs that every other artist does. What happened to Rihanna from the past?
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Nov 4, 2013This is one of the weakest albums Rihanna made. There are a few standout tracks like Diamonds, Stay and Half of Me but songs like Pour it up is a big disapointment. She needs a break.
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Nov 16, 2013We can clearly see a decline in Rihanna's music over the years. It seems like the fame has sunk into her and that she believes that whatever quality music she makes, it will still be purchased and acclaimed. Very disappointed!!!!
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Nov 12, 2013Rihanna had a total up do upon this album, you see the vulnerability and emotion throughout the songs, She expresses situations she's experienced some of her other albums some what lacked. her voice and live voice have immensley improved. Great Album.
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Dec 5, 2013One of the best albums by Rihanna, if you go back to her first album in 2005, you will see how Rihanna has evolved!! This album is just as good as Loud. This album may be rushed but it doesn't defeat the fact that she releases good music. Very diverse!!
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Jan 4, 2014
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Mar 19, 2015This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 15, 2014
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Oct 13, 2014The songs on this album were very diverse, and not the same generic sound after another, more singles could have been formed. This showed how her vocals have changed and evolved.
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Apr 23, 2015Album Highlights = Diamonds, Stay, Jump, Love Without Tragedy/Mother Mary, and No Love Allowed
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Jan 25, 2015
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May 25, 20161. Phresh Out the Runway 60/100
2. Diamonds 65/100
3. Numb 100/100
4. Pour It Up 95/100
5. Loveeeeeee Song 65/100
6. Jump 100/100
7. Right Now 95/100
8. What Now 30/100
9. Stay 90/100
10. Nobody's Business 85/100
11. Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary 65/100
12. Get It Over With 10/100
13. No Love Allowed 100/100
14. Lost in Paradise 100/100
15. Half of Me 65/100
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Apr 15, 2015
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May 4, 2015Katy Perry bursts back onto the scene with her amazing second album that is full to the grim of the tongue-in-cheek atmosphere that got herkhkkjhjghjbnnnnn
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Jul 6, 2015PUTZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ não nem dar pra dormir escutando isso uma tortura Thumbs Up for Stay,What Now,Diamonds & Lost In Paradise o resto é lixooo
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Dec 14, 2017
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Mar 22, 2018
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Sep 10, 2015This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 2, 2015Apart from "Diamonds" and very few other songs, this one is irrelevant. It probably wasn't of my kind, but being repetitive and showing the "bronx-ghetto woman" attitude seems cheap here. Just a simple commercial overproduced product. For hardcore fans, not for anyone.
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Sep 14, 2018Perfect! This album definitely outdid all of my expectations. Rihanna is fantastic.
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Apr 27, 2016This is a MASTERPIECE. Everything about this album is right. Rihanna's vocals have grown so much and it shows. She always manages to outdo herself....
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Feb 5, 2016I love the vocal performances in this album. From Diamonds to Stay,Right Now and What Now to the elements of hip hop in Phresh out the Runway or Pour it up. It's just so perfect.
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Apr 4, 2016........................................................................................................................................................A Trash...........with few excessions
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Apr 25, 2016A risk-taker, but that proved to be a sucess, 'Unapologetic' brings the most urban Rihanna to date and its driven by her capacity to mix a lot of genres into something very interesting.
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May 11, 2016.....................................................................................................................................................Really Bad Album
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Jun 24, 2016Unapologetic has its diamonds and its songs that will make you go very numb. There are stand out tracks such as Diamonds, Jump, Loveeeee Song, Right Now and What Now. But otherwise it is definitely hard to ignore the fact that this is an album that has been thrown together and mashed up. At times her vocals are overprocessed and the album when listened to as a whole seems lacking cohesion.
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Aug 30, 2016Wow, Im shocked at these reviews, Not too shocked because Critics Overrate & Underrate thing all the time. Poor Rihanna, She thought she could pull off another Bâ Collapse
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Aug 30, 2016One of the worst albums of the year thus far. It shows absolutely no artistic growth, the lyrics are elementary, and the vocals are non-existent. All in all, a terrible album. Collapse
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Oct 20, 2016It happened that she could do even worse she did in Talk That Talk. When in the previous album we've listened to two or three good songs, in this crap we have 100% of **** and laze production.
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Nov 21, 2016
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Nov 10, 2017DESERVES A HIGHER RATING
Beats that go hard AF. Emotional deep lyrics. This album has everything. DUBSTEP. EDM. RnB. Electric New Wave. Beautiful Piano Ballad Stay and the instant classic that is Diamonds. Club bangers such as Numb, Pour It Up and Jump. Personal slow songs like Lovers Song and Love Without Tragedy. It has a song for every mood. Really enjoyed this album. Solid 8.5/10 -
Aug 12, 2018
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Aug 24, 2022Despite three hit songs "what now" ,"Diamonds" &"stay" unapologetic is an overstuffed blurr of generic radio pop that just frustrates as a full bodied record. Her vocals are still good throughout but that can only do so much when the records fault seemingly outweigh it's promises
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Jan 7, 2021
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Aug 20, 2019
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Sep 8, 2019Unapologetic was the album that made me love her this much to call myself Rihanna navy.
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May 27, 2020
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Jan 11, 2020Eu sinceramente não sei qual o problema dos usuários do metacritic com Rihanna, todas as avaliações dela nesse site são baixas, até nesse álbum transcendental que é o unapologetic. O álbum não tem UMA música ruim, é IMPACTANTE em todas elas.
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Aug 30, 2020
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Feb 17, 2020Of all Rihanna's album this is what I didn't see the cohesion and production she always presented, the tracks have stressed tendencies only with sounds and emotions. It has a basic sound and not something that surprises me as it happened with old releases.
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Apr 26, 2020This album is a good job by Rihanna and her team, much of the mixed and negative reviews are for collaborating with Chris Brown on it, as they only focus on that is the forgotten vocal and versatility of Rihanna in her seventh album.
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Aug 24, 2022
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Sep 21, 2020Um hinário, tem músicas que a gente grita HINOOOOOOOOO, tem pra todos os gostos
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Sep 30, 2020I wish Rihanna had done an album with more tracks like Diamonds and Stay, which are my favourite songs.
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Feb 15, 2021Definitely one of Rihanna's most mature album, which once more gave us memorable hits, like only Rihanna can give. Still missing some cohesion.
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Nov 22, 2020She sent us one of the best track on her career: loveee song. Still don't know why this music didn't get a videoclipe. ;/. The tour? My favorite. So well constructed.
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Mar 2, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Apr 20, 2021I don't know how people think it's okay to hate on this album? This album is mixed but still a great album.
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May 8, 2021Omg why are people hating on this album it's amazing! It's a hip hop, dance and R&B album. My favorites are Phresh Out The Runway, Diamonds, Loveeeeeee Song, Stay and No Love Allowed.
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Sep 3, 2021este es por lejos su aborto mas asqueroso , que ya se retire pronto este trozo de mierda sin talento.
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Sep 3, 2021An immediate sensation, filled with endless hits and fantastic music, birthing new styles and setting new trends as always. With stunning sweet ballads and catchy hip hop songs. The album is without a doubt infectious.
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Nov 15, 2021
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Aug 24, 2022Bold, catchy, and self assured Unapologetic is Rihanna's most open and vulnerable album. She lays her heart bear for all to see. She doesn't care what we think, she's simply allowing herself to be known. There's something so beautiful in certain she is in herself. she sings about how she's lived and lost and how she's not afraid to do it again, but you best believe it'll be on her terms.
Awards & Rankings
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Nov 28, 2012The now-24-year-old's voice may be simple, but it's distinctive--and as defiant as her album titles.
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Nov 26, 2012Even when Unapologetic fails, it often does so in interesting ways.
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Nov 26, 2012Sonically, the first half of Unapologetic picks up on the syrupy Southern hip-hop minimalism popular last summer, while much of the latter half is a grab bag of unwieldy balladry.