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7.9

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  1. Apr 5, 2020
    0
    it's just another Rihanna album and while it certainly is one of her best, it's not a huge masterpiece in general and especially when it is being compared to greater albums.
  2. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    this is just club songs all together. nothing about this album is deep or meaningful and it’s not cohesive. rihanna is a terrible artist and to have waited 3 years for it is ridiculous. the worst album realised in 2016. rihanna really can’t make a proper album and it shows. only knows how to steal hit songs and “appeal” to the gp.
  3. Apr 25, 2016
    0
    Again Rihanna tries to do something mature. However, she can't do something good. It's sad that she always has huge hits. Work is one of the most ridiculous song ever. Shame on her.
  4. Feb 1, 2016
    0
    Muito alarde e promoção, bem mais pelo lado dos fãs para esse álbum. Depois de décadas para lançar Rihanna lança esse álbum chato para ouvir com uma melodia incrivelmente ruim. Além disso, desconsidera singles só porque não fizeram sucesso. Decadência musical de Rihanna
  5. Feb 15, 2016
    0
    L'album est horriblement mauvais. Les pires chansons, les pires sons. Rihanna n'est plus, elle a attendu trop longtemps pour cet opus qui sentait déjà le caca avant même d'être sortit.
  6. Apr 26, 2016
    1
    Rihanna really tried with this one. The vocals have improved but the music is seriously lacking something. The highlight of this album is Needed Me which is actually one of my favourite Rihanna songs now.
  7. Jan 28, 2016
    0
    ANTi is very bad. Rihanna disappointed me with this album, I waited both and Rihanna launches an album weak, loaded with auto-tune and weak letters. :(
  8. Jan 28, 2016
    0
    There is nothing new about this. Yes, her vocals are better but the songs and the lead single are not original at all. I was expecting for a more mature side of rihanna but im feeling really disappointed
  9. Oct 21, 2016
    1
    Músicas repetitivas, sem criatividade e monótonas. Esperava um cd diferente dos demais, mas nada tão pacato quanto anti. Espero que ela não repita os erros de anti
  10. Apr 28, 2016
    0
    Realmente é um dos álbuns mais sem nexo e coesão de toda a carreira de Rihanna. Se a história que Kanye pegou todo o conteúdo do álbum e levou com ele, deixando-a apenas com faixas descartáveis, isso ninguém tem certeza. Mas ao ouvir o ANTI, temos quase certeza disso.
  11. May 3, 2016
    0
    With this album Rihanna again tries very hard to be something she is not which is a serious artist. She had bad single after bad single until she again ran to Drake to get her obviously payola radio play. The vocals are the worse I have heard from her and the transitions between songs don't make since. At almost 30 the good girl gone bad stage is getting boring and stale.
  12. Jan 28, 2016
    0
    There are only a few songs that show an improvement from rihanna's last albums. The rest of the album seems like a bunch of demos from her previews releases
  13. Jan 28, 2016
    3
    This was some **** garbage, some of these songs (like "Woo") sound like striaght up Days Before Rodeo Rejects, yes pun intended. Then the rest of it sounds like some uninspired pop **** and the melodies are so **** basic.
  14. Jan 28, 2016
    3
    I'd give this a album a 3. One for Desperado, two for Love on the Brain. Not crazy about the rest of it. Though I do believe it could potentially lead to Rihanna being taken more seriously as an artist.
  15. Feb 1, 2016
    0
    To be honest, every song does not work at all. Many songs do not seem to be completed. Everyhing was done quickly, but not perfectly. Her voice reminds me only howling (nothing more, sorry) in on this new album. I'm so disappointed.
  16. Oct 20, 2016
    0
    rihanna tentou inovar mas a inovação ficou só na teoria e nos videos, o cd parece resto do primeiro disco e Rated R, clipes mesmice de sempre. rihanna morreu no Loud
  17. Jan 28, 2016
    0
    "ANTI" is one of Rihanna's worst albums. It's very boring and being realistic only around four songs are good. "Higher" is terrible, it showcases how truly bad Rihanna's vocals are, it sounds like an incomplete work and ot will even sound worse live. "Woo" is the epitome of garbage, what the hell is that? Did she just put random studio sounds + a pile of trash in a blender and that was the"ANTI" is one of Rihanna's worst albums. It's very boring and being realistic only around four songs are good. "Higher" is terrible, it showcases how truly bad Rihanna's vocals are, it sounds like an incomplete work and ot will even sound worse live. "Woo" is the epitome of garbage, what the hell is that? Did she just put random studio sounds + a pile of trash in a blender and that was the result? Disappointing. She needed 39 co-writers to craft the album, she really tried to make a good work but failed miserably. I guess this is what happens when you let talentless people have creative control over music. Even Lady Gaga's latest critically-panned pop release "ARTPOP" is indeed 3x better than "ANTI", whereas single songs from albums like Taylor Swift's "1989" ans Beyoncé's self-titled are better than this poor Rih release in full. It's sad. Rihanna should just stick to modeling and leave the music industry for REAL artists. Expand
  18. Jan 28, 2016
    0
    Same old rihanna, with her same old poor beats and lyrics songs. She has created a big hype about this album but the result is not good, actually its terrible.
  19. Jan 28, 2016
    0
    A messy array of experimental sounds that do not conform to a single thought or emotion. Though Rihanna tries to come off as a serious artist, her thoughtfulness is lacking and she should stick to lyrics of her past that provide relatable insight and thought, instead of trying to come off as some sort of stylish hipster.
  20. Jan 29, 2016
    0
    A clearly lazy album, Rihanna sinned a lot in releasing this album, simply tarnished his image among the public that ithas! and no use her fans compare to other artists, this will not make the album get better... Better , Rihanna! I hope one day you can again repeat the formula of " Talk That Talk", which by the way is your best work, so good luck with this bad album...
  21. Apr 25, 2016
    0
    Your vocals were lazy...You could be better if you work on your vocals but, your not.....I Know you can be...Just sad...You can better you had b/c 2 songs actually gave vocals and that's it...Why be lazy...
  22. Jan 29, 2016
    0
    Criou-se toda uma expectativa acerca desse álbum, e para a surpresa de todos ele foi lançado. Honestamente, deveria ter esperado mais 3 ou 4 anos para lançar. Que porcaria sonora, uma música consegue ser pior que a outra, conceito altamente confuso não ficando muito claro o que a artista quer entregar ao publico. Este é o problema de superestimar artistas do nível da Rihanna, nem elaCriou-se toda uma expectativa acerca desse álbum, e para a surpresa de todos ele foi lançado. Honestamente, deveria ter esperado mais 3 ou 4 anos para lançar. Que porcaria sonora, uma música consegue ser pior que a outra, conceito altamente confuso não ficando muito claro o que a artista quer entregar ao publico. Este é o problema de superestimar artistas do nível da Rihanna, nem ela mesma está preparada AINDA para fazer um álbum com um nível no mínimo decente de se ouvir. Boa sorte na próxima, amargue o seu amarelo Expand
  23. Feb 1, 2016
    0
    De longe seu pior álbum, forçando um conceitualismo falso que ela nunca teve, obviamente procurando por atenção. Uma vergonha perto do seu melhor álbum Rated R.
  24. Jan 29, 2016
    0
    If I could give it a negative score, I would. The fact she recorded Higher and someone said "yeah that's great let's keep it" shows she has no sense. Might as well lose the team. She can save herself loads of money by firing all the yes men around her.
  25. Jan 30, 2016
    0
    Hell, no!
    Besides having dropped their third singles released in 2015, Rihanna took 3 years to release an album that could only have been recorded and released in one year! I am frustrated and disappointed! But is that saying: We will do what?
  26. May 8, 2016
    0
    This album is awful. It's just terrible pop music that doesn't deserve a good score at all. It's literally Twitter meme music, which is bad. Bad album 0/10
  27. Oct 26, 2016
    0
    lixoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
  28. Jan 28, 2016
    0
    I could give her credit for trying, but it's just not happening. She simply don't have the voice for strong vocals as required in songs like "Higher", so she sounds strained and... bad. "Work" is a bad "try-to-hit" song, giving bad name to old collabs with Drake like gems "What's My Name" and "Take Care". Also, it feels like all this time waiting had nothing to do with the production:I could give her credit for trying, but it's just not happening. She simply don't have the voice for strong vocals as required in songs like "Higher", so she sounds strained and... bad. "Work" is a bad "try-to-hit" song, giving bad name to old collabs with Drake like gems "What's My Name" and "Take Care". Also, it feels like all this time waiting had nothing to do with the production: "Same Ol' Mistakes" sounds EXACTLY like the original one from Tame Impala. Overall, this album does not stand for what we know she can do outside the generic pop, like "Lost In Paradise" or "Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary". Expand
  29. Jan 30, 2016
    0
    Album feels uncohesive and strained. For the four year wait and antidairy we had to endure the album seems to be a huge let down. Rihanna slurs her words and seems not to care about her music but at the same time to parade it as the best album ever. I don't see it
  30. Jan 28, 2016
    0
    Anti, como o nome já diz, é um album anti-hits, anti-música boa e anti-bom gosto. A barbadiana Robyn Rihanna Fenty provou em seu hiato que pode ser uma ótima modelo, se comparado com sua carreira de cantora, que não deve durar muito depois desse lastimável lançamento. Tentou criar um album conceitual como o BEYONCÉ mas conseguiu chegar perto do DEMI.
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73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

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  1. Uncut
    Feb 29, 2016
    80
    One of the most coherent and surprising big-ticket pop albums in years. [Apr 2016, p.79]
  2. Feb 23, 2016
    72
    In many ways, ANTI is a step in the right direction for Rihanna, creatively.
  3. Mojo
    Feb 22, 2016
    80
    It's confusing, with flaky endings and mood swings, and an utterly compelling mix of not caring at all and desperately caring. [Apr 2016, p.87]