RihannaBest Rihanna Albums Ranked
8.1
Avg Score
96
Opinions
32
Albums
31
Reviewers
Summary from 96 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Rihanna's catalog across 32 albums from 96 opinions, with an overall average of 8.1/10. The top-rated Rihanna album is ANTI (2016) with a 8.3/10 average from 18 ratings, followed by Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded and Loud. The discography on Wavelength spans 2005 to 2016. Kiss It Better ranks as the highest-rated Rihanna song on Wavelength with a 9.5/10 average.
ANTI
“For much of 2015, repeated delays and a lack of solid information started to make Rihanna’s Anti feel like pop’s mythical creature. Now that we know it’s real, we can hear the singer’s eighth LP for what it is: a sprawling masterpiece of psychedelic soul that’s far more straightforward than its tangled rollout. The three full years since 2012’s Unapologetic – the longest break between releases in ”
ANTI
“While the sentiments of Rihanna's eighth studio album are multiple, and sometimes contradictory, the overarching theme is one of agency: the unilateral power to choose, to define, to determine. This downtempo, deterministic slant is the most intriguing aspect of ANTI — her first LP since 2012 — as it stiff-arms conformity, dabbles in nihilism and fuels itself by way of mood-shifting empowerment. ”
Rated R
“The cover of the new Rihanna album features a severe black-and-white head shot of the star. She has her hand clapped over her right eye; her left eye, surrounded by a raccoon ring of mascara, glares back at the viewer. The context here is no secret: It is impossible to look at those eyes without […]”
ANTI
“Anyone hoping that ANTI might be Rihanna’s opus, some grand declaration of intent, is likely to be underwhelmed. ANTI is a fun and conflicted pop record, at its most interesting when it’s at its smallest and most idiosyncratic. If the album has a narrative arc, it’s about disappointment: the ways in which the people you trust can still come up short in the end, and how lonesome that can feel.”
Loud
“After responding to staggering emotional and physical trauma with the melodramatic Rated R, Rihanna returns to making effervescent pop.”
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
“Def Jam star and Jay-Z protégé's new album has a lot more to like about it than just its summer mega-hit "Umbrella".”
ANTI
“A lot different to the rest of her work. ANTI almost stays away from the commercial sound and sticks to its own themes so well and has an almost distorted sound throughout. Top songs are ‘Work’ ft Drake ‘Woo’ ‘Needed Me’ ‘Same Ol’ Mistakes’ ‘Love On The Brain’ ‘Sex With Me’”
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
“Really good album from Rihanna with some generational hits on it too. This album really kickstarted Rihanna’s career and made her the pop superstar she is today. Top songs are ‘Umbrella’ ft JAY-Z ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ ‘Shut Up And Drive’ ‘Disturbia’ ‘Breakin’ Dishes’”
Loud
“Another great album from Rihanna. Again loaded with hits. Top songs are ‘S&M’ ‘What’s My Name’ ft Drake ‘Cheers (Drink To That)’ ‘Only Girl (In The World)’ ‘California King Bed’”
Talk That Talk
“A little all over the place but still had one of, if not her best song ‘We Found Love’ featuring Calvin Harris on here. Top songs are ‘We Found Love’ ‘Where Have You Been’”
ANTI
“Kiss it better being the best song on her entire career.”
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