Rihanna - Loud

Description: HomeAbout UsPostage & PaymentReturnsContact Add Square Britain to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General InterestLoudRIHANNAR&P INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONALMUSICLoud is Rihanna's fifth studio album. The follow-up to 2009's Rated R, Loud sees the Barbados-native return to the dancier grooves that inspired her early success. The album features the UK number one single "Only Girl (In the World)". Review Rihannas fifth album in as many years has been described by the singer as "sassy, fun, flirty, energetic" a return to the slick pop with which she made her name following last years darker Rated R. But its not quite that simple after all, that album delivered the dancehall smash Rude Boy while this record closes with Love the Way You Lie (Part II), an affecting sequel to her Eminem collaboration that takes on added relevance given the domestic abuse she suffered at the hands of ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. Loud certainly (if intermittently) lives up to the singers promise. It is brilliantly sassy and exuberant at times the enormous synth and shout-along chorus of Only Girl (In the World) is about the measure of it, while Nicki Minaj makes for a superb partner in crime on Raining Men, her wild, kinetic flow complementing Rihannas steely delivery to wicked effect. Disappointingly though, the knowing strangeness that coloured even Rated Rs most chart-friendly moments has been toned down in favour of a brazen sexuality that sits at odds with what Rihanna is trying to accomplish here. Since when was flirtatious synonymous with sadomasochistic As bracingly huge and catchy as it is, S&M doesnt deviate much from its blunt title: lyrics like "Sticks and stones may break my bones / But chains and whips excite me" feel forced, not daring. Similarly, her insistence that "I like it rough" on the comparatively restrained Skin cant help but come across a little uncomfortable in the light of her personal history. But the argument over whether songs like this subjugate or empower their female performers is one for another time, or maybe one not worth having at all not when the songs are this good, the singers voice this powerful. Whats My Name features the similarly young and talented Drake mulling the "square route of 69" over choppy Caribbean rhythms that reappear on Man Down, where Rihanna relays a break-up as murder metaphor in thick Barbadian patois. Love the Way You Lie (Part II) even bests the original, Eminems verse exuding the kind of volatile, simmering menace that got everyone so excited about him in the first place. But it is Rihannas vocal at once commanding, soulful and vulnerable that anchors the song, and Loud itself, elevating it from a hit-and-miss collection into something oddly arresting. --James Skinner This link will take you off in a new windowShipping FREE SHIPPING. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail (treated as First Class Mail once with the U.S. Postal Service) which is air freighted to your nearest USPS Post Distribution Center (New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, or San Francisco) from where they are delivered to your address by USPS. Please allow 7-14 days for delivery, although please note delivery can be even quicker than from domestic US sellers!Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. As shipping costs are not retrievable, we are unable to refund shipping costs.Feedback We use an automated eBay feedback response system. If you are happy with the product, please leave positive feedback and we will automatically leave positive feedback for you. If you are unhappy with the transaction for any reason, please contact us first to resolve. If you do leave negative or neutral feedback you waive your rights for support regarding any problems with us and open yourself up for possible retaliatory negative feedback. Please avoid making negative feedback remarks, contact us first if you have any problems! We are here to help!Contact Us Please contact us via eBay messages if you have any questions and our Customer Service team will be happy to assist you with any queries. Thank you.HomeAbout UsPostage & PaymentReturnsContactCopyright © 2017 - 2024 Square Britain. All rights reserved.

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