Unapologetic
4.6 | 2,103 ratings
Price: 19.97
Last update: 12-01-2025
Product details
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 12 x 12.6 x 1 inches; 8 ounces
- Manufacturer : Def Jam
- Item model number : 0602557079838
- Original Release Date : 2017
- Date First Available : February 16, 2017
- Label : Def Jam
- ASIN : B01MTOEQGS
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank:#312 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
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- Pop (CDs & Vinyl)
- Customer Reviews:4.64.6 out of 5 stars(2,103)
Top reviews from the United States
- PandamanArtistry, Vision and Growth.For her seventh album in just as many years (time flies, don't it?) Rihanna needed to do something different. Talk That Talk was an overall lackluster record despite the bombastically catchy and tailor-made-for-radio single choices. It was a step in the right direction from the extraordinarily manufactured Loud, which was her label's reaction to the artistically cohesive, emotionally impactful, raw, wonderful yet lowest selling (it ONLY hit platinum, for goodness sake) album Rated R. That being said, however, there was still someTHING that was left to be desired.
As a reaction to this conundrum, we now have the number one album Unapologetic. The album pays homage to her urban radio roots (because, let's be honest, when was the last time Rihanna had a song that actually DESERVED to be played on an R&B/hip hop radio station"?) with tracks such as "Presh Off the Runway," "Numb, "Pour It Up," and "Loveeeee Song." These were the songs that took the longest for me to warm up to, but they end up adding to my positive view of the album as a whole when I finally did. They are located at the beginning of the record, sandwiched between the ubiquitous and delightful "Diamonds," which is oddly enough not the strongest song on the record (a good thing for future single choices!).
Right as the urban section started, it ends, bringing us to the pop hits that Rih has been made famous for. "Jump" and "Right Now" are the songs that her record label put on there just in case some of the other more risky songs end up flopping. Right Now is miles away from Jump in terms of quality, and if either of these see radio play (which I hope they don't because there are better songs on here), I would prefer Jump due to its unique production and lack of cliches that plague Right Now.
Next are the two best songs on the album. "What Now" is a midtempo power ballad that explores the registers that I didn't even know Rih had. The piano riff is wonderful and the bridge and outro make the song absolutely perfect. But STAY. THIS is where the album's opus happens. This is her most powerful ballad to date, and one of the strongest songs she has recorded. Definitely one of the best songs on the record. It would have been FAR better as a solo version. I hope we end up getting that eventually!
Now comes my one gripe: Nobody's BIDness. K. So Chris just didn't need to ruin an otherwise musically tight production. I just skip over it every time. Professional reviewers have been giving her flack for this (which I agree a certain degree of flack is needed), but that has made them ignore the actual quality of the album itself. Oh well. Her and her label's loss I guess.
The album ends on a much better note than track 10, however. Love Without Tragedy is FINALLY a two-songs-in-one track from Rih (I was wondering when she was going to do this...we got kinda close with Birthday Cake and Cockiness on Talk That Talk). I would give LWT the edge over MM, but they are both good and compliment each other well.
Get It Over With is one of the more forgettable tracks on the record. Nothing really stands out about it.
No Love Allowed is the track we get on every Rihanna album that is directly inspired by her Barbadiosan roots. It is very similar in lyrical content to Man Down off of Loud, but I like this one better. Lost in Paradise is very intense, and I love it.
HALF OF ME is worth buying on iTunes! Emeli Sande is a wonderful songwriter and the song's production is awesome!
Overall, this is her best album since Rated R (which I don't think she will ever top to be honest) and a worthy purchase that you WILL be hearing if they actually decide to release singles from the album for more than a year... - MisaelObjectively Her Best WorkI want to preface this by saying that like always, music is going to be subjective to a certain point. But to me, I feel like this is Rihanna's best album to date. I loved Anti and think it follows Unapologetic in the number 2 spot for best album. Everything in this album flows so well, despite have a strong variance in song type. I feel like Unapologetic achieves this level of greatness because it's one Rihanna's most personal albums (Probably behind Rated R). The hits in this album speak for themselves (Diamonds, Stay, Pour It Up, What Now). However the non-singles are what make this album what it is. (Half of Me, Lost In Paradise, No Love Allowed, Get It Over With, Numb, and the biggest gem of all, Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary). I love when artists tell stories in their songs, it's usually going to be their best works, and Rihanna proves that with most of these songs. Even if you aren't a Rihanna fan, this album is the one you want to give a listen to.
- N. DennisGreat album with no skips!!!I loved just about every song on this album and thought it would be a great addition to my vinyl collection. It sounds good and it played straight through with no skips on either disk on either side.
- Sarah M GrayNot as impressed as usualI have been a HUGE Rihanna fan for years. I've been obsessed with almost every one of her albums. I was super excited for this one to come out because her past work has been so good. Talk that Talk stayed in my car on repeat for a year. But this album..I probably had about 6 songs that I liked out of the whole thing. Usually I like every single one of the songs on her albums. It seemed to be lacking effort and since she released it a year after her last one...it was just released too fast so I was a little disappointed when I heard this when I am used to a certain level of perfection from her.
I gotta say, like I said last year, I'm disgusted Rihanna thinks its attractive to put all these smoking pictures in her album artwork. I feel sad that she will one day ruin such a great voice with something as stupid as smoking. But it's her body and she wants to act like she's invincible, I guess it's her choice. It's a shame though and it's just...ew[...] It's not pleasant, for me at least, to see her one the album art or in music vids blowing clouds of smoke everywhere. She doesn't care about the message that it sends to younger impressionable fans. Like it or not people look up to her and I know it's their stupid choice but that's the thing. She is encouraging a lot of stupid choices and doesn't care because she wants to do what she wants.
Anyway back to the album
My 2 most favorite songs were "What Now" and "Half of me". Other favorites were "Lost in Paradise", "Stay", "Right Now". I love when she uses her full vocal potential with good music to back it up. She is one of my favorite vocalists and I super loved Good Girl Gone Bad, and Rated R.
I love "Diamonds" as a song but felt that it fell short vocals wise.
The song with Chris Brown was absolutely just WTF!!! It completely rubs me the wrong way. If they truly didn't want it to be anybody's business then they would not constantly make songs together, talk about it publicly, release public pictures. They disgust me but they can do what they want, nobody is going to stop them.
The song she did with Eminem? Eminem was the best part of the song!
"Pour it up" and "Jump" have grown on me quite a bit, I did not like them at first but the music is good so the rest just fell into place.
"Fresh out the runway" I have a love hate relationship with.
The other songs I did not mention were in my opinion weak, unimpressive songs that she could have spent more time on.