Anti
by Rihanna
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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2154 Ratings

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  1. Chlofa
    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.
  2. IronGaming_
    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.
  3. Sani
    Mar 14, 2016
    3
    Here's the thing: Pop is Rihanna's stream. I seriously understand the fact that she wants to be taken more seriously as an artist and thinks that incongruently mixing genres ranging from club hip hop, trip hop and soul would give her that, but it flops. "Love on the Brain" is more of the direction she should have followed. When she described the album she used "soulful" to describe theHere's the thing: Pop is Rihanna's stream. I seriously understand the fact that she wants to be taken more seriously as an artist and thinks that incongruently mixing genres ranging from club hip hop, trip hop and soul would give her that, but it flops. "Love on the Brain" is more of the direction she should have followed. When she described the album she used "soulful" to describe the whole thing however this is the only song that subscribes to that ideal. "Work" I must admit did better commercially than I thought it would however we have lost that essence of Rihanna being a vocal artist! She screams and scratches all the time now which detracts from the dynamic it used to have and adds to this ever increases idea that she is losing her voice or worse yet lazy. I must appreciate the raw energy that she pours into her work very few artists (ahem Beyonce) still have that. I have always been a RIHANNA FAN and I am avidly waiting for something more from the next album.… Expand
  4. JonathasRanver
    Feb 1, 2016
    3
    O Disco é uma mistura de ritmos que de alguma forma não soa bem,mesmo tendo canções de produção relevante como Kiss it better e Consideration,ainda sim percebo a falta de conteúdo lirico que preencha melhor o álbum!. O álbum mais parece um "This is acting" de músicas da mesma descartadas do Unapologetic,porém ele o cativa por soar um tanto quanto envolvente e surpreendente ao mostrarO Disco é uma mistura de ritmos que de alguma forma não soa bem,mesmo tendo canções de produção relevante como Kiss it better e Consideration,ainda sim percebo a falta de conteúdo lirico que preencha melhor o álbum!. O álbum mais parece um "This is acting" de músicas da mesma descartadas do Unapologetic,porém ele o cativa por soar um tanto quanto envolvente e surpreendente ao mostrar vocais da caribenha ainda mais seguros!… Expand
  5. iyasoon
    Jan 28, 2016
    2
    Well, the albums start with a good song but the more we listen the more we get borred, Great songs like "Kiss It Better" & "Same Ol Mistakes", and very very bad ones like "Pose" & "Woo"
  6. Josexlp1
    Jan 29, 2016
    2
    I think a mockery of rihanna , THEREFORE wait to get boring album said and meaningless, his voice seems drugged , I'm not one to want something commercial but those songs that seem demos, really ?? I think if she had not created much expectation I had not had very bad reviews
  7. sebouso
    Feb 1, 2016
    2
    Eu queria voltar no tempo, antes do lançamento desse algo se fosse pra ser preciso. A única coisa que salva nesse album é a voz dela, porque o resto é tudo esquecivel. A musicalidade, algumas partes da produção, principalmente algumas músicas.
  8. wings_madetofly
    Apr 26, 2016
    2
    Sucks I rate 2/10
    All she talks about how she wants to have sex, and grinds and do dirty things! We want old Riri back!
    And it's explicit as well.. the only good track on this one was 'Desperado'.
  9. zgnruh
    Oct 22, 2016
    2
    Rihanna sound so cheap and ordinary on this album. I can't get her energy. Songs are written by other artist. I can't see anything about talent. She is just saying the same words again and again.
  10. Markorelio
    Nov 1, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This bad album, DecepcionANTI! This album does not demonstrate in their real idealization content "Royalty" that Rihanna wanted to demonstrate on the cover, very weak and poorly produced songs.… Expand
  11. abeel06
    Jan 30, 2016
    1
    To much hype for a dissapointing album with boring songs that all sound almost the same. Rihanna needs to get her **** together and make great music again.
  12. Sensato
    Jan 28, 2016
    1
    ANTI, que álbum decepcionante... O pior já gravado pela artista barbadiana. Rihanna já não tem absolutamente talento algum, ela poderia ter ao menos selecionado boas músicas de seus compositores. O álbum também falha na interpretação das canções. Ao avaliar o material quase fiquei surdo ao ouvir "Higher", pensei estar ouvindo um live de "Firework" da Katy Perry. Porém, o álbum não é deANTI, que álbum decepcionante... O pior já gravado pela artista barbadiana. Rihanna já não tem absolutamente talento algum, ela poderia ter ao menos selecionado boas músicas de seus compositores. O álbum também falha na interpretação das canções. Ao avaliar o material quase fiquei surdo ao ouvir "Higher", pensei estar ouvindo um live de "Firework" da Katy Perry. Porém, o álbum não é de todo o mal, destaque para "Love On The Brain", a melhor faixa dentre esse amontoado de demos.… Expand
  13. allineed
    Jan 31, 2016
    1
    I used to love everything she made but this album is a big mess. In my opinion, its best song is Love On The Brain and it sounds exactly like BEYONCÉ's "worst" song: Superpower.
  14. marcelinopao
    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
  15. Jordantrav
    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.
  16. Rivan24
    May 19, 2016
    1
    This album ended how it began "MESSY", after three failed first singles, 'work' was born. I was mesmerised, despite it being an extremely lazy song, there was something great about it and it gave me hope for the rest of the album. However, when Anti dropped after the terrible samsung campaign ended, the album had no direction, no point, no meaning. It was just a mix of songs, it almostThis album ended how it began "MESSY", after three failed first singles, 'work' was born. I was mesmerised, despite it being an extremely lazy song, there was something great about it and it gave me hope for the rest of the album. However, when Anti dropped after the terrible samsung campaign ended, the album had no direction, no point, no meaning. It was just a mix of songs, it almost sounded like a mixtape. Though I do BELIEVE rihanna has tried on this project as her vocals have never sounded better but she's just not an album artist, she is a single artist who should stick to creating pop hits. Hoping to get another GGGB/ LOUD/ album soon… Expand
  17. Marcosotica
    Oct 9, 2017
    1
    It’s hard to tell if Rihanna had something else up her sleeve when releasing the previous three singles, but listening to those made me sure that ANTi ...
  18. lokito
    Jan 28, 2016
    0
    La decepción del año. Esperaba algo mejor. este álbum no contiene las canciones pegasojas que suele tener Rihanna en sus discos. Lo único rescatable de ANTI es la canción Kiss-It-Better, lo demás es mierda!
  19. HigorSM
    Jan 28, 2016
    0
    Totalmente sem graça e decepcionante. Foram 3 anos esperando um grande trabalho como da era Loud e tudo que ouvimos são músicas que parecem demos. Mais frustrante ainda é notar a ausência de boas músicas já lançadas como **** Better Have My Money e American Oxigen. Parece que nem mesmo Rihanna é capaz de salvar o Pop atualmente.
  20. lonelyjp
    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.
  21. Tamara25
    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.
  22. UmLuan
    Jan 29, 2016
    0
    This album gave me sleep. It's tiring.
    Rihanna tried to be different and ended up making a bad album.
    This has nothing innovative.
    And it is only sustained by the fans as going all out for the album not fail.
    Including as saying that like it when they hated the album.
  23. LuizFelipe
    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...
  24. Grutzmacher
    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?
  25. nandoocorreia
    Jan 28, 2016
    0
    O Pior álbum da Rihanna de longe, passou 3 anos trabalhando no álbum pra sair essa merda? Até o peido da Beyoncé tem mais qualidade que isso, apaga que ainda dá tempo, apaga e faz outro que além de sem qualidade ainda ta flopando horrores, tendo até que vender de graça. Decadência!
  26. indieflop
    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
  27. likesledgomez
    Jan 28, 2016
    0
    Demorou 4 anos pra lançar isso? Completamente decepcionado. Quem gostou foram só os babões dela mesmo, porque impossível gostar de um álbum desse. Música chata atrás de música chata, Work quando foi lançada já era chata e percebeu-se que é a melhor do álbum mesmo sendo chata. Péssimo.
  28. mrlucbra
    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
  29. leobra12
    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
  30. lucassm
    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.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Uncut
    Feb 29, 2016
    80
    One of the most coherent and surprising big-ticket pop albums in years. [Apr 2016, p.79]
  2. HipHopDX
    Feb 23, 2016
    72
    In many ways, ANTI is a step in the right direction for Rihanna, creatively.
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  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]
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