Anti
by Rihanna
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7.9

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  1. bjodr
    Nov 29, 2017
    7
    This is not the Rihanna we used to know, and that's a good thing. I am not happy with the fact, that she is giving us another floppy lyrics (Work) like she used to do with the previous albums. And even with two or three songs which are shorter than 3 minutes, I think its her one of the best albums.
  2. TheCriticReview
    Nov 17, 2017
    8
    This album is amazing, is different, that's for sure if you're expecting beachy pop/dance songs id say you should skip this album. Love on The Brain, Higher, Desperado, Needed Me and James Joint serve as the highlights. it has a wonderful vocal production. Rihanna killed it. Even though it sold 460 copies in a week, its one of Riri's best album so far.
  3. EosBuddy
    Nov 14, 2017
    10
    One of the best albums ever! 'Yeah i said it' , 'Needed me' , 'Kiss it better' , 'Work' and 'Desperado' are the highlights of this album. It's a must listen album for everyone surely ..
  4. MasterofHeaarts
    Nov 12, 2017
    10
    UNDERRATED. MASTERPIECE. BETTER THAN LEMONADE. BETTER THAN 25. BEST ALBUM OF 2016. SIMPLY THE BEST.

    Thank you Rihanna for this wonderful album. . First of all. The production in this album is absolutely flawless for every song. Rihanna sings her best vocally in this album .
  5. 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 ...
  6. BlaireWhite
    Sep 24, 2017
    0
    A weak attempt to sound authentic. Rihanna, who sings half EMPTi stadiums, fails to achieve her goal with this album. Bland, repetitive, unoriginal, poorly written and with terrible production.
  7. sissi_stess
    Sep 2, 2017
    9
    An artist in constant evolution, I like that !! Maybe her best project because you can fell her in this record. Really good
    Favorites : Kiss it better, Needed me, Love on the brain
  8. spongecat
    Aug 29, 2017
    10
    One of my favorite albums EVER. It’s a work of art and arguably her best work. Every song is great on it’s and her attitude on it is very dominant and strong and it definitely makes you feel the same way. Her Tame Impala cover ‘Same Ol’ Mistakes’ is a stand out, such a beautiful track. It may not be for everyone but it’s definitely for me.
    It’s crazy how she manages to make so many genres    One of my favorite albums EVER. It’s a work of art and arguably her best work. Every song is great on it’s and her attitude on it is very dominant and strong and it definitely makes you feel the same way. Her Tame Impala cover ‘Same Ol’ Mistakes’ is a stand out, such a beautiful track. It may not be for everyone but it’s definitely for me.
    It’s crazy how she manages to make so many genres work together so well on it. Other tracks that are great are definitely Desperado, Yeah, I Said It, Needed Me and Never Ending. Also props to the production it’s maddening.    … Expand
  9. groupie
    Aug 17, 2017
    10
    Es de ese tipo de musica que te hace sentir cool y el mejor a donde quiera que vayas, Rihanna hizo un buen trabajo, claro, sin ayuda de sus cientos de escritores esta biblia no pudo haber sido mas que perfecta. Rihanna demostró que puede hacer un álbum con calidad de principio a fin, sin necesidad de relleno y canciones con baja producción, es por eso que "Anti" es de sus mejores trabajos.Es de ese tipo de musica que te hace sentir cool y el mejor a donde quiera que vayas, Rihanna hizo un buen trabajo, claro, sin ayuda de sus cientos de escritores esta biblia no pudo haber sido mas que perfecta. Rihanna demostró que puede hacer un álbum con calidad de principio a fin, sin necesidad de relleno y canciones con baja producción, es por eso que "Anti" es de sus mejores trabajos. Grande Rihanna.… Expand
  10. dinhodiego
    Aug 9, 2017
    9
    Encontre aqui tudo o que uma pessoa busca num álbum. Grandes baladas, músicas para dançar, instrumentais poderosos, além dos vocais inconfundíveis da cantora, claramente no apse do domínio da sua voz. Love on the brain é de longe a música mais diferente, complexa e interessante do álbum. Não podemos também deixar de dar honrarias para uma música que, infelizmente, não se tornou um smashEncontre aqui tudo o que uma pessoa busca num álbum. Grandes baladas, músicas para dançar, instrumentais poderosos, além dos vocais inconfundíveis da cantora, claramente no apse do domínio da sua voz. Love on the brain é de longe a música mais diferente, complexa e interessante do álbum. Não podemos também deixar de dar honrarias para uma música que, infelizmente, não se tornou um smash hit, mas já pode ser colocada no top ranking da cantora como uma de suas melhores gravações: Kiss it Better. Desperado seria um excelente single! Bom... o álbum é cheio de altos e baixos, não no sentido de oscilar em qualidade, mas sim, de trazer tons suaves seguidos de momentos de grandes explosões sonoras. Ponto para Rihanna!… Expand
  11. ANTILEMONADE
    Jul 23, 2017
    10
    THIS IS BEST RIHANNA ALBUM! She has evolved and grown an artist, this is visible in the work. May it continue to evolve and grow as an artist. I love this album, for me is the second best album of 2016.
  12. NETMUSIC
    Jun 18, 2017
    10
    One the most interesting and original albums of this decade! An amazing album.

    Best Song(s):
    Work
    Needed Me
    Consideration
    Kiss It Better
    Love On the Brain
    Pose
    Sex with Me
    Desperado

    Worst Song(s):
    Never Ending
  13. IconicStick
    Jun 16, 2017
    10
    ANTI empieza firme, decididísimo, convencido de que éstos son sus principios y con ellos hasta la muerte. Adiós al polígono, al dance, al petardeo, a la música de y para tronistas: esto es el disco-protesta de Rihanna, su canto de madurez.
  14. Jmcl4d
    Jun 16, 2017
    10
    La versatilidad en el pop, como tantos discos han demostrado siempre, varios de ellos, de hecho, de Rihanna (pienso en ‘Rated R’), puede ser su mayor aliado; el problema es el modo en que la aborda Rihanna en algunos de sus trabajos y particularmente en este disco y en el anterior. En definitiva, muy pocas veces las canciones de ‘ANTI’, aunque sólidas por sí solas, giran alrededor de unaLa versatilidad en el pop, como tantos discos han demostrado siempre, varios de ellos, de hecho, de Rihanna (pienso en ‘Rated R’), puede ser su mayor aliado; el problema es el modo en que la aborda Rihanna en algunos de sus trabajos y particularmente en este disco y en el anterior. En definitiva, muy pocas veces las canciones de ‘ANTI’, aunque sólidas por sí solas, giran alrededor de una órbita común, lo que hace que este disco suene como un proyecto subdesarrollado lanzado con prisas.… Expand
  15. IgorM
    Jun 12, 2017
    8
    Anti was the moment Rihanna finally asserted herself as an album artist, after reigning as queen of the singles charts for so many years.

    Becoming bored with pop music, she took a week’s hiatus (it was supposed to be a year) before heading into the studio and producing her eighth, long-awaited EP. The build-up to this was ridiculous – there were three singles that didn't actually    Anti was the moment Rihanna finally asserted herself as an album artist, after reigning as queen of the singles charts for so many years.

    Becoming bored with pop music, she took a week’s hiatus (it was supposed to be a year) before heading into the studio and producing her eighth, long-awaited EP.

    The build-up to this was ridiculous – there were three singles that didn't actually make it onto the album, teasing social media account – but the arrival of the record itself seemed remarkably low-key.

    On Anti you can hear how she moves away from pop and towards a more reflective R&B sound – and there's a braveness to all of this as though, while she hasn't quite worked out who she wants to be as an artist; she's definitely worked out who she isn't.    … Expand
  16. Gretusca
    Jun 10, 2017
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Anti representa um enorme passo na carreira de Rihanna, nesse novo disco, a cantora deixa florescer sua identidade musical através da sonoridade de seu domínio, o Urban.

    Apesar de ser um shock de sonoridade para aqueles que estavam acostumados com o seu EDM estonteante em álbuns anteriores, aqui a cantora nos deslumbra, conforme o tempo, com o incrível dancehall de suas raízes caribenhas na faixa "Work", já em faixas como "Consideration" e "Desperado" a cantora mostra todo o seu poder e agressividade com um flerte entre o Hip-Hop e R&B.

    Por outro lado a cantora revela seu lado emocional, mas também com o seu toque de Bad Girl em "Close To You" e "Love On The Brain", essa última uma faixa de Soul que soa diferente de tudo que a Hitmaker já havia feito antes é um dos pontos altos do álbum.

    O ápice do álbum está na faixa Needed Me na qual Rihanna exala sua essência de garota independente e dona de si mesma, quando a mesma canta You was just another **** on the hit list/Tryna fix your inner issues with a bad **** a mesma revela que sabe como alguns outros homens e a sociedade a enxergam e que essa auto-consciência à torna indiferente aos julgamentos, fazendo a mesma levar uma vida livre e conforme suas vontade, nos fazendo perceber que estamos jogando o jogo dela. Além disso, no momento mais direcionado ao Pop, temos a sua faixa "Kiss It Better", outro ponto para a cantora, aqui a influência de Prince é clara e faz com que a faixa se torne inesquecível, pelo menos no repertório dela.

    Os momentos mais vulneráveis estão nas faixa "Higher" e "Never Ending" que numa primeira audição podem parecer impolidas, mas essa músicas com uma sonoridade Soul e Folk, respectivamente, também são dramáticas e cativantes conforme você compreende o espírito do álbum e de Rihanna.

    Não apenas um marco na carreira de Rihanna, Anti é o avanço de degraus artísticos para Rihanna.    … Expand
  17. Rafaeeel
    Jun 10, 2017
    7
    Eu adoro as músicas da Rihanna desse álbum, ela tem um estilo maravilhoso.
    É como se tudo que ela fizesse, cantasse, usasse virasse ouro. Ela é maravilhosa. Porém certas faixas não viraram ouro, a Riri canta com muito sofrimento e isso acaba ficando chato. Mas no geral é um álbum maravilhoso.
  18. napoleon5432
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    HER BEST ALBUM SO FAR!!
    I am very happy and above all, proud that Rihanna has created this album. It is a work of art from the beginning, with the best song opening until the last. His best vocals are on this record, great quality and with a versatility throughout the 50 minutes of duration.
    It's going to be very difficult to get over this album because she've taken care of every detail.    HER BEST ALBUM SO FAR!!
    I am very happy and above all, proud that Rihanna has created this album. It is a work of art from the beginning, with the best song opening until the last. His best vocals are on this record, great quality and with a versatility throughout the 50 minutes of duration.
    It's going to be very difficult to get over this album because she've taken care of every detail. The production is impeccable, the voice is in everything in its splendor.
    It is very different from everything she has done before, she has been more involved and has put a lot of effort and enthusiasm in this project.
    CONGRATIS FOR THIS WONDERFUL ALBUM, RIH!
    Without a doubt, my favorite album. Everyone must have it    … Expand
  19. samwich21
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    The production on this album is absolutely gorgeous. The DJ Mustard-produced "Needed Me" is a standout. Rihanna's vocals are at their best. I like this new and improved RiRi. It's much better than Unapologetic.
  20. dsakgeryfs
    Jun 8, 2017
    10
    uma biblia dessas, meu album preferido dela, uma pena que minha faixa preferida "Never ending" foi totalmente ignorada do album, é um album diferente e unico
  21. ultimatemusic
    Jun 6, 2017
    7
    So after 3 years and 2 months, do I really feel this album was worth waiting that long? Unfortunately not. Unapologetic still holds reign over best Rihanna album, and this falls closely to the bottom, if not, THE bottom. 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 was going to be anSo after 3 years and 2 months, do I really feel this album was worth waiting that long? Unfortunately not. Unapologetic still holds reign over best Rihanna album, and this falls closely to the bottom, if not, THE bottom. 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 was going to be an album that wasn’t going to be forgotten in the world of Rihanna. Well, it won’t, but not for the right reasons. Rihanna has either taken a completely different new move in her career, or she’s having one of those crisis albums where it’s just not as good as the rest, which is ok, every artist has one of those, so I guess Rihanna having her first one can be forgiven right? I mean Madonna had that with a few albums, American Lifebeing her main example, or Britney Jean for Miss Spears, or even ARTPOP for Gaga. So for Rihanna to be having one of these situations 8 albums in, I guess that can be forgotten over time, but right now, it’s a problem, especially when you’ve had to wait 3.2 years.

    A few songs are great, a few ‘meh’, and the odd couple that really just lacked in everything we had been waiting for. FourFiveSeconds, **** Better Have My Money and American Oxygen still should have made the final cut in my eyes, but hey, what can you do? It’s Rihanna we’re talking about here.    … Expand
  22. OVO_Nate
    May 14, 2017
    10
    Easily one of Rihanna's best projects! It is so different from her previous albums, this is not really an album to dance to. There is no dubstep or electro-pop songs on here, a lot of it is very personal, which I love. The production on this album is amazing, and there are only 2 features, which means there is more of Rihanna! My personal favorites are "Yeah, I Said It" "Needed Me" "LoveEasily one of Rihanna's best projects! It is so different from her previous albums, this is not really an album to dance to. There is no dubstep or electro-pop songs on here, a lot of it is very personal, which I love. The production on this album is amazing, and there are only 2 features, which means there is more of Rihanna! My personal favorites are "Yeah, I Said It" "Needed Me" "Love On The Brain" "Pose" and "Sex With Me". The weakest song on the album is "Woo", but it grew on me. One of my top favorite albums of 2016! Buy this!… Expand
  23. ZJM_
    May 13, 2017
    10
    Anti was a fantastic album! You can see how much she grew and how much his album means to her. Songs that stand out for me are 'love on the brain', 'higher'. 'kiss it better' and 'james joint'. I wish the last one was longer.
  24. H_m
    Apr 15, 2017
    10
    Amazing album! It's without a doubt her best album!
    There's a variety of different songs that she offers on this album, including; Dancehall, R'n'B, Ballad etc.
    This album truly expresses her true vocal ability, especially 'Love on the brain'.
  25. LaloSoto
    Apr 11, 2017
    10
    Totalmente inesperado, es un album muy bien elaborado y con muy buenas canciones como Love on the brein, Kiss it better, Needed me, Higher, tiene sonidos muy diferentes y es algo muy diferente a lo que ha hecho Rihanna, con este album no queda duda de que Rihanna puede cantar todo tipo de genero.
  26. manu_carnevale
    Apr 5, 2017
    7
    I like it but I think this is not the best Rihanna could do.

    vocals: 6.5/10 (she should study the technique a little bit more)
    lyrics: 6/10 (nothing special)
    singles: 8/10 (loved Love on the brain)
  27. libr
    Mar 16, 2017
    8
    Every artist, the great one, should have an album that reflects their experimental and artistry of their musicality. 'Anti' probably Rihanna experimental artistry one, and her best to date.

    A beautiful mess LP, it contains Consideration, a solid dub-hip hop opener with a bold statement, "I can do whatever I want (and people will like whatever I do)". Kiss It Better shows her rock-R&B    Every artist, the great one, should have an album that reflects their experimental and artistry of their musicality. 'Anti' probably Rihanna experimental artistry one, and her best to date.

    A beautiful mess LP, it contains Consideration, a solid dub-hip hop opener with a bold statement, "I can do whatever I want (and people will like whatever I do)". Kiss It Better shows her rock-R&B style with gleaming electric guitar plays. Same Ol' Mistakes shows us if she is a great karaoke singer. But her magical moment is Love on the Brain and Higher, both are doo-wop inspired songs with great vocal delivers that make us like, "finally she can sing!"

    Lyrically, his songs revolves around today's pop themes. Similar themes with previous Rihanna's albums, which is a downside of 'Anti'.

    But still, when everyone hoping bangers, she gave us her raw inner side R&B which delightful as you play it more and more. [81/100]    … Expand
  28. gonzilo
    Feb 24, 2017
    9
    Anti es una declaración de intenciones que, tras una larguísima espera por parte de fans y medios, ha llegado en forma de un proyecto arriesgado y que no ha salido del todo mal.
    Alejado de la radiofórmula habitual en Rihanna, Anti profundiza nuevos ámbitos en su música y sobretodo nos deja ver una faceta alternativa suya que estábamos deseando conocer.
  29. MoneyMaker101
    Feb 12, 2017
    10
    Easily her Best album since Good Girl Gone Bad. Although her previous works (no pun intended) were good to very good they didn't offer the overall quality spread throughout the whole project, this one however is an obvious exception.
  30. migue_jd
    Jan 19, 2017
    10
    Este álbum es uno de los mejores álbumes que pueda tener Rihanna. La canción Love On The Brain la salva. Posteriormente los ritmos te hacen sentir bien al igual que las letras en cada una de sus canciones. Este álbum se merece esas nominaciones en los Grammy y estoy seguro que va a ganar cada uno de ellos. Rihanna se ha reinventado al sacar este álbum
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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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