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7.0
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7.0 |
All Music
While this is a fine, if uneven album, the only way to enjoy a significant portion of it is by taking it as pure entertainment
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Unapologetic's stark, shadowy R&B is confrontationally honest and sung within an inch of its life
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
This most compelling of pop phenomena still has something new to offer
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spin
Her voice's unadorned nakedness is its greatest strength
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Scotsman
Musically no better or worse than any of her previous offerings
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
All filthy lyrics and crashing dubstep drops: R&B-pop turned up to 11
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6.0
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6.0 |
Slant Magazine
Sounds exactly like the sort of album that would've been cobbled together in a flurry of rushed assembly-line activity, with most of the high points operating independent of each other
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
For all its musical value, listening to Unapologetic is a pretty depressing experience
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6.0
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6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Rihanna records vocals on the road to backing tracks created by hot songwriter-producers like David Guetta & Stargate. Hardly surprising it’s a mixed bag
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6.0
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6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
It's a true representation of Rihanna's personality. That is to say, it's dull as dishwater
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5.8
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5.8 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Rihanna’s latest mostly just showcases Rihanna the brand. Unapologetic aims for the middle ground—and succeeds
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5.8
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5.8 |
A.V. Club
Rihanna’s much-discussed duet with Brown, Nobody’s Business, forms the rotten core of Unapologetic, a fiery pop album that’s unfortunately coated in the icky residue of unearned defiance that has marked Brown’s recent output
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5.5
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5.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It just never comes together with any cohesion – it’s fragmented on almost every level
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4.5
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4.5 |
Pitchfork
On a track-by-track basis, the songs make for dull labor, not worth our time and not befitting Rihanna's talent
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4.0
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4.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
With a healthy dose of self-respect – not luck – Rihanna has the ability to transform her manicured battle heroine persona into a career that’s truly durable
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4.0
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4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
In spite of Rihanna’s best efforts, Unapologetic is more depressing than offensive
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4.0
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4.0 |
BBC
The mixture of emotions across Unapologetic just doesn’t sit right
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4.0
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4.0 |
Evening Standard
She’s a peripheral figure on Unapologetic, contributing little beyond a few phoned-in vocals
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2.0
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2.0 |
musicOMH
As a record it is not only misguided, it’s dangerous
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