Sunday, December 04, 2011

Album Review Supplemental: Rihanna - Talk That Talk

As I said above in the review, Talk That Talk rehashes a lot of sounds from previous Rihanna albums. Here's some key examples.

Talk That Talk track...
Sounds like previous track...
Because...
We Found Love
Loud's Only Girl
Both songs feature similar radio-ready dance pop productions and were chosen as their albums' lead singles
You Da One
Loud's What's My Name
Both songs feature breezy, mid-tempo productions with a definite Caribbean underpinning.
Talk That Talk
Rated R's Rude Boy
Both songs have a similar vibe and beat courtesy of production team StarGate.
Where Have You Been
Good Girl Gone Bad's Disturbia or Loud's S&M
These are clubby songs like "We Found Love" and "Only Girl" but with a harder, electro edge. All produced by different people though.
We All Want Love
Good Girl Gone Bad's Hate That I Love You
These songs slow down the tempo, but not too slow and go for a positive, uplifting sound.
Farewell
Loud's California King Bed
They are both ballads, but with epic-sounding production.
Roc Me Out
Rated R's Hard
They achieve that same synthesizer "growl" by making the song sound both highly processed but also a bit rough around the edges.

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