Rihanna’s new release ‘Talk That Talk’ tops the iTunes

Grammy-winning singer Rihanna’s ‘Talk That Talk’ reached No. 1 on iTunes on Tuesday, one day after its release. With her song doing tremendous job in enhancing the fans as well as her popularity, she may soon be heading the top of the album charts.

The 11-track ‘Talk That Talk’ includes themes of love and sexuality with a significant blend of up-tempo dance tracks and feet-thumping reggae beats on ‘Where Have You Been’, ‘Birthday Cake’, ‘You Da One," along with ballads ‘We All Want Love’ and ‘Farewell’.

The 23-year-old singer collaborated with rapper Jay-Z — whose Roc Nation label manages her — on the single ‘Talk That Talk’ and Scottish producer Calvin Harris on chart-topping dance anthem ‘We Found Love’. The record also includes a sample of British
indie rock group the xx’s ‘Intro’ on single ‘Drunk On Love’.

The early teasers of the song were released online which did help the album into the top 10 on iTunes. Fans remarked Rihanna’s work on Twitter and Facebook as best yet. Following CDs like ‘Rated R’ and ‘Loud’ which depicted her transformation from a teen
pop star to a charismatic performer, ‘Talk That Talk’ is her sixth studio album.

Fans approbated her efforts on Twitter. @OhMy_Kayla said, "This TALK THAT TALK album by @rihanna is by far the best one yet!!!!,, I FREAKING LOVE HER," and @gabixballa tweeted, "I’ve only been listening to Talk That Talk since yesterday. Lowkey @rihanna’s
best album ever."

However, critics were none short in giving a mixed review over the whole record. the critics admired the singer’s move toward dance music but criticized the lyrics. New York Times’ Jon Caramanica briefed about the record as ‘the blithest Rihanna album’ and
slated Rihanna’s voice for being ‘certifiably blank’.

Randall Roberts at the Los Angeles Times embarked the album two out of four stars and said, “Contains little sweat, slobber or fluids and a lot of plasticized, inflatable insinuation”.

TheWrap.com’s Chris Willman entitled the record, "less dark and more high-spirited" than her last two records, adding "the album is at its musical best when it sticks to dance music".

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