Comments on: Rihanna – Wait Your Turn http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1654 Pop, to two decimal places Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matias H http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1654&cpage=1#comment-5884 Matias H Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:40:59 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1654#comment-5884 I definitely liked this track from the start. It's genuinely anthemic, and the "wait is ova" phrase feels like it signifies so many "wait"s, so many pages turned, so many new things opening up for Rihanna. But I definitely agree that the album is more than the sum of its parts. There are songs here which work less perfectly than others, and I'm always annoyed when will.i.am rears his head, but give me five stars to rate the album with and I'll use them all. As an artistic statement, a coherent work and a surprising and odd way to end the decade's big pop releases, it's more than we could ever ask for. I definitely liked this track from the start. It’s genuinely anthemic, and the “wait is ova” phrase feels like it signifies so many “wait”s, so many pages turned, so many new things opening up for Rihanna.

But I definitely agree that the album is more than the sum of its parts. There are songs here which work less perfectly than others, and I’m always annoyed when will.i.am rears his head, but give me five stars to rate the album with and I’ll use them all. As an artistic statement, a coherent work and a surprising and odd way to end the decade’s big pop releases, it’s more than we could ever ask for.

]]> By: lex http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1654&cpage=1#comment-5875 lex Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:33:24 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1654#comment-5875 If I'd reviewed this based on the leak by itself I really think I'd have given it [3] or [4], but when I heard it in the context of the album, in HQ and explicit, I was suddenly like OH SHIT THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING. If I’d reviewed this based on the leak by itself I really think I’d have given it [3] or [4], but when I heard it in the context of the album, in HQ and explicit, I was suddenly like OH SHIT THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING.

]]> By: Kat http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1654&cpage=1#comment-5874 Kat Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:08:11 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1654#comment-5874 I think if I hadn't heard Russian Roulette first, this would have got a higher score from me. But this remains a sludgey funeral dirge. I think if I hadn’t heard Russian Roulette first, this would have got a higher score from me. But this remains a sludgey funeral dirge.

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