Album
Good Girl Gone Bad
2007 · Electronic, Hip Hop
10 collectors on Gatefold own this
Good Girl Gone Bad is a Soul & Funk album by Rihanna, originally released in 2007. On Gatefold: 123 pressings tracked, owned by 10 collectors.
About
Superstars aren’t created overnight; most are lucky to access any notoriety after dropping a single blockbuster hit. But Rihanna isn’t your average superstar. The Barbadian singer’s career, it could be argued, broke through with a solo clash of a hi-hat cymbal now recognized the world over as the first sound of “Umbrella.” The Grammy winning track opens her third LP. With some assist from JAŸ-Z, Ri’s delivery of “brella-ella-ella-eh-eh-eh” was the sound heard around the world, the start of her own personal revolution: a departure from her “Pon de Replay” Caribbean pop (after all, “Umbrella” was originally written for Britney Spears, whose team turned it down) and an arrival at total ubiquity. His is the first voice we hear, but her voice is the one we remember. It sets the tone for her third album, a confluence of ambitious, boundary-pushing vocal work on Rihanna’s part—a pivot toward edgy songcraft targeting the global stage—and a laundry list of A-list producers: Tricky Stewart, Sean Garrett, The-Dream, and Timbaland. They, armed with the skill set to evolve Ri’s voice, worked to maintain her dancehall roots (like in “Say It,” which samples Mad Cobra’s 1992 song “Flex”), laying the foundation for an ineffable career. <i>Good Girl Gone Bad</i> has it all, boasting a prescient genre-agnosticism decades ahead of the pop landscape. “Shut Up and Drive” is high-octane New Wave rock ’n’ roll, for example, though the record is largely classified as pop R&B, while “Disturbia” charms with its gothic disco. There’s also a deep understanding of the importance of worldwide dance-pop hits, particularly with “Don’t Stop the Music,” courtesy of Norwegian producers Stargate, and its clever sample of Michael Jackson’s “mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-koosa" from his 1983 single “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’.” The record isn’t stacked exclusively with timeless classics—the pursuit of perfection is a fool’s errand—but even the non-blockbuster tracks stand out as exemplars of their time. Looking for a smooth-like-butter acoustic R&B ballad challenging Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable”? It’s “Hate That I Love You” featuring Ne-Yo. Or maybe it’s spacey, existential R&B with an ’80s-inspired spoken-word interlude you’re after? Look no further than “Question Existing.” Or do you prefer late-2000s sounds to be stacked with orchestral instruments and melancholic metaphor? That’s all “Rehab,” co-written by Justin Timberlake and produced by Timbaland. <i>Good Girl Gone Bad</i> remains the opening note for all the culture-shifting music Rihanna would create in the years that followed—as well as the legacies she’d inspire.
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
- 1Umbrella4:35
- 2Push Up On Me3:15
- 3Don't Stop The Music4:27
- 4Breakin' Dishes3:20
- 5Shut Up And Drive3:33
- 6Hate That I Love You3:39
- 7Say It4:10
- 8Sell Me Candy2:45
- 9Lemme Get That3:41
- 10Rehab4:54
- 11Question Existing4:08
- 12Good Girl Gone Bad3:39
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Contemporary R&B
- polished
- defiant
- urban
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Issued in a Super Jewel Box with clear tray and 18-panel foldout insert.
Track 1
Track 2
Recorded by Greg Ogan at Chalice Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Georgie Seara at Phase One Audio Group, Toronto, Canada
Assistant engineer at Phase One Audio Group: Jeff Pelletier
Mixed for Riotproof Productions at Soapbox Studios, Atlanta, GA
Track 3
Produced for Delirious Blacksmith Management, Ltd.
Recorded at Battery Studios, New York and Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant engineer at Battery Studios: Tim Sturges
Assistant engineer at Westlake Studios: Phillip Ramos
Mixed for Riotproof Productions, Inc. at Soapbox Studio, Atlanta, GA
Track 4
Recorded by Kuk Harrell at Triangle Sound, Atlanta, GA and Pacifique Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA and by Kuk Harrell and Mike Tocci at Westlake Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at Soapbox Studio, Atlanta, GA
Track 5
Track 6
Produced for Delirious Blacksmith Management, Ltd.
Recorded by Mikkel S. Eriksen and Al Hemberger at Battery Studios, New York and Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA and by Michael Tocci for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Lethal Studios, Bridgetown, Barbados
Assistant engineer at Westlake Studios: Phillip Ramos
Assistant engineers at Lethal Studios: Deepu Panjwani and Ricardo "Slick" Hinkson
Mixed for Riotproof Productions at Soapbox Studios, Atlanta, GA
Track 7
Produced for Banga Squad/Starpower Mgmt.
Recorded for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed for Platinum Door Entertainment at The Boom Boom Room, Los Angeles, CA
Track 8
Produced for Timbaland Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Demacio Castellon for Storm Circle Entertainment at Pressure Studios, Chicago, IL and by Demacio Castellon for Storm Circle Entertainment, Rico Gonzales, Chris Steinmetz and Mat LeJeune at Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL
Assistant engineer at Roc The Mic: Shane "Bermuda" Woodley for Woodley Engineering
Assistant engineers at Chicago Recording Company: Grayson Taylor and Dusty Robbennolt
Mixed for Storm Circle Entertainment at The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL
Track 9
Produced for Timbaland Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Anthony Kilhoffer and William Durst at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA and by Demacio Castellon for Storm Circle Entertainment at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC
Assistant engineers at Roc The Mic Studios: Shane "Bermuda" Woodley for Woodley Engineering and Marcos Tovar
Mixed for Storm Circle Entertainment at The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL
Track 10
Produced for Timbaland Productions, Inc.
Co-produced for Mag's Son Productions, Inc.
Recorded for Storm Circle Entertainment at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC
Assistant engineers: Shane "Bermuda" Woodley for Woodley Engineering and Marcos Tovar
Mixed for Storm Circle Entertainment at The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL
Justin Timberlake appears courtesy of Jive Records
Track 11
Track 12
Produced for Delirious Blacksmith Management, Ltd.
Recorded by Mikkel S. Eriksen at Battery Studios, New York and Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA and by Michael Tocci for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Lethal Studios, Bridgetown, Barbados
Assistant engineers at Lethal Studios: Deepu Panjwani and Ricardo "Slick" Hinkson
Additional vocals recorded at Roc The Mic, New York City
Guitar recorded at Espionage Studios, Oslo
Mixed for Riotproof Productions at Soapbox Studios, Atlanta, GA
Co-executive producers for Syndicated Rhythm Productions
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC
Very similar release with EDC matrix cat# 51902942 found here Good Girl Gone Bad (Europe 2007) (opens in a new tab)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- RihannaLEAD VOCALS VOCALS BACKING VOCALS
- Aaron EmersonKEYBOARDS
- Adam LevineVOCALS, GUITAR, SONGWRITER, BACKING VOCALS
- Andre MerrittBACKING VOCALS
- Andy HickeyKEYBOARDS
- Augie HaasTRUMPET
- Bernt Rune StrayGUITAR
- Carl Sturken
- ChamFEATURING
- Chris BrownBACKING VOCALS
- Dan SatterwhiteTUBA
- Dana TeboeTROMBONE
- David BisbalFEATURING
- Doug MichelsTRUMPET
- Ed CalleCONDUCTOR, CONTRACTOR , ORCHESTRATED BY CONTRACTOR , CONDUCTOR , ORCHESTRATED BY CONTRACTOR , CONDUCTOR, ORCHESTRATED BY
- Espen LindGUITAR
- Evan RogersBACKING VOCALS
- Hannon LaneKEYBOARDS
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