Loud

After responding to staggering emotional and physical trauma with the melodramatic Rated R, Rihanna returns to making effervescent pop.

Released almost a year to the day after Rihanna’s previous effort, Rated R, Loud purports to leave behind that album’s comparatively dark mood for a bright, sassy revival. Considering that she’s been pumping out an album a year since 2005, these claims of reinvention are suspect; how much artistic growth can anyone…

Check out our album review of Artist's Loud on Rolling Stone.com.

Loud is a decided step away from its über-personal, melodrama-drenched predecessor.

While geeks like me like to sit around debating the merits of Rihanna's sustainability this far into her career -- being that she can't sing -- the moment...

Rihanna - Loud review: Rihanna likes it rough.

Rihanna returns to sunny sassy tunes with 'Loud'. Rating: * * *