Loud [LP]

by Rihanna

Overview

Loud has the misfortune of following Good Girl Gone Bad, one of the best pop albums of its decade, and Rated R, one of the most fascinating pop albums of the same time frame. That said, there's enough quality content to maintain Rihanna's visibility until her next truly eventful release. (This album, coming less than a year after Rated R, did not have much buildup.) The predatory StarGate/Sandy Vee-produced dance-pop ("S&M," "Only Girl [In the World]") is what works best here. Though neither one can touch "Rude Boy," they do efficiently balance Rihanna's playful and sinister sides. One song that sounds nothing like anything else in Rihanna's past is "Skin," a contender for anti-gravity slow jam of 2010 -- a match for Trey Songz's "Red Lipstick" and Usher's "Mars vs Venus." ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	04/07/2017
Label:	Def Jam / Mercury
UPC:	0602557079807

Tracks

1. S&M
2. What's My Name?
3. Cheers (Drink to That)
4. Fading
5. Only Girl (In the World)
6. California King Bed
7. Man Down
8. Raining Men
9. Complicated
10. Skin
11. Love the Way You Lie, Pt. 2

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rihanna   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Eminem   Vocals,Featured Artist
Sandy Vee   Multi Instruments
Ester Dean   Vocals (Background)
Crystal Johnson   Vocals (Background)
Nicki Minaj   Vocals,Featured Artist
Stacy Barthe   Vocals (Background)
Drake   Vocals,Featured Artist
Theron Thomas   Vocals (Background)
Eric England   Bass
Priscilla Renea   Vocals (Background)
Tor Erik Hermansen   Multi Instruments
Mikkel S. Eriksen   Multi Instruments
Alex Delicata   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Cri$tyle Johnson   Vocals (Background)
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt   Guitar
LP   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Soundz   Producer
Damien Lewis   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Stargate   Producer
Sandy Wilhelm   Composer
Chris Gehringer   Mastering
L.A. Reid   Executive Producer
Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva   Engineer
Carl Sturken   Executive Producer
Lauren Christy   Composer
Graham Edwards   Composer
Leesa D. Brunson   A&R
S. Joseph   Composer
Scott Spock   Composer
Jermaine Jackson   Composer
Rihanna   Design,Art Direction,Creative Director,Executive Producer
Mikkel Storleer Eriksen   Composer,Engineer,Instrumentation
Jamal Jones   Composer
The Runners   Producer
JP Robinson   Design,Art Direction
Bu Thiam   A&R
Corey Shoemaker   Engineer
C. Stewart   Composer
Sandy Vee   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Instrumentation,Mixing Engineer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Jaycen Joshua   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Ester Dean   Composer,Producer
Lamar Taylor   Composer
Kuk Harrell   Vocal Engineer,Vocal Producer,Vocal Recording
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart   Composer,Producer
Avril Lavigne   Composer
Crystal Johnson   Composer
Evan Rogers   Executive Producer
Sham   Producer
Phil Tan   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Alex Grant   Composer
Inaam Haq   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Vocal Engineer
A. Grant   Composer
Christian Plata   Mixing Assistant
Andrew Wuepper   Engineer
Alex da Kid   Engineer,Producer
Miles Walker   Engineer
Erik Madrid   Mixing Assistant
Scott Marcus   A&R
Josh Gudwin   Vocal Recording
Stacy Barthe   Composer
Marcos Tovar   Mixing,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Recording
Makeba Riddick   Vocal Producer
Theron Thomas   Composer
Darnell Dalton   Composer
Aubrey Graham   Composer
Noah Shebib   Vocal Engineer,Vocal Recording
Timothy Thomas   Composer
Melvin Hough   Composer
R. Wouter   Composer
Ariel Chobaz   Vocal Engineer,Vocal Recording
Rob Katz   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Vocal Engineer
Mariel Haenn   Stylist
Ciarra Pardo   Design,Art Direction,Creative Director
Karen Kwak   A&R
Andrew Harr   Composer
Carol Corless   Package Production
Shontelle Layne   Composer
Priscilla Renea   Composer
Antonio Resendiz   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Vocal Engineer
Deborah Mannis-Gardner   Sample Clearance
Kyle White   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Vocal Engineer
Marshall Mathers   Composer
Ursula Stephen   Hair Stylist
Dana Nielsen   Engineer
Terese Joseph   A&R
Alex Haldi   Design,Art Direction
Traci Hale   Composer
Tor Erik Hermansen   Composer,Instrumentation
Chad "C Note" Roper   Engineer
Mikkel S. Eriksen   Composer,Engineer
Bobby Campbell   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer,Assistant Vocal Engineer
Brian "B-Luv" Thomas   Engineer
Robert Zangardi   Stylist
William Hodge   Composer
Polow da Don   Producer
Jay Stevenson   Engineer
Ursula Yancy   Composer
Kenneth Coby   Composer
Onika Maraj   Composer
Cary Clark   Engineer
Noel Cadastre   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Vocal Engineer
Mike Strange   Vocal Engineer,Vocal Recording
Corey Gibson   Composer
Jesus Garnica   Mixing Assistant
Ben O'Neill   Assistant Engineer
Laura Pergolizzi   Composer
Koby Hass   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Vocal Engineer
Alexander Grant   Composer
Alex Delicata   Composer
Brad Shea   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Vocal Engineer
Brandon Joner   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Vocal Engineer
Camilla Akrans   Photography
Dane Liska   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Vocal Engineer
Karin Darnell   Make-Up
Veronika Bozeman   Vocal Producer,Additional Production
Shama Joseph   Composer
Mel & Mus   Producer
C. Johnson   Composer
Robyn Fenty   Composer
S. Wilhelm   Composer
Quinton Amey   Composer
Rivelino Wouter   Composer
Holly Hafermann   Composer
Joshua Gudwin   Vocal Engineer
Chris Ivery   Composer