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" Those who have only just fully digested Rihanna&amp;#039;s latest album Talk That Talk may be as exhausted as they are excited that she is releasing a new album next week. The forthcoming studio set, titled Unapologetic, marks the star&amp;#039;s seventh studio album in eight years; it&amp;#039;s a rare and impressive feat by today&amp;#039;s music industry standards. To celebrate and take stock, we&amp;#039;ve looked back over her previous six albums, in order of our least to most favourite. After all, it wouldn&amp;#039;t feel right if there wasn&amp;#039;t a little controversy involved, right?  6. Music of the Sun Released: August 29, 2005 Singles: &amp;#039;Pon De Replay&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;You Don&amp;#039;t Love Me (No No No)&amp;#039; Chart peak: UK: No. 35, US: No. 10 Producers: Carl Sturken, Evan Rodgers, Stargate, Spanador, Vada Nobles, Full Force, Poke &amp;amp; Tone, D. &amp;quot;Supa Dups&amp;quot; Chin-quee Unsurprisingly, Rihanna&amp;#039;s debut is her most mellow offering, but its Caribbean charm still glows seven years later. &amp;#039;Pon De Replay&amp;#039; remains a chest-thumping party anthem with its infectious clap beats and her unusual (at the time) Bajan tones. However, follow-up cut &amp;#039;If It&amp;#039;s Lovin&amp;#039; You Want&amp;#039; failed to give her a second hit, despite its colourful dancehall beats and island-flecked guitars. &amp;#039;You Don&amp;#039;t Love Me (No No No)&amp;#039; with Vybz Kartel offers a slice of cool reggae, with Rihanna allowed to croon over beach-soaked riffs. &amp;#039;That La, La, La&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Rush&amp;#039; allowed her to showcase her potential as pop&amp;#039;s newest talent over dutty wine rhythms. It may be Rihanna&amp;#039;s weakest collection, but it proves that even the biggest of careers can start from humble beginnings. LC  Best track: &amp;#039;Pon De Replay&amp;#039; The single that never was: &amp;#039;That La, La, La&amp;#039; Listen to Music of the Sun below:    5. A Girl Like Me Released: April 24, 2006 Singles: &amp;#039;SOS&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Unfaithful&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;We Ride&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Break It Off&amp;#039; Chart peak: UK: No. 5, US: No. 5 Producers: Stargate, JR Rotem, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, Trackmasters, Mike City Riri hastily followed up the lukewarm reception to her debut just eight months later with A Girl Like Me. A more elite team of producers was brought in, one of which was JR Rotem, who helmed its lead single &amp;#039;SOS&amp;#039;. It was a move that paid off, not only marking her first US number one and second UK number two hit, but its electro dance-pop sound and &amp;#039;Tainted Love&amp;#039; sample was a fresh concept to the charts.  The set also delivered &amp;#039;Unfaithful&amp;#039;, which remains one of her staple ballads on tour to this day. Penned by Ne-Yo, the track was to be the first of several collaborations from the two. Elsewhere, the LP retains much of the same Bajan flavour as her debut (its back-end shares the same producer), especially on &amp;#039;Crazy Little Thing Called Love&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Selfish Girl&amp;#039;; but the crucial difference here was that the material was much, much stronger and pointed to a promising future. RC Best track: &amp;#039;We Ride&amp;#039; The single that never was: &amp;#039;Kisses Don&amp;#039;t Lie&amp;#039; Listen to A Girl Like Me below:    4. Talk That Talk Released: November 21, 2011 Singles: &amp;#039;We Found Love&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;You Da One&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Talk That Talk&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Where Have You Been&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Cockiness (Love It)&amp;#039; Chart peak: UK: No. 1, US: No. 3 Producers: Alex da Kid, Mr Bangladesh, Calvin Harris, Carl Stuken, Chase &amp;amp; Status, Dr Luke, Ester Dean, Stargate, The-Dream After Rihanna smacked us all in the face with the unexpected brilliance of &amp;#039;We Found Love&amp;#039;, expectations for her sixth studio set were unattainably high. Although her Calvin Harris bounce-off was Talk That Talk&amp;#039;s obvious stand-out track, there were other gems to be found on her raunchiest outing yet. &amp;#039;Cockiness&amp;#039; titillated with its filthy innuendos and even filthier beats, while &amp;#039;Birthday Cake&amp;#039; rolled around in its own orgy of fuzzes and groans, before it became a controversial remix just a few months later. However, it was on more subtle cuts &amp;#039;Drunk On Love&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Fool In Love&amp;#039; where Riri&amp;#039;s voice and vulnerability stole the show and became the album&amp;#039;s true highlights. LC Best track: &amp;#039;We Found Love&amp;#039; The single that never was: &amp;#039;Drunk On Love&amp;#039; Listen to Talk That Talk below:   Rihanna releases Unapologetic on November 19. Come back on Friday to find out where we ranked her final three albums.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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