In its third edition, Rihanna released The Remixes – Good Girl Gone Bad. This album originally came out as simply Good Girl Gone Bad. Almost a year later, the CD was released with a couple additional tracks that were released as singles and this was named Good Girl Gone Bad Reloaded. People were enticed to buy an album they pretty much owned already, but if this second addition was bought, extra new tracks would be found. Approximately six months following this release, the third addition of this album was released Tuesday, January 27th. The Remixes- Good Girl Gone Bad is a full album, and all songs remixed. The original LP versions are not found on this CD. Thankfully this third edition of the album provides somewhat new material. At least three of the remixes are on the maxi-singles, including Umbrella and Take A Bow.
Madonna released a full remix album in her earlier career called You Can Dance, but the content on this album spanned a couple albums. It wasn’t simply an album remixed. It was a great way for Madonna to keep her name in the public between new albums, and provide the clubs with some material. I understand the logic of releasing remixes. As a huge fan of Rihanna, I am excited about this release, because dance remixes all in one place are great and these new versions of the songs feel like a new album. However, it feels like Rihanna is riding too long on this album. She recently released Rehab as a single with Justin Timberlake in the video. At this rate, the whole album will be released as singles. It would be nice to get a full album of NEW material from Rihanna. The time has come! Three releases of one album is the end of line for this material. For an artist that is visually stimulating with fantastic videos and live appearances, the logic behind this release schedule is odd.
Rihanna, we love you! We’ll support a new album… if it’s good, but we can’t keep dancing to Good Girl Gone Bad. A rose by any other name is really still a rose.
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