Rihanna: Anti (2LP) [ROC NATION]

Why you'll love it

Anti spent more than 400 weeks on the Billboard 200 and gave us "Work," "Needed Me," "Kiss It Better" and "Love on the Brain." SZA and Drake guest, and it's widely regarded as the most adventurous record of Rihanna's career.

This edition

• 2LP set
• Roc Nation pressing of the 2016 album
• Includes "Work", "Needed Me", "Kiss It Better" and "Love on the Brain"

About the album

Rihanna had never made a better record than Anti when the thing arrived with unexpected suddenness in January of 2016, and it's one tough act to follow. Our in-house music writer, Ben, had very nice things to say about Anti in the Toronto Star when it first dropped, so why mess with his assessment? Here's a taste of what ran in Toronto's "newspaper of record" on Jan. 28, 2016:

"You should check Anti out, even if you've previously been of the mind that Rihanna is just a charismatic mouthpiece for other people's expensive hits. Its range, smoked-out strangeness and rather fearless indifference to commercial concerns will surprise you." Time has proved him right: the album has never really left the charts, and songs like "Kiss It Better," "Needed Me" and the doo-wop-tinged "Love on the Brain" have aged like fine wine.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Roc Nation, a reissue of the 2016 album.