Good Girl Gone Bad In May 2007, Rihanna revealed that she called the album "Good Girl Gone Bad" because it represents her bolder and more independent image: "I'm not the innocent Rihanna anymore. I'm taking a lot more risks and chances. I felt when I cut my hair, it shows people I'm not trying to look or be anybody else. The album is very edgy." "Good Girl Gone Bad" was recorded in Westlake Recording Studios and Conway Studios in Los Angeles, Battery Studios and Roc the Mic Studios in New York City, Chicago Recording Company and Pressure Studios in Chicago, Phase One Audio Group
Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes a reworked version of the bonus disc from the European deluxe edition of "Good Girl Gone Bad". However, "Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes" excludes the remixes of the "A Girl like Me" single "SOS" and the "Good Girl Gone Bad" bonus tracks "Cry" and "Haunted", in favor of remixes of the new "Reloaded" tracks "Disturbia" and "Take a Bow". Additionally, a Lindberg Palace remix of "Umbrella" was added. While the original album's bonus disc includes the full-length remixes, "Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes" includes only radio edits, which cut the original versions by three to four minutes. Critical