Good Girl Gone Bad captivating fans and press." Regarding the commercial impact of the album, "Entertainment Weekly"'s Margeaux Watson wrote, "For a pop star who was once dismissed as being incapable of yielding more than one hit song per album, Rihanna's newfound staying power is nothing short of remarkable–and proof that there's room for more than one diva in this game." Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic concluded that it was "Good Girl Gone Bad" that made Rihanna a "full-fledged international pop star with a regular presence atop the charts". Nick Levine of "Digital Spy" described the album, as the closest thing to a "Thriller" that
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