Good Girl Gone Bad Live and will.i.am. Most of the album tracks were recorded in Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, parallel to the recording sessions of her second studio album, "A Girl like Me". Rihanna began working on the album in late 2006 and was almost finished recording in late February 2007. On June 4, 2007 she released the album under the name "Good Girl Gone Bad". During an interview with MTV News, Rihanna explained the meaning and reasoning behind the album's title: Upon its release, "Good Girl Gone Bad" received generally positive reviews from most music critics and earned Rihanna a Grammy
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded the White Stripes song "Seven Nation Army" (2003) and was accompanied by flames that shot up across the front of the stage. A reviewer from "The National" praised the material on the original album, particularly the "ubiquity" of "Umbrella", and also complimented "Don't Stop the Music", "Hate That I Love You", and "Shut Up and Drive". He further stated that the release of "Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded" was made to mark the first anniversary of the album and that "the new tracks are everything you want pop to be, and are a testament to the power of the original