Good Girl Gone Bad Live

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Good Girl Gone Bad Live
The front full body profile of a dark haired female standing singing into a microphone stand. Her eyes are closed and heavily shadowed in black eye make up. Her fringe covers the left side of her face. She is pointing her right index finger upward. On her forearms are long black strap pieces spiked with silver metal. She is wearing a revealing leather dress outfit. In her background is sun-like coloured lighting. At the top of the portrait stands 'Rihanna' and below it 'Good Girl Gone Bad Live'.
Video by
Rihanna
ReleasedJune 9, 2008 (2008-06-09)
RecordedDecember 6, 2007 (2007-12-06)
VenueManchester Arena
(Manchester, England)
Genre
Length90 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Label
DirectorPaul Caslin
Rihanna chronology
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
(2008) 		Good Girl Gone Bad Live
(2008) 		Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes
(2009)

Good Girl Gone Bad Live is the first

A Girl like Me
(2006). It also contains a special Documentary Feature that presents Rihanna discussing her experiences during the tour.

Critics were divided on Good Girl Gone Bad Live; they praised the show, dancers, Rihanna's vocals and contrast levels of the video, however, there was criticism towards some technicalities including the close-up frames. At the

Best Long Form Music Video. Commercially, Good Girl Gone Bad Live peaked within the top-ten in nine countries, including at number one in Austria and Switzerland. On the US Billboard Music DVD Chart it peaked at number six and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA), denoting shipments of over 25,000 copies.

Background and release

Following the release of her two studio albums

Good Girl Gone Bad.[2] During an interview with MTV News
, Rihanna explained the meaning and reasoning behind the album's title:

We figured Good Girl Gone Bad was the perfect title because it showed people I'm my own [person] now. Not doing what anyone wants me to do. 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. We have some urban records, some really pop records."[3]

Manchester Arena, the venue where Good Girl Gone Bad Live was filmed.

Upon its release, Good Girl Gone Bad received generally positive reviews from most music critics and earned Rihanna a

Blu-ray format of Good Girl Gone Bad Live was released in France on November 24, 2008.[20] In late 2009, the same Blu-ray was also released in the United States and Germany.[21][22]

Technicalities and synopsis

Good Girl Gone Bad Live was directed by Paul Caslin and captured with a 14-camera

LPCM 2.0.[25] According to a reviewer of Blu-ray.com the LPCM 2.0 is very strong, but it is not as convincing as the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track. He stated that "The crowd noise, for example, is pushed back quite a bit when Rihanna sings, yet between the songs, it is as prominent as it is on the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track."[25] It has a length of over 90 minutes and contains five subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German.[25]

& The Wailers

Good Girl Gone Bad Live opens with a black-and-white

The Wailers. "Is This Love" is mashed-up with "Kisses Don't Lie". The song is the last from the first set and ends with Rihanna leaving the stage at the portable floor from which she entered.[26]

The second set opens with Rihanna performing "

Shut Up and Drive", the back-up singers run through the stage carrying finish racing flags. As Rihanna enters the stage, the dancers also come together with chairs which are set to represent vehicle seats. Rihanna performs "Question Existing" on a leopard-leather inspired sofa which is climbed on a pedestal. The concert ends with the performance of "Umbrella". Before performing the song, Rihanna speaks to the audience telling that she will perform her "biggest record so far all over the world". The concert ends with frames of the audience and the fans.[26]

Documentary Feature

"Every day I hit the stage, I look out at the audience and I think: 'They all bought those tickets to come and see me perform. Oh my God, they are singing my song, they're screaming my name.' That's when all gets weird. So it's kind of overwhelming".

—Rihanna talking about her fans during the Documentary Feature interview.[26]

Good Girl Gone Bad Live contains a Documentary Feature of the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour during her course. It begins with the performance of "Umbrella" at the Manchester show when the scenes are intercut with Rihanna talking about how her fans are coming to watch her on the tour concerts. Other scenes of Rihanna and her crew members, dancers and band are also shown backstage. Rihanna then continues with the interview telling about how she went to some places that she never heard in her life including Ischgl and Sofia. She also explains how flying in private jet with her team like "one family" is fun, but very rare. Scenes of Rihanna performing a show in Ischgl and having snowball fight with her team at the town's streets are shown. During the interview Rihanna explains that she, her crew members and dancers were touring for a considerable amount of time and became very close so as a result of that, they hang out a lot. One of the crew explains: "It is like a family. Rihanna comes in every day, says hi to every single one of us. Each of us come in every day, we all say hi to each other." Rihanna further describes herself as a prankster, and a story of her and one of the crew members pranking is shown. Scenes are intercut to Rihanna and her team performing a show. Later, Rihanna jokingly explains that they put probably "the worst show ever" because of her dancers.[26]

Rihanna explains what they do when they get to a city: "Sometimes we get to the city that morning. We sometimes come straight to the venue. We pull up, everybody comes out, you shower, then you do your sound check. Then it's time to get ready. Hair, makeup, that's the fun part." Rihanna then shows her dressing room, makeup artists and costumes. She explains how she loves wearing black on stage because she is "good girl gone bad and black is kind of

techno club set-list. The encore consists of "Question Existing" and "Umbrella". According to Rihanna, "Question Existing" is a very personal song which American singer Ne-Yo wrote "on behalf of entertainers". She concluded that it is very hard for her to call herself a superstar. The Documentary Feature ends with Rihanna announcing that in the end of 2008 she will be hitting the studio again and "she won't be away for too long".[26]

Critical response

Azeem Ahmad of

Best Long Form Music Video, but lost to Runnin' Down a Dream (2007).[27]

Commercial performance

Good Girl Gone Bad Live debuted at its peak of number six on the US Billboard Music DVD chart for the issue dated August 2, 2008.[28] The next week it dropped to number 12,[29] before falling to number 19 for the week dated August 16, 2008.[30] The next week it fell off the chart, but re-entered on November 22, 2008 at number 11, as a result of its DVD release in the United States.[31] Good Girl Gone Bad Live stayed on the chart for total of 23 weeks.[32] In Australia, Good Girl Gone Bad Live entered the Australian Music DVD Chart at its peak of number six for the issue dated June 30, 2008.[33] The next week it fell to number 11 and stayed on the position for three weeks.[34][35] The following week the video album dropped two places to number 13.[36] Good Girl Gone Bad Live was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)

Good Girl Gone Bad Live debuted at number one on the

Italian Music DVD Chart.[47]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pon de Replay"
  • A. Brooks
  • Vada Nobles
  • Carl Sturken
  • Evan Rogers
3:26
2."Break It Off"
2:00
3."Let Me"
4:13
4."Rehab"
3:21
5."Breakin' Dishes"
3:21
6."
Is This Love"
Bob Marley3:09
7."Kisses Don't Lie"
  • Rogers
  • Sturken
  • Fenty
3:01
8."Scratch"T. Bruno2:22
9."SOS"
3:31
10."Good Girl Gone Bad"
3:19
11."Hate That I Love You"
  • Smith
  • Hermansen
  • Eriksen
3:39
12."Unfaithful"
  • Smith
  • Hermansen
  • Eriksen
3:59
13."Sell Me Candy"
  • Nash
  • Riddick
  • Mosley
3:45
14."Don't Stop the Music"
4:11
15."Push Up On Me"
2:26
16."
Shut Up and Drive
"
5:14
17."Question Existing"
4:44
18."Umbrella"
4:55
Bonus features
No.TitleLength
19."Documentary Feature" 
20."Hidden video" 

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Music DVD Chart[33] 6
Austrian Music DVD Chart[37] 1
Belgium Music DVD Chart (Flanders)[43]
 2
Belgium Music DVD Chart (Wallonia)[44]
 2
Dutch Music DVD Chart[45]
 7
Italian Music DVD Chart[47]
 9
Polish Albums Chart[48] 3
Spanish Music DVD Chart[46]
 7
Swedish Music Video Chart[49] 16
Swiss Music DVD Chart[41]
 1
US Billboard Music DVD Chart[28] 6

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[50] Platinum 15,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[51] Gold 15,000*
United States (RIAA)[52] Gold 50,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the notes of Good Girl Gone Bad Live, Def Jam Recordings, SRP Records.[26]

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United Kingdom[6] June 9, 2008 DVD Mercury Records
Germany[7] June 13, 2008
Universal Music
Argentina[53] June 16, 2008 Digital download Def Jam Recordings
Australia[8]
Austria[9]
Brazil[10]
Czech Republic[54]
France[11]
Germany[12]
Hungary[55]
Ireland[13]
Japan[14]
Netherlands[56]
New Zealand[15]
Portugal[57]
Spain[16]
Switzerland[58]
United Kingdom[17]
United States[19] November 4, 2008 DVD
Canada[18] Universal Music
France[20][59] November 24, 2008
Blu-ray
December 26, 2008 DVD
United States[21] October 26, 2009 Blu-ray Def Jam Recordings
Germany[22] December 8, 2009 Universal Music

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