( EW.com ) -- Enough with the chains and whips already . Ever since 2009 's `` Rated R , '' the relentlessly dark , blood-on-your-hands record she released after being assaulted by her then boyfriend Chris Brown , Rihanna , 23 , has equated falling for someone with feeling tortured . On last year 's `` LOUD , '' she even tried to make pain seem empowering with the hard-pounding single `` S & M . '' But between `` Love the Way You Lie , '' a domestic-violence saga played out with Eminem , and `` Man Down , '' a ragga-tinged murder ballad , she just sounded like she needed a hug . So it 's a relief to find that on her blissed-out sixth album , `` Talk That Talk , '' she 's stopped trying to play it so tough . '' I 'll let you in on a dirty secret , '' she purrs on `` Roc Me Out , '' `` I just want to be loved . '' And apparently , love 's never come so easily to RiRi , whose new song titles include `` We Found Love , '' `` We All Want Love , '' and ( yes ) `` Drunk on Love . '' Is she finally admitting that being young and crushed-out on someone might feel , y'know , kind of fun ? AMA adult rating flat , but a hit with teens . True , she 's still got two token I-like-it-rough tracks -- `` Birthday Cake '' and `` Cockiness ( Love It ) '' -- but they 're just filler on an album that 's all about dragging you out of the bedroom and onto the dance floor . U.K. club king Calvin Harris trades Rihanna 's usual somber synths for disco ecstasy on `` We Found Love , '' a song that builds and builds to a climax that 's so arena-ready it practically begs for someone to blow a vuvuzela . Teaming with pop vet Dr. Luke , Harris offers up more house-DJ bait with `` Where Have You Been , '' which begins with a cold-pulsing 4/4 beat before falling into a rapturous Daft Punk-style breakdown . Kelly Clarkson , Bruno Mars on ' X Factor ' There 's an international appeal to these songs , which were recorded in luxury suites across France , Germany , and Sweden . ( For the aspirational traveler , room numbers are cited in the credits . ) When Rihanna 's not singing over Euro-friendly thumps , she 's bouncing to a Caribbean melody , or dipping into dubstep ; `` Watch n ' Learn '' begins with a reggae drum fill straight out of Bob Marley 's `` Buffalo Soldier . '' Jay-Z even touts their jet-set lifestyle on the title track , bragging that he can `` fly out to Ibiza/Just to get some pizza . '' Even with all those options , RiRi 's ready to settle down on album highlight `` We All Want Love , '' which begins with a Red Hot Chili Peppers-echoing guitar riff and expands into a soaring sing-along . And the heartfelt power ballad `` Farewell '' finds her pledging loyalty to a guy who takes almost as many business trips as she does : `` Even though it kills me that you have to go/I know I 'd be sadder if you did n't hit the road , '' she wails , with just enough of a wink to make him wonder what she 'll do while he 's gone . Smart girl . Let him get his pizza from Ibiza , but never let him forget what he 's missing back home . B+ . See full article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
On her blissed-out sixth album , `` Talk That Talk , '' she 's stopped trying to play it so tough . She 's still got two token I-like-it-rough tracks -- `` Birthday Cake '' and `` Cockiness ( Love It ) '' The album is all about dragging you out of the bedroom and onto the dance floor .