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			8.0
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				8.0 |  
				The Guardian
			
			
				The infinitely more successful Rihanna has occasionally mocked her underperforming rival; in light of their recent artistic output, it's hard not to feel that in a more just parallel universe, their careers would be exchanged
				
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			8.0
			56629
			
				8.0 |  
				The Observer
			
			
				Makes you wonder why there isn't a good female equivalent for the word "braggadocio"
				
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			8.0
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				8.0 |  
				All Music
			
			
				Another lean and focused set, despite the involvement of several writers and producers
				
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			8.0
			56764
			
				8.0 |  
				Fact
			
			
				Ciara is perhaps her most accurately realised work to date
				
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			8.0
			56877
			
				8.0 |  
				The Irish Times
			
			
				It’s chockablock with warm, hooky, sexy, sometimes tough and occasionally tender pop nuggets that swing, shimmy and swagger
				
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			7.3
			56642
			
				7.3 |  
				Pitchfork
			
			
				Contemporary pop doesn’t sound just like this nearly enough
				
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			7.0
			56759
			
				7.0 |  
				Consequence Of Sound
			
			
				No pop record can be great without some smart nuancing, and there’s plenty of it to go around here
				
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			7.0
			56786
			
				7.0 |  
				PopMatters
			
			
				The production, writing, singing, and overall packaging comes together to make ideal pop-R&B records. Unfortunately, inconsistency keeps Ciara from being a masterpiece
				
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			6.0
			56626
			
				6.0 |  
				Slant Magazine
			
			
				As a collection of potential singles from an artist who should have more #1's, it's a modest, calculated effort
				
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			5.8
			56627
			
				5.8 |  
				A.V. Club
			
			
				Though Ciara is a perfectly competent album, it’s the least interesting one she could have made given the winning hand she was dealt
				
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