Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	61/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The A.V. Club	(C)
The Boston Globe	(favorable)
Los Angeles Times
Pitchfork Media	(4.8/10.0)
PopMatters	(5/10)
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
USA Today
The Village Voice	(mixed)
XXL	(L)

The R.E.D. Album is the fourth studio album by American rapper Game. It was released on August 23, 2011, by DGC Records and Interscope Records, which serves Game's first studio release with DGC and Interscope. Recording sessions for the album took place from 2009 to 2011, at Ameraycan Recording Studios, Pacifique Recording Studios, which both were located in North Hollywood, California, Encore Recording Studios in Burbank, California and at Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. According to Game, Dr. Dre, Pharrell Williams and Mars (of production group 1500 or Nothin') were serving as the records executive producers. Game enlisted a wide range of record producers such as Boi-1da, Cool & Dre, DJ Khalil, DJ Premier, Don Cannon, Hit-Boy, Maestro, StreetRunner and The Futuristics, among others.

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 100,000 in its first week, a major fall from his previous three released album sales. It has produced two singles, the controversial and less successful "Red Nation" and "Pot of Gold", which attained some Billboard and worldwide chart success. Upon its release, The R.E.D. Album received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics, who commended his passionate performance on the album and ear for production.

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