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It’s pretty ok
gran pop
Mange bangers. Jeg syns dette er bra, men kommer ikke til å kjøpe skiva akkurat. Gir denne 3 men kunne goså vært 4
Hørt på radio, kjent musikk. Ikke superfan, men er jo ikke dårlig heller. Musikk jeg blir litt fort lei av (allerede lei av sangene når de kom på her), men det er noen bangers. Også noen låter jeg ikke har hørt som var ok. Nærme en 4-er, men jeg lander på 3 av 5 her.
Top 10 album cover. Beautiful colors, imagery, lighting. The album is not much worse, starting off extremely strong. One of the best pop albums I have listened to, has some of her best songs on it. Has some really strong hooks, particularly on Green Light. Best Song: Hard Feelings/Loneliness. Worst Song: Writer in the Dark
Solid beats. Distinctive sound. Interesting lyrics. Lively.
This is Taylor Swift if she made good music, and was also super depressed. Melodrama is a story about a girl after a breakup who goes to a house party to escape from her feelings. She wrestles with loneliness and reflects on the very relationship she tries to ignore. Eventually she understands that seemingly ideal experiences can be destructive and temporary. Lorde's emotional vocals make every song impactful by enhancing the primary theme of heartbreak. Jack Antonoff's production compliments her well, additionally contributing to the overall sound. Each track is exceptional and enticing, especially those of "Green Light," "Loveless," "Supercut," and "Perfect Places."
Damn, this and Ctrl dropping around the same time? Teenagers and college kids were eating this summer. Meanwhile, my chubby ass was worried about middle school, not knowing that I'd be hit by Hurricane Harvey in two months. Different times, man. Personal shit aside, Melodrama is good. I wanna get that straight: Melodrama, by Lorde, is a good album. What it isn't for me is as captivating as SZA. I can praise Melodrama for its innovative pop approach led by then-rising production man Jack Antonoff. The ballads rock, the introspective tunes blend well with all the pops and quirks. But do I get an effect out of it that hits a personal level rather than simply enjoying a record? Yes, it's a break-up album and I just went through a type of break-up in my life. But that doesn't mean I'm wasting the tissue box immediately. If any song could make me feel something, it's Liability, easily. But the rest, I hear as a few well-written, future forward pop songs that are in a sequence. Melodrama turns my head at points, but Ctrl made me want to cry 20 times during that listen. Somehow, the more I feel emotionally attacked, the more I feel inclined to put something on a higher pedestal. It seems the story of my love life and album critiques share that similarity. The main idea here is that Melodrama, while good, isn't the billionth coming of Christ. I recall people freaking out about this when it dropped, but I just saw it as "Oh crap, the lady that made Royals didn't disappear". And honestly, I bet if I heard Royals or Team after finishing this album, I'd feel something more. From what it seems, I'm a fan of melodrama and a mere supporter of Lorde's Melodrama - any questions, class? (8/10, 4/5 on this scale)
Trevlig indiepop
I've learned recently that I'm not a sad girl
Sad girl bedroom core
Do not own this. This was my first listen to this album and these tracks. The opener - the lead single it would appear - has strong Carly Rae vibes - Like "Run Away With Me" maybe and Robyn too. Great combo for hit, dance-floor-ready pop - even if a bit derivative, that's pop after all. Interesting production by Jack Antonoff on these first few tracks - there's some fun little touches and quirky bits - like the little vocal explosion moment in "Homemade Dynamite" and the background vocal chanting in "Sober." I'm noticing that Lorde's songwriting has stayed strong and sincere, certainly not surface level, but Antonoff's approach is a bit more generic and even overshadows the clever lyrical content - not in a good way. So far though, the sparse yet melodic approach that worked on Pure Heroine is nowhere to be found. This album has some heavy lifting to do on the back-half to pull off anything extraordinary. "Liability" slows it down but is not particularly memorable - it didn't really hold my attention even on a second listen. Okay now - the back half delivers. "Writer in the Dark" is excellent, bringing that poignant songwriting together with production that actually fits really well. Strong finish. It might get better with multiple listens, but there's nothing too groundbreaking here. Solid. 3 stars
Ugh Jack Antonoff, I could scream. He just swoops in on successful solo female artists and makes them all sound the same. He’s infuriates me.
I enjoyed the album, it was nice for background music and it's not something I would normally seek out.
I have always had a weird relationship with Lorde. I think her music is generally ok, sometimes great, but her schtick can wear thin on me. That’s fine, I’m a dude in my 30s, I’m not the intended audience! So, I’ve always heard people talk about Melodrama, but I had not previously listened. Well, it’s very good! Surprisingly the songs do a feel a little dated, production-wise. You can definitely tell they were made in 2016. I was also surprised by how much of a sound Jack Antonoff has. I really thought a lot of these could be later-period Taylor Swift songs.
I find her voice interesting, it's a distinct pop voice. It's a bit hard to hear the lyrics at times though.
Pretty good pop album. Some solid songs all in all.
Liability is an amazing track. I enjoyed the rest of the album as well, but that’s a standout.
Hard Feelings very industrial and makes me think of Bjork. Homemade Dynamite was my favourite. Writer in the Dark is coming from behind because it's talking about mothers. I'm leaning 3. Not my favourite genre as for heartache I turn to country, but I can see the appeal. 2-3 songs so far that resonate. Not bad at all. If I had a breakup in my teens I would want this album to listen to. From a music perspective it's adventurous and bold.
For me it was a bit Boring sadly
5 of course
This wasn't great but wasn't terrible, modern pop isn't my genre of choice but nothing in this to get too worked up about. I probably liked it a bit more than expected. 3 stars.
I actually enjoyed the album a lot. Will give it another listen. Fave tracks: Homemade Dynamite
i liked this album more than i thought i would, but i have misgivings. her voice is great and emotional. however! jack antonoff's heavy hand is all over it, both in songwriting and production, and it makes the whole endeavor sound a little taylor swift-y in a way that lorde does not deserve. i feel as though she'd be a much better artist without him involved? apparently her newest album doesn't include him, maybe i'll check it out. i didn't add any songs to my music library but i also didn't hate it, which means this is a 3/5
Really nice production. Big pop songs but still quite personal sounding.
Lorde was the first person younger than me that I took life (love) advice from Who writes Sober at 19!? More when Pure Heroine crops up (and it had better ... Been plenty of chaff of late)
I've never really been into Lorde and felt even more validated after reading Famesick by Lena Dunham...but maybe it's time to reconsider. This is a great album. 'Greenlight' is a force of a first song (and I loved its role in 'John Proctor Is the Villain') and the rest of the album is fun, unique, and totally cohesive. It's heartbreak, rage, excitement all packaged with that energy you really only hold onto what you're in your late teens or early twenties and everything just feels like the most urgent, the most important feeling to scream into the ether.
Good first song, then very generic. Didn’t make it the whole way through.
Very enjoyable, I really like Lorde's voice and vibes
perfect pop album, no notes
2.5
3.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/lorde/melodrama/ Never been much of a Lorde fan, and this album doesn't change that. It's nice, but it never really moves me. It's a fine pop album, but doesn't pack the punch of the pop albums I hold in higher regard.
- This entry is sure triggering the misogynists on this site... love to see it. - I remember trying to listen to this when it came out, but just didn't get into it. I think I saw her at Osheaga in this era, but didn't really connect with that show, either. I was a bit disappointed because I love her debut album. I expected to see that one on this list! - There are nice moments on the album (especially the first song), but overall, it feels overproduced... and for me, doesn't really fit her autobiographical narrative style. - I generally like her affected vocals and cadence. But, I think the busy, poppy instrumentation didn't really giver her the ability to shine in that arena... the lyrics also weren't quite there for me, but there were nice moments there, too. - Appreciate that the album is not too long. - It's probably a 2.5, but I think I'll round up to make up for her debut album not being on here.
This album is really good. You can hear a foundation for much of what came after from Jack Antonoff. I came away with a new respect for Lorde.
Every single song hits
Green Light is a fantastic way to start an album - a great pop song. This album also finishes strong with a couple of great tracks. However for me it really dipped in the middle and I didn't get much out of it. Writer in The Dark is a fine song but I fear the viral shushing video has tainted it a bit. Favourites: Green Light Supercut Perfect Places
Ugh. This was fairly dreadful.
didnt listen
I could see myself revisiting this again, but after three listens, I'm just a bit lukewarm on it. Nothing that makes me want to hit that skip button, but there were only a couple of tracks that caught my attention as worth listening to more regularly and deeply.
100/10
14/09/2026 I didn't mind this so much. It was certainly different and unique. Spotify listeners: 26.7 million
Album #158: Melodrama - Lorde Genre (W): Electropop, synth-pop, art pop Singles: Green Light, Perfect Places, Homemade Dynamic I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: The production is gorgeous and Lorde’s writing is definitely poetic. However, I also find her writing a bit overdone and I found the second half of the album pretty unremarkable. Overall it’s decent. Favorite tracks: Green Light, Sober*, Homemade Dynamite*, The Louvre, Hard Feelings/Loveless*, Perfect Places*
3.5/5 if I could give it that. Some of her best songs are on this album but there are some that just don’t do it for me like there is a whole trap breakdown on one I don’t fully understand just alittle all over the place. Could have been rearranged I feel like supercut is the real end to the album. The album does make me want to run through a field and dance.
girl was going through it but i do like a lot of the lyrics
Best thing is the album cover. Forgettable
Really good pop album
I feel very mixed, the beats and backing tracks were good, some better than others, but I couldn’t get over the lyrics which just felt very on the nose and basic
‘Green Light’ is a phenomenal song. The whole first side is okay. But the rest of the album slowly succumbs to Antonoff-fatigue, and lack of variation in mood or melody to the point that it sounds almost parodic of itself.
Bangers throughout
nothing pisses me off like the sexist, boomer men haunting this site and these reviews. i do think pure heroine is more deserving of this spot, but a phenomenal record in its own way - particularly the first half. the songs do become to monotonous and repetitive after that. went to this tour nearly ten years ago now and really fell for the album then
I didn’t want to agree with all of the other rude (and frankly sexist) reviews that said this album was boring and generic…. so I’m kind of pissed lol Let’s just say this was fine but not my jam. First song was the best.
Best album of the 2010s!
11 versions of the same bland song
Green Light is quite a good start but then gets a little bit dull with one of two ok moments. 1.5
Green light is a 10/10 pop song. The rest is a mixed bag but perfectly fine for a Tuesday morning.
New to me and not absolutely terrible, “The Louvre” was quite a good song. Not something I’ll be listening to again. One star, but distant from the very worst of the one stars. Tom.
Incredibly boring voice and unimaginative music
Very consistently strong throughout but incredibly generic musically, 3.5
Soothing and uplifting
+1 for green light
Did not give her enough credit as I thought she was high school girl music. Really enjoyed this album
nah
I really liked this when it came out but when I listen now I hear things similar to Taylor Swift. There are good songs there, and I like synths so why not. This seems like the album a pop artist makes once they have money to pay for the best of the best of everything, so production is heavy... I just got very tired very quickly of all the break-upy songs that are somehow mixed in with partying, if I even got that right.... I saw her live when this was released and that was a 5/5... this relisten is not
Now this, is so good. Green Light and somewhat the album as well has a special place in my heart. The whole thing is so good on so many levels. None of the tracks feel stale, each song contain some unique components making it stand out from a generic pop-whatever, and well lyrics I don't really know if are particularly ground breaking, but god her voice is just banging. I have fun question for you two, is this not better than Adele??? Want to give it 5, but we cant really go that far unfortunately. STRONG 4.
Don't have too much to say about this. Fine, but the lyrics are better than the music imho. Interesting album, though 3.8
Y to the awn.
Never heard before. Not normally my sort of thing but...... I'm going to put this one down as 'pleasant suprise'. I quite enjoyed it and may be tempted to give it another go. I liked her voice and the music had a nice sound to it. Lullaby was a really nice song...I really enjoyed Perfect Places as well. Writer in the Dark also stood out.
9.7.26 oh hello lorde! havent listened to this in what i was shocked to learn is almost ten years, but i still like it! Favorite Song: Homemade Dynamite Rating: 4/5
yep
This was really interesting. Definitely a mood and time and place for me. Might be coming back on a certain kind of day
The album was decent? I knew some of the songs, but didn't like them enough to jam out to or really sing to. A lot of the album felt same-y, but still good to have on. Probably 3.25-3.5 territory?
Good. High quality recording. She's a little too poppy (taylor swift, olivia rodrigo etc) but good. 3.5
I only really knew one or two of her songs before and none of these. I like the combination of humour and emotion that comes across in her writing. Overall, a solid listen.
First listen. Not a fan. She comes off as being entitled. Something about the inflection of her voice just gets on my nerves. Mediocre pop, imo.
Niet voor mij, maar op zich wel ok
4.5, afgerond omdat het dit album is
Pretty, pretty boring
A breakup album? Not bad tho. I haven't listened to much Lorde before, but I really dig the electronica vibe that permeates it from front to back. Hard Feelings/Loveless has a part where you can feel the agony of heartbreak through the instrumental, no words needed. (not to even get into the second half of the song). I think I liked the first half of the album more. Sober is really good, I feel it showcases her low range pretty well. The Louvre is parts funny and sad, and has a soundscape that really itches a scratch. Deep, ethereal, wandering. The later-on Supercut feels a bit too pop-y (I think it's the one song I've heard from this album). But overall I enjoyed the album--there's a lot of care put into the instrumentation and it complements Lorde's breathless, weary tone quite well. (note: she was like 20 when this released.) Through suffering we bring about art?
Songs seem pretty forgettable unfortunately
I like her voice but dislike the music. This dance-type music is definitely not for me
Probably something more like what my kids listen to, but I quite like some of this. Green Light is a banger start to the album, and Homemade Dynamite and Liability are also good. It drags a bit towards the end, and maybe Lorde's talk-singing style starts to grate a bit, but overall not bad.
Wow
Inoffensive, but just not my thing
Catchy elevator blandness
RATING: 10/10 HIGHLIGHT: Writer in the Dark LOWLIGHT: Sober II (Melodrama)
Owned. A modern classic.
Boring
Green Light is best thing here by a good bit. Supercut and Perfect Places probably next best. Randy Marsh isn't the best singer but it's not terrible, it's generally fine but it's a bit boring, the songs run into one another. There's so little dynamics on modern pop music, you could swap the underlying backing tracks around from song to song and wouldn't notice much difference. Same production techniques, same surge stuff, all the choruses are similar. 5/10
This was fine as far as pop goes. Mature lyrics, pretty good voice, relatively up tempo.
Loved pretty much every song
Yeah that’s what I’m talking about.
Love Lorde, this album was so good. Some songs were maybe just slightly too repetitive for me to give it 5 stars, but it's a strong 4.5
De la pop un peu whatever. Elle prend une voix un peu enfantine qui me laisse perplexe. Supercut est ok though.
i really wanted to like this one; all of the instrumental and production choices seem super suited to my taste and something that i'd really like, but i really cannot tolerate this style of pop music. feels like she doesn't really want to fully commit to being passionate or being quiet so she goes for an awkward middle ground which really ticks me off and makes it hard for me to like this as much as i feel like i should. also there just aren't enough hooks for me, which is ironic considering that this is probably one of the most mainstream albums included here. shame, because i can tell the music here is very good and worthwhile, but i just can't seem to get into it myself. 2/5
Emotional teen pop, with depth and diversity... I really liked it, she had her own identity.
Melancholy not melodrama. Makes me want to rot in my bed like the hopeless youths
Not her most interesting.
Kinda feels a bit cringe? She had that one song, record label gave her carte blanche to just do what she wants, and she drops a try hard album that doesn't really connect. Shouldn't be on this list.
not that bad at all but its hard for a middle aged man to get excited about it
Pure Heroine is better but this is still great
Sounds nice I like some of the lorde.
As someone who thought she was too good for chart pop in the early 2010s, hearing "Royals" for the first time absolutely blew my preconceptions to bits. The minimalism of it was totally incredible to me, and nothing else in pop music has ever really hit me quite like that since. Unfortunately, we're not talking about Pure Heroine here. All my friends who are big-time pop fans assure me that Melodrama is not just Lorde's best album, but one of the greatest pop albums of all time, but I just can't hear it. She trades in the skeletal sound of her debut for something that just sounds a whole lot more generic to me. Maybe she's the one who originated the sound, but it's just not doing anything for me.
I have always found Lorde's voice to be mesmerizing. Liability and Writer in the dark are absolutely emotional stand-outs for me. Amazing album
album cover def great representation of the songs. love lorde but damn i forgot how repetitive some of her songs can be
banger, banger, bangers (no bias) Fav Song: Liability For Fun Fav: Homemade Dynamite
Really enjoyed this! Some good bops
i have to be honest when i say i am a lorde skeptic but despite giving this a 3 i really LOVED this album, i don't know if i felt like it ever got transcendent but this is such a good pop album and the fact everyone keeps biting lorde even as she herself keeps doing weird and questionable things speaks to her power. she smacked selena in the face and still had her promoting the album after that like wow how can you not stan!
so far sounds like coworker music. made it through about 4 songs and got bored out of my freaking mind. Music isnt bad its just all the same recycled cardboard. If i wanted to listen to someone whine at a barley audible whisper with no passion i would listen to my coworkers over this.
underwhelming, the bonus track was okay.
This was great, especially the opening song. But also clearly not made for me, and that's okay. Most importantly, I played bass with Lorde's drummer in a church band and he was obviously amazing and I was not, but he made me feel amazing playing with him, and that's about as great a compliment anyone can ever pay another musician.
Never listened to Lorde. I added this to my library. We'll see when it feels like the right time to revisit this. Not sure when the mood will hit, but when it does, it will be the exact correct thing to listen to.
"Green Light" is a Hall of Fame banger and Lorde's best song, and this is Lorde's best album. "The Louvre," "Hard Feelings/Loveless," "Supercut," and "Perfect Places" are all highlights for me, but it's all good. She hasn't topped this since, which isn't a slight against her, but a testament to how good Melodrama is.
Idc, this was a tough listen
O álbum parece se tornar um símbolo retratando as gerações "loveless", que me parece abaracar millenials e os Z. Lorde nasceu na fronteira entre ambas, retrata a dor de crescer em ambos os contextos. Um disco sobre passagem da adoelscencia pra vida adulta de uma geração hiperconectada e, por isso mesmo, desconectada de si, descobrindo-se vazia´quando a luz acaba ou a festa se encerra, sem saber quem é. Não sei se o disco é tão memorável como acompanhar a carreira de Lorde.
liability e homemade dynamite sono colonne sonore della mia vita quindi sarà minimo un 5 trovato altre chicche stra belle, ottimo album
Quite decent modern pop. Good enough to make me want to listen to the entire album, but not so good that I take any particular interest in any of the songs. Might be better with multiple listens, but ain't nobody got time for that
I’ve heard a few songs but never this whole album, and I think this might be a new favorite
I'm only familiar with the two-or-so most famous Lorde songs, and they really haven't done much for me so my expectations were low going into this. That said it's pretty solid! Wasn't absolutely blown away or anything, but definitely a pretty decent record.
So happy to hear this one. The first 6 tracks on this are unskippable; the weakest for me is sober II (the trap drums idk) - but the lyricism, the staying power, chef's kiss. I listened to a song exploder episode about Sober and the harmonies on 'liquor wet lime' stick out to me every single time now.
Pretty good.
I already heard this album before and I got to say it's intimate (with a good song: "Liability").
80
Whatever this genre is, I hate it. Sorry to any lorde fans but this was almost arguably worse than loveless for me. It felt like the same energy as taylor swift and I was not here for it. Props to the album title being really apt, this was indeed a melodramatic album. Otherwise not a lot of redeemable stuff here for me Favorite was Liability
I was initially upset that Melodrama made this list over Pure Heroine, then I listened to the album. Now I'm fucking livid. This is a sophomore slump if I've ever seen one. It really struggles to elevate itself beyond 'default pop album', and I'm really puzzled by the inclusion on this list, unless it's to serve as an example of what the inside of an H&M sounds like. As I'm sure Tyler will allude to, the production has Jack Antonoff's fingerprints all over it. That pulsating 16th note synth & bass is a dead giveaway, and you'll find that in a ton of 2010's pop if you listen for it. You've also got the tinny electronic drums, which is another mainstay. Antonoff is someone that loves to play with distortion and reverb a lot too, something you hear a bunch in The Louvre. A pretty textbook Jack Antonoff produced album This is exactly the kind of music I loved when I was 15/16, driving around town at night with my friends and enjoying the newfound freedom of a driver's license after realizing I could lie to my parents and say I was studying at a friend's house. That breathy, mumbled singing is a Lorde calling card (I didn't know she's from New Zealand!), but 'sad girl'-ness that pervades this entire album gets a bit tired. The talk-singing oscillates between haunting and affected, and it walks that line really uncomfortably; at its most noticeable during Liability and Writer In The Dark (the way she sings those lyrics in that song irk me to no end). The lyrics are extremely melodramatic (ha), but given that she was 20 when she released this album, I can partially forgive it, since most 20 year olds are just Like That. However, the subject matter is overly well-tread territory. How many times can we make an album about a breakup. I'm sad, I'm mad, I still love you, I regret you, you regret me, I'm drowning my sorrows and getting fucked up. Blah. I level the same accusation I leveled at Elastica: music can be a lot of things, and can make you feel a lot of different ways but the one thing you can never do is be boring. This was a nothingburger unfortunately. A perfectly listenable pop album, and hits hard if you're 16 or throwing it on in the background of a Pac-Sun, but past that I wouldn't touch it. 4/10 Favorites: - Homemade Dynamite - Liability - Perfect Places
There is power in simplicity and I am of the belief that Lorde is at her best when operating in that space. I do applaud her for branching out and creating a record solidly in the scope of mainstream pop. However this album gives a square peg, round hole vibe at times, primarily in the first couple songs and the final song. Jack Antonoff’s influence is felt from the very beginning, a style so recognizable and heavily associated with Taylor Swift that it could put some people off by making this album sound “too Swifty” Notes: The first song begins to feel off as soon as the kick-drum and piano cords are introduced. Gives a dance pop sound that lessens the prominence of Lorde’s vocals which is her selling point. Let that voice shine! Sober creates this tension with a subtle, groovy beat and horn. But then it just leaves you in that space without ever resolving The Louvre with the soft guitars creating a dreamy sound paired with flirty lyrics about a love so great it should hang in the Louvre, even if it is in the back. The sound change in the middle/back half of this song is a perfect example Lorde’s style mixing with Antonoff’s pop production prowess when we get this weird, distorted sound. A stark contrast to the melody but it somehow works for me. Liability and Writer in the Dark are similar songs. Both piano forward, Liability being a piano ballad that might be my favorite song on this album. I loved how Lorde’s lyrics are more raw and it helped me understand some of the pain she experienced with the breakup. Favorite Tracks and Rating - The Louvre - Liability - Writer in the Dark - Supercut Rating 6/10
loathe entirely
I did enjoy it and she's a clever writer but I don't think I could go to a 4 as the young, pained female with the self confessional lyrics and electro pop production has been done to death in the last 10 years and this seemed to be a fairly middle example of the genre.
If you’d shown me this in 2018, I would’ve thought it was the deepest album of all time. It’s really bland. I wanted to like it because the album cover is gorgeous but there’s nothing that sets this apart from every other pop girl to me; I am seeing people say she pioneered this sound that’s so prevalent in pop music and while I applaud her for that, I’m also tired of the breathy sad indie girl vocals. The Louvre would’ve been better with some bigger production though.
When "Green Light" came out as a single. I watched it the television coverage of it being performed at Glastonbury. I remember thinking that it didn't fit the standard pop song template of Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus/Middle Eight/Verse or Chorus refrain. It felt more like an artistic performance piece. Not dissimilar the that music video (not the song) that accompanied "Chandelier" by SIA. The only issue that I had with it was Lorde's singing style. To my ears she chews words. Putting a W into the middle of words, to sort of bend them. I found out from a friend that this style of singing is known as cursive. I'm not a fan and although I recognise that Lorde has a very beautiful voice and she has so much raw passion in her lyrics. The arrangement of synth, keyboard and heavy beats is really enjoyable. The way that Lorde sings puts a pretty significant barrier in place to my enjoyment of this album. (2.666)
Such a change of vibe after Neil Young, Miles Davis, Dolly Parton and David Brubeck! I think it´s my bad for "having to listen to Melodrama just now, through the 1001albumsgenerator, for the 1st time!" Hey, better late than never. I´ve started to realize I´m even a bigger sucker for album covers than I´d previously thought. So so so good. I wish more artists would utilize these artistic paintings type of artworks for their albums. I´m yet to see a bad one of those. Honestly such a fun listen, I can totally see why this is an important album, not only for Lorde and her discography, but also for the 2016-2017 era of music.
Typa shit you play the morning after getting absolutely shitfaced. This is who Taylor Swift wishes she was. Beautiful album PF: Supercut
Like a melancholy dream of chill wavy noise. This album is quintessentially Lorde through and through.
Why not pick the album with all the bangers on it? This is not as good as Pure Heroine
I'd rather have King Crimson.
This isn’t even her good album. It was very boring and draggy and sad.
If imagine dragons did cursive bedroom pop.
Loved it. Such a great voice.
I’m gonna be honest I thought she just disappeared after her debut album I had no idea she was popular afterwards It’s better than most of what I’ve heard from late 2010s pop. I do think Lorde’s got a great voice and she uses it to the best of her ability in this one. Green Light is definitely the best song here; I really like the energy and the way the track swells and ebbs. I like how the electronic components are used to make it sound like a modern album but it avoids that tendency acts have to just go crazy on synths and ruin the listenability of the track I do think there’s just some boring tracks on here unfortunately; it does kinda feel like the music that’d show up in an AI commercial. It’s deeper than most but it still feels pretty shallow at times, which again is kinda par for the course for modern pop. I liked it more than I thought I would, but this is never gonna be a genre I’ll be crazy about. Pretty quintessential 6/10, and would probably be a bit forgettable if I didn’t grow up in an era where Lorde was everywhere and I heard Royals a million times
Average pop music. It'd play in a jcpenny
Unremarkable. I did not need to hear this before I died...
This just doesn't come together for me. It's clear this is an incredibly beloved album in terms of the critics and music fans as a whole. The love appears to be pretty universal. And yet, this album really doesn't do much for me at all. Now, I generally enjoyed Lorde when she first popped up with her first album. I thought songs like "Royals" and "Tennis Court" were pretty cool, but I couldn't really get into the whole album. With "Melodrama," I have the same issue. While I do think "Green Light" is one of her strongest songs she's ever done, the album really just kind of falls off for me after that. The more I listen, the more grating her voice gets, the less interesting the songs get, and the more this album just makes me feel like I'm listening to the 2010s style of pop music that I've really come to dislike. Maybe I'm just biased against it for hearing it so much, but I guess this kind of music just doesn't really do much for me anymore. I will say other high points are "Perfect Places" and parts of some songs, such as the instrumental section at the end of "The Louvre," and the noisy middle section of "Hard Feelings/Loveless." Besides that this album really just doesn't come together for me.
One of the least remarked trends of the last decade is how good a lot of pop music has got compared with throwaway hit factories of yore. Funky, rich with melodic synth lines, filled with knowing, self-refrential, emotive lyrics. This is an excellent example.
Favorite Track: Green Light
Need to listen still
i actually like lorde but didnt really care for this album or maybe i just wasnt in the mood idk
Idk I really thought I was liking this album a lot but then it started feeling really corny. Don’t get me wrong there’s some bangers on this, specifically Supercut, Greenlight, and Homemade Dynamite. But if feels like every song is the same exact topic with a similar ish vibe. I know people love Lorde but she is writing the same song on repeat
I'm bias. This album was probably already within my top 20 albums of all time maybe 10. This is just Front to back easy no skip. I'll listen to it on the plane all the time. Lord has such a good way of storytelling, and this album does it with amazing production and well thought out themes. It's a really easy five for me and honestly maybe my favorite of the project.
Antonoff the goat. Maybe it’s cuz I grew up on her but I love it. Writer in the dark is a new one for me she sounds like Kate bush so good. Zero skips here for me fellas
This was really great. Lyrically really complex and she captures the exact feeling of being in your early 20s and everything feeling so serious.
I’m an Lord yah yah yah. Idk, it was fine.
I'm not completely unaware of Lorde, but was a little surprised by how much I enjoyed this. She's got a great voice, delivery, and attitude. The overall musical style isn't my favourite, but it's of its time and I'm not.
Fine, but I think I could've died without listening to this and not felt like I missed out on too much.
An undeniable talent with a great voice, but an entire album of her affectation was too much for me.
First of all, I’d like to start by saying that Metacritic shows a score of 91, Pitchfork rated it 8.8, and Rolling Stone called it “A PRODUCTION TOUR DE FORCE”, so I will NOT accept any slander. Not being the intended audience is fine, but to call it sterile, dull, or bland… NONSENSE! It’s been almost 10 years since the release of Lorde’s Melodrama, and it keeps proving itself as one of the best 2010s pieces of song production and writing. “Green Light” being a piano track and having such good percussion work (including the very rhythm and dynamics of the keys themselves) makes it an instant club classic. The chord progression shift and the start of the keys section on the pre-chorus make the song roll out as something new every time it happens. The feeling of release on the chorus is honestly genius. It's the type of song that feels cathartic to scream to. The songwriting and melodies are on absolute fire. Very tasteful, palpable lyrics you can only relate to in your early 20s. This song never gets old and sounds fresh on every listen. “Sober” is an amazing follow-up to "Green Light," another syncopated pop percussion gem with the most cutting, ironic lyrics and vocal performance. It really sets the tone for the rest of the album. The bridge/outro here is also a huge highlight. That lion (might be a tiger) roar strips the song of everything and leads you to a section with only drums and Lorde’s voice: “I’m acting like I don’t see every ribbon you used to tie yourself to me.” “Homemade Dynamite” shifts things into a more ethereal place with very grounded parts of drier production that bring you back to cold reality in a beat. This album really stands out as Jack Antonoff’s magnum opus. The range you need to have to produce this track and then go out there and collaborate on Taylor Swift’s folklore, or even Lana Del Rey’s Chemtrails Over the Country Club, is insane. Writing-wise, I have NEVER seen a car crash being narrated this kind of way: “Might get your friend to drive, but he can hardly see. We'll end up painted on the road, red and chrome, all the broken glass sparkling. I guess we're partying.” “The Louvre” is a personal favorite amongst all these great tracks. Again, the production must be highlighted here. We have departed far from the club and are heading directly into an existential, emotional crisis, and the way Antonoff prepares the ground is by bringing textures upon textures upon textures onto the song. The guitar at the end feels suspended in the air, nostalgic, and drops you right at the heart of the album (the next track). The way Lorde structures her songs to have such catchy, memorable pre-choruses and then resets the song and starts all over again is just great. “Liability” is devastating. It explains all that’s out of place on the previous tracks about breakups, going out, drinking, and dating, and why it all feels so empty and suspended up to this point. That’s when it hits you that there’s much more underneath that. Extremely vulnerable writing. Her ending this song with “You’re all gonna watch me disappear into the sun” and then coming back with Solar Power is a very satisfying full-circle moment. It reminds me that in the previous album she starts off the first song with “Don’t you think that it’s boring how people talk?” and ends the last one with “Let ‘em talk.” “Hard Feelings/Loveless” hits just as hard as “Liability.” The writing on this one is unmatched. Lorde paints a vivid picture of a quiet, pensive surrender as she and her lover end a relationship: “'Cause I remember the rush, when forever was us, before all of the winds of regret and mistrust. Now we sit in your car and our love is a ghost. Well, I guess I should go, yeah, I guess I should go.” The unhinged instrumentation on this very linear construction somehow creates something SO sad. I’m actually glad that there’s a second part with a great beat to it and some ironic lyrics, otherwise this would’ve been one of those songs that ends and leaves you empty looking at a white wall. “Sober II” is a nice cross between an interlude and a full-on track. It is very metalinguistic, almost as if Lorde was talking directly to the listener and acknowledging the last two bombs she just dropped: “We told you this is melodrama.” It sounds like she’s asking you to hang in there for the next heartbreaking confessional missile she’s firing at you with the following song. At this point in the album, you almost forget to pay attention to the production because the writing absolutely takes over. “Writer in the Dark” is desolating. Thank God she added “Sober II” in there, because it would’ve been shattering to listen to the last three songs back-to-back. The writing on this one is such a good depiction of what the restart after a breakup feels like—the feeling of loneliness without being fully over it. Simple and beautiful instrumental production with a heartbreaking interpretation. Lorde might not be your typical “good vocalist,” but she’s an incredible storyteller and a master at her craft. She can use her voice to paint a vivid state of mind like not many pop singers can. She is dynamic, emotional, and fearless; you can detect every single sentiment from her interpretation, and that’s very valuable as an artist. “Supercut” regains the sense of humor and irony that permeated the album on the first few tracks and brings you back to that crying-dancing stage that is so characteristic of this album so far. It is, in fact, obliteratingly melodramatic. We’re back at the club, but we’re still reminiscing. The drums are once again a highlight here. Very linear beat and rhythm. Just a very well-crafted pop-rock track. “Liability (Reprise)” represents a self-reflecting interlude where Lorde admits and acknowledges that yes, she is a liability after all, and life isn’t all roses. However, her lover has their flaws as well, and it implies that they do not possess any self-reflecting ability or sense of accountability: “But you’re not what you thought you were. Leave.” “Perfect Places” is the summary of all she has been exposing so far. “Are we lost enough?” she asks. “All of our heroes fading now. I can’t stand to be alone” paints a very accurate picture of what it feels like to grow up and to be “nineteen and on fire.” Very catchy production with the piano chords and synths all over the place, but still tasteful. It’s such a short album, but it’s an entire emotional journey with great confessional songwriting. The main sensation while listening to Melodrama is the feeling you get when it’s 10 PM on a Friday and you can’t decide whether to go out and cry at the club, or to stay home and cry on the couch.
Great album, I think that some of the writing could be developed a bit better but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Darker, realer and waaaaay more sophisticated...Sophomore Slump is a myth.
and thats how a lot of assholes feel, but thats not how i feel at all
I really liked this, and during the first two tracks I really really liked it. It combined modern pop, Kate Bush and Bjork in a decent ratio and that drew me in and the lyrics are heartfelt and funny in places. What stopped it being a four were a few too many average songs and overrunning a tad… but green light is excellent
Lyrically I musically God awful
Once again, not my cup of tea and I'm not part of the target audience but I still expected more. All these newer female artists sound very similar with the airy vocals and poppy production. Jack Antonoff is everywhere and unfortunately a lot of the songs in this genre sound the same
3 1/2
Decent pop album, hasn't aged as well as I expected.
I can’t stand Lorde. On paper there’s nothing really wrong with this album. But holy shit music is supposed to be about feeling and I feel nothing. Taylor Swift writing with Coming of Age movie production
Boring.
Royals was a brilliant and outstanding song and set a high bar. This second album is good with a more dance/pop feel to it. Lorde is an independent forward thinking artist.
The least interesting pop album I’ve ever been forced to endure
rock solid
love this one. thanks jack antonoff i love u
Cool, but triggered me
Muy interesante, con sonidos tecno o algo así. Pero le encontré mucho parecido a Olivia Rodrigo
"Green Light" is quite amazing, but the rest of the album wasn't so espectacular, even with the popular singles.
Really great album! When I heard this years ago I liked this more than her debut Pure Heroine, but relistening to them both today I actually like Pure Heroine more. Still, this one has some great tunes on it - Green Light and Supercut are particular highlights for me. Also, some of you people on this website really fucking hate women, wow. Grow up.
I didn’t like this as much as I thought I would :(
I definitely thought a Lorde album would be all stripped-back instrumentals, à la Royals. There's a bit of that in here, but for the most part the production actually surprised me with how flashy it gets, all without ever taking the spotlight away from the singing itself. Loved this! Standouts: Green Light • Homemade Dynamite • The Louvre • Hard Feelings/Loveless • Supercut • Perfect Places
Leaving Pure Heroine off this list in favor of Melodrama is as much of a misstep as leaving off Mezzanine for Protection, but I'll take it. This is a great album for sure but there are a few songs on here like The Louvre that have always been a bit of a slog for me. I think Lorde is way better in her more subdued and dark form on her first album, so hearing her do the dancey stuff is always getting a bit of a HUH from me, but I can't deny she's still at the top of her game here.
felt nostalgic..like it was 2018 all over again when i kept seeing this album on instagram moodboard accounts. some essential hits of the time are in here. i'm not sure if i gave this a full listen before but also damn it's sad at points.
Tales of young love, heartbreak, and self-reckoning, told with vivid imagery and sharp wit. May not be relatable to grumpy old white men on this site, but I was young once and being well produced isn't actually as much of a dig as you think
Saw Lorde in 2018 on the Plaines d’Abraham in what might be the best concert of my life with 90,000 of my closest friends. Cyndi Lauper opened! This album will always remind me of that night
I might get ripped to shreds in the group chat but I do not really like this album. I enjoyed some of the songs but then something gets added to the song half way through then I’m kinda like what is happening right now. Idk what to say guys I do not enjoy this one unfortunately
last summer i was having a mental health episode and i went on a road trip with my friends and every 20 minutes i'd turn on Green Light and say "wait wait guys everyone stop talking. I need to feel this." and roll the windows down. and feel it.
sorry to the lorde heads but this didn't blow me away. (maybe i'm too much of a normie, i loved the solar power single) supercut was fun
Hmm, this one has potential. I like the voice. Reminds me of lola young. Oooh this album has been really good. I love the vibe. This was really good. I think I'll be generous and give it 5 stars.
Album cover was nice, music was fine.
funny i thought about this album the day it generated! but it's not that hard not to think about this album when you wish you were more into Lorde. it is very in check with linking the alt pop which also opened me doors back to enjoying purely pop and radio playable music that i got tired of as a teen. and i feel if there is music that is equally interesting, well-made, catchy and "carefree" enough to get the attention of as many people as possible (radioable), it probably is something like this. i'm not sure what people like more about this album, but from a songwritting view, the lyrics didn't do much to me, as much as i see it as well written. the delievery at times rangers close in the taylor swift adjacent vocals which scramble a bunch of similar vision female pop artists together in a box by familiar voices, a bit similar to how metal/rock rage male screaming sounds the same to me, just not things that get me past the surface level of interest to notice enough difference (tho in here i hear a bit of lorde's more unique tone). sonically, i love the ranges reached, there is good variation and interesting melodies. i like the more explosive and product-of-their-time tracks, which makes me like pure heroin more than this. maybe not my type of melodrama, or my pop (not exaclt danceable, or sad enough, or idiosyncratic either). perhaps i will get it some day. for now i could probably get back to "the louvre" and "hard feelings" INCLUDING "loveless". better than the beatles (same rating because only full stars)
Lowkey ik had beter verwacht. Naast de paar bekende nummers was het eigenlijk niet echt zo goed.
I've had a real lukewarm feeling towards Lorde for a minute now, and even less understanding as to why this album was so popular among ppl when it came out. That being said--if you can get past the fact that several of these songs feel like they're just more of the same 'white bi-girl blues' that was so popular in the late 2010s, the production is actually really well done.
Hardly listened to any of it but really not my cup of tea.
Lorde exploded right onto the scene with "Pure Heroine" around the time I was in high school. Those singles got their fair share of radio play then, but I don't think I had heard anyone quite like Lorde at the time. The follow-up album is usually a make-or-break situation for most artists and here in "Melodrama", getting Jack Antonoff on production pretty much ensured that this was gonna be a hit. Those signature synths and electronic beats mixed with Lorde's delivery go a long way, but even the softer piano melodies really drive home the themes of solitude and introspection that are shared here. It's all very well produced and sticks with you. I don't really see the bland or formulaic claims some people are making here, except maybe for the breakup/"sad girl" theming. One of the better 2010s pop albums in my eyes.
Just ok
Hot take I guess, but pop is way overrated, unless it's truly phenomenal in composition and execution. Forgot this the moment I listened to it, and before that it was mildly annoying. Really, just, like... Whatever. Give me dadrock or buttrock any day over this.
It's fun, don't get me wrong and as pop music goes, it's much higher than average when it comes to quality of the songwriting, instrumentation, production and other qualities I do appreciate. That being said, and I truly do hate saying this, I could not find the one thing I desperately need in pop music: catchiness. None of it stuck with me. This is the one area in which Melodrama lacks in comparison to Pure Heroine, and it's enough to make me prefer the debut over the sophomore.
Generational talent
I thought I'd like this more than I did. I enjoy her voice, but there's something sort of bland about this album.
This isn’t exactly groundbreaking but it is an excellent pop album. I don’t normally like Jack Antonoff’s production, but Lorde has enough artistic presence to make this his best collab.
Не чув, не знаю. А може й чув? Зараз дізнаюсь) Попса(((
It was an interesting juxtaposition to listen to Lorde and PJ Harvey back-to-back. The albums have a similar voice, in many ways, but they are definitely "of different eras." I am, of course, partial to the 90s era. I am also partial to real instruments. But I do respect Lorde for kinda "doing the PJ Harvey thing" even if it's in a very 2010s-female-pop-star sort of way.
I did not much like this.
I get a little weary of her affectations, but she writes great pop hooks. The description of herself on Liability is really great: So I guess I'll go home Into the arms of the girl that I love The only love I haven't screwed up She's so hard to please, but she's a forest fire
3/5 - Not really my style of pop here, but the kids like it.
no notes… it’s really good, i wish i could give half points hahaha
This surprised me a lot! I expected it to be a decent pop album but it really hit me in the gut. I’ve heard a few songs from Lorde before and liked them and moved on. But the combination of her raw voice, the lyrics and the song composition is really good. Almost all of the songs were great (apart from Writer in the Dark that was a little too much). After the first listen, I had to do another round to confirm that it was that good - and it was. It made me feel nostalgic and quite emotional. Not many good pop albums has made me do that and that is definetly a good quality. I need to check out more of her music. Favourites: Perfect Places, Liability, Green Light and Sober
#204/1001 🇳🇿 3 spins of this today and its an enjoyable listen. The Jack Antanoff production is definitely noticeable and whilst musically it has a nice electro vibe, the standout track for me is the piano based Writer in the Dark. Lorde's vocals sit somewhere between Kate Bush and Lana Del Ray. Lyrically, this is a very sad set of songs, whilst having grand intentions, Melodrama being an apt title. Best Tracks: Writer in the Dark, Perfect Places, Green Light, The Louvre.
I have no idea why this is on the list. Reading the history, it looks like she got overwhelmed by gaining popularity from making a pop album, so she went and made.... a pop album? I didn't listen to the full album, but I assure you I've heard these songs so many times by different "writers". No thanks.
Ma ütleks, et enamus laule selles albumis olid sellise keskmise poppmuusika kõlaga ja seetõttu mitte niiväga mulle. Samas osad teised nagu see green lights olid ka väga head. Kuigi ta muusika pole niiväga mulle, avastasin ma, et Lorde on vähemalt pealiskaudelt väga sümpaatne artist. Ma teadsin teda lapsepõlvest lauluga "Royals", mis mulle tol ajal üldse ei meeldinud ja seetõttu ma ei arvanud tast palju. Seetõttu olin ka üllatunud teada saada, kui noor ta tegelikult on. Igatahes, respekt, aga sellele albumile annan hetkel 3. Kuulasin Tallinn-Tartu bussis.
I wish I had listened to this more when it came out. I don’t always get Lorde but she crushed this one. I’m gonna give it 4 Stars which might be too low and only because I’m not sure I’ll return to this one.
Minä muistelin että Loordee ois ollu kivempaa muzakkia. Tai sitte se on joku toinen levy. Mutta ei tämä sillee huonoa ollu.
Kovinkin tuttu levy, vähän ehkä väärällä tavalla angstinen omaan nykyiseen maailmankuvaan, mutta päällisin piirtein tykkään kyllä levystä. Lorden ensimmäinen levy on tutumpi ja ehkä sen vuoksi menevämpi, tuoreempi tuntuu ehkä nykysellään kiinnostavammalta (musiikki ja imago). Hyvä levy joka tapauksessa, hittibiisit hittaa, eikä niissä muissakaan paljoa vikaa ole.
I genuinely just didn't like it. The songs were boring and her voice got somewhat irritating about three tracks in. So I ended up skimming over the rest of the songs, simply listening to brief snippets of them until I had heard enough. Normally I like listening to them in full, but I just couldn't do it for this one. I can think of so many different albums that deserved to be on this list more than this one. There was just nothing that stood out to me about it. It was just another generic pop album. Better pop albums exist. There are other albums that I have listened to on this list, whilst they weren't for me, I could still see their significance and influence on the music scene. This one just felt forgettable.
Lorde is great. Her voice and cadence are unique.
Literally everything I hate in music crammed into one single album – trite and simplistic pop tailored for mass-appeal, music created by a whole cohort of producers (Wikipedia mentions at least 11) without the involvment of a single actual musician, whispery voice effects in line with the latest trends, and inane lyrics about small nothings that will only appeal to first-world teenagers who never experienced real hardship in their entire life (which makes the album title "Melodrama" weirdly apt...). This commercial slop is just the latest installment in a long line of manufactured artists that started with Britney Spears and will one day be replaced by AI singers, endlessly mass-producing interchangeable songs for each specific "target demographic". Lorde adds insult to injury by pretending to be a critic of the music industry, when she is in reality very much its most perfect product. One of the hardest albums to finish for me so far. I cringed so hard it was almost physically painful to listen all the way through. 1/10
I got bored. Obviously a talented singer, but nothing for me.
I did enjoyed her cover of Phoenix, but this was my only real dive into her music till now. In the end, it’s just too pop for me, built around a kind of easy melancholy and introspection that never really feels earned. Slick production, sure, but very little that sticks with me.
ps i've listened to this album before and it's one of my most streamed ever Wait people are saying Lorde is bringing back "Melodrama" for her next album???? ...HELL YES!! "Melodrama" is a very vulnerable and personal project from Lorde, but on top of that, it is also extremely creative both musically and stylistically and takes a lot of risks compared to her top-charting tracks (no hate tho, they're great). We have catchy and infectious hooks but also introspective, gorgeous acoustic piano ballads, something Lorde didn't really dabble much in before. "The Louvre" as an example opens up strangely with an acoustic guitar before building up to a melodic chorus, then suddenly turns into Lorde repeating "Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it" plenty of times. In theory, the latter is also a really interesting line; not a lot of people truly listen to the lyrics of charting artists and Lorde's success in the music industry may have further proved that. While she was writing very personal lyrics, no one really cared, and simply danced. That further proves that this record specifically was a stylistic risk in Lorde's creative process. I have a lot of favorite tracks on this LP... I may like the entire thing as a whole BUT it's just not a perfect one to me. The production here is really great combined with Lorde's beautiful vocals and personal writing. We also see her making reprises and sequels to tracks, such as "Liability" and "Sober", and "Liability (Reprise)" has actually become one of my favorite songs... ever recently, for some reason. Also, let me just take a moment to speak on the strange but pleasant musical choices... The strange metal grating sound in "Hard Feelings/Loveless", a trap beat in the same song, these piano ballads, like oh my god... quite a lot more unexpected stuff ngl. Not doing a full on analysis right now as much as I'd want to but... yeah. I don't see how anyone couldn't like this honestly. It's pretty accessible both to the radio and to patient listeners and it's a pretty unique record. FAV: Green Light, Sober, Homemade Dynamite, The Louvre, Liability, Hard Feelings/Loveless, Sober II (Melodrama), Writer In the Dark, Supercut, Liability (Reprise), Perfect Places LEAST FAV: not really any........ 11 tracks done concisely and cohesively well 😅
When this album came out I couldn’t stop listening to it, now on a revisit I think maybe her first album was better????? Green light is one of the all time pop songs mind 3.0/5.0 Best Song; Green Light
Haven't listened to much Lorde before but i did like this
I am not really much of a pip guy and this album isn't really for me, but I understand why people like it and it had some good moments. High 3.
fuck man. this really scratches the teenage girl rage nostalgia itch for me. brings me right back to being 17 and scream-singing along in my best friend's car, and being 19 and lying on the floor listening to it on vinyl, hearing my roomate teasingly tell me to "turn that sad girl shit off." makes me really nostalgic for that period of time, even though i'm not a girl anymore.
Liked this a lot, great voice
Good on relisten
as a gen z i complain about the low scores of this. i feel the late night melancholy and the wooziness and stuff, walking on the street listening to music like nothing ever matters. 4/5
Never really got that much into Lorde before, so thought I’d finally change that here, and my god, this was so much better than I was anticipating. Not super impressive to me but a pretty great pop record nonetheless. Has a cool sound that doesn’t really sound like anybody else. The production is amazing and all the songs on here sound great. Lorde’s vocals on here are also amazing. The opener Green Light was my favorite song on the album. It was really catchy and a great song. Also the cover is amazing. It’s really appealing to the eye.
I don't really connect with Lorde's music as strongly as other people seem to, but Melodrama is the record of her's I continue to like the most. The production is so intimate, every bass and snare hits with the same directness as Lorde's signature vocals. Her writing isn't always as poetic as it thinks it is ("A couple rebel top gun pilots flying with nowhere to be"), but when it hits ("Every perfect summer's eating me alive"), it HITS. Favs: Green Light, Sober, Homemade Dynamite, The Louvre, Writer in the Dark, Supercut Least Fav: Hard Feelings/Loveless Score: 7
Good
3.5
Once I figured out that this wasn’t Lordi, I liked her voice. Generally very pleasant, 3.5.
Primera vez que escucho a lorde en mi vida, vamos a ver que onda!! Me gusto, me senti medio en un soundtrack de la vida en algunos momentos, como que me imagino caminando escuchando esto y creandome historias (ojala buenas ah). No es mi estilo de musica predilecto, pero disfrute la verdad.
There were some decent songs on here but her voice seems affected and it began to grate. Fine if you want pop.
Ik vind Lorde een goede zangeres en er zijn meerdere nummers van haar die ik echt kan waarderen. Alleen elke keer als ik naar een volledig album van haar luister, pakt het me niet. Ik zou het niet eentonig noemen, maar ik kan gewoon niet te lang achter elkaar alleen naar haar luisteren. Soms vind ik een nummer ook leuk, maar dan doet ze iets wat mij echt niet aanspreekt; zo vind ik "The Louvre" een goed nummer, maar ik vind het heel irritant dat ze steeds een zinnetje zegt in het refrein. Het is het gewoon net niet voor mij.
на любителя.
music for gay people who take themselves way too seriously
blowing up shit with homemade dynamite
Got me through my worst breakup.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rFJuHw8zQ0iBkcYQNr6FABPvW0Rm4RW2/view
Banger! -1 star for Jack Antonoff 🤮
Spunky
Look. LISTEN. I sincerely thought I was a Lorde fan. Melodrama is catchy on first contact, tastefully produced, and draped in the kind of nocturnal emotional fog that makes you feel temporarily interesting while staring out a car window. In spots, it’s genuinely inspiring — little surges of perseverance rising from the wreckage like a drunk woman standing back up in heels after eating shit outside a nightclub. Soldier on, you beaming beacon of headlights. Reclaim your purse. Find your friends. But repeated listens dull the sheen. Lorde’s breathy, disaffected delivery initially feels intimate and cool, but eventually starts sounding like she’s preemptively bored by her own feelings. The emotional cadence rarely changes: wounded, detached, vaguely triumphant, then back to staring blankly into the middle distance like someone just asked her to name three hobbies 👀. For an album called "Melodrama", I could use considerably more fucking melodrama. Flip a table. Key a Hyundai. Bang out your therapist’s dad. GIVE ME SOMETHIN' There’s nothing here that actively repels me. The production is polished, the atmosphere is heavy, and the songs glide by pleasantly enough. But memorable hooks and truly special moments remain weirdly difficult to summon afterward. It’s an ocean of mood with barely enough substance to drown a hamster wearing ankle weights. Lorde reminds me of the disaffected art girl from high school who seemed completely preoccupied with convincing everyone she possessed unknowable emotional depths — when really, she’d had one disappointing boyfriend and recently discovered cigarettes. YES, JADE - WE SAW YOUR FUGGIN' AUDREY HEPBURN BINDER. COOL STUFF. Enjoyable. Stylish. Occasionally uplifting. But ultimately - I’m left outside the glass, watching someone perform emotional intimacy I never actually feel.
Lorde’s that aRtSy iDgAf GuRl from your study hall writing poem and lyrics instead of algebra homework. She’s not in choir, but she’s an aspiring singer – nay, an aspiring STAR. Let’s put on the sluttiest thrift store finds, dip ourselves in body glitter and hang out on the fire escape for a Canon CoolPix photoshoot. Smudged eyeliner from crying, optional, but encouraged. The bouncy pop beats and raspy talk-sing style is fun to vibe to. Random screeching? Check. Homemade dynamite? Check. Super danceable percussion? Check. Writer In The Dark – oof. Idk if I hate it or I love it. Either way, the bare raw presentation is extremely vulnerable and relatable. Not ugly enough to be grating, not pretty enough to be well, pretty. Just real enough to convey true emotion. Favorite tracks: Green Light, Sober, Supercut
Puta otra maestra chaval
I would have liked this back in 2017.......maybe.....
Some people have "punchable faces", on my first listen to Lorde I have concluded she has a "punchable voice". The music is anodyne and her voice is irritating. No.
This was a very good album. Obviously I'm giving deference towards pop albums so far in this listen through, especially ones that came during my life, but I think that Lorde has always been able to distinguish herself with an incredibly distinct voice and style of music that the bedroom pop girlies wish they could emulate. It is a satisfying collision of instrumentality and percussion in both the tracks and her own voice. While there are only really 2-3 songs that, for me, were memorable enough to like/playlist (Green Light, Liability, and Supercut), the overall sound is just original enough--in terms of 2010's pop--for me to feel that this is a significant cut above the rest of stuff that was coming out in this decade.
I usually dislike modern pop, this was decent but didn’t really leave a lasting impression on me
Why can’t all pop be as bold and unique as this? Probably third time I’ve heard the full album, heard individual tracks countless times, and kind of sold me on the idea of modern pop music not being a total write off Such a great progression from Pure Heroine, by comparison, drenched in synth and pounding beats Production is absolutely fantastic, green light totally blossoms once it kicks in and doesn’t let up until bit of a ballad heavy midsection that isn’t quite as good imo Love Supercut, great concept of a breakup song for the YouTube generation, and I think perfect places is bittersweet euphoria too One of the rare times I’ll highlight a fantastic album cover too, manages to highlight the themes and the sound at the same time
Personally for me not as good as her debut but still full of bangers I’d already heard and also some great songs that were new to me 4
All pop music should be this good. Catchy, very well written, diverse and well produced start to finish. The song range from euphoric, anthemic bangers that are like dopamine straight to my veins (Perfect Places, Green Light) to heartfelt ballads (Liability) and she does it all remarkably well while offering a surprising level of vulnerability. I feel like the fact that she made this at such a young age makes the songs really easy to connect to for me as a younger listener. There is a lot of topics of adolescence and ageing covered in an accessible and super catchy way. All that backed up with very tasteful production, which is becoming more and more rare in mainstream pop. It's a really monumental record that defines 2010s pop quite well.
Very very good - feels like her Blue. Love her commitment to being legitimately mean-spirited throughout. Loveless is a highlight wish it was its own track, Writer in the Dark also great. Not rating it a 5 out of protest for Pure Heroine not being on this list.
too 2017 for my taste sorry ms. lorde
It's 3.5
I liked this a lot a few more listens and it might move into a 4
I like some sounds, but the poppy bits and indie accent pull me out.
This album is definitely not really for me, but Lorde can write a pop song.
I quite like the artwork, and some of the songs, but I never really got into the sound design.
Nostalgic
Surprised me on how much I enjoyed some of the songs. Almost all of them I can imagine being sung by another similar artist like Taylor Swift.
I can see why people like it, but not my cup of tea.
Not my thing
Pop music but with cussing. First track was p decent but rest of the album was samey and forgettable. Didn't hate it but didn't care for any of it really.
i liked writer in the dark the best.
When i listened to this record, songs Green Light and sober were decent. But all I felt was that I was listening to some sort of pre-cursor of taylor swifts whole current production value, and that left a taste in my mouth that left this record in not great standing in my mind. This record lacked the depth that it was trying to convey. Some of the production value resulted in me, skipping a few songs.
Don’t ever need to fucking tell me twice to listen to this album. Brilliance. Still as fresh as ever.
AOTL (ALBUM OF THE LIST). UNA OBRA MAESTRA. ME DA UNA OPORTUNIDAD PARA REESCUCHARLO. Yo una vez dije que Lorde es una versión de mí 10 años mayor que me va guiando y contando las etapas que voy a pasar en mi vida. Se supone que en este momento estoy en mi era Melodrama pero bueno, pasaron cosas. Realmente es una obra maestra de su época y Lorde es de las mejores artistas de los últimos tiempos. Y que la mamen los viejos heteros que escuchan esta lista.
hate it, not for me at all
Olivia Rodrigo de las Saladas. White Girl Music en su máxima expresión. Dejando de lado lo repetitivos y parecidos que son todos los temas, mentiría si dijera que no me gustaron. Me guardé unos 4-5 temas por la vibe y porque me gustan para correr o ir al gym. 2 estrellas y media.
One of my all time favourites. What a talent.
fav songs: green light polished, bittersweet, pop 30/100
Well, it seems that strong lyrics aren’t a necessity for getting on this list. I don’t understand the fascination of young women with being crazy, psycho. It’s demeaning.
I already knew and listened to this album. One of the greatest albums of the later 2010's. The feeling is one that truely, only a 21 year old could capture and Lorde did so beautifully on this Pop record
Música sacada para juegos de futbol. Sin distintivo para la época, una más del montón. Solo porque no suena mal esto no es un 1.
Everything I loathe about 2010s music done competently
Not bad but Lana del Ray does this sort of thing better
I've been hearing that Melodrama is one of the greatest pop albums of the '10s since it came out. Finally listening to it and yeah, this is fantastic. The best thing that came out of this album though was The PowerPoint.
this is my fav album, ever. all songs a 10/10, no hesitation
Her voice bothers me.
Love me some girl pop
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More personal and emotional than Pure Heroine, Melodrama feels like a strong second step forward in Lorde’s career. She sings from the heart across these tracks, and I’m glad the instrumentation doesn’t get overlooked either, giving the album this dreamy, moody atmosphere that really works. Even with the changes from her debut, this still feels like the Lorde we know and love. The second half does falter slightly, but there really aren’t any weak songs here. Overall, it’s a pretty good listen from start to finish.
Not my bag. Some of it was fine.
I’ve heard this album quite a few times over the years. I know the Lorde fan base loves it, but I still think Pure Heroine is overall better, although this one may have higher highs. Her vocals are slightly aggravating to me on some songs, but I can’t fault her little stylistic twist. Mid 4
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Just wow!! Can't believe I have never heard any of these songs, nor this album. That was a really good listen. Loved it!!! I'm a fan. I have been missing a lot of good stuff sheesh
I didnt even know she had a second album
Homemade dynamite was my fav
I didn’t get the hype then and I still don’t get the hype now
So much of it sounded so much like the rest of it. A few good moments but I'm not into this style of vocals.
I knew and liked Green Light but I missed the rest of this album at the time. There were much weirder sounds in this than I expected. Into it. 3.5
I would have picked Pure Heroine ez
Really like this - didnt think i would
Not the biggest fan of pop, but she's got a great voice and I enjoyed a few of the songs more than I thought I would!
Blessed by the album generator today, one of my favorite albums of all time! Definitely my favorite album I’ve gotten so far. So excellent!
I have heard of Lorde. Haven’t heard any of her music. She has a great voice: husky and sexy. Sparse music. Mostly electronic. All the songs are good. A very good album. Four stars.
(79/100)
i had heard of lorde but never listened to her. i've been missing out: this is absolute fire. compelling voice, beautifully strange lyrics, instrumentals going from groovy to adequately haunting. listened to this thrice today already. will likely listen to it a lot more in the future. this is the kind of stuff that makes it worthwhile to get through however many mediocre brit pop and uninspired indie rock albums on this list
Okay so the album cover is drop dead gorgeous let's get that out of the way first and foremost. That being said - I prefer artists to sing rather than talk with a backing track. Just not my taste, I feel like every time I was getting into the swing of something we hit a block and came off the rails. Perfect places and green light are kinda fun.
very beautiful and calming voice
It's ok, not really my thing.
A good effort, Lorde keeps within her normal vocal range, with similar beats but a good diversity of outcomes on each song - good album overall, I'd give it a listen again!
Non il mio genere, ma ne riconosco la qualità
After knowing of this album by reputation only because it was well reviewed when it released I was underwhelmed. It rings very loud of aaa pop album status with its overworked production at the same time Lorde's vocals aren't dynamic enough for me. It's not until the last half of the album any track has vocal notes firmly in the treble clef. I favorited one of the singles but overall this was very good but not great to me
A little too…melodramatic for me. Can’t say I wasn’t warned.