Reviews (page 3 of 14)
J'ai oublié de demander à Steph hier si je devais applaudir Lorde. Je ne trouve pas fameux anyway. Fuck le grand Antonoff.
Très bien produit, du grand Antonoff. Bon, j'étais originalement plus enthousiaste, mais le commentaire d'un autre internaute m'a accroché. Et plusieurs autres internautes mentionnent quelque chose de similaire. C'est bon MAIS... est-ce qu'on est en train d'assister à la concentration des richesses 'artistiques' dans cet âge d'or du capitalisme sauvage. Je m'explique: Antonoff (et quelques autres) produisent tout et font spinner ad nauseam les mêmes 4-5 artistes (Swift, Lorde, Eilish, Carpenter, Lamar) et on obtient un lissage sans précédent. C'est smooth, on a développé une nouvelle pop '2010s' qui sonne très bien, mais je suis maintenant préoccupé par ce son générique qui s'infiltre partout et qui va changer subtilement aux 5-10 ans pour engraisser la même clique artistique et leurs héritiers. 5 pour la musique, 3 pour l'idéologie -> 4? 2e écoute, c'est supposé être bon niveau paroles, mais il y a absolument rien de poétique et novateur là-dedans, une autre coche de perdue.
Pas beaucoup d’amour pour Lorde ici! Je ne dirais pas que l’album au complet m’accroche complètement, mais les singles sont excellents. Perfect Places pour fermer l’album c’est parmi mes chansons favorites
bom. tem seus momentos
Trying to keep an open mind about these albums but i have NEVER liked lorde
Incredible pop with a modern sound and relatable lyrics
Muy Lorde, aburrido
I normally like pretentious whiny music, but this has way too many painful teenage cliches for me
**an ok no album, mostly story telling.
Gave it a run through. Holding out on judgement for fear it’s premature.
Jeg foretrekker Pure Heroine, men dette er solide saker.
Gjenomført og bra plate. Hadde bare hørt et par låter av henne før. Men dette høres jo veldig ut som en Tylor Swift plate.
Slettes ikke så verst, men alle sangene er veldig like. Hadde forventet litt mer av tekstene.
Parece música de adolescente.
Enjoyed the 1st track but very quickly got fatigued listening to this. The production definitely feels like the main thing here, definitely the king. The production is spot on while being too much at the same time. There is the odd hook very occasionally but they are very intermittent. Look I don't enjoy this "modern pop" sound very much, and accept fully I am not the target audience for this. It's not the self confession lyrics, lots of my favourite artists do those, it's the form of delivery starting with that talking almost none singing, it just seems to be whiny teen diary delivery than much in the way of actual songs, with any musicality coming from said production. She shows she can sing but that isn't singing. Look it's not for me, that's the bottom end. If you are into this fine, just can’t imagine it being dug out in 50 years, but as said might be wrong it ain’t for me. 2 Star
Emotions from a house party, jack antonoff collab Green light
i like some songs but not in the exact mood for her
Loved this. It doesn't sound much like anything else I've heard, except perhaps Imogen Heap.
melodrama is definitely more fleshed out than pure heroine but it does not have as strong of an emotional and musical 'grab' as pure heroine
šta je bliže hrvatskom albumu na ovom popisu: laibach (geografski i kulturološki najbliže, ali hrvatski, dakako, nije) ili ovo (lorde čak ima i hrvatsko državljanstvo na temelju porijekla)? vidim da je na albumu surađivao čifutkov i imam loš predosjećaj... sasvim sam ispravno slutio. prije nego što sam pročitao da je ovaj album antonofljevo maslo, mislio sam da će album biti solidan jer mi je lorde bila poznata isključivo po do neke mjere nekonvencionalnoj pjesmi »royals«. no uz čifutkova nema ničeg približnog na ovom predvidivom i prije svega dosadnom albumu koji se ni po čemu ne usuđuje riskirati. svaka pjesma dade se u svojoj cijelosti pustiti u slastičarnici i odgovarat će. velika šteta jer lorde ima dobar glas i uz dobre skladatelje i tekstopisce mislim da bi mogla svašta. ali ne, dosadni, generični pop... završna stvar albuma na samom početku zazvučala mi je kao spotifajeva reklama, to govori dovoljno
Not impressed, Randy Marsh.
Inexcusably awful. If a breakup is so bad it inspires you to write an entire album, I would expect that listening would be an emotionally charged experience. Instead, I got some bullshit from the pop-slop factory and it sounds like this lady didn’t even experience any of the events described in the lyrics. I don’t want to listen to 40 minutes of half-hearted pathetic little ““““sad”””” indie girl shit.
Happy to see this one come up. Great album but a great artist. David Bowie himself appreciated Lorde and saw her as an inspirational and unique individual. Who can argue with that?
I liked it, good album
Her first album is still her best album
Never fails to bring me right back to high school.
I dug it
This was my album, man. This rocked me and carried me through years.
Oh thank god
Got some nice singles, and I liked the synths used throughout. 7.5/10.
9/10 Possibly my favorite album produced by Jack Antonoff. Lorde's songwriting and vocals were at their best here too. Very solid synthpop album.
It was okay. I liked the futuristic soundscape, but this definetely not my cup of tea.
Its honestly a mixed bag, some nice moments but just lacking in something i can't really put my finger on. Doesn't help that it spawned a lot of rubbish
Not a fan. Loved her voice on her first album but this album didn't seem much different. Liked a couple of songs but unmoved by most of them. Greenlight and Homemade Dynamite.
very melodramatic... Why is she singing like that? It really dislike when singers use an 'exaggerated voice'? For example, she managed to rhyme 'toy' with 'more' just by singing 'more' as 'moye', because of the way she sings. It's this weird way people have been singing since the mid 2010s up to today, in 2026, and some people still do. It's cringe and makes me feel uncomfortable. Honestly it kinda ruins this for me hahah Otherwise, the songs are pretty cool. Not really something I would add to my playlist to listen again, but appreciate from a distance... Like it's very impressive how many good and catchy melodies she can produce. Also very well produced, not overproduced at all, in my opinion; it's well balanced. I think this would've been much better if she didn't choose to sing like that. Probably wouldn't listen again and I didn't add any of these to my playlist, but would be happy if I heard one of these songs randomly, like on the radio or at the shops. It's all pretty decent.
Not bad and some interesting parts but not my style at all
I’m really not a synth pop person. There are some fun beats on this, but a lot of it sounds the same to me. There’s just something about synth pop that seems to pull all the believability out of the emotions in a song. This album survives that more than other Jack Antonoff albums I’ve heard. It does manage to hold onto a few good emotional moments, but it doesn’t escape it completely. There are moments where I really like her vocal style and moments where I don't like it. The more upbeat songs are the kind of music I would sing along to with people, but just sitting and listening to it does nothing for me (or annoys me tbh). This album gets an extra point because my friend put Supercut on a character playlist so it at least has that positive association for me. I also really like the album cover. I’m unfortunately just not a big fan of this genre. I told my friend “all Jack Antonoff music sounds the same to me.” I’m sure it’s not 100% true, but it feels true enough to stop me from listening again. Fav song: Supercut Least fav: Hard Feelings/Loveless
Very interesting listening to this at the same time as famesick. Looked up the Wikipedia of this and her ex she wrote this about shares the name with a nz rugby player and I got excited for a fun tidbit to pull out- he’s just a photographer :(. Not a huge fan of the album otherwise. Specific rating - 3.8 Fav song - Green light Least fav - sober
I'm exactly the target audience for this album and I've been targeted well. I mean it's literally an album about being an overdramatic Ella in your early 20s/late teens. I love Writer In The Dark but I always think about the videos of her shushing the audience at her concerts so she can sing it without them. Favourite song: Liability (or Supercut, mood dependent) Least: Hard Feelings/Loveless
Creo que el pop es de mis géneros menos gustados, honestamente, pero éste álbum en particular no me gustó para nada. Rescataría: Writer In The Dark y Perfect Places.
They’ll hang her in The Louvre
Whimsical. Fabulous
ok so um 5 stars for me :b
4/5 7.55/10 not a lorde fan but some songs good.
Leuk album
Wow, so good. I dint think I was going to like this, but it I did. She's almost up there with Lana I think. It somewhat reminded me of Lola young and the last dinner party. So I guess Lorde has definitely inspired some other artists.
So it's pretty much just Midnights by taylor Swift but a few years earlier. Really great production, a little bit samey though, doesn't really take you on a journey, but immaculately crafted modern pop
very experimental compered to her previous hits. i would say that slower and stronger rithms suit her voice better where she has to hit long notes. this was the point of her madness, i can still remember that iconic concert clip of her haha. i wonder what happened to her behind all of this
Couple of them were bangers but rest was just alright
4/5
Rate: 10/10. 🟢 Green Light es un himno en este punto de la vida.
Yikes! Not a fan whatsoever. Sounds like her new producer wanted more pop, not her style. Wasn't unlistenable so I can't put it a 1 but this was nothing to write home about
(Light 8/10) A marked improvement over Pure Heroine, an already mature-beyond-her years Lorde improves on her minimalist alt-pop formula with help from Jack Antonoff, creating a very compelling piece of work that plays very wholistically from Track One to Eleven. While a few songs were a tad derivative of her peers; E.G. Lana and Taylor, overall Lorde's lyricism and storytelling make up for any similarities in the aesthetic I've noticed. This is one of those records you can't shuffle, very good listen.
Antonoff. Sounds exactly like the Taylor swift records.
it's a nice album. too edgy for my taste.
I wanted this to be better. A slightly fuller Tegan and Sara.
Drifted through this album without being particularly wowed, or dismayed.
Really strong collection of chunk synths and modern pop ballarding. Great
Not my thing
I like this album.
Enjoyed this more than I expected to, a few tracks I'd come back to.
a hit every damn time i listen to it.
Man green light geriausia ir kitos.... nelabai..
Meh
It had its moments, but I felt it dragged on a bit towards the end.
Nice and cozy
starting with green light is unfair
Dull and wingey to me. But, I’m 74 and can’t relate, so my vote doesn’t count. She’s very talented, so she should definitely get away from Antonoff. He exploits and blunts talent. I’ll give her a 3 for a few decent songs.
I had only heard Royals back whenever that was popular, and nothing else from Lorde, so had no expectations of this. Was pleasantly surprised. There is a surprising amount of dynamics, creative rhyming schemes, and varying instrumentation (and dare I say 'progginess') that make this interesting to listen to. Lorde has distinctive voice that almost feels a little threatening. The first couple tracks are really good dance tracks, if it had kept up that I would say this could be a four stars. Unfortunately, it does start to wane as it moves to the back half of the album, and sounds a bit similar ballads. Still, don't regret listening to that. 3 stars.
This album is a vibe for me and some tracks stand out (Green Light, The Louvre, Supercut), but the fry and rasp in her voice is distracting at points and sometimes works against the music. A lot of it is quite same-y same-y. Really, I think I wish Lorde's music wasn't sung by Lorde. Rating: 3
Great pop and experimental tracks fuse togheter, really cool
Wow! One of the first albums I listened to nonstop in 2021 over the summer. It was also one of the first “concept” albums I listened to; I found the way each song drives the narrative of a night party so masterful. Now having aged, I feel more of Lorde’s pain and infatuation over this doomed love. It pairs so well with the sound she and Jack made: so modern, late-night, and urban. And that album cover? I hope I get my own portrait from that artist. It’s so beautiful and captures the kind of impressionist, emotional vibe “Melodrama” has (4.5-5).
Fine, I guess. Not sure if it's the instrumentation, or else maybe all the songs were written in quite a similar way, but overall this feels kind of mechanical. Lyrically, it left me pretty unmoved.... Perhaps unsurprising, given I'm a middle aged man. Some of the vocals, I did like, actually. Also, I feel that if the songs had more room to breathe this would be a much better album.In summation: a kind of a cross between The XX and Lana Del Boy but nowhere near as good as either.
I thought this album was awesome! Just the right amount of production, one of the better pop albums that I've heard.
From heartbreak and break-ups to loneliness, young female singer-songwriters are shaping the themes of pop music. For some, anger, revenge, disappointment and bitterness are also part of the mix. However, I think for Lorde it stays at heartbreak and sorrow. Her music is very much of the moment. But none of that interests me in the slightest. I hate to sound like an old white boomer, but this music is as ordinary as it is trivial. Goodness, I was so bored. But I suppose I’m not the target audience either.
Really, really liked it, will listen to it one more time to pick my favourites, but she was definitely a revelation with this album 😍
Good stuff. Opening track is a banger. Lyricism is very good and it’s musically interesting. Sometimes could be considered a bit samey, would have liked a bit more variation around the feel, but still very good.
I had to revisit this immediately after listening because I didn't realise I was listening to the clean version of the album. It gave me another chance as well to appreciate a couple of songs I wasn't particularly fond of on first listen. Really an excellent album, that's both atmospheric and anthemic at the same time.
me gustaron todas las canciones... buena para una sesion en el gym
3.5
All of her albums are 5 stars - except Solar Power which is, of course, trash
simplesmente perfeito. já amava esse álbum.
Slay
dit album komt elke zomer anders aan voor en het blijft iedere keer zo mooi.
Not my type
absolutely generational pop album
This is like the Dark Side Of The Moon/Sgt. Peppers of 2010s white girl music. Absolutely love this album. Lorde set the standard for modern pop music and doesn't get nearly enough credit for it.
i like this
I'm not a Lorde fan. I barely now any of her songs. Yeah, only her singles. Or is it only one single "Royals"? I really don't know First I was like "Do I really need to listen to this album?" But I was surprised by this album. I really thought this would be a bad bad album. But it isn't. I don't say I will listen to it again next week or next month. Maybe I will never will listen to it again. But overall Lorde isn't that bad than I thought. 3/5
Very accurate album title
Najs kanske ska lyssna mer på Lorde, 4/5!
Nice songwriting and pleasant music
I have heard one Lorde song, and I enjoyed the music, but I feel like her voice is going to irk me. I’m not a fan of singers singing in a style that changes the sounds of words. For instance, singing the word hard, but it ends up sounding like horde. Amy Winehouse did it, Adele, I think, does it, but they are generational talents. I feel like it’s an affectation that singers, both male and female, put on to sound more like Adele and Winehouse. It screams hack to me, which is why it sounds like nails on a chalkboard. This album came out in 2017, and it may be the newest album on the 1,001 albums you must hear before you die list. I’m going in thinking I’m going to hate this, but that means if it’s even a little bit better than I’m thinking, I’ll love it. It’s just 11 songs and 41 minutes long. That's excellent news. After consulting with my good friend, Wikipedia, I've just found out that this is Lorde’s second album and it’s not even the one with the Royals song on it. Then I am truly going in blind. Oh, and I see that nerd Jack Antonoff was her main collaborator. What is he? The new Todd Rundgren? Though, at least when Rundgren was producing albums, it was just him. We now live in the age where it takes 12 people to write and produce a song, and double that for an album. Most of the time it doesn’t even include the star. I digress Track 1 is Green Light and I already hear the goofy singing style. It’s like she's copying someone else. I need to get past her voice. I’m predisposed to hate it. This was the first single off the album, and it did well all across the world, reaching 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The music is nice. It’s pure electronic pop. This reminds me of Robyn, and I love Robyn. Maybe I can do this. Track 2 is Sober, and I’m betting it’s not a cover of the Tool song. I like the beat. It’s very sparse, with no real music, just beats. Now the synths are coming in. Oooh, there are some fake horns in this jam. This sounds like it's going to be a summer album. Her voice still irks me, but if I focus on the beats, I can take it. Track 3 is Homemade Dynamite, and it’s more of the same: great beats and mildly annoying singing. I do love it when Lorde goes into her upper register. She does that a lot in this song. It's hard to apply her affectation when she’s singing like that. These songs are short and sweet, which adds to the appeal. Because the songs are kind of the same beat over and over with little variation, a 7-minute song would be monotonous. I love the chorus, “Blowing s**t up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite.” I see now it was the last single from the album. Great song. Track 4 is The Louvre, and the affectation isn’t so prominent on this song. I really like it. I don’t know that she’s a powerhouse Adele-like singer. Lorde is probably more like Robyn vocally. It’s a slower groove, but it still has the summer in the city feel. I really like this song. I think Lorde is turning me. Track 5 is Liability, and it starts with a Let It Be-style piano. The melody reminds me of My Chemical Romance’s Black Parade, at least the opening of that song, when he was a young boy. The affectation is back a bit, but it’s just a pretty piano melody and her voice. Wow, it stayed like that for the whole song, and by the end of it, I’ll admit, it got me feeling a little choked up. Looking at the meaning behind the song, it’s about how her fame made her a fun toy to hang around until the worst parts of fame interfered, and then she became a liability. She was always left alone and isolated. I felt that in the song, and I wasn’t even paying attention to the lyrics. Supposedly, this album is a concept album about Lorde’s life between the two years of her going from nobody to world-famous. I can imagine fame can be fun for about 15 minutes, then as much as people like to build you up, they love even more to tear you down. Aren't humans fun? My favorite song on the album so far. Track 6 is Hard Feelings/Loveless, and that doesn’t sound like a sad title at all. It’s another slower-tempo song. It’s not bad, but I think I’d have followed such an emotional song as Liability with a banger of a song. Later, the song breaks down into some sort old school hip-hop track about how Lorde’s generation is the loveless generation. According to some AI thingie, it’s about the part of the breakup where you start spouting nonsense like, “I never liked you in the first place!” Or, “I’m glad I broke your heart!” I guess. Probably my least-liked song or songs on the album. Track 7 is Sober II (Melodrama), and I guess this is a reprise of the earlier Sober track? This Sober has more instruments in the music, with strings added to the piano. The affectation is back on her voice, or at least I notice it more on this song. It’s fine, but it’s nothing blowing me away. This album seems more like a sad album than a dance album. After the first two or three songs, which sounded summery and fun, the last few are not fun. Maybe that’s the concept. Track 8 is Writer In the Dark and it’s another slow, heartbreaky song. Oooh, there’s a part in the song where Lorde harmonizes with her voice, and it sounds very cool. Lorde is saying to a guy, "Be careful dating a songwriter, or you’ll end up fodder for the next album." When she loves you, she loves you until you have to call the cops on her, but after she’s over you, you’ll be immortalized in song. I love the concept. The song was good, but the chorus was great. Track 9 is Supercut and we’re back to summer boogiedown, though it’s still a breakup song. Whoever this dude was, he really messed Lorde up, it seems. I guess this is how every Taylor Swift album is. Speaking of Tay-Tay, now that she apparently has found love and happiness, will she still be the same songwriter? A lot of bands or rappers who were poor and struggling don’t have that same fire when they’re millionaires and flying in private jets, you know? I wonder if Tay-Tay's fire will be extinguished? I digress. This song is fine, but I still want that one last banger. Track 10 is Liability (Reprise), and what’s the deal? Did Lorde only have like 6 songs, so they decided to split 3 or 4 of them into two parts? I don’t get it, Big Dan. The singing affectation is back in a big way. This reprise is ruining what I used to think was the best song on the album. I’m not even going to finish this crap. Track 11 is Perfect Places and it was a single. It’s a bit more uptempo, but it sounds like becoming rich and famous has quite literally ruined Lorde’s life. I feel sorry for her. I hope she was able to work through these feelings and get to a better place. The song is alright. It sounds like what I imagine pop radio sounds like these days. Overall, I thought this was a fine album. Lorde’s singing affectation didn’t totally ruin the album for me. Is it an all-timer? Far from it, at least in my opinion. But this isn’t really my style, though I am a fan of pop and dance music. Lyrically, I think the album is very good. She opens herself up and pours it all out. This album just depressed me by the end. If you are the kind of person who likes what’s on the radio these days, I’m sure you’ll love this.
I recognize a few of these tracks by title, but have never listened to this album start-to-finish. Yeah, this was alright. I'm not over the moon about it, but it's not bad. Maybe a step above "Meh" but not something I feel compelled to listen to again.
Love her voice & music.
I love Lorde!
Points for her vibe (which I do love), but the album itself isn't very memorable. Didn't really hold my attention.
I did not find this particularly interesting.
It’s fine.
Not bad for a Colorado geologist/weed farmer.
she's got such a piercing voice and it's great!
not really into this one that much
If she sang in a different language I'd enjoy it more. The lyrics are bad.
I really enjoy Lorde's unique sound. Sober and the Louvre were songs that drew me in. I really enjoyed this album and can see adding it to my regular rotation. It is so sad, but the song writing is so poignant.
Great album with great production. An obvious departure from her first album, with a lot more going on, but it works, and it works well.
so lorde made this with 21 and i first listened to it when i was 19. it was such an important and representative album to me. listening to it now doesnt make that much sense anymore but its fucking awesome and theres a couple hits in it
Recommend
Singer songwriters are in my wheelhouse, but this one still surprised me. I enjoyed it a lot - quite good.
After actually listening to this album it feels to me that it’s built as a concept album where everything flows together. The problem is, there isn't enough variety to really tell one song from the next. It’s a lot of "plonk, plonk, plonk" sad piano - just one chord per bar ringing out with a basic beat behind it - and honestly, that’s really not my sort of thing. It does pickup on occasion and when it does it really works. There also isn't a single instrumental track on this album. The production is super polished - I’m pretty sure I know who produced this - but it’s so representative of that era that it feels like I’ve heard it all through cultural osmosis before. There is a lot of nuance in the instrumentation but, as it’s a pop album, none of this is done in a way that comes to the front and takes focus away from the vocalist. I expect fans of this will focus on the lyrics and the story, but this is not something I care about, and if there was anything here I completely missed it. She swears a few times, which isn't a problem, but it occasionally feels like a calculated attempt to shed a teenage pop-star persona; it comes off as a bit performative, though she pulls it off with a certain goofy charm. It’s not all misery, though. When the record actually decides to switch things up, it works: - "Green Light", I'm going to guess was the main single from this album, has a high energy chorus which shifts from a minor to major sound and that really gives it a lift. - "The Louvre" really stood out to me thanks to the distorted drum breakdown and that guitar outro. - "Hard Feelings/Loveless" had a noisy breakdown that was a really welcome change of pace. - "Perfect Places" is the perfect way to wrap it up. It all builds to a great crescendo. The beat really drives it and the snare has such a satisfying snap to it. I love the emphasis on the word “Fuck” on this one - It’s definitely something which will appeal to the younger pop fans who want to feel naughty, rude, and grown up. Overall, it’s a well-made record, but I don’t think I’ll be coming back for more. I think I still prefer the Randy Marsh version of her. I’d like to see her collaborate with other musicians and not just work with a producer - I think that’d be a net benefit for everyone involved and could create something really, really interesting. It would be unfair to give this a 2/5 just because it's not my usual thing. I expect it probably landed for people who are into this style and succeeded in what it was going for - evident by it's inclusion in this list. So, it gets a completely cromulant 3/5 from me.
It's hard for me to give this an unbiased listen, having followed Lorde since before her first album came out and gone to see her on the tour for this album. I also was deep into the lore, including the viral PowerPoint, so it's hard to be objective here. I do think this was a pioneering pop album at the time, as a concept album, in terms of production and in terms of the lyricism. It's influence on pop music in the last decade cannot be understated. I also think that the album is a victim of it's own success. Antonoff's production hallmarks on this album are so oversaturated to the point of derision. Lyrics now have to be witty, relatable, or full of lore for clickbait, to encourage more streams. That is not solely because of this album but an important part. There are standouts on this album for me. Greenlight is a standout, a weird and odd pop banger. Homemade Dynamite, Perfect Places - very cromulent pop songs. Outside of the singles, though, I think this album suffers from taking itself too seriously, with Lorde trying to overcome the huge success of Royals. I prefer the naiveté, clumsiness, and outsiderism of Pure Heroine.
It’s nice enough. Feels like painting by numbers. It’s all perfectly assembled but has no soul. I can’t fault it as a pop album. It’s probably I’m just too old now to connect with it. Horribly compressed sound also. 2
Decent album. Enjoyable listen. Nothing groundbreaking IMO. This rating is in comparison to others on this list.
Every iteration of the 1001 list suffers from recency bias, and this is a perfect example. This album was heaped with praise when it came out, but does it really hold up almost a decade later? I like the synth/electronic elements, but the other side of that coin is that it’s a bit over produced. Such a different style it scarcely sounds like the same musician who did Pure Heroine. So much of the compositions sound samey, relative to all the other pop music that hits the charts. There’s a reason for that. It’s produced by Jack Antonoff. Might as well be listening to a Taylor Swift album. I’m so over this guy’s chokehold on the music industry.
would give 3.5, idk kinda cringe (?)
Blind album, know the artist. Never really cared for Lorde's work and this isn't an exception to that. But TIL shes from New Zealand. 3
Not my flavor decent album not stellar
I was slightly surprised to see this album on the list, as I remember it being popular but I don't particularly remember critical acclaim. I already loved several songs on this album, including the heartbreaking Liability and the rejuvenating Perfect Places. Planning to add this to my collection.
This album surprised me, it was pretty good!
great excuse to finally listen! green light is definitely the least good song on this album, seriously underrated track list
Couldn't vibe with this one. Didn't think much of the lyrics, melodies or harmonies. Production mood was mostly arena-okay, but also genuinely unsettling and cool on Hard Feelings/Loveless (my favorite song on the album). It was pleasant to listen to it a few times, but it kept reminding me of stuff I like more, sorry Lorde.
An up and down album. Songs ranging from decent to whiny borefests. Smack dab in the middle of the pack.
Fine album, first and last tracks are great but the rest is kinda filler.
This is a good album. More dynamic than Pure Heroine and a better showcase for her vocals. The production is good here too. Super 2010’s sad girl. Favorites were Green Light, Homemade Dynamite, Hard Feelings/Loveless, and Perfect Places.
I really love her voice. By the end it was kind of too much of a good thing but that may have been my headspace.
The supposed “New Queen of Alternative” making an album produced by the man who ruined pop production. 2/5
Average pop music
Bra men minns som bättre. Knsk mer bangers på Heroine
Perfecta!
I can't help but think of South Park listening to this. YA Ya Ya. Green Light is an ok song. I quite enjoyed Sober as well. Hard Feelings has a nice beat, too. I think Lorde has better singles, though, Royals just has awesome pop hooks and isn't included here. But that was released on an EP so fair enough that this is the Lorde album chosen.
All very catchy
It's ok. Listened to it on a walk. Obviously written for younger people high school/college but it is all catchy
Lorde is a difficult artist for me. I like much of her music, but she strikes me as an artist who takes herself too seriously. Maybe she comes across as lacking humility? I can’t put my finger on it. Something about her just irks me. I don’t particularly love her voice, but when it works, it works incredibly well. With all that said, I rather enjoyed this album. Many of the beats were interesting, most of the songwriting is quality, and it took me on an emotional journey. I’m also a fan of Jack Antonoff’s production style overall. I really love the album artwork as well. I wouldn’t say I’d reach for the album as a whole to listen to regularly, but I did save some tracks to my favorites playlist.
I remember when Lorde first came about, a couple good songs, but I have never heard this album before. Not bad 2.5 stars
*Good 2010s era female singer songwriter album *I still like Royals as her best work
Kind of a breath of fresh air to have a slick modern pop record on this list.
Not really my thing. I liked a couple songs here and there but I can't see myself revisiting the album
Felt like a true sophomore effort. A little darker, a little more character, and a pretty solid album all around. I had not listened to much of it before, but I will again. 3+
The disappointing follow up. It’s not awful - quite ok really. But not must listen. She has the potential to be a major artist - as in Elton John or Joni Mitchell major. Whether she wants that or not is up to her. And I don’t think she does. But none of that is any of my business. The must listen is the first one. This one is ok and worth a listen. But not must listen.
Ok, so the wife strays on the televisual entertainment every now and then after a hard's work will sneakily put on something like Emily in Paris or Younger. At the denouement of an episode when they hug and something has been learned, or they are walking in the rain or looking out wistfully on a sunset in an urban setting they play one of these songs. So you know it will be low key, quietly contemplative, some pianissimo, then it BUILDS TO AN EXHULTANT CRESCENDO AS WHATEVER GRIEF HE DID IN THE BEDROOM IS DISSED AND ORDER IS RESTORED! Phew, nearly got into that just thinking about it. In terms of songwriting the 21st century has lost lost the art of surprise, how strange the change from major to minor, there's no move to a minor seventh nothing. And the trite miserable been there done that lyrics, spare me. What a load of hackneyed rubbish, and I don't care what context this has emerged in and no I don't know who she is and no I don't care. And yes she no doubt has a gazillions hits, it can fuck off.
Another smart, articulate and catchy pop album. I loved 'Royals' when it appeared; it was clearly an instant classic and was one of the best songs of the decade. And I really dug 'Green Light' when it was released, but I mostly listened to pop on the radio and so never delved into the whole album. And it has been a real pleasure to acquaint myself with this record. Lorde works in the intimate public sphere (to use a concept from Lauren Berlant) that assumes women share a bond of communal longing and a "sense of lateral identification". This is a similar operation to Taylor Swift's 1989, a comparable and contemporaneous pop album (with a shared producer in Jack Antonoff). Interesting to compare; Swift feels a little bit more crafted and deliberate in her revelations, Lorde feels a little more unfiltered -- although interviews about her writing process suggest that Lorde is equally careful about what she is putting out there. Lorde and Swift are both smart and effective songwriters and performers, and unafraid of working in the pop genre. There is no shortage of big choruses, infectious beats, or hooks on this record. That's a good thing. The album stood up to multiple listening, and 'Liability' and 'Homemade Dynamite' stand out as particular highlights (alongside 'Green Light' which is an unapologetic banger). Lorde is great, but I am currently a little weary of the Jack Antonoff sound, which became ubiquitous in the past 15 years. I suspect that if I come back to this in ten years' time with fresh ears, it will have stood the test of time.
Wish the ratings were out of 10. Also wish it was Pure Heroine instead of Melodrama
It's so cool that she went on to become Charli XCX. Jokes aside, this album came out when I was a 13-year-old just starting to discover music and it has stuck with me through everything. Hate it all you want; this is a great pop album that I will always come back to.
Notable Textzeile: All the nights spent off our faces Trying to find these perfect places What the fuck are perfect places anyway? Mir gefällt diese federleichte Mischung von Gitarren, Beats, Klavier. Dazu auch die Stimme, die öfter tiefer und voller klingt als sie eigentlich ist. Klar, da sind viele Rezepte der zweiten Hälfte der 10er wie man sie auch von anderen Female-Pop-Singer-Songwriter kennen, aber nothing wrong with it wenn die Ausführung so gut gelingt. Die Texte finde ich in ihrer Offenheit für alle Teenies der Welt anschlussfähig zu sein trotzdem sehr schön in ihrer unaufgeregten Art. Sehr schönes Popalbum. 3,5 wird zu 4.
Okay, einerseits finde ich ein bisschen komisch, wenn mir Musik gut gefällt die offensichtlich nicht auf mich als Zielgruppe formuliert ist, andererseits ist Jack Antonoff auch Jahrgang 1984 und der hat song credits auf jedem Song. Fantastisches Songwriting, super Produktion, schon eins der besten und am klügsten gemachten Pop Alben der 2010er. Reicht es für ne 5? Knapp nicht für mich, weil dafür die Variation zu klein ist und es dich einige Filler gibt.
Unverständlich warum nicht das m.E. bessere 2013er Album in der Liste ist. Das hatte mehr Originalität, weniger Anbiederung an Popkonventionen und m.E. auch die besseren Texte. Naja früher war alles besser.
Very Taylor swift like. They share the same producers and writers
The singles were great but the rest were pretty similar
Well, it turns out that I like Lorde. Pretty deep for what could be considered pop.
Ehh... It's not as awful as I find most modern pop but it does nothing for me. At least there's no excessive autotune.
Hats off to anyone that can get Pseudoephedrine into a lyric. Nice pop album. Good voice and (it must be said in this day and age) great to (seemingly) not be tainted by autotune. She appears to be an actual talent.
The production on this record was phenomenal from start to finish. It had some really strong tracks, and even though I couldn’t connect with a large portion of them, I still appreciate them for what they are. It’s always fascinating to hear how production evolves over time. The songs are layered and crisp while still maintaining simplicity. I’m definitely coming back to this album to see if I can connect with it more deeply. It manages to stay fresh and consistent throughout, and overall it feels like a very well-executed project. I really liked "Homemade Dynamite" and "Sober II (Melodrama)", with the latter definitely taking the crown as the best song on the album. The transition when the drums hit genuinely made me turn my head and start vibing hard.
A concrete part of being a teenager is Lorde.
I am Lorde. Yah yah yah. Not my usual vibe but this was pretty good
Not really a fan
Not ground breaking. Definitely didn’t hit the same as her first album did when she first appeared
Любимчики: Homemade Dynamite The Louvre Hard Feelings Melodrama Supercut Теперь про сам альбом. 5 и точка. Во всех треках автор добавил маленькие детальки, эффектики, переходы или вокальные завихрушки, которые уж точно разбавляют и оживляют трек. Каждый трек уникален, но тематически связан с прошлым, оттого альбом ощущается целостно и гармонично. Буду ли переслушивать? Еп Еп. 100%
Pop music with an edgy indie vibe. It is still formulaic.
Un disco que ha marcado una generación de chicas y gays. Los únicos que tenemos buen gusto en este planeta.
Fantastic work Lorde, doing the Lorde's work
Modern pop with all its standard accessories - an over-produced, manufactured quality salvaged by some hooky melodies interspersed throughout. When AI starts creating records, it will sound close to this.
Relaxing and energetic at the same time. I hade to re-listen thrice.
Album blocked in ny area.
Good modern pop album from Lorde
Kind of a hard album to rate for me. I do like the sound Lorde brings, and recognize its influence on the modern pop scene; but judging on its own merit, the album (lyrics and performance) is not the most interesting.
Move along, nothing to hear here
There are some really good songs on here, Green Light, Sober, Writer in the Dark, Perfect Places. But also lots of others that feel more forgettable. Overall I don’t like it more than Pure Herione. Probably more like a 3.5
Cool vibes. Good production
Lorde's incredible vocals, poignant and vulnerable writing, and the flawless, impactful production make this one of the greatest pop albums of the 21st century. Her influence on modern pop music can't be understated and almost 10 years later I'd still consider this a masterpiece among the best of the best pop albums since. One of the only artists on this list I've had the privilege of seeing live, during her Virgin tour, and it's clear she has continually matured, improved, and opened up throughout her career. But Melodrama stills stand out even among her other projects to this day. I've never heard a stadium louder than her Green Light performance. Praise the Lorde.
I love this album I don’t care what people say. Lorde goes HARD on this. Good pop. Good emotion and songwriting. Awesome. 5
2026.05.12.
Lowk fire
a revolutionary masterclass in how to create complex and emotive pop music
meio que é um dos meus álbuns favoritos.
I liked this a lot. Much more than I thought I would. Four stars
Got some boops but very one note. Late for and made therapy, lunch with Mason about work. Trimmed trees, neighbor let me use his ladder
Cositas. Pero en su mayoría estuvo ok. Igual banqué mucho más que Channel Orange.
I like to split some albums on strength of concept and strength of execution; and this one nails both in the supercharged emotion of a teenager. It has bops, it has slow songs, it has ballads, it has sadness. It’s a come down in emotion and production from the first but keeps the core things. Lorde is such an incredible vocalist and it really shows her range here. While that youth csn been an asset it does occasionally drag, but otherwise just perfect pop album. Also Jack Antonoff putting up fucking Steve Nash levels of pop music assists, the goat.
Very solid Pop
i mean..its a classic. ive alreadylistwned to it. 10/10 nostalgia
Lovely girl relaxing music
Nothing awful, but so much less interesting than Pure Heroine - Royals was one of the more interesting hit songs of the last decade or so.
Boring and stupid
sounds like i'm listening to a movie soundtrack, in a bad way
Gave up halfway through, just awful
..
No skips. A tight, captivating album I always love to revisit.
top, un poco swift
How did this generic thang end up here? What's so special about it?
1. Supercut 2. Perfect Places 3. Sober
It's Lorde. Album is very of its time. I never liked her voice and it's somewhat nice to know I still don't and it wasn't just me acting "too cool" to enjoy mainstream (at the time) music in my early 20s. I only liked Green Light and it's a shame the album started and ended so strongly with the first track. A firm 2.
My sister likes this, so I’ve already heard it far more than I ever wanted.
The hits are massive and green light is close to perfection. Some of the interludes are a bit self indulgent. I recon her first album was more distinctive and original but hey. Loved the very high highs
I've been blissfully ignorant of 21st century mainstream pop, so i'm not sure if this is super formulaic or one of the albums that created the formula... but it's ridiculously homogenous, repetitive and 100% not targeted at me.
Ok, I’m a big Lorde fan. Every track is a banger. Simple and clean instruments, great vocals and clever lyrics just work every time. I’m probably biased due to the Kiwi connection but damn, she’s one of the most exciting artists I’ve listened to in recent times.
Moody teenage breakup vibes, less of a fan of the pop transition
Pretty decent, not as good as her first album but still pretty good!
sUpErCuT oF uS 4
Hmmmm….I’m just not who this album was made for and that’s ok.
Love this series of grooves. I miss some of the remixes released later. A great album from a great artist.
I was very excited when this came up. I really like what I hear on the radio from Lorde, I've just never gone an explored this record. She has a relatively different style, which makes her a fun listen. Amazing how she can blend ballads into dance music almost seamlessly. Her voice is cool, even if it's not an amazing instrument. Still, the way she approaches songs is fun and interesting. I could get why some might say the moodiness might be a bit heavy handed, but this didn't bother me at all. At times she has a pretty staccato style, reminded me a touch of Ed Sheeran who can do something similar. That said, she's totally unique, which makes her very engaging. It's incredible that she can be somewhat minimalistic but still create a cool, full sound. I've always liked Green Light, really excellent track. Plenty of others to like on here, including The Louvre, Perfect Places, the reprise of Liability (better than the original, albeit shorter), and Hard Feelings/Loveless. An excellent record. 4-stars.
There isn’t too much out-and-out pop cack on this list, but this definitely falls into that category. Not sure what the critics are thinking with this one.
Ok this album artwork is sickening. Glad to see some female pop on here.
This album has A LOT more to it than Liability. Also, just found out Lorde is a New Zealander. Hows about that?! Would listen again!
Loved it! Top tier album! Maybe I like it more because it's recent and I've heard these hits on the radio for years, but I saved almost all the songs on my playlist anyways
de lo mejor que hizo Lorde
Oh wow. Well this is an important album in my family circle. My brother and I were super impressed by Ella, without knowing how actually young she was, with her debut. Pure Heroine got so much hype, we both ended up hearing it just to see what everyone was on about. We were impressed with her song writing and atmospheric and effective rhythm and musical choices. Meanwhile my teenage nephews were becoming huge fans, as she was speaking to them, directly. When Melodrama came out, we were all there for it, across the generations. It was kind of awesome, actually. She deserves 5 stars just for that. Boolean rating: yes, absolutely
I'm on the younger side of list-delvers here, but I remember distinctly when this album dropped. It absolutely ran through the university dorm I was at in 2017 like the killdozer. The guy in the room next door claimed to have met her at a party once. This, Blonde, and Currents were the anthem of my first embarkment into adulthood, and so I feel like I can't reasonably look at this album with anything but violently rose-tinted glasses. It's a very well-produced album, and Lorde has such a beautiful, smoky voice. Lyrically solid, and a decent swathe of variety. Been ages since I listened to breakout-hit Pure Heroine but I recall this being somewhat about the same level of quality. It's definitely bigger and more pop-py. The waves of electronic-inspired pop production led by female artists over these last few years, somewhat inspired by Lorde's success, has been a blessing. Melodrama is wall to wall excellent pop singles that deserve the regular radio rotation they seem to enjoy down here in Australia. Fav tracks: Green Light, Homemade Dynamite, Hard Feelings/Loveless, Supercut
Bien.
"But my hips have missed your hips/So, let's get to know the kicks/Will you sway with me?/Go astray with me?" - Sober Homemade Dynamite é sobre o que todo jovem já viveu, ou quer viver: sair, encontrar gente, festejar, beber e fazer sexo, uam noite caótica entre jovens, onde tudo pode dar errado e você só vai... O álbum descreve a ida à uma festa em casal, a volta sozinha depois de uma briga. Eu ouvi esse álbum umas três vezes seguidas, foi ficando cada vez melhor depois do estranhamento onde eu analisei mais de perto as letras. Eu gostei principalmente de "Hard Feelings/Loveless" e "Writer In The Dark"
6/10
There’s enough stylistic variety here to impress even the biggest skeptic and yer there’s also a lot of coherence
I was somewhat surprised to go back and see the love this album got back in 2017 when it came out, but that being said - I think this is a cohesive and tasteful pop record with one foot in heartbreak and one foot in party mode. Knowing all the production tricks Jack A. has up his sleeve in 2026 may diminish the power some songs have now, as opposed to upon its release but nevertheless...The synths and drums slide, smolder and burst alongside Lorde's breathy vocals. Impressive that she was a teenager when this was made! I heard 'Royals' a million times in the old restaurant I worked at, and these songs are much more interesting.
Big standard girly pop.
enjoyable, not all as poppy as some of her tracks (green light) but very listenable
My first Lorde album and a bit of a disappointment. I enjoyed the 2 piano songs - Liability and Writer in The Dark. However I found the rest quite overproduced and not making the most of her voice.
Year 0 A.L. (I just saw here live)
Gen X'er here. Just found out I'm going to be a grandfather (which I'm excited about, BTW) and wondered where the time has gone. In a way, I get that same feeling from Lorde on this album. She pines for the better times of a relationship that has ended, yearns for the newness of infatuation, celebrates the adrenaline rush of the party life but explores its emptiness as she comes down from the high and embraces the solitude. I'm amazed to be typing these words about a quirky artist I knew only from the ubiquitous Royals and the recent, subpar Solar Power. Definitely some Taylor Swift vibes in some tunes (maybe the Jack Antonoff connection?) and in the lyrics of songs like Writer in the Dark. Appreciate the cleverness of The Louvre. Vocally, I get some of the Kate Bush comparisons. I listened to this twice through and found it enjoyable. High 3 for me, so I'm rounding up.
JOYA Sus canciones le hablan al más tierno corazón roto Melodrama es tesoro nacional
Unfortunately I can’t give an objective vote, since green light started playing I wanted to cry because of nostalgia
Perfectly fun and fine pop album. Gets a little same-samey at times. Her voice is interesting but she tends to use a similar pattern of inflection across songs, or at least that's something my ear picked up on. Royals (not on this album, I know that much) is a great song, didn't hear a great song on this one.
sophomore slump fears her. this album is goddamn perfection. supercut, perfect places & liability are my favorite:)
Nice album to listen on the car
i don't know shit about Lorde except she's never seen a diamond in the flesh. this is not what I expected, but not in a bad way
generic popslop
Lovely voice
8.5 / 10
This would be a lot more interesting if there were melodies.
I liked this album. I though it was well put together, with great opening and closing tracks. I enjoyed almost every song. However, I inexplicably find myself disliking Lorde herself. Every song paints her in a very unflattering light, at least from my point of view. I just have no empathy for her, which definitely affected my listening experience of this album. Overall, I still liked the album itself quite a bit, and for that it gets this rating. Four stars. (Favorite track: Green Light.)
I really don’t think it’s cool to hate on lorde but she leaves us no choice. I like her in theory too - her whole dancing like nobody’s watching bit (not in a Taylor Swift “this is me at my most vulnerable brought to you by AMEX” sort of way but an actual sincere way that I believe) but it’s just too bad that she does in fact suck I will say this album clearly made a fucking impact on pop music. I assume this is one of the first few instances of Olivia Rodrigo ultra-specific songwriting (IMO the worst thing to happen to pop and indie in the last couple decades). The production is obviously quite ambitious for a pop record which I know is partly why this part of the 1001 canon I feel myself dozing off and enjoying it a bit at times (at least not hating it) but a lyric goes by and I am reminded of the insanely cheugy lyrics and cringey delivery
Ok
This is in my top 25 easily. Her songwriting is extremely unique, and moving. This took everything from Pure Heroine and bumped it up. I've not been as big on her more recent releases, but this one never fails me.
I get to start my morning by dancing to Green Light at my desk. Taylor Swift could never.
Sounded like Taylor swift
shit
It’s got its strengths for sure, its emotionally driven with the occasional fun track and that should match what i’m generally in to, but for whatever reason this just didn’t truly click for me. To be clear i like it but Idk i feel like i should be into this more than i was. Standouts are green light, homemade dynamite, supercut and both Liability parts.
I actually really enjoyed this album, and wondered how it did not get more airplay when it came out. I would listen to this album again.
the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of M(elo)D(ra)MA (bonus points for the blue album cover)
5 de 5 Pop de muy alta elaboración y ejecución, tocando temas como la madurez, la soledad y el desamor. Producción por demás sofisticada y que sobresale por mucho a los de su género, un álbum muy inmersivo y perfecto compañero en las madrugadas donde se es más frágil y aflora la honestidad.
love this album!!!!
noice
Destined to be overshadowed by it's fantastic lead single, but actually full of bops 4
Mid
This pretty damn good. Can't fault it. No real stand out songs but it all works
I know she's not for everyone, but I've always been a fan of Lorde. I think this album does a great job of showcasing some different styles, while building off what she established on her previous album. It's an album where I never skip a track, they're all so good!
I like the lyrics of her songs. I can see the soul behind it.i also add some songs to my Playlist like green light and sober 2
She’s got an interesting voice. The album was good, but didn’t blow me away. If somebody put it on I’ll enjoy it, but I wouldn’t seek it out.
What a difference 15 years makes in pop music. The pop that was coming out in the early 2000s exploded during that time, but wasn't my taste at all. Fast forward and my I'm digging a lot of the pop from the mid 2010s on, like this album. I enjoyed every track on here. Its not quite perfect, and I admit, I liked her first album Pure Heroine more, but this is just a really good pop record.
Pop-minded and talented, but occasionally feels like being asked to admire the lighting design as much as the songs.
Strong 7
I don't want to trow shade over her but i cannot for the life of me stand her singing voice. There's something about it that i just. cant. The lyrics and songwriting overall aren't bad either, it's really just the way she sings.
kind of boring
one or two cool songs but overall douchebag music
Lorde?? curious. I always was under the impression this album was mid but lets see. By far the newest album on this list ive had to review Hard feelings/Loveless cool song but Loveless is the best part and i wanted more of it :( Supercut
It's possible that my review of this album might be somewhat unfair, as someone who's become quite fatigued of Jack Antonoff's production style in the year 2026. Perhaps I would've received his now clichéd use of airy reverberating synth pads and filtered minimalistic percussion loops more positively if I had been listening to this for the first time in 2017, but unfortunately some of these songs sounded a bit stale for my liking. Many of the instrumentals don't feel tailored to Lorde specifically, and I kept expecting to hear Taylor Swift's voice come in. From what I had heard of Lorde before, I wasn't expecting a mind blowing vocal performance or anything, however I did still find some tracks underwhelming in this regard, particularly when I could hear the robotic pitch correction trying to fight through Lorde's brash alto sing-speaking on songs like Liability (and its reprise). It could be considered unreasonable to judge a Lorde album by it's singing prowess, as her strengths have always been her writing skills and creativity (another reason why I dislike the generic Antonoffslop production). Fortunately, the writing on this album is strong overall, and I think the lyrics more than make up for not being my favorite album vocally. Perhaps unsurprisingly based of the title, you get the sense a lot of genuine melancholy went into the creation of this album, and Lorde is able to convey very convincingly what her mental state at the time of writing Melodrama was in a uniquely Lorde way that resonated with a lot of her listeners. My grievances about the production style aside, there were still a few songs I quite enjoyed, which seemed like ones that deviated from the more formulaic Antonoff beat construction, such as Green Light, Homemade Dynamite, and Perfect Places. In summary I'd say it was a good, not a great album to me, but I can appreciate the likely reasons for why it was included in this list.
Favorite track/s: Perfect Places, Green Light, Supercut, Green Light Least favorite track/s: N/A
This is a very good sophomore album with some slick production work by Jack Antonoff. It’s a good blend of pop and electropop that was popular in the 2010’s. Green Light is a catchy, upbeat pop song to start the album. The Louvre is another favorite of mine. Writer In The Dark really captured my attention. It’s a piano ballad with a beautiful string arrangement, very orchestral. The closer of the album, Perfect Places, is another song with a catchy chorus that I enjoyed.
The intro was good and catchy, but it shifted fast into Taylor. I felt that she was copying and not really in her own style. Her singen is really good paired with the synths and piano, that’s what i enjoyed the most.
Really enjoyed this one. Much more Art (ie weird noises) than I was anticipating.
Pleasantly surprised by this, again not my genre but I liked it a lot more than I thought. The opening track I’ve heard to death and not a fan of but the album itself was nice and didn’t overstay its welcome, one I might return to later in the future
I just don't get this one. Not for me.
Not her best album
It might as well be a Taylor Swift album — well-produced music, but there’s very little soul in it. 3/10
yees
More Randy Marsh and less Taylor Swift.
Beautiful, and unhinged. Didn’t see this one coming
One of my modern favorites. No skips.
Strong opener with intro and first verse but didn’t love chorus, sober, homemade dynamite, the louvre, and liability didn’t love but strong buildup to hard feelings/loveless, which was highlight of album, strong continuation with sober II melodrama, beautiful let down with writer in the dark, didn’t love super cut it didn’t fit in that place of the album and wasn’t very cohesive, but liability reprise was a fantastic lead in to perfect places which was a strong closer. Overall solid b tier.
sounds too 2017. which makes sense but it aged badly
This goes down so easy, besides Sober (II) (sounding like a generic trap beat) even the less in your face songs keeps bringing your attention back with interesting production choices, unique melodies / phrasing that you can only hear from Lord.
MELODRAMA IS ON THIS LIST????????? I already know this album and know it is a 5-star for me. To paraphrase a popular review: "Sorry Boomers/Gen X, I was like [16] when this came out so it's one of the best things to ever happen to me. Sorry it's not King Crimson or whatever." (I actually love King Crimson... but I also love Lorde). I feel my love for this album needs little to no explanation. It is perfect contemporary pop, good hooks, great production, killer (in all senses of the word) lyricism. Its Lorde at her best, and she is always good. I will say this, you do not have to love this album (like I said, there are valid criticisms of it), but most of you who reviewed this negatively clearly did so because you are misogynists with a bias against contemporary pop music. You really need to internalize that and interrogate it, only then can your 2/5 star rating for Melodrama ACTUALLY hold any meaning. 5/5
Unique voice, great lyrics
I think Lorde stands above many of her singer-songwriter contemporaries. This is a great collection of pop songs, driven by heartfelt lyrics.
Great voice and fresh sound
Could be any one of a number of female pop singers. Maybe it's the lyrics that make it special. Who knows. Because the production is so generic I won't be spending any more time listening. I gave Mars Volta 1* yesterday but at least they were trying to be themselves. Lorde isn't even trying to do that. 1*
2.64
Eh... I don't know. I think this is mostly fine, but the overall style and delivery doesn't really work for me. Maybe it's just modern production, or modern pop music in general. The blurb describes this as a "maximalist departure from the minimalist hip hop-influenced production of its predecessor"... admittedly I haven't heard that album, but I am NOT getting that. This feels so minimalist in the entire delivery. Stripped back, whispery vocals and beats. Sure, sometimes there's an interesting piece of production in there, and maybe some of that layering counts as 'maximalist' in a technical sense, but that certainly doesn't translate on a general listen. It mostly feels slow and awkward. Maybe I want to feel it more on an emotional level. It feels so cold. I kind of wish she'd just go bigger and really belt out a track - but then of course that's not what this is, and I guess it's just not for me. 2.5 rounded down.
A good modern album on the list! Nice to bump up the 2010s average
They should hang this in the Louvre Down the back, but who cares - Still the Louvre
Good like all her other stuff
Number: 101 Date: 04/13/2027 Artist: Lorde Album: Melodrama Year: 2017 Genre: Synth Pop Rating: Notes: Before: ======= Another recent artist that I know nothing about. Wow, looks like she is pretty popular, the first track has 739 million streams on Spotify. I'm probably not going to like this. During: ======= Yep, definately not my thing. Well, let's see where this goes. Four tracks in and still not engaged. So, to pass the time, here are my favorite albums of 2017, with one caveat. I have recently discovered Hovvdy, and once I incorporate them into my lists, they will probably take one of these spots in my top 10 for 2017, probably in the lower third on the list. And just for kicks, let's see if any of these artists or in the 1001 list at all. Molly Burch | "Please Be Mine" Michael Nau | "Some Twist" Circuit des Yeux | "Reaching For Indigo" Flotation Toy Warning | "The Machine That Made Us" ShitKid | "Fish" Sweet Spirit | "St. Mojo" Kevin Morby | "City Music" Godspeed You! Black Emperor | "Luciferian Towers" The Head And The Heart | "Stinson Beach Sessions" Slowdive | "Slowdive" Nope, not a single one of these albums or artists are on The List. Eight songs in now, "Writer In The Dark" sounds a little familiar, and I'm thinking maybe I am familiar with Lorde after all, so search my yearly playlists file and find 2 tracks from her on my favorites of 2013 playlist. 2 Green Light 1 Sober 1 Homemade Dynamite 2 The Louvre 3 Liability 3 Hard Feelings/ Loveless 1 Sober II (Melodrama) 3 Writer In The Dark 3 Supercut 2 Liability (Reprise) 2 Perfect Places ----------------------------------------------------- 2.19 WEIGHTED AVERAGE (accounts for song lengths) After : ======= 2 my personal rating 1 suitability for this list 2 impact ----------------------------------------------- 1.7 composite rating
Cool. Would listen to again.
This passed me by originally as im old and male so i went in with trepidation. However i was pleasantly surprised. The lyrics were punchy, the production was good and there are nice tunes in here. I found her vocals a bit breathy and formulaic and it sounded quite generic at times, but i listened twice and enjoyed it.
Niet slecht, maar alles bij elkaar ook vaak saai 2,5
nah
cva ma veel hetzelfde ofzo… 2,5
It definitely sounds good, even catchy at some points (the first track), but this kind of music isn’t really my type :)) The name of the album represents it well
Mais legal do que eu achei que seria, mas ainda um pouco ... monótono? Acho que falta peso em alguma das músicas. Eu sinto que a Lorde se acha muito darkzera e essas músicas tão ali do lado da Taylor Swift.
geit so
Louvre is an incredible number. Just crackles. Liability is such a naked song. "You're a little much for me" Lorde is a lotta much for the world. Hard Feelings/Loveless. So well produced. Like the rest of the album. Which is what I think makes me pull back some. It's because I'm old. I remind myself that "Dark Side of the Moon:" was also super produced, as was all of Steely Dan. I hear her sing "Bet you wanna rip my heart out", then I let this girl's talent wash over me. She's the real deal. Sober II (Melodrama). The centerpiece of the album. The afterparty, the afterglow, the dirty sheets, the toxic cleanup. And what I sense is the loneliness of this generation. The album cover is gorgeous. A post-modernist take on the post-coital moment. She's looking at us as we hold out shoes in our hands and tip-toe out the door... Her looks says it all: "Leaving so soon, bitch?" Writer in the Dark. What a complex track. The layering of voices, tones, meanings. The vocal is louder than on other songs, saying listen. You don't want to miss this. "I love you till my breathing stops, I love you till you call the cops on me." Desperation like I've never heard it before, raw emotion given a cold gloss. Best track on the LP. Perfect Place is too oriented for radioplay. I wasn't enamored. But overall a fine album. I think she's a serious artist.
There is some catchy stuff here and there but there’s also some terrible breathy stuff. And some of these lyrics are truly heinous.
I probably won't be returning to this album often (if ever) but there's a sincerity in the delivery and compositions that I appreciate. Also thank you for creating a modern album that isn't 100 minutes long and full of crap that should've been left on the editing room floor.
Modern pop music is the lite beer of music, it's easy to crush a whole album/sixer but it won't leave the least impression on you. This is the Natty Bo/Rainier/Lionshead/etc. of pop, it's definitely different but the consumption is just the same.
Never understood the hype over this album. It’s not bad by any means, but it’s nowhere near life-changing to me. It’s an enjoyable listen.
I wish I was a pop girlie in hs so that I’d like this more
Some good tunes here, and the depth of references is impressive
going by how many times I've put it on again, this actually wants a 4. Splendidly crafted pop with an earnest and restless heart.
come ascoltare ellie goulding, concettualmente la stessa cosa inascoltabile per me
Album pop carino, forse rientra tra i 1001 migliori album oat, ma a questo punto sono troppi album
I very heavily dislike this album. I very much want to like what im listening to, but i disliked almost every song. was literally tortured by it
I was expecting much more from this album based on other reviews, but, to me, it really underdelivered. There were obviously a few that I thought were decent, but nothing that pricked up my ears. I have, outside of this album, heard a few other songs by Lorde, and these just don't match up to those compositions. I feel that, in many songs, there wasn't much emphasis on the beat of the track, so I spent the first half of many songs, like 'Liability (Reprise)', trying to figure out the beat of the song... and with her singing over the top of a track with no emphasis, it sounded really out of time even though it wasn't. However, I did also find that with the songs with a clear beat, some of the lines were very off-beat, and it just made it quite hard to listen to. That being said, again, I did enjoy a few tracks. Favourites: Green Light Liability Sober II (Melodrama) Supercut