Melodrama

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3/5

Can't believe I thought Lorde is a Lana del Rey rip-off. My apologies.

This is a great album and shows how much Lorde has grown between her albums

Catchy songs but just not for me.

I love this except it doesn't really feature Lorde's amazing voice. The range on the vocals is really narrow, and I think that's a shame.

A little more repetitive pop than the more lyrically substantive “Royals” and “Team” I’m familiar with, but still a fun listen.

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Extremadamente genérico y olvidable. Pero al menos tiene un buen trabajo de producción y los arreglos son minimalistas, por lo que el álbum no se percibe molesto, simplemente no destacable. Me gusta la atmósfera melancólica que genera, es algo que me interpela generalmente, pero la temática de escribir un álbum después de una ruptura de pareja es un cliché difícil de sortear, y este no es una álbum que lo logre. No entiendo muy bien porqué estaría incluido este álbum en la lista.

1st grade field trip to marbles

I love this album so much.

My feelings on this album have ebbed and flowed over time but I’m at a place now on relisten where I can say it’s quite good but probably not something I’d return to a lot. Has a specific vibe and holds a specific time for me.

139/1001 Lorde - Melodrama Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ✅ This was a pleasant surprise for me this morning, as I genuinely really enjoyed it. It starts off with a banger of a pop tune in Green Light and is able successfully from the more upbeat to the slower moments without breaking its rhythm. There are quirks in the production of this that keep my attention. Will be revisiting when I need a pop fix.

Ahhhhh!! This is a perfect album, I was 18 when it came out and 19 when I had it in heavy rotation, which made it hit even harder because it’s such 19-year-old bullshit. So happy to see this album on this list

The music is fine. Her voice and the affectation she does is so, so obnoxious

I enjoyed the music for the most part, but her voice isn’t for me.

Its good, surprisingly good. Life changing? No.

Solid album, very poetic. Loved the lyrics and angst. Beautiful voice

Not really my cup of tea, but I admire a lot about Lorde. It feels like it's tougher than ever for a young woman to carve out a music career. The melodies and lyrics aren't really for me (apart from Green Light, which was already on a playlist of mine) but I like the overall sound; it's stylish and well-produced. I'd be interested to hear her first album properly, too.

6/10 You know, it's alright. Pop, but moves along nicely. Lyrically I found it as tedious as any other pop album, and as a musical piece of work it sounds like it was done on a computer, but there are tunes here.

7.8/10

Not horrible, but not outstanding against others.

She made this one for me, sorry boys

I also listened to this one more than once, only because the first time I listened, I got kind of bored halfway through. I decided to give it a second play with a bit more active listening and sadly I just wasn't into it.

I had the time to listen to this album multiple times. Lyrically, it tries too hard a lot but sometimes a lyric will hit right. For example, I really like this lyric “They'll hang us in the Louvre, Down the back, but who cares—still the Louvre”. I don’t think this album deserves to be on this list. Her first album was a milestone for the genre but this one felt forced. Yeah, it’s catchy sometimes but that doesn’t make it an album I just hear before I die. To that end, I also feel like just because an artist is wide-known, it doesn’t mean all their albums should be on the list. I would say one album per artist unless they have multiple truly monumental albums. I have a feeling Lorde’s Pure Heroine is on the list and they just added this as well.

Truly incredible album

pretty good

Perhaps one of the most under appreciated pop albums of all time (and it still pretty appreciated by fans amd critics alike). Lorde truly pushed boundaries with her sophmoric effort where it was thought Pure Heroin was a fluke of a success. While not nearly the same success, the album is probably still the best of her body of work, laying the groundwork for many artists, like Billie Eilish, for years to come.

Pretty good. Sounds a lot like more modern female artists, but this record predates all that. Wish there was more of a focus on music, as it felt like she was always singing.

helt ok, inte wow

i dont know

Gotta do something about these cookies. We’ve been eating good! Pure heroine is better. But this still bangs, i love homemade dynamite even though its the single. Shout out hot ones legend lorde

Shitty pop music for teenage girls that want to be profound and have a soundtrack to their Instagrams. I'll even admit to liking most of Lorde's debut album. Tennis Court, Royals, 400 Lux...those are all catchy songs and even though I'm an adult male (not the target audience) I still get it. There's nothing like that on this album. Lorde has a really nice, distinct voice and if I had to listen to this or Taylor Swift, I'd probably rather listen to this. But really, what's next...another song about coming down after the party? Another ride home in a taxi? Processing emotions while she's alone after a party? It's a one trick pony. Thankfully, I don't have a teenage daughter.

It’s fine, but I wouldn’t say it stands out from some other pop/electronic albums I’ve listened to.

the voice and delivery will never sit right with me but i don't want to hold it against the whole expression

A bit Pop"Py" for my taste

Not my thing. Didn’t make it thru it.

This album is a masterpiece, and it's insane that she was so young when she made it. My nostalgia might be clouding my judgment a bit here, but it is just such a perfect snapshot into life in 2017 and Lorde grapples with and beautifully describes themes that are so familiar and painful. I love this album so much

I like some of these songs, but I’ve never been a big fan of Lorde’s voice.

Where royals?

This one surprised me in the best way. I don’t mind pop when it’s done well, and Melodrama is pop that’s built with intention instead of cheap thrills. The production is stellar — Jack Antonoff gives everything this strange neon glow — and Lorde’s voice, while never a showstopper in the traditional sense, fits the emotional landscape perfectly. She cracks, she murmurs, she pulls back when most singers would push forward. It all feels deliberate. What really stands out is how thoughtful the writing is, especially for someone as young as she was. These songs aren’t disposable; they’re self-aware without being pretentious, emotional without turning into melodramatic sludge. “Supercut” is ridiculously catchy, the kind of track that feels like heartbreak in motion, and “Liability” hits harder than it has any right to, especially with those layered vocals unraveling at the end. I don’t think it hits that rare air of a five-star record for me, but it’s a very solid listen from front to back — cohesive, smart, and full of moments that linger. This is pop with a pulse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I like Lorde and respect her musically. This was a good album and further proof she has a huge catalogue when most people only know "Royals." No generational bangers but solid album.

Sorry no

Top 3: 1. Sober - Pop padrãozinho 2. Green Light - Pop padrãozinho 2 3. Homemade Dynamite - Pop padrãozinho 3 Bem que falam que gosto é que nem c*... Achei um álbum totalmente enjoativo, fraco e sem tesão nenhum. Talvez seja o conceito do álbum, visto o nome, mas pessoalmente não me agradou. Pra não falar que é completamente descartável (o que seria injusto), as 6 primeiras músicas variam de ouvíveis à legais, depois disso terminar esse álbum gostando das músicas é uma tarefa quase homérica.

This album is a solid 4 maybe 4.25, but not a 5 star for me. I like it, solid pop album. Jack A knows what he’s doing. I’m surprised to see it was on Rolling Stone’s list of 500 greatest albums ever. I didn’t think it was *that* great. Perhaps it has to grow on me with listening a few more times. Either way; solid, good bops!

Pretty good, lots of cursive singing. A lot of similar beats from her first album.

good

i've not had to listen to any minge music for a long time. does she have a speech impediment or is she actively singing like she's deaf? either way this is so bad i want to put the names and addresses of everyone i know on to here so the they can be associated with my terrible prose.

When Lorde released *Melodrama*, she didn’t just drop a pop album — she handed the world a glitter-covered therapy session wrapped in synths, sobs, and lyrical brilliance. It’s the sonic equivalent of staying up too late, staring at the ceiling, and convincing yourself that heartbreak is actually character development. From the euphoric sprint of “Green Light” to the devastating quiet of “Liability,” Lorde captures every emotional frequency of a quarter-life crisis. The production (courtesy of Jack Antonoff, professional feelings translator) shimmers like champagne at a party you’re pretending to enjoy. It’s artful, aching, and danceable in a way that makes you question your own coping mechanisms. Now, some people hear *Melodrama* and immediately start rethinking their life choices. Others — like Dave A Group Of Trees — simply open ChatGPT and type, *“Write a review of Lorde’s Melodrama that makes me sound insightful but not like I cried during ‘Supercut’.”* Dave is a man so allergic to effort he’s essentially outsourced his emotional growth to artificial intelligence. He’s not writing his own thoughts anymore; he’s just curating vibes while reclining horizontally, one AI prompt at a time. Still, even Dave (between naps) would agree that *Melodrama* is a masterpiece. It’s raw but polished, sad but exhilarating — the sound of youth combusting gracefully. Lorde doesn’t just describe emotions; she dissects them, sets them to music, and somehow makes you grateful for your own heartbreak.

Just seemed like wallpaper

I couldn't really tell you why, but I've just never been into Lorde. I like the moodiness of her music. It's pretty and well produced. I'm not really all that fond of her voice admittedly. I hesitate to call this bad. It's clean, it's pretty, it's well done, but ultimately just not really for me. Guess Royals got played one too many times for me as a teen.

Slick production. Never inspired to listen to a Lorde album based on her singles, unlikely to listen again. Fine, just not my taste.

This is certainly an album I could've done without hearing before I die!

It's a good album, but I like the tone of the first album better. 👍Green Light

Me ha gustado la produccion del album. Aunque no deja de ser un disco pop que, si no le pones atencion, podria pasar por musica de fondo. Le doy el punto de que la cadencia y voz de Lorde no es la tipica, o al menos no en aquel momento.

I have heard of Lorde but never actively listened to her songs. This was amazing, loved the electropop and how they fully blended in with her ballads. Want to hear more of her now.

I thought this was pretty good! Nothing spectacular but I still enjoyed it.

I don't think it's bad necessarily, I just don't really like it.

Decent, but felt like it could've better, more memorable

Not generally a genre I listen to, but I was pleasantly surprised by this album. Great from top to bottom. Really enjoyed Liability and Perfect Places.

Don't love. Don't hate. The breathy singing voice is similar to other artists; I am not a huge fan. Liked a couple upbeat songs but overall the tracks don't inspire a second listen. Listened before? N Saved tracks? N Favorite tracks? ⭐⭐ Didn't hate it

Ya ya ya! Feeling good on a Wednesday...er...Friday. Love the brass on Sober. Good vocals and some fun tracks. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Green Light, Liability, Supercut, Perfect Places ⭐⭐⭐⭐: Really liked it. Saved a bunch of tracks.

So this is where that baby talk singing came form huh? Her version isn’t as annoying as other but it got really distracting at times

This album has such a gripping introduction that loses itself to, yes, the melancholy dramatics that amalgamates itself into self loathing. There is some phenomenal, heart-pounding production on this album that reminds me of small town adolescence and experiencing intimacy for the first time in a claustrophobic environment both inside and outside of yourself. “Melodrama” steps past “Pure Heroine” into a specific experience surrounding a breakup which I find more or less predictable and less special than “Pure Heroine” at the time of its release. I have respect for the expression of this heartbreak but I unfortunately find Lorde all too pretentious these days which makes a handful of the content here feel disingenuous. Nonetheless I appreciate her ability to translate palpable youthful searches for greater things into something aural. Favourite song(s): Green Light, Sober, Homemade Dynamite Least favourite(s): The Louvre, Liability

No me esperaba a Lorde en éste reto y apareció. Brindo por la sorpresa. La conocí en el 2014 (ella debería haber tenido 17-18) en su show del primer Lollapalooza que aterrizó en Argentina y no le presté mucha más atención hasta años después. Hace tiempo que siento que el pop es un espacio de experimentación, sobre todo de la mano de mujeres y de otras sexualidades y esta piba está en esa misma línea, con la particularidad de tener una gran voz. Muchas gracias y hasta mañana.

not my genre....but...the production it's pretty Amazing : jack anthonoff did a great job on some songs, serban Ghenea Amazing. I don't like the concept but the production is still Amazing, the sound field represented of melanchony it's fantastic. Overall 3

I've always kinda liked Lorde despite not being into the modern pop girl scene. That being said it mostly stayed on the singles from Pure Heroine. This ain't bad for sure, I could see myself lisening to rest of her stuff someday. (Insert Randy Marsh joke here) 7/10

Enjoyable and honestly really good. I never thought much about Lorde beyond her radio hits, but clearly I was missing something.

She's Lorde yadayadaya this album is great yadayada yadayada Supercut is a great song yadayada. Autotuned: What a great album cover, really fits the whole vibe. First time listening to a full Lorde album and yeah, she’s as good as everyone says. "Green Light" is such a perfect opener, "The Louvre" and "Liability" hit softer but stick with you, and "Supercut" just nails everything she does best. Great record. One of the best of the 2010s. 9/10.

Surprisingly nice to hear

Nothing but bops & bangers. Ya ya! But forreal, absolutely phenomenal album.

Not for me but Green Light is a great song

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Worse than Alanis. Canada: 1 New Zealand: 0

Was okay, too poppy

The Louvre was a decent song and it did get better as it went on. It's vastly better than all the early 70s rock on this list... However, her style of emotive singing does get my goat from time to time. All a bit "6th form talent contest" for my liking. The number of support acts I've heard at small gigs aping Lorde's style ruins it a bit ...

Made me feel like I was living in an episode of euphoria

It's delightful to listen to, I'll give it that. The specific vocal style of Lorde complements the whimsical arrangements.

Green light is the clear standout with more ok banger pop after that. Nothing that stood out to me but a good time nonetheless.

It's pretty good. Very Kate Bush.

It’s a beautiful electronic pop album with just great vocals. Lorde undoubtedly deserves the attention she has received. Plus green light is just so iconic.

There is no doubt that Lorde is a great artist in this modern pop space. A lot of great hits in this album that highlight her ability really well. Though, this album is a lot more my girlfriends taste over mine and while I appreciate her talents it isn't as much for me. I have always been quite fond of Green Light though.

Sin duda pertenece a esta lista. Me gusta el pop de Lorde. Justamente en los últimos días he estado escuchando su último disco (Virgin, 2025) y sólo viene a confirmar lo mucho que me gusta su versión del pop.

Ya ya ya, I am Lorde.

i loved this in 2017 and i still love it now

I actually enjoyed many of these. Popular jams.

sad party girl music. Redeemed by mostly interesting rhythms (ala Glass Animals before they were bad).

Loved this record when it came out, I had a coworker who played it constantly and I wasn't complaining. Really wonderful album

Nostalgia

Very melodramatic? I liked the starting track but the rest droned on. I recognize Antonoff's signature production style, but maybe the lyrics just didn't carry for me? Tracks to Track: Green Light

The louvre, writer in the dark, and one of the best songs lyrically liability will always have such a special place in my heart. Near perfect album and the cover is just so dreamy and beautiful and suits the album’s overall aesthetic so well.

Not really my thing. I appreciate Lorde’s haunting voice but I didn’t necessarily enjoy it or the album as a whole.

This genre isn't my usual cup of tea, but Lorde does create some good music, and has an incredible voice. There wasn't a song on this album that felt superfluous. Was a solid listen, and could definitely see myself spinning it again.

I have an extreme soft spot for Lorde. I loved her voice, I love her style, and it’s not your typical pop music. But I really only know her from her singles. Listening to an entire album, her style can get a bit repetitive. At least the first half of this album was like that. The second half was more diverse and it’s nice to hear her style and voice in different contexts.

Not usually my go-to listening style, but a very solid pop album. I can see why she hit so strongly when she first started making it around.

Great lyrics. Reminds me of my early 20s. Love sober and sober II (melodrama)

I love this album! Classic Lorde, and the record that outdid her debut.

Oh no… I dont like it!!!

the meme is so funny; cuz that's your whole life. that bitch is so pick me i would rather poke my eye till it pops out into my skull then ever listen to the motherfucking dumbass bitch. no body wants your antisemitic ass to make a sound. I’d rather wrestle a crocodile in a thunderstorm while wearing noise canceling headphones and screaming the alphabet backwards than ever listen to that horrble person.

Somber Happiness

One of my all time favorite pop albums

If I were to judge this based entirely on whether it actually belongs on this list, I'd be harsher. As a body of work it's fine to have on in the background. The opening of Green Light blatantly bites the Dancing On My Own melody, so that got things off to a rocky start.

Okay. One of the first times that I've felt a generational divide. I have liked previous songs of hers but these all felt a bit more generic, modern pop. Breathy, mumbly lyrics about being a 20-something woman living life.

Love

Nice

Oh god. I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request. This album made it to #1 in the US. Apparently. It’s just Taylor Swift. The production is the same- the rhythmic shifts in the vocals between the verses and pre choruses. The Big Choruses. Man. I’ve never heard this album before but I’ve heard it a million times. Argh. TWO STARS

Royals biggest song so 3

Very melodramatic. Not a bad listen, first side of the album the songs are very similar. But it improved as it progressed. Strong finish with Supercut and Perfect Places. L = (2.75*s) Same beat in many songs, didn’t get angry at it. J = (3.1*s) My take away is she used a lot of loud synsonic drums.

A bit surprised when I saw this Lorde album pop up on the list, expect(ed) her debut. I will say side A is bit of a slow drag, which I kinda expected based on the album Title. But side B turns it up a notch. The pace picks up and the songs are more engaging. After the full listen, I'm one foot in, 1 out on this record. Looking back on it, starts low and gradually builds to end on a high with the top track...like Lorde slowly emerged from the depression of the breakup and was ready to get back out there, even if those perfect places are hard to find. Not really going back on any single track but as a whole, this is a good album for anyone going through a split. Not disappointed here and will give the lady more credit than I have...2.65 stars.

Decent follow up album by Lorde after making a splash with her debut. Melodrama has more of the same indie pop that helped put her on the map. There was a couple of radio hits that may have overexposed her in the wake of her quick success but the albums have held up pretty well over the past 10 years. I've always considered Lorde a little overrated, specifically in terms of a vocalist, but that doesn't detract that I can still enjoy her music. The pieces of the puzzle come together well enough that she will continue to get some deserved air play. We've seen her live a couple times and she puts on a good show. 3.27 stars

Just the right amount of angst.

3 out of 5 Not as bad as I expected lol

Fine

This album was good/fine. Aside from Lorde's singing nothing really pops out at me. There are some good songs on here but the narrow vision and over the top dramatics took a toll. Just a bit boring. 3.00-3.25/5

Surprised by how enjoyable this record was. Kind of a bit repetitive in style, but well-written

Definitely no "sophomore slump" on this second Lorde album. Maybe not as groundbreaking as the first but very good throughout.

Not gonna lie. I know this album and I really dig it. SuperCut and Greenlight will get under your skin in the best way. 3.5 stars

Before listening to this, I am going to try to keep an open mind but cannot imagine that there are actually TWO Lorde albums I need to hear before I die and if there's even ONE I would assume that Pure Heroine would be it. But let's see... I liked the first song. It reminded me of Taylor Swift, but better. About halfway into the second song, however, I am already getting kind of tired of this. Just not my genre. But I don't hate this. "The Louvre" was kind of cool.

A overall good synth pop album with a number of really catchy hooks in a few songs.

Nice album, didn't love it though.

Jeg kan godt li' hende. Og albummet havde en perfekt længde.

Sophomore albums are probably the worst challenge as a music artist. Especially if you're coming off of a surprise hit debut album. The expectations are incredibly high. Stray too far from the sound of the first album, the fans may abandon you. On the other hand, if you're too close to the previous album it'll just be a rehash and critics will say you're a one trick pony. Seems like Lorde was pretty unfazed by any of that when putting together Melodrama. Her debut album, Pure Heroine, is a celebration of that invincible youth. It's about feeling rich with friendship without caring about being rich with anything else. Late night drives. Making mistakes. Getting into trouble. Infinite memories. Melodrama is a confrontation with this newfound fame and fortune and how it's made her jaded. Having spent so long dismissing the lifestyle, Lorde found herself sucked into it. Can you be a major popstar but also still just be that girl from New Zealand? Underneath the wonderful lyricism, is incredible and diverse production. It's all the little details that make this album so great. With each listen you discover something new and it makes you come back to it again and again. I still get hyped when that "ch-chk" hits on Perfect Places. Green Light opens the album and when that beat kicks in with the frantic piano, your heart starts racing as it prepares for the chorus to hit. Next comes Sober, opening with a classic Antanoff vocal sample right into a bongo beat. This track, and many others, takes you through so many variations but somehow finds it's way back very effectively. Like how does The Louvre build up these gorgeous harmonies and then cut straight back monotone one liners? Somehow it's not jarring at all. And don't even get me started on that incredible shoegaze guitar that rides us out to the end of the song. I don't know if there's a pop artist that does a better job building songs into a dopamine hit crescendo. In this album alone you have Green Light, Supercut, and Perfect Places, that all take you on this slow adrenaline rush. Once it hits the big payoff, you can't help but dance. Pure Heroine introduced us to Lorde and her potential. Melodrama firmly stamps her place in pop music royalty. (Whether she wants it or not.)

My first thought when I saw this on the list was that this must just be a bunch of old guys picking some new pop album at random to show they are hip with the times. It could have been this or just as easily Billie Eilish. The songs aren't bad, just kind of generic. I had one of those long play ads come up before one track, a perfume add with music, and couldn't tell the difference--I thought it was a song on the album. Anyway, not terrible, but not my thing.

I will always love Lorde, also first female album on this list I’ve heard soooo

Best pop album last 15 years? Loved all songs. Liability is so beautiful

# Album Name: Melodrama # Artist: Lourde # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Strong opening to the album. First three tracks are solid. Gets a bit long in the tooth after that. Lourde has a great voice and a distinct style. This albums better than some of the stuff ive listened to recently. # Top Tunes: GL / Sober / Dynamite / writer in the dark / supercut # Would I listen to it again? Probably give it another listen

First few songs were good, but the second half is better. Especially enjoyed the three track run of Liability, Hard Feelings/Loveless, and Sober II.

Fine. Overproduced and underwritten

I have no opinion on Lorde’s music. This did little to change that.

In the name of the Lloyd!

Probably closer to a 3 but liked it more than I expected. Jack Antoff is a good producer

Every! Song! A! Banger! One of my favorite albums of the last ten years, maybe an all timer? It’s a 5!

Wasn't too bad

I am not usually a big fan for pop music, no matter how it's sliced (power, indie, pure, etc.). But this was really good and I enjoyed the whole album (I was teary eyed in a couple moments.) She definitely deserves her accolades. 4 poppy stars.

“I am Lorde, ya ya ya…”. South Park has made it real tough to take this artist very seriously, and through no actual fault of her own. All I can think of is Randy Marsh’s creative process in making his toilet recordings into Lorde albums. I love South Park. I don’t know why they were picking on Lorde, but it was funny. Anyway, I don’t hate this and it’s pretty catchy. But, at the same time, it sounds like it’s got Jack Antonoff’s fingerprints all over it, and I’m tired of his whole sound; Melodrama sounds remarkably similar to everything Taylor Swift produced while working with him…actually, this is better, to be fair, but I feel like you could swap out any song from this record with any song from Midnights and the casual listener would never know the difference. This makes me feel like Taylor Swift and Lorde are just the pretty-faced shills for Jack Antonoff’s girl pop projects. It’s too much. So, I guess my problem is not that Lorde’s Melodrama is unenjoyable, cause it’s catchy. My problem is that I swear I’ve heard half these songs on various Taylor Swift albums before and, it might be catchy, but it’s played out also. 3.5/5

Just like the rest of the trendy pop albums on this list, Lourde’s Melodrama is no different, just more recent. What makes this a must listen vs her debut I dont get. At least that was more original and not mired by the Jack Antonoff filter. 3/5

I liked it.

I am Lorde. Ya ya ya. But seriously it’s a good album. The songs have a good range so don’t sound the same as each other. They are catchy but don’t seem overly produced as some pop songs.

Before this point in my life Lorde was just a artist that I would hear on the radio, and I'm glad that's changed. Listening to this album really shifted my perspective on her. I feel like she's an artist that has really made a sound unique to her. I like that she chooses the words and phrasing that isn't going to be the same as every other pop hit. I like that her music is mostly a gentle droning or rhythm with her voice over it. I like that her voice melodies are written like the right hand of a piano, the flow from a rap song, percussive, or poppy. I like that she didn't become a sell out the moment she was popular, and kept chasing her sound.

Fun album I forgot Lourde made music after 2013

There were some powerful moments, some nice tunes, some nice singing, didn't go past that though.

The lyrics are just…not it. It feels like the made the inst. then slapped her diaries entries in there. Feels like listening to Taylor Swift fr, only lyrics no music.

Not rateable. Shit. Hated jt

eigentlich no kuul, aber alles in allem chli langwiilig und wie si singt gfallt mir nöd so guet..

I've always liked the song "Green Light."

Interesting

obviously had already listened to this. but honestly such a good album. so well thought out, from the lyrics, to the production (the production omd). a true modern classic and lorde's best work. anyone that says this album is overrated needs to stfu

What a lorde of shite. Boring, samey, pop. Not even the production is interesting.

Surprised this album genre is defined just as "pop". It has more but I can't put my thumb on it. Lorde is a good artist, and I got an Enya vibe from parts of this album. Track inspirations seemed to come from Prince, David Bowie, and Kate Bush. I can't imagine listening to a track from this album on the radio, but the entire album is an easy-listening experience that could fit a road trip. 3.5/5

Well-produced, but not very interesting.

Listened to this one multiple times over the weekend. Yes there are songs I know - but the other tracks, like Louvre, were the ones that hade coming back for multiple listens. Adding this to my fave albums folder immediately.

Interessante

I listened to this album when it was released. It is good, but not quite great. I really like her voice and the variety of songs on this album though

Surprised I never got round to listening to this. Overall, excellent alt-pop with plenty of hooks, great production and strong vocals. Standouts were The Louvre and Hard Feelings.

I swear a lot of the positives I have to say about this album get ruined as soon as I start to think positively about the album. My number two pet peeve in music is pop artists swearing just once or twice per song to seem hard or strong or something. It's just annoying and it shows up constantly in this album. I guess she says shit more than twice in Homemade Dynamite, but it's really only to get us to say it along with her in the chorus. Some of the harmonies are cool and I did genuinely like Liability until I saw that there was a part 2 (speaking of which, why did she think that two songs were good enough to warrant a part 2?), but as a whole this album feels like every other pop album I thought I was going to like until I listened to it and realised that it sounds like every pop album I thought I was going to like. For the record, I can also swear exactly once in what I'm writing to prove an imaginary point to myself.

*gasp*. Hoo boy, it feels good to breathe again. I used to dislike these 2010s picks for being milquetoast and shitty, though I've recently come to appreciate them. After working my way through a quarter of the underwater cavern which is this list, it feels good to rise to the water's surface once again and engage with something that is easygoing and likeable. I've heard of Lorde before, though I can't think of a single song of hers off the top of my head. I may as well be going into this blind, though knowing my luck I'm gonna be jumpscared by a radio hit within the next forty minutes or so. Yeah. I mean, it's a contempop album. I find it hard to believe that anyone feels strongly about this subgenre of music and I struggle to find reasons for why this brand of pop is worthy of immortalisation in the first place, but I enjoyed unplugging for a while. I wouldn't be surprised if Lorde helped popularise this brand of dulcet pop vocals, though truth be told they don't do much for me. The instrumentals don't really work, either. The smudged, subdued, atmospheric sound would be a hell of a lot better if the vocals were appealing to me, though neither wind up working, sadly. Ah, jumpscared immediately - I've heard "Green Light" before. Not a bad tune. Lorde's vocals are a little weak during the verses, though the song comes together nicely during the chorus. The album goes out to lunch for a little bit (with the exception of "Loveless"), but it comes back with "Writer in the Dark". Pretty nice song. The vocal style is unique, and I enjoy how it intensifies during the chorus. Piano ballads are always a weak point of mine, and I enjoy the other musical embellishments which hang in the background, too. Normally I would bemoan my inability to read the entries for these newer albums, though I have recently pilfered some newer editions of the book from my local digital book store. Hmm. It's not in any of my downloaded editions. I spent all that time vaulting over digital fences to get away from the cyberpolice and for what? Wikipedia reveals that this album is critically acclaimed and commericially successful, but I'm snipping the fuck out of this entry. In place of this album, I humbly submit The Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia for inclusion on the list.

The most modern album so far, and I thought this post dates the book, so confusing. Starts strong, soon becomes pretty but banal. Lyrics are bad. 3 Heard before? Some Owned: No 17/1001, 17/70 (24%) Will I get? No

10/10 Favorites: Liability Supercut

Geht so

I will never completely understand the massive popularity Lorde. This album is ok, preferred Pure Heroine. This album just reeks of Antonoff and I’m tired of his sound.

Listened to this when shit sucks, so now I’m biased. Supercut good as hell tho

I didn't hate this as much as I expected, but wouldn't choose to listen again. The production / sound is awesome though

Pretty easy 3. Never in danger of a 2 or a 4.

It's just about a 3. Might be getting the benefit of the doubt for just being as shit as expected. It's all a bit bland though.

Another teenage girl's diary entry with a drum machine, synth noises and masses of reverb. What happened to musical instruments?

Actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would but still rounding down

Sick

A perfect pop album

Fairly interesting. Might revisit one or 2 of these songs

Like. Hørte gjennom 1 gang på løpetur og ville umiddelbart høre igjen. Nok variasjon til at det blir gøy. Clean beat og vokal. Bra.

Me: "Oh cool! A Lorde album I never knew she made! I loved her debut Pure Heroine." (after 20 minutes of listening) Me: "Wow, Lorde sounds exactly like Taylor Swift and has completely lost her unique sound and voice." (reads notes on Wikipedia about this album) Me: "Oh, she teamed up with Taylor Swift's writer." *wonders why this album is on this list* 2/5

I was surprised by how much of this sounds like Taylor Swift's more recent work, but maybe that's Jack Antonoff's influence. I'm not a fan of the synth drums, which means that for once my favourites were the more minimalist songs in Liability and Writer in the Dark.

now I know who is Lorde.

I didn’t like it but it seems like a well produced album

Interesting pop album from Lorde. Obviously more experimental than Pure Heroine, but it still feels relevant 8 years later. Not sure it's one of the best 1000 albums of all time, but that still feels like such a huge number.

Good pop album

Entusiasma, gusta, gusta

One more pop album but quite new. Ok, so it might be interesting. But not really. Once again one of these albums where you wonder why it is on the list. The music is quite nice. But it's simply pop music. Best case it will not be forgotten in 2030. It's certainly not one of the albums which you must hear before you die.

This is such a great album. I used to think Lorde was overrated until I listened to Melodrama for the first time only a few months ago. Green Light is a perfect opener. So full of energy and passion. And then to close it with another piece of pop perfection in Perfect Places. To be this inspired and expressive at such a young age - I could subsist on just this for a long time. What the fuck are perfect places indeed.

I think listening to Melodrama in the chronological order of the 1001 albums would have helped the experience for me. I kept wondering whether Lorde was establishing pop-music cliches or perpetuating them. Or was that producer Jack Antonoff? My favorite song on the album is Homemade Dynamite, which is the only song Jack Antonoff had nothing to do with. Anyway, I had to ask the internet and the internet said Lorde is an innovator, not an imitator. So, take that for what it is worth.

i had to listen to this like five times before i could make up my mind about it - do i like this? do i hate it? "electro pop" and "synth pop" are both genres i love to listen to, so i should love this, right? i really didn't know, and i didn't know why it was so hard for me to find some salient feeling about this album. it lands in some indeterminate, bland middle-ground for me - sure, i like some of the songs, but the project as a whole?? meh... now, i find all the jack antonoff scapegoating lore hilarious, and while i don't earnestly believe he's solely responsible for how i feel about this album, it's gotten me thinking about his production style in general. because: as a st. vincent fan, i /liked/ masseduction (2017 - same year as melodrama), and i /really liked/ daddy's home (2021), but both of these antonoff produced works are a huge departure from her older stuff, and i maintain strange mercy (2011) is her best album (so far!!). so, maybe there's some truth to this jack antonoff slander - but i haven't really listened to the artists he regularly works with, so i can't say for certain if he's really the one to blame here. highlights - homemade dynamite, supercut, perfect places

Not bad for modern pop music, some enjoyable moment with good melodies and funny sounds, probably the score would be even higher if it all was that way.

Wow she finds a way to combine all the problems I have with modern music into this hot shit album. Mouth full of marbles, check. Bullshit lyrics that talk about nothing, check. Over produced garbage with no use of real instruments, check. Painfully generic to the point that I would not be able to tell you this Lorde as opposed to the other hundred artists who sound like this crap, check. It’s times like these that I wouldn’t mind being deaf. 2/10

Never quite managed to get on the Lorde hype train I'm afraid. Good, but not great.

A few really strong highlights and some in betweens. Will return to it

Good

Very very repetitive.

Good listen, low and soulful with good beats. - 4/5

Sad girl music that doesn't depress.

Creative contemporary pop music. Kind of a less eccentric Kate Bush. It’s not bad but there’s something about Lorde that just doesn’t click with me.

3/10 I went into this album hoping that I’d be opened up to something great that had passed me by because it’s not in the typical genres that get recommended to me. Unfortunately, any good will I had was fairly quickly decimated by the horrific production style of Jack Antonoff, who has seemingly never heard of the term nuance. I assume his middle name is Anton, so he shall henceforth be referred to as Jack Off. Underneath a lot of the production fuckery, there are actually some decent tunes in here. There are some nice vocal hooks, some good pieces of rhythmic delivery and some promising musical structures, but there is literally no dynamic across this album at all. It’s like Jack Off has just pumped every track through a maxed out compressor and then a brick wall limiter, programmed every note of the synths, samples and drum hits at full 127 MIDI velocity and then cranked Lorde’s vocal so loud that it completely dominates the mix. It’s actually painful to listen to. This production style really doesn’t help Lorde’s vocal delivery either. When she drops into that indie-girl, infantilised, breathy, ‘can’t pronounce my Rs properly’ voice, it’s made worse by the fact that it’s so in your face. She clearly has a decent voice, but she insists on putting on this affect that just drains my tolerance and rubs me up the wrong way. But with all of that said, this album has actually left me moderately interested in taking a listen to a Lorde album that Jack Off had no hand in, because it feels like there might just be something in there worth hearing. And for that, it gets a slightly better rating than I was expecting after the first couple of tracks. Green Light - There are bits of this that I like, and bits of it that I really don’t. The dance piano chords that are completely lacking in dynamic are awful, and I just don’t gel with the club anthem sound at all. When things are stripped back, it’s pretty good, with a nice pulsing but restrained bass. I also find that she sings in a style that sort of drifts in and out of this weird affect that seems to have become popular. It’s kind of an infantilised breathy talk-singing that is common among female indie-pop vocalists. Sober - This is a bit better off the bat, but I feel like it’s going to get worse. Oh, it has. What the fuck are those horns? Other than those, it’s actually not bad. I feel like it tries too hard to force a driving beat in, and this would work better as something more restrained. I can feel a bit of Björk influence here, but it’s been given way too much of a pop sheen. Homemade Dynamite - More indie-girl singing. Again, there are elements of this that are decent. Some of the rhythm in the delivery of the vocals is nice, but it’s all just so overproduced that there is no dynamic range to this at all. Some of the synth sounds are crap too. The Louvre - How is it possible to pronounce your Rs as Ys? And what the hell is that “broadcast the boom, boom, boom” bit all about. Crap. There are elements of the sound design that are actually ok here, but it’s all so compressed and limited that it just becomes a brick wall of sound that has no nuance at all. Liability - This is actually quite nice, and she reins in her voice affect except for in certain places. But by god, how compressed is this vocal? It’s had every bit of dynamic range punched out of it, so the emotion is forcefully stripped out of the track. Hard Feelings/Loveless - The theme of this album strikes again. Some decent ideas, and if produced with a sympathetic nuance, something half decent could have been pulled out of this, but it feels like a half-baked idea that’s overproduced to the point of being almost unlistenable. And then, apparently this is the same track? It’s not. And it’s shit. The singing is worse. The production is worse. And it seems to bear no relation to the rest of whatever this track is. Sober II (Melodrama) - Go and listen to a Joga by Björk. Hear the subtlety in the string arrangements and the dynamic range that builds through the track, combined with the airy clarity of the vocal performance? Yep. None of that here. Obviously, this is not the same track, but there could be a half decent track hidden in here, but it’s just smashed over the head by Jack Antonoff, compressed to fuck and buffed with in your face sample choices. Writer In The Dark - Did they put the microphone literally inside her mouth? Mouth noise (that you can almost hear the automation cutting out between phrases) and compression galore. Vocals way too loud that it’s distracting. It’s supposed to be an emotive ballad, but it’s more like someone drunk and shouting in your ear about how sad they are. Again, a production that I’m struggling to pick out the actual song from. Supercut - A boring indie-rock song turned into a (yet again) over compressed, dynamically strangled club track. Big bucket of uninterested. Liability (Reprise) - As with the earlier version of this track, there’s actually something of value in here somewhere, but it’s clouded by this producer who is continuing to completely throttle every one of these songs. Perfect Places - Another attempt at an arms in the air club tune. That piano that echoes the vocal line now and again is so low effort, it’s unbelievable. This is a bad, pedestrian song made worse by Jack Antonoff.

This list just keeps disappointing me. Look, I have nothing against Lorde, this is not such a terrible music or anything, but c'mon, so many great artists are left out from this list, and it seems like the author of the book went to Wiki and searched for best-selling albums and billboard mainstream charts. This is already much better than that Spears debut nightmare, but after a few songs this just gets so similar, can't remember a single song and hate this type of production drowning everything in reverb and there's no dynamic range here at all, sounds too pristine and sanitary. 2.0 at most, maybe less.

Tøff stemme. Litt laber stemning på albumet, men hva annet kan man forvente med den tittelen? Likte minst: Hard Feelings Likte best: Supercut Hun har vel et bedre album som hadde gjort seg bedre på 1001?

Not as good as her first album but still pretty good.

Kind of a perfect pop album. No skips; basically every song has really grown on me / become an all-timer imo.

Supercut and the first time are serious

Meh. Just meh. Very sadgurl core, but not in the way I'd enjoy feeling sad to songs There was maybe one song I genuinely enjoyed?

Meh, not a big fan

Actually don't mind her. Not bad for pop 3

More mellow than drama.

taylor amos, tori swift

Solid pop all the way through. A surprise hit for me

I liked this! Her voice is simplistic but beautiful

I am Lorde, ya ya ya!

j’ai jamais trop écouté Lorde et J’ADORE

Overall- decent. It had some hood songs but was also very repetitive in sound and subject.

One standout, rest was fine.

A pretty good dark and moody album with some decent sense good bass lines, and drums. Still dripping with post teenage angst, the melodies and lyrics are brooding and pull no punches while leaving a message of “this is my art and if you don’t like it then too fucking bad”

As it's my first album, I can't quite say yet whether it deserves to be on this list. It definitely has some enjoyable tracks on it, but very few that I would think would be remembered for all time.

The grip that jack antonoff has on the pop girlies needs to be studied

Probably the kind of thing I would’ve really liked as an early teenager, but as a late Gen Xer this was one of the first albums I can remember being praised to the rafters and being pretty certain this is music for folks half my age, what am I doing here...

Ah, Lorde, la jeune prodige Néo-Zélandaise qui a déferlé sur la planète musicale en 2013 avec son "Pure Heroine". Je dois avouer, à l'époque, j'avais haussé un sourcil perplexe. Certes, la gamine avait du talent, une plume déjà bien acérée pour son âge, mais musicalement, ça me laissait un peu sur ma faim. C'était un peu trop propre et minimaliste à mon goût. J'avais donc rangé ça dans la case "à suivre, peut-être", sans grande conviction, un peu comme on observe un phénomène de foire en se demandant combien de temps ça va durer. Et puis, quatre ans plus tard, déboule "Melodrama". Et là, mes aïeux, la claque. Fini la gamine qui observe le monde depuis sa banlieue proprette, bonjour la jeune femme qui plonge la tête la première dans le grand bain des émotions, des amours qui foirent et des nuits qui s'étirent jusqu'à l'absurde. Le titre est d'une honnêteté désarmante : "Melodrama" et dès les premières notes de "Green Light", on sent que quelque chose a changé. La production est ample, audacieuse, presque exubérante. On est loin, très loin, du minimalisme glacial du premier opus. Ici, ça vit, ça respire, ça explose. Le piano bastringue, les synthés s'envolent, la voix de Lorde, toujours aussi singulière, se déploie avec une assurance nouvelle. On sent l'influence d'un Jack Antonoff (le mec derrière Bleachers et qui a bossé avec Taylor Swift, entre autres), mais jamais il ne bouffe la personnalité de la jeune femme. C'est elle la patronne, et ça s'entend. Ce qui frappe tout au long de ce disque, c'est cette dualité constante entre l'euphorie de la fête et la solitude écrasante qui suit. C'est un album de rupture, un album de gueule de bois émotionnelle. Lorde nous raconte une nuit, ou plutôt toutes les nuits, celles où l'on cherche à s'étourdir pour ne pas affronter le vide. Les textes sont d'une maturité bluffante. Elle a ce talent rare pour capturer des instantanés, des fragments de conversations, des images fugaces qui, mises bout à bout, dessinent un portrait incroyablement juste de la jeunesse désenchantée du 21ème siècle. Et la production, parlons-en. J'ai lu à droite à gauche des critiques sur une utilisation de l'auto-tune. Franchement, faut avoir l'oreille sacrément mal intentionnée pour s'arrêter à ça. Si auto-tune il y a, il est utilisé comme un instrument, une texture, pas comme une béquille pour masquer une voix défaillante. La voix de Lorde est là, bien présente, avec ses fêlures, ses inflexions uniques. Le travail sur les sons est remarquable, on passe de balades au piano dépouillées à des envolées électro-pop grandioses sans que ça ne paraisse jamais forcé. Il y a une intelligence dans les arrangements, une audace dans les expérimentations sonores qui forcent le respect. Alors oui, tout n'est pas parfait et il y a bien un ou deux titres, au milieu du disque, qui retombent un peu, qui manquent du génie qui illumine le reste de l'album. C'est ce qui m'empêche de lui coller la note maximale. Mais soyons honnêtes, un 4 sur 5 pour un deuxième album, à seulement 20 ans, c'est déjà un putain d'exploit. Surtout quand on partait d'un "Pure Heroine" qui, pour moi, tenait plus de la promesse que de l'accomplissement. "Melodrama" c'est l'album de la confirmation, un album qui nous prouve que Lorde n'est pas qu'un feu de paille, une ado surdouée qui a eu un coup de bol. C'est une artiste, une vraie, une de celles qui n'ont pas peur de mettre leurs tripes sur la table, de se montrer vulnérables, de disséquer leurs émotions les plus intimes pour en faire quelque chose d'universel. Elle a toute la vie devant elle pour nous sortir le chef-d'œuvre absolu, celui qui mettra tout le monde d'accord. Et vu le talent qu'elle déploie sur ce disque, je suis prêt à parier qu'elle ne nous fera pas attendre trop longtemps. En attendant, je me replonge avec un plaisir non dissimulé dans ce mélodrame flamboyant.

Not a fan

Not my thing

I've heard this one enough times at work through one of my former colleagues incessantly playing the CD (that I bought for them as a birthday present 😬😬), to know there's absolutely nothing for me here. Time is precious, and I don't need any "not like the other girls!!!" shite in my life.

wtf bro why she so sad I thought I was gonna have a fun pop bangers album here but I get a bit of that and it slowly gets to “Take Care” levels of crying in the club vibes 😭😢😭 Perfect production throughout.

# Playlist Track - Supercut # Notes - +1 star for great art on cover - I enjoy the diversity, from the opening dance to the slower, deeper ballads and sad songs, it's a fun and interesting ride. - Lorde's vocals shine through great instrumentals on most tracks but are never overbearing. - One of the most interesting singers of recent. Definitely recommend.

Ok album, gode rytmer men til den kedelige side… en flad udgave af hendes monster hit (rule the world)

I was obsessed with this album in 2017. It doesn't hit quite as hard for me these days, but there are a lot of bangers here. I think Pure Heroine had more of an impact though.

Nope... 2 listens of this and I can't remember any bit of any song from it. Bland pop music, nothing much else to say.

*** 1/2 Knew her name but never listened to Lorde before. Actually thought she is doing hard rock. She doesn't. Must say I like her voice and the relaxed songs with good lyrics. Had the impression it sounds a bit the same over time. Anyway, a discovery.

great album start to finish, excellent beats

Feels a bit more electronic version of Taylor Swift. I'm impressed. Solid music. Good songwriting. Interesting pop album

I feel conflicted because this is a 3 star album to me, but Lorde’s first album “Pure Heroine” is one of my favorite albums, an absolute fantastic pop album. However, that album isn’t on the list, and this one is. Sure, on Melodrama she worked with an all-star producer (Jack Antonoff) and it definitely sounds like it, but that’s the problem - it sounds like a well-produced pop star album. To me, what drew me to Lorde’s first album was her minimal production, interesting beats, and unique lyric melodies. What Jack did was come in and turn everything up a bit, and make the songs all kind of sound the same? I like this more than some of my other 3-star albums, but it just doesn’t hit like “Pure Heroine” and I keep trying to like it more than I do. I believe this album made the cut on this list because she was still riding the success of her first album, the general public was ready to give her her flowers and call her a star.

This album is aptly named, because it’s moody AF. I liked it better than I thought I would, but it’s probably not something I’d listen to often, if ever. I do love the Supercut song though.

That first song Green Light was such a bop and got my hopes up high, but everything after it was pretty mellow and/or whiny. Oh well.

pleasant enough to listen to while working but nothing notable in here. Sounds a lot like others around this time.

Wanted to like this more, because I thought 'Green Light' was great - but there's just a little too much slow moody stuff and Kate Bushisms for my tastes.

There’s better stuff

Ouais bof ça me manque pas trop ces années de musique

Wow! Très belle production et magnifique voix avec un thème très clair tout au long de l'album (plusieurs reprises/callbacks). Je pouvais pas choisir entre 3 et 4, j'ai coinflip.

*my wife from the other room* “LORDE????” This is a beautiful album, really well produced and extremely well written. I don’t love every song on this thing but it’s such a strong album. I really loved pure heroine when it came out and this is like the refined version. Guess I gotta listen to the whole discography now.

Started as a 5/5 with the first 3 songs but then it became clearly less inspired as the record went on. For a while I thought this was going to be one of the best pop records and then it got boring with all the same Lorde vocal tricks and dramatic instrumentation. I'm still going with a 4/5, but if Lorde can string together a whole album that's engaging, it'd definitely make it's way into a 5 for me.

I think I've listened to this one years ago but truly cannot recall. I've always respected Lorde but never really connected with her radio hits. This albums was very good! Fantastic use of placing her voice within the sound stage. Favorite Song: Sober

Lords is doing unique shit. I don’t like all of it, but I like that she’s singing very personal songs, songs that sound like she crawled out of her hangover bed and wrote down the immediate feelings.

There is no other album that better represents what it felt like to be a teenage girl in the late 2010s. This is like the bible for women currently in their mid/late twenties. Despite my ongoing disdain towards Jack Antonoff, I think this is his magnum opus as a producer. The sound here is electric and alive. Together, he and Lorde utilized an array of contrasting sounds and production elements to create a sonic masterpiece. The songwriting is melodramatic, and it only adds to the album's cohesion and overall theme. This is a story being told through music, and it is done near perfectly. I will always be grateful for Lorde's commitment to giving depth and meaning to the teenage experience. The songs on this album have meant a lot to me throughout my life, and I know many other people feel the same. Everyone say, "Thank you, Lorde."

Like it 3/5

Vierzehntes Album, das ich kannte, drittes, das ich mir regelmäßig anhöre. Das spricht für sich. Was gibt es da dazu zu sagen? Genial. Die Lieder passen zusammen, ohne zusammenzufließen, es fühlt sich an wie ein Film, die Produktion, vor allem, wenn man es mit Kopfhörern hört... Kein schlechter Song drauf. Sogar kein Mittelmäßig. Mehr als verdiente 5/5 Sterne.

a solid little pop album that i do have some nostalgia for, but there are little breaks in it i dislike (i internally groan every time at the "still the louvre" or generally every time she drops the singing for a spoken line) and the sort of romanticization you get in songs like Writer in the Dark will never not be annoying to me, but overall very good

Really good

Is this Lorde? Yes? Ok, she pretty good, 3 stars... Wait, does it have Royals on it? No? Ok 2 stars.

More boring insipid modern pop music. Reminds me of Taylor Swift, but not as fun. Just... Shit.

So creative and powerful. This is pop for the 2010s and 2020s. Of all the amazing young women making incredible pop music these days, Ella might be my favorite.

Lords is talented and makes enjoyable music. I just don’t hear how she’s all that different than some of her contemporaries.

not my thing but I get it

I've long known she's neither Madonna's daughter nor Randy Marsh but never listened before. Perfectly nice. I can see why she's popular. It's dark brooding melodramatic pop. Some clever lines (like on The Louvre, although an annoying chorus) and good tunes like Sober II. Probably won't clamour to listen again but still.

I adore lorde's debut album and so when this came out I was always comparing it to that, and in my opinion the first is better. Therefore I always just kind of dismissed this regardless of it's hype. But listening back now I really like it, she has a really interesting way with words and tunes that seem to subvert my expectations of where the song is going. Her hooks are fascinating and the production work behind it has some incredible ideas in it. I'm not so fond of the fact that it went a bit dancier and I still don't really like all of the lyrics "the light up floor" always felt awkward, a bit like when bloc party started singing about sudokus. However I suspect it is this same weird approach to lyrics in other tracks that I actually really like. Plus I enjoy the hounds of love reference drum fill. I can't decide if I enjoyed it enough to make it 5 stars. Maybe her debut is 5 and this is a very high 4.

Good

Awful dull pop nonsense. Like a million other same sounding guff.

I really didn't care for this much; just too samey and one paced

Remember when Randy Marsh was Lorde?

So far not my cup of tea. It sounds like the kind of music you would hear in a prom scene of a young adult movie. Nothing new.

I defienetly liked this album!!! It was really catchy, but I appreciated it after I listened to it twice. I liked the vocal of Lorde and the vibe of songs. They were really interesting and easy to listen.

The last of her good albums i fear

happy to listen again.

Really like this. Have heard a lot about her but haven’t heard much of her music

I'm a kid of the 21st century of course I love this album

I could see myself buying this record for its art alone, but now I've gone and heard the album. Sigh. Credit where credit is due, Lorde has a lovely smokey voice and an obvious knack for the pop sound. I hadn't heard anything on this project, and by the second listen I could really understand the value of her song writing ability. I'm not a fan of that commercial, ready for radio sound, so I can live without listening to this ever again, but I can still acknowledge the effort. I can see why the art is a literal painting, it ties in well with the quality of the production. 2.4/5

Godt album. Jeg var specielt glad for "Liability"

Whispery pop. I see why Jen likes it so much. I like a few songs a lot and the rest only meh

Objectively really good, but it just doesn't do it for me unfortunately

Poppy, lyrics pretty boring and reductive

Not for me

I like the chronological way the album's setlist is distributed, in one way or another that makes it perfect, the problem is how suddenly there is no noticeable change in the plot, so the last 3 songs could have been better thought out in my opinion.

Love Lorde, great record. I must question this list once again. Pure Heroine probably but man… this guy is super British. It would be on my favorites but don’t know why it’s on all time. Time will tell. 7.4

Pretty good album. I liked it. Didn't have Lorde on my radar. I heard a bit of them, but never a whole album.

Really like her sound since her first album

Good album not really for me though

Classic Lorde

I’m not a huge fan. Nothing really impressed me. There were a couple good songs though.

Lorde is pretty good, I should listen to them more

Lyrics driven.

8 years later and Green Light still pops into my head once a week, but If I'm constantly checking to see how many songs are left that's probably not a great sign. 3.5 *makes tnt exploding sound*

Ya ya ya. Great album, helped me get through some tough times

An outstanding pop record, Lorde crafts a more nuanced and a bit less catchy album that Pure Heroine, but in turn gains a lot in introspection and gets to showcase her writing abilities accompanied by great production. The highlight of this project is Lorde's songwriting and execution. She's an excellent lyricist, painting vivid images with lyrics that are also catchy. She's also a great singer, delivering different tones and inflexions for different moments. The production is really polished and accompanies her very well. My favourite production was the more pop oriented. I'm not much of a fan of Antonoff's work, but here it works pretty well, complimenting the more stripped down and emotional tracks. My absolute favourite here is "Homemade Dynamite", it's a bop and one of Lorde's best songs. "Green Light" is also great, and I really liked "Supercut" too.

album of the decade

Lorde cements herself at the top of modern day pop with this album.

1.5

2.5

Lorde is the kind of artist I wish I liked more than I actually do. I can recognize the quality of her music and the emotions she conveys, but with many of her songs I just can’t seem to connect. For my sister, that last sentence is probably no less than blasphemy. That said, I still had a lot of melancholic fun with Melodrama. Especially the songs Liability and Perfect Places will stay with me for a while.

I like the modern production on this pop record.

i used to put off listening to this because i couldnt stand her vocals, and honestly i still am a bit put off but wow her lyricism is spectacular!

I wasn't listening to a lot of pop music in 2017, so I did miss this when it came out, but I was at least aware of it. This is a very good pop album, Melodrama took a good few years to release, and that seems to be reflected in the level of detail on display here. The content here also seems very personal to Lorde, it doesn't feel like she felt the need to fit a certain public perception of her, or chase trends. Consequently, we are rewarded with a pretty distinct album. The songs feel as polished as any other mainstream pop album from this time, and it is also quite a bit busier than Pure Heroine, but there is honestly a lot of restraint here too. Like a lot of these songs feel very dynamic and intentional. A lot of the material is really catchy too: (almost) always good for pop. Green Light, Sober, Homemade Dynamite and The Louvre are probably the most immediate songs here, but the more subdued feeling back half also has a lot of good stuff. This is a real success as far as it intended to be an accessible pop album without sacrificing artistic integrity, and I see why this warrants a spot on the list.

Not my thing

love the voice but painfully boring

Sounds like it's trying very hard to sound modern and cool. The production is good, the lyrics & composition are trying so hard it sounds kind of pathetic. This is an album that tries to ride on the wake of better, more authentic albums, and will ultimately be forgettable.

40/1089 instant 5 stars i’ve loved this album since release and it’s been one of my favourites since then too. Hearing Green Light for the first time as the lead single was a magical moment for me the pacing, the writing, the production it all hits so well and lorde being the same age as me means that her music will always feel very aligned with how i’m feeling and growing every song is just so beautifully realised, my highlights are: Green Light, Hard Feelings/Loveless and Perfect Places 5 stars and 100/100 is all i can give it

more a 7-7.5, but

Just not my style. Gave it a one for effort though.

Well.

Very good

Nej.

boring

I enjoyed this album. I like the music of Lorde, she is a very unique writer and singer. I saw her in concert when she was first gaining popularity and she had a cool and calm rapport with the audience.

This isn’t my favorite Lorde album but good nonetheless

I was a "girl" in my early 20s when this came out so I was the target audience and I can still say - Oh my god it's soooo boring I don't even care if it's well-produced.

Such a fun album. I really enjoy Lorde's songwriting and signature vocals. Pop is a bit out of my comfort zone, so I could feel myself grating against an occasional poppy motif. Overall, excellent.

Ok

E36, Pforzheim - Stuttgart, Deutschland. Ganz okay.

An interesting album, in which Lorde works through the failure of a relationship and the party-laden time as a single afterwards. I'm not super familiar with the rest of the work, but to me this album was solid pop. None of the tracks were really the kind of danceable bangers that might get tons of air time, but they formed a coherent whole together that went on to tell the story Lorde wanted to tell to great effect.