Melodrama

Really love Lorde, I think her other album is 5* so this one is 4* but still such a beautiful unique voice

Don't mind it

It's actually a nice album! I know Lorde only from the extremely annoying song "Royals", which was definitely overplayed on the radio soon after it was initially released. My hatred for this song was sufficient for me to never try any other track from her album. Apparently only until today. I still dont know any other song from her previous album, but if it's as good as this one, then I should quickly make up for that mistake. "Melodrama" opens up with a really catchy song "Green Light", one of the singles from this record. This track also sets up the mood of the album (if you couldn't make it up from the title of the album), and this rather sad and melancholic theme is creating a nice atmosphere. It's not overwhelming at any point, it gives you a perfect look into the state of mind and emotions of author. I really like songs like "Louvre" and both parts of "Sober" really well done stuff. I guess there's two questions - is it good enough for this list? And regardless, why isn't this album more popular? Small contradictions, but still, I had a nice time with this album.

This album was fantastic. Lorde is a great performer and writer. Favorite track: Hard Feelings/Loveless

Pretty fucking good album. Fav song: Liability

I really like this one. Probably my favorite of the albums that are new to me from this project. I did know of it and already really liked “Green Light”. I’m going to give it a 4 even if it leans towards a 5, though. That’s mostly because of “Liability”, which I really didn’t like (and for some reason is on here twice?). I think I might like this more on a second listen, though.

I've known Lorde is supposed to be good but this was the first time I've given an album of hers a listen. Some pretty good songs and musically very interesting. Will come back to this.

8.5/10

Love it 4

Very decent pop album. I don't really care for pop, but if I was going to listen to pop, I'd listen to something like this. 3.75/5

When this came out I was too edgy and disliked pop for the sake of disliking it lmao. Actually quite a nice album, easy listen for sure, varied songs and I'm surprised how much of it I liked. Saved tracks: Sober, Homemade Dynamite, The Louvre, Sober II (Melodrama)

Extremely polished and a dramatic shift from her debut, Lorde is battling a broken heart and the lust for partying on Melodrama. I absolute love the first couple of tracks and while there are a few lesser lows along the way, I was really entertained and quite frankly a bit shocked about the quality pop songwriting on this.

Je l'ai toujours bien aimée! Cet album est pas le plus connu, mais très bon tout de même!

very good, enjoyed it.

I found this album surprisingly tough to rate. In a vacuum it's a good album that features her distinctive vocal and musical styles well. I think that she's growing up as a lyricist and trying new things. However, I liked her first album a lot, and this feels like a step back from that. I could see a situation where, as time goes one, I grow to have a greater appreciation for this album relative to Pure Heroine, but as it stands this album feels a lot less fun and interesting. Still good, but definitely stuck in the shadow of it's older sibling 4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_8S_7P7abM

Ooh, well I know I love Green Light before we even start. Well... This whole thing was like the Taylor Swift of self loathing and I thought it was great! Louvre and Liability were standouts, and have some real wit and humour about them. The music was good, but not astounding, and a little bit too enamoured of that soft bloopy bass drum sound.

I’m a total sucker for Jack Antonoff production.

Favorite songs: Sober

Superior pop

I like it but it all sounds pretty similar, not much range.

I can’t wait for the REAL royal to put another album out. It’s been too long

Not my type of music normally but greatly appreciated this album. Nice beat to the songs and she has a great voice.

listened to again fantastic exploration of love lost

Banger

Surpreendeu pela qualidade do disco que superou o hit anterior.

Banger

Solid album overall. Can see why she became a star. No song on it's own stands out to me but I did enjoy it all.

Honestly never listened to lorde before other than what had played on the radio. Very mad at radio stations for not playing “Green Light” more, it’s a banger. Her vocals are so cool and unique, somehow it reminds me of a chilled out Cyndi Lauper. Definitely an iconic artist of her generation. I was reluctant to listen to her before this but I will definitely check out her stuff when it releases. “Dynamite” is really great too. Album takes a turn at “Liability” and becomes more dramatic and bittersweet.

The album starts like almost any other pop album, however as the following songs starts, all the songs sound melancholic, like she misses something but at the same time is happy to let the past be. The last song give this feeling of overcoming this part of her life but she will miss those days.

Like lorde - don't really listen to this type of music often

Decent for a pop album

Very well produced marriage of pop music and genuine, from-the-heart songwriting. Really cool!

Oh yeah Lorde! I forgot about her, she was a hype a while back. I think I really like her lyrics and use of chords and melody, but there is something about her voice and how heavily produced it all is that I don't super love. but that's not that it is bad, it just isn't my thing. There's a few songs I really liked on here, the one about "I am my mother's child" is a bit spoilt as I have seen numerous videos of her shushing crowds whilst she does that bit accapella and absolutely butchers it. Tough to sing. Also the last song - perfect places! Absolute shock for me, thought that was written by First Aid Kit. Bizarre because it sounds like it was written for country singers. Think I prefer their version but credit to Lorde for an truly excellent song there!

This really surprised me. Never thought I liked Lorde and kind of disregarded her. I tried to listen to her newest album but wasn't sure. This however was pretty good! Occasional boring or generic bits but some really good stuff. Nice song structures and buildings of sounds. Good lyrics which nicely flow with the music, not just singing over chords.

shhhhhhhh👄☝️

Either a 3 or 4 depending on the day. Caught me on a good one.

I enjoy both Lorde and Antonoff. Any time I hear something I enjoy from new music from modern pop acts I think "did Antonoff produce this?" and many times I've been right and love it. Yet here... the magic is missing. I think another comment said it right: it's missing the bangers. This album feels 90% of the way there to being great, but it's just missing those one or two songs that, for me, take it to a 5/5.

Very good, added a bunch to playlist kinda depressing tho

Really good

Good to vibe to but it’s depressing. A sad vibe album. Perfect for a heartbreak.

This album is super easy to listen to. I of course like greenlight because I'm a basic betch. Homemade dynamite is a great track.

4 might be a bit much but I can't think of a better pop album for a long time. Good tunes, good production, decent lyrics

modern classic

I tell my kids all the time that I don't care too much for pop but that there are a few incredibly talented female pop artists who have emerged in the last decade or so. I place Lorde in this category with the likes of Taylor Swift or Adele - say what you want, but these ladies can write incredible lyrics and arrange very catchy, melodic songs. They can also belt them out. This album from Lorde is a great example - her lyrics are fiercely emotional (Green Light, Writer in the Dark), edgy(ish) commentaries (Homemade Dynamite, Loveless), or smart wordplay and double meaning (Liability - Lorde is the girl that she loves). And her vocals are great; really mesh nicely with the various musical arrangements. In the end, this is mostly a breakup album but it feels like much more than that. Partly because she didn't just make them all sad sounding; I liked her mixing in of uptempo beats. Couldn't quite give it a 5 (tracks 7-11 not quite as good as the first 6), but it was close.

veislu plata

Was really into Lorde in the initial excitement when first emerging, like she was helping set a new direction for pop music. Not as sure now, it somehow feels dated already.

Fav tracks: green light, homemade, sober, liabi maybe perfect places?

Its actually pretty impressive stuff. Some genuinely cutting edge pop. Moving

I like the idea of this as a loose concept album. Also Liability will always get me in my feelings. 8/10

First time really listening to lorde and I liked it

I think it was midway through the second song that I realized that Jack Antinoff definitely had something to do with this. I wasn't a fan of the first song, but the rest of the album slowly won me over (save for maybe the two reprises). Reminds me of the shift Nelly Furtado made back in the mid 00s. Lorde is really the star here: her voice is great and the lyrics are, at the same time, personal yet totally relatable. Favorite tracks: "Perfect Places", "Sober", "Homemade Dynamite", "Liability"

it was ok

solid album. gorgeous voice

This album was a joy to listen to. Such a terrific variety of music, from the poppy and energetic to the soulful and introspective. 'Liability' and 'Writer in the Dark' are my favourites, but there's nothing to dislike here. Lorde is a fantastic vocalist and a genuine song-writing talent.

Jako mi se svidio kad je izašao i još uvijek mi se sviđa. Btw bila sam na samom mjestu di je Lorde vadila hrvatsko državljanstvo. Vjerojatno sam dirala istu kemijsku kojom je ona potpisivala dokumente.

Jedan od najboljih albuma 2017. No fucking cap! Perfect Places ako nisam čuo 100 puta.

Intelligent, engaging, mature pop music. Not really my thing (not loud enough!) but really good. Kiwis get an extra 🌟 too!

J'aimais beaucoup le premier album Pure Heroine. Son côté minimaliste avec des éléments Électro plus proche du Hip Hop que de la Pop me plaisait beaucoup. On poursuit là-dessus ici mais avec un peu plus d'arrangements. Je n'étais pas certain de mon appréciation au départ, mais avec les écoutes, je l'aime de plus en plus. Une jeune auteure-compositrice-interprète que j'aime beaucoup. Pièce préférée: Sober II (Melodrama)

Very good, good stuff, hard to believe she made that song about green beans

All I really knew of Lorde was that Royals song she did when she was about 15 and she's mates with Taylor Swift. This is very similar to Taylor's more poppy stuff. A quick check notices that Taylor's co-songwriting chief Jack Antoff is on the credits. Surprisingly good indie pop. Delivered in a much more palatable way for my tastes. 4/5

Buenaso. Aguante Lorde

Nice pop album!

I find that the songs run the risk of same-iness, but is also has perfect places, so... you know, it's not all bad.

El disc pel qual es jutjarà la trajectòria de Lorde. Una obra magna on es buida per dins i fora i dona origen a temes tan increïbles com 'Liability', 'Supercut' o 'Green Light'. El temps juga al seu favor i ara (gener 2022) sona molt millor que quan va sortir, el poso de les escoltes el fan encara millor del que inicialment semblava

I came not expecting much. I haven't listened to much Lorde, but wow. This album is one of the deepest and most touching pop records out there.

Mevrouw heeft een aparte stem. Nummers hebben wat mij betreft wel hit potentie. Heerlijke dance-achtige muziek! Mijn favoriet is "Green Light"

Finally an album I've heard before! :D I loved it when it came out and I love it now. Lorde's vocals and songwriting on this album are just top-notch. A few songs that don't quite hit, but they are still far from unlistenable. 8/10

3.5 stars. There were some bops that I could get into

Good pop, very unique for a young artist.

Melodrama is a good synth-pop album by singer-songwriter Lorde. The songs "Green Light", "Perfect Places", and "Homemade Dynamite" were released as singles. The album sounds a lot more mature than her previous (debut) album.

чисто заглавный трек норм

Bastante bien, pero no tiene mi canción favorita de ella, que es Royals. Así que le doy un 4 al disco.

Will buy.

Ça se laisse bien écouter Fav : Supercut

Solid

Maybe a bit of its time, not sure how it'll date but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Jopas oli pitkästä aikaa positiivinen yllätys. Ennakko-oletukseni Lordesta oli jokseenkin aivotonta peruspoppia hittilistojen kärjestä. Aika poppiahan tämä tosiaan onkin, mutta todella tyylikkäästi toteutettuna. Kappalemateriaali on lähes poikkeuksetta varsin laadukasta, eikä suurempia huteja löydy. Kappaleista parhaiten itselleni toimi slovarit Liability ja jopa hieman Tori Amosmainen Writer in the Dark.

pretty fire

great dance pop album.

Want to listen again - could accompany life moments

Bangers, bops, great tunes

Unexpectedly great

Aside from the sad girl vibe, pretty good.

Just an enjoyable album. We're the same age, so I have grown up listening to her music. There are some lyrics that seem a little funny, but it's Lorde, it's her style of writing. Just a solid album. I listened to it a few times.

Very good, though lyrically very heavy on the breakup lament, which I can only take so seriously from someone barely out of their 20s.

Lekker hoor, ik voel me ineens weer jaren jonger

Dit is toentertijd langs me heen gegaan, maar ik vind het verrassend goed!

3,8 Noo you are not a liability :(, Lorde I love you! Xxx Ja genieten, ook een leuk “recent” album

Album al vaker beluisterd, één van mijn favoriete uit 2017. Benieuwd wat haar carrière nog gaat brengen. Ik vind het een goeie mix van liedjes waar je energie van krijgt en ook waar je wat droevig van wordt. liability is mijn favoriet (very sad)

Kind of vocal pop with indie music. Excelent combination

Mola

YAY! Have listened many times, I love this album.

Good album… not as good as her first. Solid listen

Very good pop album! Had wanted to listen to this for years, but only knew one or two songs. Need to listen again, but I love Lorde's voice and the overall aesthetic of the sound. Great album cover too

Definitely legit and a few classics on here. But ultimately still Lorde and not exactly my style. Still solid

Good pop songs, I liked the variety in the songs. The production value is really good, with harmonic voices and instruments. It's a good album that I'd listen to again

Really dug it.

Liked this album. Good listen for if you're in the feels

Probably one of the more influential pop albums of the previous decade. Quite solid overall

Standard pop, nice as background noise.

4/5 actually it is a pretty nice album!

Really well done. I think this was a good follow up to her stellar debut. Lorde is legit.

"Green Light" Released: 2 March 2017 "Perfect Places" Released: 1 June 2017 "Homemade Dynamite" Released: 16 September 2017

1er album de lorde que j’ecoute. C’est fou comment on decouvre avec cette liste.je l’avais un peu boude a cause de son succes commercial mais j’ai aime le vibe de l’album. 4

I thought this album was pretty good musically, but Lorde's breathy vocals never appealed to me and some of the lyrics are painfully cliched. Still, there's enough here to get me interested in another album by her whenever it comes out

This was great. A little inconsistent but I enjoyed it all.

This was great, especially the opening song. But also clearly not made for me, and that's okay. Most importantly, I played bass with Lorde's drummer in a church band and he was obviously amazing and I was not, but he made me feel amazing playing with him, and that's about as great a compliment anyone can ever pay another musician.

O álbum parece se tornar um símbolo retratando as gerações "loveless", que me parece abaracar millenials e os Z. Lorde nasceu na fronteira entre ambas, retrata a dor de crescer em ambos os contextos. Um disco sobre passagem da adoelscencia pra vida adulta de uma geração hiperconectada e, por isso mesmo, desconectada de si, descobrindo-se vazia´quando a luz acaba ou a festa se encerra, sem saber quem é. Não sei se o disco é tão memorável como acompanhar a carreira de Lorde.

Quite decent modern pop. Good enough to make me want to listen to the entire album, but not so good that I take any particular interest in any of the songs. Might be better with multiple listens, but ain't nobody got time for that

Pretty good.

There is power in simplicity and I am of the belief that Lorde is at her best when operating in that space. I do applaud her for branching out and creating a record solidly in the scope of mainstream pop. However this album gives a square peg, round hole vibe at times, primarily in the first couple songs and the final song. Jack Antonoff’s influence is felt from the very beginning, a style so recognizable and heavily associated with Taylor Swift that it could put some people off by making this album sound “too Swifty” Notes: The first song begins to feel off as soon as the kick-drum and piano cords are introduced. Gives a dance pop sound that lessens the prominence of Lorde’s vocals which is her selling point. Let that voice shine! Sober creates this tension with a subtle, groovy beat and horn. But then it just leaves you in that space without ever resolving The Louvre with the soft guitars creating a dreamy sound paired with flirty lyrics about a love so great it should hang in the Louvre, even if it is in the back. The sound change in the middle/back half of this song is a perfect example Lorde’s style mixing with Antonoff’s pop production prowess when we get this weird, distorted sound. A stark contrast to the melody but it somehow works for me. Liability and Writer in the Dark are similar songs. Both piano forward, Liability being a piano ballad that might be my favorite song on this album. I loved how Lorde’s lyrics are more raw and it helped me understand some of the pain she experienced with the breakup. Favorite Tracks and Rating - The Louvre - Liability - Writer in the Dark - Supercut Rating 6/10

I did enjoy it and she's a clever writer but I don't think I could go to a 4 as the young, pained female with the self confessional lyrics and electro pop production has been done to death in the last 10 years and this seemed to be a fairly middle example of the genre.

When "Green Light" came out as a single. I watched it the television coverage of it being performed at Glastonbury. I remember thinking that it didn't fit the standard pop song template of Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus/Middle Eight/Verse or Chorus refrain. It felt more like an artistic performance piece. Not dissimilar the that music video (not the song) that accompanied "Chandelier" by SIA. The only issue that I had with it was Lorde's singing style. To my ears she chews words. Putting a W into the middle of words, to sort of bend them. I found out from a friend that this style of singing is known as cursive. I'm not a fan and although I recognise that Lorde has a very beautiful voice and she has so much raw passion in her lyrics. The arrangement of synth, keyboard and heavy beats is really enjoyable. The way that Lorde sings puts a pretty significant barrier in place to my enjoyment of this album. (2.666)

Like a melancholy dream of chill wavy noise. This album is quintessentially Lorde through and through.

I’m gonna be honest I thought she just disappeared after her debut album I had no idea she was popular afterwards It’s better than most of what I’ve heard from late 2010s pop. I do think Lorde’s got a great voice and she uses it to the best of her ability in this one. Green Light is definitely the best song here; I really like the energy and the way the track swells and ebbs. I like how the electronic components are used to make it sound like a modern album but it avoids that tendency acts have to just go crazy on synths and ruin the listenability of the track I do think there’s just some boring tracks on here unfortunately; it does kinda feel like the music that’d show up in an AI commercial. It’s deeper than most but it still feels pretty shallow at times, which again is kinda par for the course for modern pop. I liked it more than I thought I would, but this is never gonna be a genre I’ll be crazy about. Pretty quintessential 6/10, and would probably be a bit forgettable if I didn’t grow up in an era where Lorde was everywhere and I heard Royals a million times

Favorite Track: Green Light

Need to listen still

Idk I really thought I was liking this album a lot but then it started feeling really corny. Don’t get me wrong there’s some bangers on this, specifically Supercut, Greenlight, and Homemade Dynamite. But if feels like every song is the same exact topic with a similar ish vibe. I know people love Lorde but she is writing the same song on repeat

I’m an Lord yah yah yah. Idk, it was fine.

Fine, but I think I could've died without listening to this and not felt like I missed out on too much.

I really liked this, and during the first two tracks I really really liked it. It combined modern pop, Kate Bush and Bjork in a decent ratio and that drew me in and the lyrics are heartfelt and funny in places. What stopped it being a four were a few too many average songs and overrunning a tad… but green light is excellent

Decent pop album, hasn't aged as well as I expected.

Royals was a brilliant and outstanding song and set a high bar. This second album is good with a more dance/pop feel to it. Lorde is an independent forward thinking artist.

Cool, but triggered me

"Green Light" is quite amazing, but the rest of the album wasn't so espectacular, even with the popular singles.

I might get ripped to shreds in the group chat but I do not really like this album. I enjoyed some of the songs but then something gets added to the song half way through then I’m kinda like what is happening right now. Idk what to say guys I do not enjoy this one unfortunately

last summer i was having a mental health episode and i went on a road trip with my friends and every 20 minutes i'd turn on Green Light and say "wait wait guys everyone stop talking. I need to feel this." and roll the windows down. and feel it.

sorry to the lorde heads but this didn't blow me away. (maybe i'm too much of a normie, i loved the solar power single) supercut was fun

Album cover was nice, music was fine.

Lowkey ik had beter verwacht. Naast de paar bekende nummers was het eigenlijk niet echt zo goed.

I've had a real lukewarm feeling towards Lorde for a minute now, and even less understanding as to why this album was so popular among ppl when it came out. That being said--if you can get past the fact that several of these songs feel like they're just more of the same 'white bi-girl blues' that was so popular in the late 2010s, the production is actually really well done.

Just ok

It's fun, don't get me wrong and as pop music goes, it's much higher than average when it comes to quality of the songwriting, instrumentation, production and other qualities I do appreciate. That being said, and I truly do hate saying this, I could not find the one thing I desperately need in pop music: catchiness. None of it stuck with me. This is the one area in which Melodrama lacks in comparison to Pure Heroine, and it's enough to make me prefer the debut over the sophomore.

I thought I'd like this more than I did. I enjoy her voice, but there's something sort of bland about this album.

This isn’t exactly groundbreaking but it is an excellent pop album. I don’t normally like Jack Antonoff’s production, but Lorde has enough artistic presence to make this his best collab.

It was an interesting juxtaposition to listen to Lorde and PJ Harvey back-to-back. The albums have a similar voice, in many ways, but they are definitely "of different eras." I am, of course, partial to the 90s era. I am also partial to real instruments. But I do respect Lorde for kinda "doing the PJ Harvey thing" even if it's in a very 2010s-female-pop-star sort of way.

I did not much like this.

3/5 - Not really my style of pop here, but the kids like it.

no notes… it’s really good, i wish i could give half points hahaha

Ma ütleks, et enamus laule selles albumis olid sellise keskmise poppmuusika kõlaga ja seetõttu mitte niiväga mulle. Samas osad teised nagu see green lights olid ka väga head. Kuigi ta muusika pole niiväga mulle, avastasin ma, et Lorde on vähemalt pealiskaudelt väga sümpaatne artist. Ma teadsin teda lapsepõlvest lauluga "Royals", mis mulle tol ajal üldse ei meeldinud ja seetõttu ma ei arvanud tast palju. Seetõttu olin ka üllatunud teada saada, kui noor ta tegelikult on. Igatahes, respekt, aga sellele albumile annan hetkel 3. Kuulasin Tallinn-Tartu bussis.

Minä muistelin että Loordee ois ollu kivempaa muzakkia. Tai sitte se on joku toinen levy. Mutta ei tämä sillee huonoa ollu.

When this album came out I couldn’t stop listening to it, now on a revisit I think maybe her first album was better????? Green light is one of the all time pop songs mind 3.0/5.0 Best Song; Green Light

I am not really much of a pip guy and this album isn't really for me, but I understand why people like it and it had some good moments. High 3.

Never really got that much into Lorde before, so thought I’d finally change that here, and my god, this was so much better than I was anticipating. Not super impressive to me but a pretty great pop record nonetheless. Has a cool sound that doesn’t really sound like anybody else. The production is amazing and all the songs on here sound great. Lorde’s vocals on here are also amazing. The opener Green Light was my favorite song on the album. It was really catchy and a great song. Also the cover is amazing. It’s really appealing to the eye.

3.5

Once I figured out that this wasn’t Lordi, I liked her voice. Generally very pleasant, 3.5.

Primera vez que escucho a lorde en mi vida, vamos a ver que onda!! Me gusto, me senti medio en un soundtrack de la vida en algunos momentos, como que me imagino caminando escuchando esto y creandome historias (ojala buenas ah). No es mi estilo de musica predilecto, pero disfrute la verdad.

There were some decent songs on here but her voice seems affected and it began to grate. Fine if you want pop.

Ik vind Lorde een goede zangeres en er zijn meerdere nummers van haar die ik echt kan waarderen. Alleen elke keer als ik naar een volledig album van haar luister, pakt het me niet. Ik zou het niet eentonig noemen, maar ik kan gewoon niet te lang achter elkaar alleen naar haar luisteren. Soms vind ik een nummer ook leuk, maar dan doet ze iets wat mij echt niet aanspreekt; zo vind ik "The Louvre" een goed nummer, maar ik vind het heel irritant dat ze steeds een zinnetje zegt in het refrein. Het is het gewoon net niet voor mij.

на любителя.

Spunky

I usually dislike modern pop, this was decent but didn’t really leave a lasting impression on me

It's 3.5

I liked this a lot a few more listens and it might move into a 4

This album is definitely not really for me, but Lorde can write a pop song.

I quite like the artwork, and some of the songs, but I never really got into the sound design.

I can see why people like it, but not my cup of tea.

i liked writer in the dark the best.

When i listened to this record, songs Green Light and sober were decent. But all I felt was that I was listening to some sort of pre-cursor of taylor swifts whole current production value, and that left a taste in my mouth that left this record in not great standing in my mind. This record lacked the depth that it was trying to convey. Some of the production value resulted in me, skipping a few songs.

Not bad but Lana del Ray does this sort of thing better

Not my bag. Some of it was fine.

achei até honesto

Homemade dynamite was my fav

I knew and liked Green Light but I missed the rest of this album at the time. There were much weirder sounds in this than I expected. Into it. 3.5

I would have picked Pure Heroine ez

Not the biggest fan of pop, but she's got a great voice and I enjoyed a few of the songs more than I thought I would!

It's ok, not really my thing.

Non il mio genere, ma ne riconosco la qualità

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.

bom. tem seus momentos

Gave it a run through. Holding out on judgement for fear it’s premature.

Slettes ikke så verst, men alle sangene er veldig like. Hadde forventet litt mer av tekstene.

i like some songs but not in the exact mood for her

Her first album is still her best album

Never fails to bring me right back to high school.

Got some nice singles, and I liked the synths used throughout. 7.5/10.

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

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.

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 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

it's a nice album. too edgy for my taste.

Enjoyed this more than I expected to, a few tracks I'd come back to.

It had its moments, but I felt it dragged on a bit towards the end.

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

3.5

Not my type

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

Nice songwriting and pleasant music

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.

It’s fine.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

It's ok. Listened to it on a walk. Obviously written for younger people high school/college but it is all catchy

*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.

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.

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.

The singles were great but the rest were pretty similar

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.

I am Lorde. Yah yah yah. Not my usual vibe but this was pretty good

Album blocked in ny area.

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.

Cositas. Pero en su mayoría estuvo ok. Igual banqué mucho más que Channel Orange.

Very solid Pop

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.

Moody teenage breakup vibes, less of a fan of the pop transition

Hmmmm….I’m just not who this album was made for and that’s ok.

6/10

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.

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.

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.

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

Ok

Sounded like Taylor swift

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.

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.

Pop-minded and talented, but occasionally feels like being asked to admire the lighting design as much as the songs.

kind of boring

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.

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

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.

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.

2.64

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

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.

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.

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.

Some good tunes here, and the depth of references is impressive

Album pop carino, forse rientra tra i 1001 migliori album oat, ma a questo punto sono troppi album

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

Good, but I think I’ve aged out of this genre.

Enjoyed this.

Nice pop album.

Third album in a row that sounds like this. It felt like most of the album was the same song. She is clearly talented, just not for me. 2.5/5 Won't listen again

Some good songs. Many average ones.

Mmmm pues es bueno pero no es muy de mi gusto

Somewhere between cool and lame, heaven and hell. Talent and creativity but maybe I'm just old and bitter and don't like where this type of music took pop culture.

I do love drama

I wanna meet the guy who’s jacking anton off. A bit boring but a few song like dynamite and green light were good but overall wasn’t that impressive to me.

I enjoyed this (especially "Liability").

- i remain obsessed with this album cover - i was already familiar with liability, supercut, perfect places, writer in the dark - i feel like her music is maybe not 100% my style but i do like some of the songs - favorites: green light, supercut - rating: 3/5

Me gusta mucho su estilo relajado y a la vez tan caótico, buen álbum.

I enjoyed it. A ton of hype around this album, and it's good and all, but didn't quite live up to everything I've heard.

Was fine. Nothing that stood out. More of a background music, but pleasant to listen to

No es mi gusto personal

Pretty good

I liked it but I didn't love it; I prefer to keep discovering other albums.

Sounds good.

I love Green Light forever

7/10 flojo. Las expectativas quedaron demasiado altas con su debut Pure Heroine.

Me parece un buen álbum pero en general siento que combina y usa la misma fórmula durante todo el álbum y no llega a explayarse en otras capacidades vocales.

6.0/10

не знаю, де я чула деякі пісні звідси... можливо, в «Коли завмирає серце»?? наче якось схоже на те що я чула в тому серіалі.. ААААА це її пісня «Ribs»... ніі...... В будь-якому випадку інді попса - не моє, але дуже можливо що 15річній мені дуже сподобалось. Зараз хочеться шоб оце гітари, барабани оце били, як в старому доброму рок-н-роллі. Шоб від тої музики трясло і серце вистрибувало. А тут цього всього немає, це хіба шо альбом шоб поплакать за підлітковою закоханістю (і то не треба через таке плакати (воно того не варте)). так що, а я знаю? нехай буде 3

Not sure how I feel about this album I enjoyed it, but not the way that I thought I should It's fine. I'm sure that if I had been in my 20's when this album came out I would have been more into it but my musical taste was solidified in the late 90s.

As a gen Xer that knows little about this sub genre or era, Lorde seems to be a much better songwriter than a lot of the others out there. I liked this album.

I dont often like the popish singer types of artists but lorde has some songs that can hit me for some reason. The fact she uses a more instresting soundscape really elevates her sound. I think this album is petfectly between a 3 and a 4 for me.

I find it difficult to form an opinion about this record. The cover is beautiful, Lordes singing equally so and the production is of very high quality. At release it would have probably sounded fresh and a nice departure from pop of the time. I however am listening to it in 2026 and it's sound does not hold up in my opinion. I have heard Jack Antinoffs formulaic enough these past few years as it seems every lady in pop has to make atleast one album with the guy. This is some of his better work, still halfway through a number the formula becomes boring as musically it doesn't do anything exciting. The vocals are good, but in my opinion don't fit really well with the production style. A singer with more energy, more 'oomph' to their voice would fit better. All in all it's a fine album that isn't helped by the fact I don't care for breakup songs

Not my thing, nothing wrong with it, just not terribly interesting for me.

Thought I’d like this more - I like her voice and music itself and lots of good hooks but the lyrics are too corny/cringey for me at times and does remind me of Taylor swift in the ways that I don’t like Taylor swift sorry lorde !!!

Nothing I am particularly fond of, but it was groovy enough and felt as though there was a lot of emotion behind it

I'm not a fan of modern radio pop but Green Light is a great song. This might grow on me with further listens but unfortunately I'm allergic to the crammed and generic production. Wonder if it sounded better 9 years ago.

It was a solid listen and emotionally packed. Realizing as a middle aged white guy that I'm not the intended target of those emotions, I will say I clearly knew it wasn't aimed at me, but it was still a good listen. There wasn't anything real memorable about it, but I'll probably give it another spin.

Ooooh getting drunk on a Wednesday!!!! Yea I mean, this was ok I guess.

Pleasant enough without doing anything to particularly excite me.

I remember the hype around this album right before it came out was crazy. First song is great but everything else kind melds into itself.

It's modern pop and I guess not even that modern anymore. It's fine, obviously it's got that standard compelling-pop beat, but it's also forgettable. I guess rather Lorde than almost any of her contemporaries for me. 3/5

Good album from Lorde, but something felt a bit empty on this album. I wanted to give it a 4, but it felt like it was missing something. None the less, good product and solid performance form her.

I went into this album with the thought “Ewwww skylar music” but, I was happily surprised while listening to Lorde. I liked the order of the album I think every song compliments one another and the album flows very well.

Started strong with the first 3 songs, but I only really liked 3 other songs. Her singing is quite raw.

Ngl it’s a modern classic

not really my cup of tea but overall pretty ok i suppose 3/5

Some nice production choices. Lyrics fairly interesting. But modern pop not really for me.

Enjoyed this. Probably won’t listen again

Really well produced and enjoyed it more than expected (★★★½)

Aye it's fine. Fair play to her but nothing that really stood out and spoke to me .

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would, some pop bangers, some Kate Bush-esque moments. Can't not think of that video of her shooshing the audience for trying to sing along to Writer In The Dark. Good album, probably a 3.5 but I couldn't possibly give a shoosher more than a 3.

Estuvo bastante bien, pero no acabé de conectar con el álbum.