Reviews (page 9 of 14)
Not my fave music genre but it was enjoyable and recorded really well
6.5/10 Pretty solid new gen pop from Lorde. My expectations were a bit higher on this album from some hype I saw online. She has some great moments of song writing and punch from the production but I can't fully get into the album as a whole Favorite Tracks: Writer In The Dark, Supercut
yeah its also an ok pop album
Every song sounded the same and by that I mean it sounded like millennial indie mehness
There are some nice moments, and if it’s already on I’d probably leave it on, but there isn’t enough that would make me reach to put it on. The album cover might be more iconic than any of the songs outside of Supercut.
Very very good, tight project
Definitely melodramatic
Rough start, quite liked Liability, and just overall think she's not for me.
'tis alright 6
-oou i didn’t know this one was on here. I listened to it for the first time fairly recently and i do think it’s quite good, maybe just not the kind of thing i would listen to in my own time for the most part -the songwriting and vocals are absolutely mesmerizing. she deserves her flowers there… may require an eventual third listen tbh -Favorites are Green Light, Homemade Dynamite, and Supercut
Disco de pop curioso. No es mi flow pero no está mal
Like this a fair amount. 3.5 rounded down. Would try more of her music.
Green Light is a 10000% certified banger.
Green Light rips Also digging Sober Supercut feels like teen dream filler
Whilst this obviously has some bangers, it is rather generic at times and there's only so much of the subject matter I can relate to as a 37 year old father of 2
Some great slices of pop, but others feel to forced or rigid.
It’s not really to my taste so my rating is in relation to my preferences rather than reflective of the musician
I get how this would have felt revolutionary. I don't need this catharsis telling me how to feel or validating my feelings or helping me purge my feelings so I can move past being alone of heartbreak or whatever, gimme a good bop. This album fails to deliver a single hook or remarkable song.
I know Lorde. I saw her live once at a festival. Not a huge fan. I'll check out a couple tracks on this album. actually thought this was that 'heroine' album. Never heard this one. Not my style of music. I respect her.
It was fine. Didn’t really aural to me.
2.5
Some good ones
I think she’s a strong songwriter and I enjoy the vocals on this one, but I also have a problem with the overworked production. Standout track is: Homemade Dynamite
I like Lorde’s voice but hate the overproduction of many of the songs - like Perfect Places and Green Light. All that electronic cr*p should be stripped out. The only highlight was Liability (but definitely NOT the reprise version).
Really interesting pop music, both musically and lyrically, 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
Pretty decent. Nice production, a couple good songs but not really my vibe.
Meh
I've never listened to this all the way through, but wow, there's definitely some Kate Bush "Hounds of Love" in here.
3.5
I enjoyed this album. It had a good mellow vibe to it and some of the songs were pretty catchy. Would give 3.5 if possible.
For ofte bliver sangene for meget elektro pop til mig. Men når de elementer erstattes af et mere håndspillet udtryk, som på f.eks. Liability og Writer in the Dark kan det noget.
This was way better than I was expecting. Worth a listen for sure.
Decent, but doesn't stock up against pure heroin
Fav: Perfect Places Least Fav: The Louvre Really hoped this would do something for me, but it just left me feeling empty
If you threw all songs by Lorde, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, and Taylor Swift in a hat and pulled one out there is very little chance I could tell you whose it was.
Supercut was a favorite. Not much else about this album for me. I like Lorde's voice and it's very well produced. Higher 3
Sounds like the New Zealand version of Taylor Swift. Have heard a few of her songs but definitely not a whole album. These were some weird song structures that did work in some parts and not in others. There were so low-key bangers on here for sure. A lot of slow songs which weren't my favorite. Enjoyable for sure, glad it was only 40 minutes.
I am Lorde yayayayaya About halfway through and while its not really my jam, the production is undeniably good on this. Not bad by any means just never something I'm going to go out of my way to put on. Going high 3 here good job Randy Marsh.
not bad would listen to again
meh
Overall this is fine if not good pop. A little more introspective and as bit smarter than some with production that alternates between interesting moments and safe trends. But, and I wasn't paying attention at the time, is this the original source of the sultry tween singing voice of that decade? I heard it everywhere for so long back then... Usually a ukulele-picking post-emo psuedo-americana thirteen year old girl, but this is that voice. Such a weird cultural zeitgeist. Whatever, it works fine here. No ukuleles here! Extra star just for that.
The sound quality on this album is very crisp and clear. The music is good. I find Lorde’s singing slightly annoying on some of these songs. Perhaps this is done purposely to differentiate her from other female singers of the same era.
Not a bad album, and I enjoyed a couple of the songs, but it's lacking something I can't quite name. I don't know if I'll even remember the songs I liked in a day or two, and I don't think I can blame that on age. Addendum: I was reading through the reviews and someone said this album lacked soul...yeah, that is what's missing; passion, enthusiasm, soul. It got me thinking about the song "You Oughta Know." You can feel the anger and you know she is pissed off. But then with "Green Light," it's polished to the point of indifference. Two songs dealing with the end of a relationship. They are both good songs, but only one gives me chills when I listen to it.
Solid album, faded a bit towards the end for me, 3/5 intriguing
Quality modern pop
Better than I thought, the blueprint for TS Tortured Poets Society?
Ok
Very definite mood, style, and vision. It is interesting how she twists the 2010s electropop sound to suit the album’s needs, but I don’t like electropop so a bit of a hard sell for me. Best song: Green Light
Decent but kind of underwhelming
Not bad
Rate a 3
Woah wasn't expecting this - a woman? Born in the nineties? I don't know her well but I know she's meant to be a good 'un. Nice poppy beats for a sunny day, a bit repetitive.
Not really something I’d gravitate towards. Bit too poppy. But grand
Middledrama Not awful Not fantastic
Lorde! Only really listened to Pure Heroine, this started more poppy and electronic than I expected. Oh it's ecstasy. Decent album, not really for me though, definitely not as good as her first.
Melodramatic, no other word for it. Still pretty good though. 3 stars.
I’m not sure if this really annoys me or I kinda like it. Perhaps a mix of both.
Manufactured pop music.
WAY too long - thought her first was better
Nice lil head bopper. Writer in the Dark still goes hard, favorite on the album. Hard Feelings is a sexy track and a lot of these and nice optimistic tracks, it’s overall a more uplifting and involved contrast to the previous album.
3 stars
supercut is awesome
Surprisingly enjoyable. After a while her cursive singing voice gets somewhat irritating
A little too sad indie girl for me to really get into it, though Supercut is excellent
Ya, ok this was better than I thought. It’s like a more upbeat Enya or a whole album done by Bork that you could understand and it has better singing. I don’t have a choice cut because it seemed like one long song.
Good stuff
An average album by an average artist with average song writing ability! Why is average even on this list?
yearner. summer. nostalgic. Fav Songs: Green Light The Louvre Liability Writer In The Dark Supercut
I appreciate the ethereal electropop sound, but the vocal style wears. Green Light was the highlight.
Some great songwriting throughout. Feels a bit overproduced - I think the album would have benefitted from a bit less sheen. Green Light is a weak opener/lead single, but album cuts like Writer in the Dark are where Melodrama really shines.
Ok so I feel like I need explanations of my criteria’s 1- I hated it. 2- I wouldn’t prefer listening to it again but iz ok 3- its ok but I didn’t add anything to my liked songs 4- I like it but only added some songs to my liked songs 5- I very much liked it and would like to listen to it again and yes added to liked songs most of the album Sooooooo,,,,, I would’ve given this a 4 when I liked sad good looking girls music. But now I’m giving it a 3. I already have songs like that in my liked songs.
3.5
I really like her voice, but it was a little too "teenager issues" for me.
I know and like Greenlight and Liability, but haven’t listened to the full album before. It was alright, not good not bad. 3 stars.
I’ll admit I like the songs, but they’re mostly (all) the same formula: quiet solo singing with single note or chord, slow build to dance celebration - whatever the subject matter. It makes it difficult to round up.
I kinda like Lorde. Seems like a cross between Taylor Swift and Fiona Apple. Without the polish of Swift or the same level of talent as Apple. Better than most pop, these days. Not on this album, but I love Royals. <3 3.5*
T swift for people who say they are " too cool" for T swift. This album embodies the highs and lows of a young summer relationship. Very standard pop though, I kinda expected better from lord. Favorite track was Sober
A decent follow up to the vastly superior debut. It kinda peters out for me the last few tracks. Boom boom boom boom
This album was a struggle for me to get through. I’ll get my 3 main gripes out of the way; overproduction (pop - so I guess that’s a given, but it’s not my cup of tea), vocalising like a mouth full of honey only annunciating vowels (very of its time), and not singing in her own accent but putting on an American one instead. Those things being said - hats off to Lorde for her amazing career so far, she unconventional in many ways which is awesome, but her music is just not for me. 2 stars for the music, extra star for being a powerhouse lady from over the ditch
Outstayed its welcome a little near the end, but I didn't mind listening to this.
Not quite my cup of tea but was quite pleasantly surprised by this one. Not bad.
A little whiny, woe is me vibe that’s so popular these days
Low key Lorde with good vocals
I like Lordes style, and I believe her music is fresh twist on pop. Her delivery can be a bit slow and at times not easily digestible, but then she can really make some magic happen. I’m not a full album listener, but I enjoy her singles. I can understand the power here, just not appreciate it fully.
(listened to it twice) This album had a slow start for me. I was a bit underwhelmed by the first song. But then it just kept getting better and better from there. It made me think of Taylor Swift a lot, especially her "Midnights" album (I love that album), and I kept thinking Jack Antonoff had something to do with it. Turns out he did. Taylor (and a lot of other simplistic pop artist) must have been inspired by this album. I like this kind of very produced, but also minimalistic pop production and songwriting. Altough sometimes it did feel a bit too stillstanding and cheasy for my taste. Especially the piano ballad parts. Maybe I'll learn to love them But it did also feel different than the very mainstream sometimes. Her vocal sometimes gave me Kate Bush vibes with the despair and almost scream-like outbursts. And sometimes the production went out of it's way to sound noisy and disharmonic, which was kind of cool. I disagree with the track list. At least from a promotional point of view. I know it's a taste thing, but I just didn't vibe with the flow of the songs. Would have liked another openener. Will definitely come back to this album.
Album 713 of 1001 Lorde - Melodrama (2017) Rating : 2.5 / 5 Not a regrettable listen. I don't 'not' like it but don't see myself reaching for it again. Some decent indie pop.
I enjoyed this more than I anticipated. I would listen to it again.
Nice album, one or two songs I got into, but not my cup of tea.
Tried listening on multiple occasions, never got around to finishing or it simply drifted out. Feels like songs you'd hear in H&Ms in random malls, somewhat pleasing to listen to but doesn't pull you in
A wanna be Lana Del Ray, harsh I know
Я в релиз не понимал до конца, с чего столько счастья вокруг, а сейчас и подавно. Концепт концептом, но даже на момент выхода эта музыка звучала в мире прогрессивного попа как что-то довольно простое: СОФИ, Чарли ХСХ, и PC Music в целом уже делали вещи довольно долго. И потуги звезды поп-продакшна Джека с интересной фамилией, на мой взгляд, тогда выглядели забавно и даже смешно. Очень язвительно вышло выше текстом, но это не плохой альбом ни разу. Я очень люблю песню Лувр. И в целом здесь есть очень хорошие песни. Лучшая песня - The Louvre.
Ensikuulemalla 3.5/5
Seems almost the definition of a sophomore slump after the wild success of her first album, but there are some decent tracks here and her voice is beautiful.
Brilliant production and some really interesting songs. I did get tired of the breathless, overly affected vocals. Really good in small doses but overall not for me. I do see why people like her. Wish her the absolute best.
Some songs i really liked (Green light/Writer in the dark/Supercut) but not an album I see myself returning to often.
I enjoyed it at the time of listening but at the time of reviewing I can’t really remember much about it
Additional star for being Kiwi.
Drags a little in the middle but the highs are dizzy high. it's a 3.5
This is a pop album, a recent one at that. I knew of this album, I had heard a few songs before. I knew how well loved it was in specific circles. And listen, it was good. It was indeed a very melodramatic album in which Lorde is tired of being the "crazy girlfriend". It's an introspective album with a lot of self reflection and yearning. The lyrics were decent, if not a little dramatic (but I guess that's the point). It's definitely a "sad girl" album. But it's not life changing. I think I prefer the sound of Lorde's first album, the youthful innocence of it all. I fear that this album, in its attempt to be a mature departure from It's predecessor, fails to break out of It's juvenile sound. I feel like it could have leaned into it a little more and it would have been easier to digest. It's short and sweet, though and it's an easy listening. I still enjoyed it. There was a version of me a few years ago that would have LOVED this album but that just isn't me anymore. It's just a little vapid for me. And I don't particularly enjoy Jack Antonoff's production. Its usually a bit bland and similar every time. This could easily have been a Taylor album and I'd have never known the difference. Green Light and Supercut are bangers though so that pushes this album up to three stars.
not quite me but still great writing
Not really my thing. Good voice and some good writing, but... On 2nd listen, I was more impressed, both by music and lyrics.
Not really my thing but it was OK.
RIP Forever 21
Pretty straightforward and catchy songs. Happy to give it two listens through and not think about it too much more.
It was fine.
Unsure what I feel about this….. unlikely to revisit.
Selbstmitleid als Album
Yeah, it's ok. I couldn't feel anything groundbreaking or unique about it though, unsure why it's here!
Allyssa Beird loves running around her school listening to this. A few solid cuts, but overall a replacement level pop album.
Not bad. The usual teenage angsty romance stuff against commercial sounding pop. She does the talky breathy singing to make it appear more intimate. I liked Green Light. "I overthink your punctuation use Not my fault, just a thing that my mind do" ¿Am I overthinking her grammar usage?
Umm.. ok. She's had a few of these that distinguished themselves, but the breathy, lazy delivery combined with the bass club beat is... more melodrama than I felt like was warranted for the whole album. Billie Eilish is better at this style.
Ok...but nothing to bring me back.
Its interesting to critically listen to a ten year old pop album. There's just enough separation from its tropes that you can place it in a particular era without it just forming part of the FM slime permeating shops and your friends' car stereos. This holds up pretty well. Green Light combines Sia-esque melancholy vocals with heater production, building up tension without ever providing a satisfying resolution. Sober draws on the soca trend (which was a cool time I suppose, people drawing on wider Caribbean influences than just reggae and dancehall was the start of a more internationalist dance music scene.) Homemade Dynamite is the second single and along with The Louvre has this really satisfying crunchy percussion treatment. Liability strips back the instrumentation to highlight Lorde's heartfelt musings on fame and heartbreak. Hard Feelings continues to highlight Lorde's vocals by keeping the production backgrounded. It also continues the heartbreak themes. The production is great when it is restrained, giving you a sense that the whole studio is struggling to hold back heavy teenaged feelings. Loveless has a cutesy almost hyperpop style tonally at odds with Hard Feelings, hard to understand why these are mastered as a medley (although shout outs to the Kane West tribute FM congas and Phil Collins sample). The back end of the album starts to drag a bit with a lot of tracks just reprises from the first half. Supercut is an alright bit of electropop but doesn't wow as much as Green Light. Glad I heard this all the way through but given this kind of music is still pretty ubiquitous I might just settle for keeping an ear out for it in the supermarket.
77% Best: Green Light; Liability; Hard Feelings/Loveless Must-Hear? Not quite
It was fine. A bit more Tori Amos-y than I would have expected.
Never heard Lorde before and quite good. Will try to listen to more.
3 sterne
Passable sexy girl pop. I feel like Lorde could’ve done more interesting things with her voice.
Moody teen angst
Really great first half but DNF'ed sorry team. Would probably be a 7, I think.
Lot of difference in the music put modern
Liked it more than I remembered but not as much as the first one.
appears to have been played lots already without me chipping in
Randy Marsh is a fantastic singer: “I’m Lorde. Lorde, Lorde. Ya ya ya…” But seriously, a good pop album produced by Jack Antonoff. More of what has made him famous (particularly with Taylor Swift). For Lorde, I prefer her debut album which feels a little more raw. Favorite Songs: Green Light, The Louvre, Perfect Places, Homemade Dynamite 3.5⭐️
I don't think this was her best album. It was decent though. The 2nd half was better than the first half.
Good album with atmospheric sounds Favorite track: Green light other picks: louvre, liability, supercut
What’s this? A “modern” album that comes in at under 45 minutes? Thank the Lorde. This was OK. It’s a bit too modern for my taste, but it wasn’t boring or too hideously auto tuned.
Honestly beter dan ik had verwacht, leuk dat er ook pop is die kan wel interessant vindt Maar ja blijft wel pop
Green Light and Supercut were highlights . The rest was fine to listen to, but not something I'd seek out. -R&D
I know and like Greenlight and Liability, but haven’t listened to the full album before. It was alright, not good not bad. 3 stars.
The short instrumental section in "Hard Feelings" is the best part of the album. Overall, not a big fan of Lorde's singing voice.
pop I guess
Not really my style, Lorde has an amazing voice and the instrumentals are really cool on this album. But something just doesn't grab me, maybe I'll listen again some other time give it a fairer chance
I expected to like it way more.
I can appreciate aspects of the minimalist hip hop vibe, but not really my bag, felt a bit dull and not a massive fan of Lorde's voice. Silky production tho.
A masterpiece for 13 year old girls. A couple good hits but mostly generic sounding pop
YAYY!! felt like I was in middle school again. homemade dynamite!!!
Admittedly I don't listen to a ton of music that came out after 2010. It's just not my thing. I have some familiarity with Lorde from listening to the radio, but that's about it. Overall, this was alright. There were a few times I found myself trying to change my car's radio station while listening to this (force of habit) but I've heard a lot worse on this list. Not my favorite, but for post-2010 music on this list, this is far from the worst.
I always want to like Lorde more than I do. I don't dislike her, she's fine, but she rarely wows me. This album was no exception. A couple of solid songs and a lot of perfectly fine filler.
A solid pop album with some good hooks. Lorde's vocal performances are consistently great and it makes for a nice evolution from her debut. I don't think this is anything particularly special (although Liability is a nice, heartfelt ballad) but it was pretty popular when it came out and it's the first major work that Jack Antonoff produced, kickstarting his career as one of the major forces behind pop music in the past decade or so.
someone remind me when this review goes up to post that 1 amv of nick/gatsby set to green light by lorde. god this song is fun. BUT WHAT WILL WE DO WHEN WERE SOBER love this song actually. nature is healing its been 2 entire nights of no dad rock. love when the big trumpets come in here. funny that lorde apparently had the color association of this song that its blue/violet bc to me this sounds extremely green/copper but ig to each their own its kinda like this stuff is made up n imaginary? okay now were onto songs i dont know. thanks 4 evoking top gun once of the least atmospheric or cool or romantic movies ever (straight men i said what i said). i love her layered spacey vocals always. okay i lied ive heard the louvre a few times. sorry im not feeling too chatty in my stream of consciousness tonite but i do think its lamw that liability is jsut about herself n not the roommate whos actually in love w her and its a classic lesbian love story or something idk. i got interested but then i got bored again. lorde has a rlly fun voice i must say. even when shes singing a song abt straight romance. "theyre all gonna watch me disappear into the sun" okay...thats....thats kinda....mood. OOHH THW STRINGS BEND. ive never listened to this whole album all the way thru so interesting that the big romance is like 4 songs n then the breakup is the next 7 songs. ig thats kinda how it goes doesnt it. wait 3 years?? u were w this person for 3 years but then thats 4 songs n the breakup is 7 songs?? girl thats why youre getting divorced. i love the metal screechy door noises n the snaps in here w the strings its very fun. OOOOHH here we go audio dialogue sample n then changed beat on the song. i love the little bouncy melody singsongy cute voice n the underwatery(?? literally dont have vocab for the bg noises) but spelling a word out continues to b a risky play lyrically im not into it here. feels like this song fadesout bc she couldnt think of anything better to do w it. okay yes lets go melodrama. titledrop the album here reference the prev song as "II" lets go. OKAY yeah i hear a little bit of the melody of sober in here in THE TERROR AND THE HORROR ur RIGHT. this album would b pretty banger in a stage musical adaptation btw. its a perfect 1 acter length. this fucking rules i love this track taking the album into a like....more explicitly conceptual / narrative place instead of just "lets be fucked up abt the breakup" songs for the entire back half. OHHH OKAY she thinks of this as abt a house party....inchresting...........also mood on im a writer n now lets incorporate this fucked up event into a lot of fiction n intellectualize Productivist it so we dont have to think abt it as an upsetting event but its a part of ur brain space still as an event in the fiction ur toiling at n embellishing. she feels very kate bush in the "i love u till u call the cops on me" postchorus. shit my headphone batteries r gonna die but supercut is so fun please last another 10% hahahaa...ngl making me kinda tear up OH and then a liability reprise. maybe all this is the party okay so that is the concept album metaphor. want 2 do a vers of this thats like 1 of those shakespeare performance art pieces where they perform a different scene from hamlet or macbeth or smth in each room n u go btwn them. aw perfect places rlly makes me tear up n im not sure why. i would buy a physical copy of this record! major flaw: idk...has to be commercial pop not a performance art piece. i feel like lorde has the potential to turn into bjorke and do off the wall weird shit she just hasnt yet. i dont rmember the other things i do at the end of the review--standout songs: green light / sober / melodrama / supercut. sorry i was kinda out of it tonight guys but this was fun! its like a 3.5
While Melodrama doesn’t feature many of my favorite tracks, it definitely feels like Lorde’s most cohesive record. The production gives it an edge over Pure Heroine. I find her voice a bit monotonous but I think at times, it’s covered up by the melodies on this record. It’s not an album that I would go back to listen to intentionally, but not one that I dislike either. It falls somewhere in the middle for me and since it’s Friday and I’m feeling generous, I’ll round up
kinda nice, definitely listenable for being pop music but it wasnt particularly special i saw a pic of her Solar Power album and I got distracted
Meh. Not my kind of music but it seems well produced.
Lorde's voice is unusual and it sounds like she has a cold, but it's not unpleasant and I quite liked the album.
It’s good just not my jam.
I feel like in the one listen I had it has something to offer but I just can't relate to it. I liked some songs on the first listen but it was more subdued than what I'd want to. And that's fine, but just not for me to listen in a full album.
it's fine. lorde is fine.
As someone who loves music of all kinds, I went into Melodrama by Lorde with a curious mind and no real expectations. After a few listens, I find myself stuck somewhere in the middle. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it either. it’s one of those albums I appreciate more for what it’s trying to do than how much it resonates with me personally Lorde’s voice is undeniably unique, with a raw quality that cuts through the production and demands attention. Tracks like “Green Light” and “Perfect Places” stand out for their energy and clever songwriting. There’s a theatrical element to the whole album. fitting, given the title that captures the highs and lows of being young and figuring yourself out. The production is lush and detailed, with Jack Antonoff’s touch giving it an expansive yet intimate feel. I like how the album takes risks; it’s not afraid to be different or dramatic, which makes it stand out compared to other pop records That being said, some of the risks don’t entirely work for me. At times, the production feels overly cluttered, like it’s trying too hard to sound profound. A few songs, while emotional, border on feeling repetitive or drawn-out, which made it harder to stay engaged. While I respect the themes of heartbreak and self-discovery, I didn’t connect with the album as deeply as I hoped to. It’s as if I can admire it from a distance but not fully immerse myself in it. Overall, Melodrama feels like an ambitious, creative project that has its highlights but doesn’t quite land as a favorite for me. It’s solid enough that I wouldn’t skip it if it came on, but it’s not an album I’d reach for regularly. So yeah, I’m right in the middle on this one!
It was okay, a little forgettable?
I really like the production here, and it's enough to hold my interest decently well, but I just get bored with the lyrical material. Couple of good ones, but gets bland about halfway through. Favorite tracks - Green Light, Liability
Solid, emotional album. I had not listened to Lorde previously but will do so again.
I didn’t expect to be crying when listening to this, and I wasn’t. It was all a bit deflating though, cheer up Lorde, you’ve got loads of money. Not a bad album though, there were bits I sincerely enjoyed. Also, they do say that you can never trust a person whose eyes are too close together. I’ve never trusted anyone as much as I trust Lorde.
It was okay, but nothing really stood out for me lyrically and musically. I have one thing to say tho, the album is as melodramatic as the name suggests. I might give it another listen and change the rating still, but for now it's a 3. Fav tracks: Liability, Perfect Places
Lorde crosses the bridge from exploring different themes to making every song off the album about relationships. The result is a very generic modern pop album that sounds like everything else I've heard on modern pop radio, which is a step back from her previous work. I'll admit, I had hopes when 'Green Light' was the opening track, but 'Sober' and 'Homemade Dynamite' made me lose admiration real quickly. The second half exhibited some decent songwriting, but it suffered, as did the first half, from poor and generic producing. I swear I've heard that exact same pattern of electronic drum beats followed by no drums in everything else that's popular right now.
I remember liking this much more when it came out than I did on re-listen here. Maybe I wasn't in the right headspace for it. I would have given this a 4 on the memory of how much I enjoyed it; I'm giving it a 3 here. I'm sure the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Better than I was expecting
A pretty decent modern pop album me thinks. Nothing really bad about it
Maybe it's a question of generation, whether you like it or not. I think Lorde's voice is good, the arrangements are popular - nothing against pop - but boring. Perhaps I would find the music more interesting if I knew nothing else. But the thing is, I know other - and yes, older - music that is much more interesting, at least for me. Meanwhile, I find it almost amusing to mirror my perspective on that of my previous generations and see the same thing there that the young rangers probably see in me now. I hope for the sake of the now young Gen-Z, Alpha or whatever they want to call themselves, that they get to the age where they listen to the mockery of their successors and can no longer understand their enthusiasm for their music. I suspect Lorde will be gone by then, but the Beatles, the Stones etc. will still be influential. 3/5
Generalistic
It's so so obvious that this was produced by the same guy who produces Taylor Swift albums, not that its a bad thing. I really enjoyed this one but it didn't blow me away. A rock solid 3.
Very nice
Not bad. Liability is good 1001 album worthy: Yes - 16/30
♥️
Unexpectedly good
I'd heard all of these songs before because come on, it's Lorde. Never listened to the full album in one go though. Lorde always hits, of course, but not my everyday choice personally.
Not my cup of tea
She has a good voice and felt like the album was ok and better than I was anticipating.
I thought the 1st track was interesting-the vocals & piano were strong. unfortunately the next few tracks were a snooze. weak lyrics & way too much synthetic keyboard/drum tracks. all blended together. the few tracks which centered on her vocals (without distortion/autotune) & piano were interesting to listen to. otherwise it was another solid "meh"
Enjoyed it - a couple of bangers - and some interesting soundscapes. Vocally its a little bit effected and lyrically makes me feel old :-( Not enough cheese.
New Zealand's Taylor Swift? It's not bad, but it's feels done to death. So it's really downside is that because I feel like I've already listened to everything it looses my attention and gets a bit boring. The vocals are surprisingly good, but she still falls into that trend of making a baby-ish voice and that's a real shame cause it taints it.
Well made but didn't really grab me. 3.2
2-3
I didn't love this, but I liked it more than I expected It feels like it's got some big swings, even if they don't all connect. She's got an intriguing style that I'm sometimes in sync with, and sometimes it rubs me the wrong way.
A haunting album - beautiful in places, haunting in others. I enjoyed it. A very talented young lady who seems like she has come through many life experiences!
As far as a more modern pop star, Lorde has a good vibe. Sings about love and loss but doesn't get raunchy about it. I like when her accent comes through.
The blueprint for most modern Taylor Swift albums.
Very cute and relatable
Listen-to-able pop music. I’m not calling her a genius, but I enjoyed listening. More or less.
Ég heyrði einhvern tímann að Lorde væri ofboðslega sjálfselsk og teldi sig með bestu listamönnum í heiminum. Platan hennar var bara allt í lagi. Ég myndi alveg hlusta á hana aftur en ég myndi samt segja að sjálfskipaði besti listamaðurinn þurfi að gera betur til að sanna þá staðhæfingu.
Not bad, but I don't fuck with it too much.
Yeah alright
Some hits from back in my day, but overall pretty forgettable.
Very solid pop album…that being said it’s also a pop album and there is going to be a natural ceiling on an album like this. It’s not groundbreaking, it’s not innovative, it’s not trying to be, it would be counter productive if it were. For what it is, it’s very, very well made - it do be what it is though.
Enjoyed it.
Especially on many of the newer albums on this list, I have to remind myself to keep an open mind and to discard any preconceived notions. I mean, I only know one song from Lorde (which I like, but can't assume that speaks for all of her work), and it's not even on this album. The production is great. "Green Light" opens with bite, beginning with more common arrangement until expanding its sound in more modern directions by the second verse. It's a nice evolution in one song, and we stay with the modern, programmed approach onwards, though "The Louvre" does bring in some guitar work. Lorde's voice is able to stretch a bit. She's not at the Celine Dion diva level, but she works well with what she has. I feel many of these songs can be replaced with Taylor Swift, who has adopted a similar style in arrangement, production, songwriting, and even singing since leaving country music. She's gone, Country. I'm not sure what that says about Taylor Swift or Lorde, but it's interesting that such a similar approach results in one being a billionaire and the other . . . I'm not even sure what Lorde is doing. We put our feet back on the ground with "Liability," a slow piano ballad showcasing a more tender side and approach. My only complaint is the "In The Air Tonight" drum fill sample in what I assume is the Loveless section of "Hard Feelings/Loveless." In the original, it is a feature, weighted with the importance of finally kicking in the beat on a slow burning spacial song. For Lorde, it's just another cheap drum fill. Some things are sacred!!!! I can't get over the Taylor Swift comparisons. The occasional breathy-ness, squeakiness, distant reverb scream, pitch lift at the end of note . . . so many shared vocal techniques. This is good modern pop and well produced and performed, but it's not exactly innovative or ground breaking songwriting.
I've never heard anything from her except for Royals, but this one grew on me as I progressed through it. I was initially put off by her vocal style, which I'm not sure I can describe, but it's a certain type of singing that seems to have been trendy among her cohort for a while. And I was like, "Why does she have American YouTuber voice," or whatever we're going to call it, "she's Kiwi!" It struck me as self-conscious and trying to hard to fit an artsy, quirky aesthetic. But as the album went on, I was struck by the intelligence and maturity in the lyrics. I remembered that she was really young when she first got famous, so I looked up her age when this came out--still pretty young. Maybe there was real substance here after all. By the end of the album I found myself invested and enjoying it. I look forward to checking out her other stuff to see how she evolves. 3.5
I think everyone knows Lorde or at least the song Royals, which is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. I wanted to do a punk cover of Royals with my last hand but we never got around to figuring it out. As for this album, I’m pleasantly surprised… it’s definitely not my usual style, but I’m a fam of her voice/vocal style. The accompaniment is sonically pleasing and I find it interesting enough that I’d circle back to it when I’m looking for background music.
Never listened to Lana after her first huge album. Really enjoyable, but I think I'm a little old for the target demographic, 3*
I was obssessed with Lorde's first album - Pure Heroine when it came out. In 2013 Lorde was the coolest, she had teenage girls on tumblr in a chokehold I'd never listened to this album based off the singles. I liked The Louvre, Perfect Places, and Green Light has since grown on me - but nothing else really stood out This album sounds like Forever 21 music - and we can blame producer Jack Antonoff for that I like the theory online that this album is about Lorde's relationship/cheating with Jack. The powerpoint presentation someone made about it will remain iconic Sadly it still doesn't make this album sound better though 3 ⭐️
It had a nice, consistent sound. But it’s not one I really enjoy that much
Nothing wrong with it, just a difficult album for me to listen to as it’s not my genre. no tune really grabbed me musically aside from liability which was a lovely song. Lyrically nice and angsty in places too. Can safely say I will never listen to this again and it can be filed alongside Taylor Swift in the “not me” category.
Fun but nothing I'd repeat.
Supercut is a fave
Buen disco, me pasó lo mismo que con el primero de Olivia Rodrigo, no lo volvería a escuchar seguido, pero no porque sea malo, sencillamente porque no encontré algo que me cautive mucho
Great melodies and amazing vocal performances, a bit monotonous instrumentally as an album, but definitely great mood music for driving in to a city at night.
First impression - not a fan of the vocal affectations. There are instances when the "cursive" singing is less prominent, which are more enjoyable to my ears. The music and arrangements are often quite enjoyable. Writer in the Dark epitomises this, the contrast between the verse and chorus - the exaggerated vocal fry and "writer" being pronounced as "roiydah" in the verse and then the lovely Kate Bush-esque chorus.
I like the first album better than this one, but maybe that's because I'm more familiar with it. I like Lorde ok
3 out of 5. Pop doesn't normally do it for me but there are a few bangers on this one.
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It’s fine
Enjoyed it. You can see it had an influence on a lot of what is being done now.
Not really what I usually listen to, but she does have a very compelling voice and vocal style. Kept me interested through most of the disk. A strong 3...
Moody party vibes. She makes the most of the studio. It’s a big, compelling sound, and when the beat drops out she’s there to greet you with her affected lower register. Good stuff. I won’t be putting it on, but am happy to have it find me organically.
Her voice, vocal style, and songwriting would be better suited to a less pop-focused sound, something more akin to Florence and the Machine. Another issue is that listening to this album seven years after its release, the music and production no longer feel fresh, having been repeated many times since. It's surprising how dated it already sounds. A 2.5 for me but I'll round up.
Middling angst edged relationship pop songs.
This was fine. Nothing special for me, nothing offensive. I do think this is like a lot of modern single artists, it's better in earbuds than it is on a stereo system, you almost need the close-ness of it, but that's not my preferred style.
I was only familiar with Lorde's singles so it was cool to listen to an album of hers. I like her voice and appreciated lyrics that weren't just bog standard love songs. However, I still don't really minimalistic music where there's nothing interesting happening in the background. 3.5 stars if I could.
Dem Mittelpunkt der Welt geht’s nicht gut. Alle leiden mit. Das Leiden einer Generation auf den Punkt gebracht und das ist teilweise ganz gut anzuhören.
At first I was mad at 1001 generator for picking another second third or fourth best record from an artist, but this record is actually pretty fucking good.
Wish I could love Lorde but just not for me.
Not my fave Lorde album but still a few goodies. Liability always makes me feel something, so much vulnerability in the lyrics man. And writer in the dark was pretty good too.
Selbstmitleid als Album
Newer and weirder but ok. Mostly.
R & B, dance, and hip-hop-flavored mild pop tunes, long on attitude, but not nearly as sophisticated as planned or hoped for. A pleasant listen, nonetheless, as the more bouncy tunes are particularly funky.
I didn't really get the reason for this album being on the list. It seems very generic and no better than many other similar modern female pop artists. I'm not a big fan of the genre but, to me at least, people like Taylor Swift, Marina, Janelle Monae, Charlie XCX etc are a significant step up from this. It's not bad, but it's not something I'd go out of my way to listen to again.
This is a beautifully sounding album. Would never normally turn on a "pop" album like this but it was a pleasant surprise. 6.5/10 (3.25/5)
hmm
“3.6 roentgen. Not great, not terrible.” Using this space for a Miseducation of Lauryn Hill review: Reviewing globally acclaimed albums is always hard. Everyone loves them and there is so much pressure to love it. This one was amazing, don’t get me wrong, but it is not perfect for me. Ex-factor and Doo Wop carry imo.
Modern pop that I don't completely disdain. Some nice melodies. Production bang up to date. Songwriting reminds me of Taylor Swift. I'm a 41 year old man, this is not aimed at me. I can appreciate it, but I can't love it.
Not too shabby. Loved green light but other songs were not that memorable
Eh. Fairly standard '10s pop music.
Quite pop but a new sound in these albums, so appreciated
I want to love this one, but I honestly just don't. I'm sorryyyyyyy. I love the cover art and think she has a beautiful voice, but there's just something missing for me. I'm still fairly new to getting into pop, and the things that appeal to me are generally more in the hyper pop or club direction.
I enjoyed listening, and would probably listen again when in the right mood. There were some definite good tracks, but nothing so great that I wanted to download.
Surprisingly good for a genre I don’t like
I just find modern pop so boring. This is definitely better than most. Very cool production. Virtually nothing interesting in the songwriting, unfortunately. Imagine if these were all simply voice and piano, would there be much of anything left? Interesting that there are a couple moments of voice and piano, which stand out to me as better moments of songwriting. But also, she was really young, so who knows what will happen in the future.
eh
she got that new sounding lispy way of singing, the hits are goo the rest are meh
Favourite song - Green light 2.5 stars
This is a tough call. Some of it is really good and has great music, but some of the lyrics are really cheesy. But hey, I'm a Cheetos fan.
It's an alright album, good songs. I wish it wasn't this minimalist shit though. I mean why can't you have more than two instruments at a time? why can't there be something out of pocket or new? I wouldn't want be in the studio for this, because it would be really boring. She doesn't allow herself to have any fun with it.
They say you have your whole life to create your first album and only four years to create your second album. I guess the expectations for Lorde were probably unreasonably high after the absolute smash hit that was "Royals," but c'mon. I think people were really interested to see what she would have to say as she gained experience of the world and to see if she would create Great Art. Spoiler alert: she made a fairly limp and unimpressive pop album.
I’m not much of a pop guy, I think Lorde is pretty good pop music. However, I prefer her debut, “Pure Heroine,” and also think it would be better for the list. It was a breakout hit that helped to redefine what was possible in pop music in the 2010s, coming off a decade-plus of Britney Spearses and Katy Perrys, of Max Martin-penned megahits that are major earworms but lack substance or variety. I’ll let entertainment journalists explain it better than I could: Lindsay Zoladz wrote that the album's "impact [was] larger and harder to define because it completely rewrote the rules for young women making radio-friendly pop." Similarly, The New Yorker's Carrie Battan argued that the "pop scene—particularly for women—has altered radically since Pure Heroine was released", making it "almost unrecognizable from the sugary-sweet, overtly sexual realm of the early aughts." “Melodrama” does get Jack Antonoff on the list, as it was one in a long line of pop hits he produced as the pop scene shifted to new sounds and new shapers of sound. But actually we already had an Antonoff-produced album, with Lana Del Rey’s “Chemtrails.” Still not the one I would pick. Instead I would add St. Vincent’s “Masseduction” to the 1001. St. Vincent’s Annie Clark has been one of the most influential musicians of the 2010s, with one genre-bending album after another. Including “Masseduction” would be a great way to start reversing the lack of modern music on the list.
Easy listening. 5/10
generic
Nothing spectacular - nothing awful. This is quirky pop music.
Liability👍🏻
3.4 - Very similar lyrics to taylor swift imo. Also weird obsession with teeth
Was very surprised I enjoyed this
There's very solid production, some good skill, and a strong level of intentionality to this. It's not an album that's speaking to me but for the right person at the right stage of life I could easily see this be foundational. Don't regret the listen, makes sense to be on the list.
Overall, it's not my cup of tea. Its a good album, and Lorde is a very talented singer, but I just really wasn't able to really vibe with this album.
Mid
I actually like Lorde reasonably well and I thought I might like this one more than I did. Pure Heroine was a massive hit (I imagine it might be on this list too) and I actually liked her 2021 release Solar Power (though it doesn't seem to have gotten as good reviews), but this one had fallen through the cracks for me. While I enjoyed it enough, it fell a little flat on the whole to me. As the name alludes to, it's moody and dramatic, so that's generally the vibe throughout ("bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark"). There's two great songs on here ("Green Light" and "Liability"). I think Lorde does a much better job than most of her 2010s pop peers at having interesting instrumentation and layered backgrounds. Even when a song is based around a pretty basic pop drum beat, she does a pretty good job of creating a more interesting sound. This has lots of distortions and things that I liked. I think she's at her best when she's centering a song around a strong piano sound and shows off both her pop vocals and her more slow-paced ballad-y abilities ("Green Light" does both, "Liability" more of the latter). She's also a pretty talented songwriter. It's not Dylan, and there are a few slightly cringey moments, but she does a pretty good job on the whole lyrically. "Liability" is a pretty crushing song honestly, it's to-the-point but well-written and very sad. Outside of the two great songs, I just struggled to get too into much else on here though. There's plenty of reasonably catchy songs, but little that I felt like really showcased her at her best. At worst, I think it fell a little into the hip-hop type beats that were bit around the time in pop music and don't really show off what she's best at ("Homemade Dynamite" for example). Overall, a solid modern album that probably deserves to be on the list, but falls into the "decent" category for me. Probably near a 3.5, but a round down. Favorite song: Green Light Other: The Louvre, Liability, Sober II (Melodrama), Writer In The Dark, Perfect Places 9/2/24
Electropop, but the opposite of vacuous.
A few catchy hooks. And a couple songs I really enjoyed. But doubt I ever front to back this album again.
It’s nice enough in the background, but since I’m not a young adult wading through that particular brand of angst, the words—which seem to be the main event—just slide past me.
Pop music from the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s is easily identified by the decade of its origin...even if you never heard the song before. I find the 3 decades that follow to be much harder to distinguish. 00's? 10's? 20's? Is it because I got old? Is it because nothing sounds the same anymore because there is more variety? Is it because everything sounds the same now? Is it because of the way music can be recorded now? Is it because of the way that music is consumed?
It was nice but I don't know how it managed to qualify for the $1,001 albums list
Found myself tuning this out several times, but yet don’t feel like I missed out on much
This was better than what I was expecting, but nothing more than just good.
The music is fine. The vocals are fine. It's fine. That is all this is.
I promise Lorde, it'll get better. I have a hard time with the way she enunciates, its very formulaic of her contemporaries, but then mixes things up a little. The Louvre has so much going on in it but I probably enjoyed it most, the bridge especially. Cripes its just sadder Taylor Swift.
Not my type of music but interesting lyrics and vocal style
Pretty good album, but not as amazing as Pure Heroine.
There's some good lyrics and nice production at times, but the songs rarely feel more that solid.
Solid. I didn't love it, but that's the case for most pop albums. 3.3
bright, some catchy tunes with Green Light the standout
Fun fact I went to school with Ella
The drop off
Not my style, but very good production. Super heavy hitting lyrics and themes
While this is likely the musical equivalent of crack for a teen-twenty something, as a 30s man I didn't really connect with the lyrics on this album. The songs are catchy, well produced, and really compliment Lorde's unique voice and singing style. Very good but not for me.
143/1001 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
Nice laid back atmosphere and soft vibes throughout the album, but also a bit boring
Very Lorde-like, not bad, would listen again.
I like her sound, but it feels kind of samey throughout the album.
I generally really liked it. Maybe a bit bloated and I don’t know how long I could’ve done that voice
Me duele ponerle 3, pero tíñeme unos peaks bien altos y caídas a canciones meh. Por eso lo doy un 3 bien alto.
i’ve had green light, the louvre and hard feelings/loveless in my playlists since probably two years ago but i’ve never actually listened to the album in full before! i’m excited because 2010s+ pop is def more in my comfort zone 🤭 first listen: okay homemade dynamite pop off!!! i like the vibe and the almost spacey synths (?). the piano in liability 🥹 was expecting it to crescendo into a climax but it’s still a nice song. the vocal layers in the chorus of writer in the dark pleasantly surprised me, the higher octave is so pretty! perfect places is a cute closer, the pop anthem style is def my taste and i like the synths before the outro overall the album is pretty cohesive and i can see the vision! unfortunately as of this moment, it’s not really hitting for me the way i thought it would 😭… though i see myself picking out specific tracks to listen to more so than replaying the entire album, i’m glad that it i at least got to listen to it once through.
I own this album. Decent album some good tunes.
Great voice. Some good lyrics very mellow vibes.
Not too bad, I liked a couple of songs but the rest was kinda boring
Pretty solid pop album. Very lyric heavy. Feel like I would have to listen multiple times to really get the full picture of what is being said. Best Song: Hard Feelings / Loveless
Not Pure Heroine but that was to be expected. Favourite track: Green Light.
Not the kind of relationships I would aspire to. Decent music though
Un bon album pop qui se laisse écouté, mais qui ne m'a pas marqué non plus. Une bonne vibe tout au long, mais sans plus. 6/10
Marketing
A modern breakup album produced by Jack Antonoff, there are certainly similarities to Swift but Lorde has more soul. Often that soul is covered by drum machines. He vocals and with the piano are her strengths. Melodrama is very good, close to elite 7.7/10
My first thought is why this album and not her debut? I'm not sure what happened elsewhere, but in my country her first album was a much bigger deal. So after listening through a couple of times, I'm still asking why this and not her debut. Don't get me wrong, this is a good album, but it sounds like it got churned out of the same factory as a lot of other pop stars. Her debut worked so well because it was different and stood out among the pack.
It was alright. It grew a bit samey as it went on, though.
Couple of good songs, 3/4* so far Supercut and green light are the ones
Not her best, but super fun.
Not a bad listen.
2024-06-21...
Middle of the road for me not bad at all but not something I’m going back to
Not bad but nothing special.
Kommer ni ihåg den videon där Lorde ssssshhhhhhar sin publik när hur sjunger writer in the dark acapella?
Den här delen av pop-genren har jag ofta dragits till. Jag ääälskar Green light och perfect places sen långt tidigare. De två är 5/5, men hela albumet är inte riktigt på samma nivå. Gillade writer in the dark väldigt väldigt mycket (wooowwww refrängens text och stråk var sjukt) och tyckte att albumet var fint, men kanske inte så mycket mer, i sin helhet. Brukar känna med Lorde att singlarna är starkast, och jag har sällan samma omedelbara förtjusning för de andra låtarna dessvärre. Även om texterna är galna och jag är väldigt svag för riktigt ledsna låtar vilket hon ofta levererar kan låtarna vara lite sega? Lite som Troye Sivan. Är man inte i rätt mood blir musiken ibland lite tråkig. Tyckte dock mycket mer om det här albumet nu än senast jag lyssnade igenom det, jättesvårt att välja mellan 3 och 4 stjärnor. 3 om jag är glad och 4 om jag är ledsen Bästa låt: Green light, perfect places
I didn't mind this.
I appreciate the craft. She is talented no doubt. But of a lull early on after green light. I thought I world probably not listen to this again but towards the end I may give it another chance.
My musical taste usually leans toward straight-up rock, but in instances where I've dug deeper into a modern pop artist's discography like Carly Rae Jepsen or Kelly Clarkson, there's so much more depth and genuine talent than what often gets played on the radio. For the reason, I was eager to hear a full album from Lorde. While this album doesn't floor me like the works of the singers I listed above, there was a lot about this record I liked. I did enjoy the more stripped-down tracks as opposed to the over-produced electro-pop tracks, but she really delivers on those tracks. The songs where it's just her and a piano remind me of a more recent favorite pop singer in Olivia Rodrigo, which is a compliment in my view. Overall, this wasn't a massive triumph of an album in my eyes, but by and large I prefer this record to the majority of what plays on pop radio in 2024. Notable Tracks: - Green Light - The Lourve - Liability - Writer In The Dark - way better on the album than in that cringy viral video where she hushes the crowd 5/10
Not bad at all! 5/10
Nice music and great voice. 1st time listening to Lorde - not my style but there is some great work here
6/10 When we first hired you, Lorde, we expected big things from you. I can't help but notice your beginning to lose the edge we were used to seeing in the beginning. We'd like to know what we can do better to help you shine again. 6-10-2024
Solid
Better than I expected, but didn’t speak to me.
i'll be real i think the only song i've heard from her is royals. and team. this was an interesting little dive into her discography, i'll say that much. lots of songs are melancholy, plenty of material about relationships that could've gone better. it's a very... sleepy album. it's eh.
B- Green Light 3 Sober 3 Homemade Dynamite 4 The Louvre 3 Liability 4 Hard Feelings/ Loveless 3 Sober II (Melodrama) 3 Writer In The Dark 3 Supercut 3 Liability (Reprise) 3 Perfect Places 3 Sandeep is a simp y'all!
Really pleasantly surprised to see such a recent album here. This may be the most event album I’ve had so far. Like most people, I know Lorde mostly for “Royals.” That song is not on this album, so I was really going in blind. I thought this was a really well written, expertly produced album. Very dramatic, seemingly very personal. It had all the expected elements of pop today without going over the top or feeling like a blatant cash grab (except maybe “Homemade Dynamite”…). Overall I enjoyed this, even if I found some of it hard to relate to. Lorde is clearly an artist with a vision and a distinct sound, but it just isn’t my thing. 3 stars. Standout tracks: Green Light, Sober, The Louvre, Hard Feelings/Loveless, Perfect Places
Don’t know this one. More modern. She sounds / sings young Upbeat first song. Good stuff. Nothing blowing my mind Some nice songs in here. I have no idea why this is on the list. 3 stars