Melodrama
by Lorde
  • Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Jun 16, 2017
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8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 4504 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 88 out of 4504
  3. Negative: 353 out of 4504
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  1. emilyc
    Sep 1, 2019
    10
    beautiful album absolutely flawless will never ever get bored of listening to it
  2. Thirteen13
    Sep 11, 2023
    10
    album. of. the. decade. you are a genius lorde and i hope you know that……
  3. itsmemario
    Sep 2, 2019
    9
    Truly 2017’s album of the year. Lorde songwriting abilities in this album cemented her status as a genius in music.
  4. ikachka
    Sep 3, 2019
    10
    ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS MASTERPIECE! So grateful for this album because it helped me to come through a lot of things. So emotional. So good.
  5. Buzzsxber19
    Sep 3, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it's a masterpiece, it's perfect. her songs it's amazing, and this album it's so emotional… Expand
  6. MatPP
    Sep 3, 2019
    10
    this is such a powerful album without songs to skip. and writer in the dark is just perfect
  7. samloveslorde
    Sep 3, 2019
    10
    It is the best album of all time. Deserves 100. The lyrics are perfect and emotional but still sounds happy. She is an incredible artist and I am excited for the third album to come out. Sonically perfect, lyrically perfect. ITS PERFECT! - facts are facts and the fact that melodrama is my bible, thank you my lorde and saviour
  8. popcultprod
    Sep 10, 2019
    10
    From the first line to the last, Lorde makes sure that her age leaves it’s print on her 11-track collection. Titled “Melodrama”, this album sums up what it feels like: burning through your late teens and leaping into adulthood. From doing her make up in somebody else’s car, to being hung in The Louvre, and looking for perfect places, Ella takes you on a magical, mysterious experienceFrom the first line to the last, Lorde makes sure that her age leaves it’s print on her 11-track collection. Titled “Melodrama”, this album sums up what it feels like: burning through your late teens and leaping into adulthood. From doing her make up in somebody else’s car, to being hung in The Louvre, and looking for perfect places, Ella takes you on a magical, mysterious experience through the wonderful twists and turns of her mind.

    The opening track, “Green Light”, should only be heard while blasted on speakers, while you feel the base thumping along with your heart, to prep you for the roller-coaster coming your way. Lorde’s song writing is top-notch through the whole body of work, which is an element missing in lots of today’s most releases. It is worth mentioning the she wrote the whole album by herself, with only some help from her producer, Jack Antonoff. Some of the lyrical highlights are “Liability”, the somber ballad, written in the back of a taxi, inspired by Rihanna’s mini-track “Higher”; “So I guess I'll go home into the arms of the girl that I love. The only love I haven't screwed up. She's so hard to please but she's a forest fire. I do my best to meet her demands, play at romance, we slow dance in the living room, but all that a stranger would see, is one girl swaying alone, stroking her cheek." Lorde fools us for a second, leading us to think she’s coming out, only to reveal that she’s actually the one she sings about. Another highlight is in the up-beat, youthful track, “Homemade Dynamite”, where Lorde describes a dreadful scene so artistically and beautifully, making you forget for a second that it’s a car crash scene; “We'll end up painted on the road, red and chrome all the broken glass sparkling.” Jack Antonoff and Lorde created this album while living together, crammed in a little corner of Jack’s house, in their own mini-studio, and you can tell that, by feeling the intimacy of the tracks, and that gut-feeling you get going through “Writer In the Dark”, and energy-soar while blasting “Supercut”
    The titular track, Sober II (Melodrama), is probably one of the most genius songs ever written.Starting off as a piece you’d hear in a musical, Lorde depicts the dismay of an after-party, after getting to know a room for it’s darkness and then the lights are on, but then a trap beat takes over and Lorde makes it gracefully through these untested waters, exposing today’s world for all it’s horrific terrors.
    If you wanted to fit Melodrama in a category, or describe it’s sound, it has to be one of it’s own, and it’ll probably end up on top. Lorde ends her album with an open question, “what the **** are perfect places, anyway?” and perhaps she answered herself by creating Melodrama, a perfect place of sound and musical intelligence for music lovers.
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  9. Zamira
    Sep 8, 2019
    10
    Un álbum con una producción y composición muy original y diferente a su antecesor Puré Heroine así que definitivamente es un álbum fresco dentro de la carrera de la misma Lorde y de los mejores trabajos musicales de la década
  10. dvmendes
    Jul 25, 2020
    10
    I couldn't possibly forget to review this masterpiece. This album is so well done and cohesive. Every single song is good and you don't want to skip any of them. Greatly written and produced and deserved the AOTY Grammy. Can't wait for her new album because I know she will deliver a another masterpiece, like she always does.
  11. lukerogers26
    Sep 14, 2019
    10
    The best pop album of this generation. Lorde is the greatest lyricist we have right now, and her sound is like no one else. She’s a true artist and this album shows just that.
  12. Carvalhodieego
    Sep 15, 2019
    10
    talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely
  13. ocaiobaena
    Sep 22, 2019
    10
    ‘Melodrama’ consegue capturar emoções, e criar uma atmosfera belíssima, de forma excepcional. Álbum coeso, inteligente, articulado e bem produzido. Lorde - junto com o produtor Jack Antonoff - conseguiu transimitir as frustrações de uma jovem que descobre o mundo e as emoções tanto dela, quanto das pessoas que a cercam. Guiado por um piano que acompanha grande parte do álbum, a‘Melodrama’ consegue capturar emoções, e criar uma atmosfera belíssima, de forma excepcional. Álbum coeso, inteligente, articulado e bem produzido. Lorde - junto com o produtor Jack Antonoff - conseguiu transimitir as frustrações de uma jovem que descobre o mundo e as emoções tanto dela, quanto das pessoas que a cercam. Guiado por um piano que acompanha grande parte do álbum, a produção das músicas é um grande destaque. Isso porque o conteúdo verbalizado, e a instrumentalização estão totalmente vinculados. Em músicas como ‘Perfect Places’ e “Writer in the dark’, os sentimentos da cantora são expressos não apenas na letra, mas também na forma como ela canta e, principalmente, na produção das músicas. Tudo isso, cria relações entre as músicas, e a Lorde faz um jogo de emoções. Escrever sobre sentimentos e, ao mesmo tempo, brincar com as palavras e com sons, pode ser uma tarefa meio difícil. Mas Lorde consegue fazer isso de forma brilhante. A jovem consegue escrever sobre amor, solidão, e quebra de expectativas, fazendo com que o público se comova e converse com as músicas. A produção das músicas também merece ser destacada. Jack Antonoff - um dos grandes nomes entre produtores de música pop - fez um trabalho impecável com as produções. As músicas conseguem transmitir momentos tensos, momentos mais introspectivos, apenas com as produções. Além disso, é claro, consegue transportar o ouvinte para o universo da cantora. Fazendo-o mergulhar nesse mundo melodramático. Portanto, ‘Melodrama’ é um álbum único, e convida os ouvintes para uma grande experiência. É como um verdadeiro mergulho nas emoções. Mergulho feito com letras marcantes, com uma voz que transmite emoções, e com uma linda produção. Fazendo desse álbum, inteligente, nada repetitivo, diferente e, até mesmo, experimental, em certos pontos. Mostranto de forma poética essa construção pessoal de um sujeito e sua relação com o mundo. Sujeito, muitas vezes, confuso, ambíguo, festeiro, alegre, e triste. ‘Melodrama’ faz esse retrato extremamente mutável e, apesar da voz da cantora não ser de grande potência vocal, o álbum é belíssimo e torna-se um marco na discografia da cantora.… Expand
  14. AJayll
    Sep 22, 2019
    10
    Четыре года ожидания абсолютно стоили того, что мы имеем в итоге. Лорд создала действительно удивительный альбом и, по крайней мере для меня, лучший в 2017 году.
  15. rodrigoeec
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. An incredible piece of artwork created by the Kiwi Ella Yellich aka Lorde and Jack Antonoff. Its complexity and versatility amazes me. It takes several listens to understand how good Melodrama is. All of its sounds and colors are just a reflection of how much it was put into making this album. Truly deserved Album of the Year Grammy.… Expand
  16. markosaric
    Nov 2, 2019
    10
    Lorde allows her audience to confront their nostalgia and anxieties about life, young love, and failure on one of the most seamless and novel albums of the decade.
  17. IgnacioE
    Nov 4, 2019
    10
    Transversal, maximalista, joven e íntimo. No sé que otro adjetivo poner para esta obra de arte. Lorde es única entre muchos. Logra una conexión muy especial entre la música, los colores, las experiencias y la nostalgia como ningún otro. Desde los afilados beats de “The Louvre” hasta la para-llorar-en-la-pista “Supercut”, pasando por una desconsolada Kate Bush en “Writer In the Dark” o unaTransversal, maximalista, joven e íntimo. No sé que otro adjetivo poner para esta obra de arte. Lorde es única entre muchos. Logra una conexión muy especial entre la música, los colores, las experiencias y la nostalgia como ningún otro. Desde los afilados beats de “The Louvre” hasta la para-llorar-en-la-pista “Supercut”, pasando por una desconsolada Kate Bush en “Writer In the Dark” o una atrevida Björk en “Sober” logra nos entrega un trabajo contundente, que abraza al hedonismo y lo hace música siendo descarnado; impulsivo y melodramático.… Expand
  18. 2002oliver
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    De los mejores álbumes de todos los tiempos, sin duda Lorde solo sabe hacer arte.
  19. sychoboi
    Nov 9, 2019
    10
    I'm obsessed with this album it's so pure and emotional it's my all time favorite album
  20. Nealmoerman
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Melodrama is a beautifully composed piece of work. Lorde’s artistry in it’s prime!
  21. FKAlouise
    Nov 10, 2019
    10
    melhor álbum da história vey, Lorde você é uma lenda perfeita uma pena não ter ganhado o aoty mas merecia amor te amo muito
  22. samflrz
    Nov 11, 2019
    10
    **** this album just keeps you in and it won't let you out, it's been years, and it stays as the best album
  23. Losticboy
    Nov 19, 2019
    10
    The magnific of unknown, this album full of insegurances and perspective shows a other part of adolescent life
  24. lgbripm
    Nov 20, 2019
    10
    A maneira que o álbum se conecta entre as letras e melodias de maneira tão sutil, e ao mesmo tempo impactante e com um gigantesco peso emocional é linda. Tudo parece ter seu encaixe perfeito, é inspirador e "eye-opening". Demorei algum tempo até apreciar essa obra, e me arrependo amargamente disso.
  25. Izanglez
    Jun 6, 2020
    10
    This is definitely more than music. This is a way of interpreting things. This is a way to spit out all of your naked emotions. The production is on point. The lyrics are amazing. The album as a whole body of work is amazing. This will be difficult to top.
  26. okaylani
    Dec 7, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Beautiful piece of work. Really advanced for a barely legal adult, at the time. The great imagery allows the audience to truly visualize her breakup and how she intend the album to be portrayed. You can really see each song turn into a movie scene in your head with the detailed lyrics. Definitely should’ve won album of the year… Expand
  27. janhendrik
    Jul 27, 2020
    10
    ALBUM OF THE DECADE!!!!
    one of the best albums ever released Can't wait for her 3rd album
  28. tayvoodoo
    Dec 8, 2019
    10
    this hits a part of my soul i didn't even know was there. album of the decade.
  29. Belifan
    Dec 11, 2019
    10
    Melhor album q ja escutei ha anos... me encanta a cada faixa! Pra mim ganhou o Grammy!
  30. lorrane
    Oct 30, 2020
    10
    I could say this should be 2018's AOTY but i feel it wouldn't be completely fair to Kendrick. Although, it definitely deserved the nomination and so much more.
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#5 Most Shared Album of 2017

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Universal acclaim - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 32
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  1. Punknews.org (Staff)
    Jul 10, 2017
    80
    There are no gimmicks. There’s nothing screaming for acceptance. Melodrama is a raw, real album under its sparkly clean production. One written for the masses but able to resonate with each individual listener.
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  2. Q Magazine
    Jul 6, 2017
    80
    Lorde's biggest achievement is retaining her emotional insight into herself and her generation despite her utterly transformed life. [Aug 2017, p.100]
  3. Prefix Magazine
    Jul 6, 2017
    85
    Still only 20 years old, Lorde could have been forgiven for floundering under the weight of expectation. Instead she’s reasserted her status as today’s ultimate alt-pop artist with a record that balances the contemporary with the classic in typically immaculate style.
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