Solar Power
by Lorde
  • Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Aug 20, 2021
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 1363 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,110 out of 1363
  2. Mixed: 119 out of 1363
  3. Negative: 134 out of 1363
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  1. megbfly
    Aug 21, 2021
    3
    I LOVE Lorde’s past catalogue. Her previous two are two of my favorite albums, but this one falls flat. While I think it is great she wanted to go into a new direction with her music and I support that, the production on this album is lacking. There was so much more that could have been done while staying true to the theme. Most songs sound very similar (acoustic guitar) with nothing toI LOVE Lorde’s past catalogue. Her previous two are two of my favorite albums, but this one falls flat. While I think it is great she wanted to go into a new direction with her music and I support that, the production on this album is lacking. There was so much more that could have been done while staying true to the theme. Most songs sound very similar (acoustic guitar) with nothing to pull me back to want to listen again. There are two deluxe tracks, and I believe the album could have benefited from the variation those tracks have in production. After four years between albums, I was greatly disappointed.… Expand
  2. danlimmaa
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Poorly constructed project, album too shallow and lacking cohesion, too weak commercially, totally forgettable.
  3. legendarysia
    Aug 20, 2021
    1
    Meh but there are two cute songs worth to try in this album ,she shoulve made this an EP
  4. MS_ksshgs
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    not a good album at all, melodrama was such a better with high quality. Kwkakakakw
  5. ErickAsked
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    I expected a lot more, I thought this album was quite weak, i like the last her album
  6. feer_hg
    Aug 20, 2021
    2
    Urge cancelación para Jack Antonoff. Es triste que una gran compositora esté atenida a una persona producción.
  7. billiedesers10
    Aug 23, 2021
    0
    she caught the worst sound she could make after of melodrama,since this new album is all white and boring sounds
  8. Skydog
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Very boring, generic album. People saying this is a "Lyrical masterpiece" haven't read any novels at all. Yes comparing novels to lyrics can be a bit silly, but until you've read great songwriters like Davey Havok, Neil Peart, etc. you won't understand. A huge disappointment after such a great sophomore album. Unfortunately metacritic's score is being charged by fangirls and fanboys (whichVery boring, generic album. People saying this is a "Lyrical masterpiece" haven't read any novels at all. Yes comparing novels to lyrics can be a bit silly, but until you've read great songwriters like Davey Havok, Neil Peart, etc. you won't understand. A huge disappointment after such a great sophomore album. Unfortunately metacritic's score is being charged by fangirls and fanboys (which is why no one sues Metacritic as a creditable source....) who can't look at Lorde's flop and accept it.… Expand
  9. thebestie
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    It's a pretty boring album, the same sounds, it looks like I was listening to a 40-minute song, I don't recommend listening to it
  10. Erick2302
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Tardó 4 años para sacar un album tan malo, es monótono y todas las canciones son iguales. Ojalá se retire porque su música es horrenda.… Expand
  11. manicbabydoll
    Aug 20, 2021
    3
    Her best lyrics but her worst music. Everything sounds the same and is boring. Mood Ring is the star of the show.
  12. Mateocd
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Amaba a lorde pero me decepcionó cuando dijo que no lanzaría Solar Power en CD, ojalá flopee y este álbum sea amarillo, se me sale toda la Stoned at the nail station
  13. reynerfan
    Aug 24, 2021
    0
    Not even as close as Melodrama. I’m so sorry but my expectations were higher. Flop.
  14. crossedline
    Aug 24, 2021
    0
    Terrible album. We wanted music and not long, boring narrations. Folklore and evermore are 1000 times better than this album whose no song is up to the mark. I can barely reach the end of a song without feeling bored. Thanks for wasting my time.
  15. Juuuuly899
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Her best album, and now I'm not her fan I'm really dissapointed i feel bad for the music, David Bowie was wrong
  16. micn
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Água de chuca em um dia enrolado. É deprimente esperar 4 anos pra lançar algo tão morno desse jeito.… Expand
  17. Guycalledpatric
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Cohesive album but very hard to finish. Nothing sticks throughout and I was expecting so much better from Lorde.
  18. Kelpin
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very boring, generic album. People saying this is a "Lyrical masterpiece" haven't read any novels at all. Yes comparing novels to lyrics can be a bit silly, but until you've read great songwriters like Davey Havok, Neil Peart, etc. you won't understand. A huge disappointment after such a great sophomore album. Unfortunately metacritic's score is being charged by fangirls and fanboys (which is why no one sues Metacritic as a creditable source....) who can't look at Lorde's flop and accept it… Expand
  19. teenagedreams
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    most songs here have no memorable melodies, choruses or bridges, the lyrics are shallow and giving off major annoying rich white girl who talks to plants and just learned about shakras and yoga. very disappointing.
  20. 1lixo
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    too pale and the same. I think the last productions of athonoff kinda brind the same energy in every single song
  21. CateHuguet
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Better than I expect. Plenty of mainstream pop stars have decided they no longer want to be mainstream pop stars. They’ve tried everything to achieve their goal, from making deliberately unlistenable albums, to – in the memorable case of the late Scott Walker – locking themselves in a monastery on the Isle of Wight.
    But few have attempted to bid farewell to mainstream pop stardom as    Better than I expect. Plenty of mainstream pop stars have decided they no longer want to be mainstream pop stars. They’ve tried everything to achieve their goal, from making deliberately unlistenable albums, to – in the memorable case of the late Scott Walker – locking themselves in a monastery on the Isle of Wight.
    But few have attempted to bid farewell to mainstream pop stardom as prettily as Lorde does on her third album. It opens with a guitar picking a gentle, woozy-sounding figure. A flute glides beatifically by and Lorde offers a grim depiction of life as a teenager superstar – complete with “nightmares from the camera flash” – before apparently saying goodbye to all that: “alone on a windswept island”, she “won’t take the call if it’s the label or radio”. “If you’re looking for a saviour,” she adds, “that’s not me”, which would sound a little self-aggrandising had the world of online fandom not become so overheated that whenever a female pop star posts anything on social media, the responses are clogged up by stans calling them “mum”, “queen” and “goddess”.    … Expand
  22. Leandrop
    Aug 24, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lixo tá uma merda. Lixo lixo
    Lixoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooóooooooooooooooooo
    Horrível    … Expand
  23. artvjon
    Aug 22, 2021
    3
    It's almost like Lorde didn't even want to make an album. Extremely disappointing, it's not even debatable I don't feel that this is in every way inferior to her previous 2 masterpieces.
  24. DonCalamardo09
    Aug 21, 2021
    0
    her worst album, we wait 4 years for this $h!t? she needs to retire because she sucks
  25. danhoney
    Aug 26, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A parte lírica do álbum é razoável, mas longe do que todos esperávamos da Lorde, a garotinha compositora que estreou na década passada. Porém, a parte que realmente não me cativou (e com toda certeza não cativou muita gente) é a sonoridade pesada e monótona. Definitavamente é um álbum bom, porém, apenas aquém do que a Lorde pode fazer junta a Jack Antonoff.… Expand
  26. yosrege
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    it's so good to see her doing what she wants to do. she is much happier and it's the best feeling in the world to see her beautiful big smile. it's a no skip album for me and it is a masterpiece that will be discussed and loved even more in the future. it is so sad that this album is being compared with "melodrama" which has a whole other theme. she grew up and she is finding her true selfit's so good to see her doing what she wants to do. she is much happier and it's the best feeling in the world to see her beautiful big smile. it's a no skip album for me and it is a masterpiece that will be discussed and loved even more in the future. it is so sad that this album is being compared with "melodrama" which has a whole other theme. she grew up and she is finding her true self and I'm so happy to experience this new era with her.… Expand
  27. instantflare
    Sep 9, 2021
    3
    After Lorde's amazing, groundbreaking Melodrama, Solar Power seems weak in comparison, with the same, airy and boring theme running through. The lyricism is also subpar. The ideas that are trying to be presented are either not being done well or just weak. I don't know what happened to Lorde but this is definitely a great disappointment.
  28. misscupcakke
    Aug 26, 2021
    3
    After a work of art like Melodrama, we expected a lot. Unfortunately, we didn't get what we expected.
    The album is empty, it has no feelings, the composition is weak, the production is clearly what keeps the critics good grades. Lorde could have done so much more, she's a good songwriter, she's proven it over and over with several songs, she tried to innovate but fell into a hole where I    After a work of art like Melodrama, we expected a lot. Unfortunately, we didn't get what we expected.
    The album is empty, it has no feelings, the composition is weak, the production is clearly what keeps the critics good grades. Lorde could have done so much more, she's a good songwriter, she's proven it over and over with several songs, she tried to innovate but fell into a hole where I believe she won't rise again.

    I hope that in the future, Lorde can show us her talent again, because on this album, she showed that maybe, she is no longer capable of making works of art.    … Expand
  29. lanaaas
    Aug 30, 2021
    1
    I was very disappointed in this album. I expected something better. Dont start with the “she’s happier now” or “you said that with melodrama”, thats not what I mean by better. I meant better. The album seems anticlimactic, all the songs have the same boring energy. Only good song is mood ring.
  30. Yammmmm
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    This is so disappointing, boring, without music without voice, flat. Where’s the spectacular voice of lorde????
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69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Under The Radar
    Aug 30, 2021
    55
    All these connections Lorde is trying to make: her strange pastiche imagination of the ’70s, that random spoken word interlude by Robyn about climate change, and the themes of “sun healing,” never fully reach each other. Often, they come off as disingenuous and out of touch more than they read as brilliant, or comical. Whether the album is one big prank, or just one majorly failed experiment, the gist of having the “privilege to ignore” is lost in translation. All you are left with is just a handful of pretty alright songs.
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  2. AllMusic
    Aug 26, 2021
    60
    If you're riding and vibing with Lorde, this bright shapelessness is superb mood music. If you're not riding her wave, Solar Power can seem elusive, even cloying, as it circles and sways with a smile.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    Aug 26, 2021
    70
    This might not be the album that everyone wanted from Lorde, but it’s a solid, dreamy effort that deserves exploration. There’s plenty here worthy of attention if you can focus for long enough.
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