Summer Music Preview: 37 Key Albums

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – May 25, 2017

While there's still no official word on whether the summer will bring long-in-the-works new albums from Arcade Fire, Beck, LCD Soundsystem, or Queens of the Stone Age, the coming months will definitely see new releases from Lorde, Broken Social Scene, Katy Perry, Big Boi, Lana Del Rey, Phoenix, Ride, and more.

Browse our collection of the summer's most notable new albums—as well as several noteworthy re-releases and compilations—below, where you can also listen to songs from each release.

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Melodrama

by Lorde

June 16 (Republic)

One of the more impressive debuts of the past decade, 2013's Pure Heroine sold over 3 million copies and was nominated for a boatload of awards (with Lorde winning two Grammys for the #1 single "Royals"). Not bad for a 16-year-old. Now aged 20, the New Zealand singer-songwriter is nearing the release of her 18-months-in-the-making sophomore album, which she produced and co-wrote with fun.'s Jack Antonoff at his home studio in New York and which tells the story of a house party throughout its 11 tracks.

LISTEN:	"Liability"
WATCH:	"Green Light"
WATCH:	"Green Light" (live on SNL)
WATCH:	"Liability" (live on SNL)

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