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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  3. Negative: 353 out of 4504
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  1. Duhdeedious
    Nov 20, 2021
    10
    I mean. Duh. Hands down the best album I've ever listened.
  2. jvdraw
    May 11, 2022
    10
    She was an icon, she was a legend, she was the moment and she was robbed on the 2018 aoty.
  3. beatlemaniac
    Dec 27, 2021
    10
    for me, a song is mainly made up of three components: lyrics, production, vocals. every song on Melodrama does all three exceptionally. 'Liability' features my favorite lyric of all time: 'play at romance, we slow dance / in the living room, but all a stranger would see / is one girl, swaying alone, stroking her cheek'. the production of 'Green Light' breaks every rule of pop music therefor me, a song is mainly made up of three components: lyrics, production, vocals. every song on Melodrama does all three exceptionally. 'Liability' features my favorite lyric of all time: 'play at romance, we slow dance / in the living room, but all a stranger would see / is one girl, swaying alone, stroking her cheek'. the production of 'Green Light' breaks every rule of pop music there is, but still becomes one of the best songs of the year. the chorus of 'Writer In The Dark' features a beautiful vocal performance from Lorde. this should have won aoty.… Expand
  4. haojiang1117
    Jan 7, 2022
    10
    I love lorde.Lord has high skill to write perfect songs like this.She planted her love sadness craziness And mood to make this album.
  5. zakaria20
    Jan 20, 2022
    10
    chef kiss it's pop perfection
    no skip and really and iconic album of all time
  6. thieageau
    Jan 20, 2022
    10
    De acordo com meu gosto, dou as seguintes notas:
    Melodrama
    1. Green Light - 10
    2. Sober - 10
    3. Homemade Dynamite - 9
    4. The Louvre - 10
    5. Liability - 9
    6. Hard Feelings/Loveless - 10
    7. Sober II (Melodrama) - 10
    8. Writer In The Dark - 9
    9. Supercut - 10
    10. Liability (Reprise) - 8
    11. Perfect Places - 10

    No total ficaria 9,5, entretanto seria injusto eu não dar 10.
  7. Ka1dowskiX
    Feb 18, 2022
    10
    Well-arranged, diverse, relatable. The album is an amazing entry that can be easily recommended.
  8. fredo01
    Apr 5, 2022
    10
    este álbum es uno de los que debería enmarcado o en una exhibición de arte, por que es una obra de arte una mezcla de sonidos y letras profundas que haces de este álbum lo que es
  9. Looool172
    Apr 11, 2022
    10
    Uno de los mejores de la década!! Con solo 19 años pudo hacer esto, fuera los que dicen que le copia a lana del rey, lana jamás podría hacer un álbum así, de mis favoritas fueron the louvre, hard feelings, perfect places, supercut y green light, magnífico álbum se merece más reconocimiento
  10. Youngoth
    May 11, 2022
    10
    LEgENDARYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  11. marcoanlm
    May 17, 2022
    10
    MELODRAMA
    lorde, 2017
    1. green light
    2. supercut
    3. liability
    4. perfect places
    5. the louvre
    6. hard feelings/loveless
    7. sober II (melodrama)
    8. sober
    9. homemade dynamite
    10. writer in the dark
    11. liability (reprise)
  12. Cinnamoninmt
    May 22, 2022
    10
    I’ve never heard the most perfect album like this. This album’s sounds are all amazing, Lorde voice’s amazing, all lyrics amazing.
  13. pinkinthenight
    May 28, 2022
    7
    As much as I love this album, I cannot lie that most songs are forgettable. The more memorable tracks, liability and writer in the dark, showcase her emotions and her 'hard feelings'. Nonetheless, the album is pretty good but it has some useless tracks such as liability (reprise).
  14. kaiiiiii
    Jun 23, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it's an amazing album, my GOAT actually i love it so much it deserves a Grammy it was snubbed, Bruno didn't deserve it. this album is very futuristic considering it was released in 2017, it is alt music at it's core, the production is amazing jack did an amazing job, this is the best Lorde project so far. lyrically it's genius production wise genius vocals amazing.
    this album is to dance to but to cry to the perfect album for teenagers and 20yo worrying about growing up adulthood relationships and all of that.
    I'm 17 and i relate to this albums lyrics on another level.
    this is an album you should listen to at least once in your life [obvi listen to it more]
    it changed my life on so many levels
    Ella is depressed but she's a party animal it deserves the award of biggest snub it's very underrated    … Expand
  15. jkwvo
    Jun 28, 2022
    10
    Lorde delivered one of the best albums of all time. I'm not joking.
    The production of Melodrama is an insane set of very well worked chords that can transition you to one song to another with so much mastery that you don't even get tired when you think about the fact that you'll listen to her for about 42 minutes.
    Lorde vocals can give us a lot of emotions that perfectly fits with the    Lorde delivered one of the best albums of all time. I'm not joking.
    The production of Melodrama is an insane set of very well worked chords that can transition you to one song to another with so much mastery that you don't even get tired when you think about the fact that you'll listen to her for about 42 minutes.
    Lorde vocals can give us a lot of emotions that perfectly fits with the extravagant theatricality drama that she wants to brings up with the title of the album. The very exaggerated emotions that the songs together (and separate) cause in the listener can be felt every time you listen to the album again, like Supercut, you can get easily what Lorde is feeling inside the song.
    My favorite track is Homemade Dynamite. The whole song getting more and more full of backing vocals and the instrumental changing along with the history that Lorde is telling us is exciting to listen and the "Now you know it's really gonna blow" cuts out all of the expectations when you listen for the first time. The chorus and "d-d-dynamite" brings up the proposal of the song the funniest way, even the lyrics talking about a explosive relationship.
    Melodrama is a work of art and served the drama of the theaters on an set of musics that together can inspire so much feelings, I hope that one day this album will be exposed in the place it belongs, The Louvre Museum.    … Expand
  16. vinisnog
    Jul 16, 2022
    10
    Melodrama leva você a uma festa conceitual da existência infundida com todos os tipos de cores e emoções intensas: batimentos cardíacos de primeiros encontros amorosos, danças felizes acompanhadas por amigos ou em espaços isolados, o calor de um desgosto e o que vem com ele ; superar a solidão, a mágoa das memórias, desejar que tudo seja diferente e voltar e acertar, mas não conseguir,Melodrama leva você a uma festa conceitual da existência infundida com todos os tipos de cores e emoções intensas: batimentos cardíacos de primeiros encontros amorosos, danças felizes acompanhadas por amigos ou em espaços isolados, o calor de um desgosto e o que vem com ele ; superar a solidão, a mágoa das memórias, desejar que tudo seja diferente e voltar e acertar, mas não conseguir, aceitar a realidade e adquirir conforto em estar sozinho, definindo assim quem você é, um ato de autodescoberta. O melodrama de fato oferece experiências melodramáticas em uma excelente forma de arte: uma das músicas pop mais elevadas já feitas. Ela consegue desconstruir habilmente a música pop, mantendo a essência do gênero, resultando assim em uma música pop não convencional com melodias açucaradas e capturando batidas pop, tudo arranjado com a mais criteriosa seleção e com letras de alta qualidade que evidenciam o incrível talento de Lorde como compositora.… Expand
  17. Ibe0706
    Aug 15, 2022
    10
    La definicion de un album perfecto, bailable, triste, muy emocional, describiendo perfectamente un quiebre emocional, la vida durante la juventud y con una estetica de escena nocturna y renacimiento post quiebre increible
  18. Moto_mami
    Aug 22, 2022
    10
    Album of the Milenium
    Periodddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
  19. georgetheod73
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    This album is pure perfection. The interludes, the melodies, the lyrics, the production, everything!
  20. alanstarboy
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Her best album, deserve album of the year at Grammys, every track is a masterpiece.
  21. Goldwing_
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    It's been five years since Melodrama has been released and it still on my top 3 favorite albums ever, i can't even explain how I love each lyric on this album. Powerful and perfect.
  22. Johncon
    Nov 6, 2022
    10
    Easily one of the best albums of the 2010s. It has been 5 years since its release and every relisten still feels fresh.
  23. stellar_
    Oct 25, 2022
    9
    A gorgeous album about growing past a breakup. Sonically beautiful, catchy and with fantastic vocals and lyrics.

    While there isn't a dud on the tracklist, the highlights (for myself, at least) were Liability, Writer in the Dark and Supercut. Even my least favourite track, Green Light, carries the feeling of dancing through the pain.
    This is, very nearly, the perfect pop album.
  24. leogarcia132002
    Feb 10, 2023
    10
    Melodrama today is one of those cult albums. Along with Lana del Rey's Born to Die, Ellie Goulding's Halcyon will be part of alternative music legend albums.
  25. lordeenthusiast
    Dec 22, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lorde’s 2017 release “Melodrama” is what i call a perfect album. A pop perfection album front to back. “Melodrama” is one of the most forward thinking pop records of our time. The opener “Green Light” flows seamlessly between passages on jarring yet beautiful piano to swelling synths, this was also the lead single for this record showing Lorde’s new adopted style and segmenting her name within pop history. While this record has a sense of uniformity between the tracks, there is not one song that sounds too similar to another. A prime example of this is the albums centerpiece “Liability” & “Writer In The Dark”, in “Liability” Lorde lightly swings across the extremely heart breaking lyrics about an ex relationship and the ripples it has left on herself. While in “Writer In The Dark” we have a similar narrative story wise yet the sonic difference between the two piano ballads is jarring. In “Liability” Lorde is lightly almost whispering over some simple piano cords, while in “Writer In The Dark” we have a similar opening, the track slowly builds to this gut wrenching chorus as Lorde sings “I bet you’ll rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark”, I love the crack in her voice as she wails over these lush strings that feel as though we as the listener are the ex lover she is speaking of. Among the perfect run of eleven songs “Hard Feelings/Loveless” is one of my personal favorite. This songs true beauty is how weird it is. These Loud synths that sound like something out of video game come rushing in as these booming drums come in and out of the bridge of “Hard Feelings”, then suddenly cut out as the song fades right into its second half “Loveless”. A song so incredibly different narratively and sonically to it’s sister yet I couldn’t imagine the two apart. From the heartbreak anthem of “Supercut”, to the constant house party of “Sober/Sober II” & “Homemade Dynamite”. “Melodrama” is truly perfect album. And what I consider pop perfection. The fruits of Melodrama’s labor are now starting to show in the current land scape of the music industry, from artists like Olivia Rodrigo, Conan Gray, and even Taylor Swift. Showing that they all have ripped a page out of the book of “Melodrama”. Melodrama is album that will stand the test of time, and will continue to show its influences for many years to come.… Expand
  26. joaquinswift
    Dec 28, 2022
    10
    Alternative pop perfection, it production and lyrics complement each other too well
  27. bombasticlove
    Aug 22, 2023
    10
    Simplemente adelantado a su epoca ademas con unos sonidos relajantes y a la vez que te quieren hacer bailar ademas que las letras son hermosas
  28. Erickp13
    Feb 10, 2023
    10
    Não tem um defeito, todas as músicas seguem uma linha excelente e possuem letra profundas e capazes de te fazer refletir bastante sobre, destaque para todas mas perfect places segue sendo minha favorita de todas, liability me tocou de uma forma especial, Lorde conseguiu representar perfeitamente os sentimentos de um jovem e suas aflições em cada canção
  29. jorsian
    Feb 13, 2023
    7
    Lorde is an unlikely pop star who rose to fame based on a dark, moody aesthetic very much running antithetical to all things culturally of the time. With her second album Melodrama she continues the trend she started and delivers more poetic, almost spoken word, lyricism backed by quirky production flourishes. Although this album has a lot of Lorde's signature flavour and by no means is itLorde is an unlikely pop star who rose to fame based on a dark, moody aesthetic very much running antithetical to all things culturally of the time. With her second album Melodrama she continues the trend she started and delivers more poetic, almost spoken word, lyricism backed by quirky production flourishes. Although this album has a lot of Lorde's signature flavour and by no means is it a bad record, it is a little formulaic in how it seeks to supplant itself in people's subconscious. Lorde's first effort Pure Heroine shook the industry to its core based on its unique, fresh sound. Melodrama attempts to continue in that vein but does not introduce enough new moments for it to make as big of a statement. There are a few homeruns ("Green Light" and "Supercut") and Lorde fans will no doubt be pleased with this offering, but it doesn't quite showcase the amount of growth we would have hoped given the four year hiatus between records.… Expand
  30. j444cks
    Mar 1, 2023
    10
    Perfection from start to finish. Perhaps my favourite album of all time. Every song is overwhelming, and I seem to make new discoveries upon every listen.
  31. brunoleonlo
    Apr 16, 2023
    10
    This is her magnum opus. Hard Feelings / Loveless is enough for me to say that this album is a 10 out of 10.
  32. giowo
    Jun 3, 2023
    10
    literal el mejor album del 2017, me encanta todo pero homemade dynamy y ambos sober me tienen mal
  33. callmesinglair
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    Lorde takes you through all stages of heartbreak and party. With many alt pop bangers, Lorde also takes you through the lowest points of heartbreak with powerful ballads like 'Liability' and 'Writer In The Dark'. It is a perfect album to dance to, yet also a perfect album to cry to. Not many people can achieve that as perfectly as Lorde and Jack Antonoff with the beautiful lyrics,Lorde takes you through all stages of heartbreak and party. With many alt pop bangers, Lorde also takes you through the lowest points of heartbreak with powerful ballads like 'Liability' and 'Writer In The Dark'. It is a perfect album to dance to, yet also a perfect album to cry to. Not many people can achieve that as perfectly as Lorde and Jack Antonoff with the beautiful lyrics, melodies, and production of 'Melodrama'.… Expand
  34. diegofrolim
    Jul 30, 2023
    10
    Track By Track

    1. Green Light 10/10
    2. Sober 9/10
    3. Homemade Dynamite 10/10
    4. The Louvre 9/10
    5. Liability 10/10
    6. Hard Feelings/Loveless 10/10
    7. Sober II (Melodrama) 10/10
    8. Writer In the Dark 10/10
    9. Supercut 10/10
    10. Liability (Reprise) 10/10
    11. Perfect Places 10/10
  35. Willy_lovesmaxi
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Best album of 2017 (also DAMN, too). The production , lyrics and vocals are perfect. This is THE ALBUM
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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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