singles didn't hit at all + people turned on Lorde after Solar Power.

Shapeshifter should have been the lead single

5th listen. I can now rank the albums i think.

SP>PH>Virgin>Melodrama

It's boring. It's basically a Lorde song generator album. No surprises. Too muted. Not bold at all. Wish she went harder with the dance vibes. Songs end way too quickly.

Pure Heroine > Melodrama > Virgin > Solar Power

#1 on the UK chart loading.

I’m convinced the whole discourse around Lorde and the album would be different if Shapeshifter was the lead single

Instead it turned to “oh Lorde is going back to Melodrama sound” with What Was That, even though it was a good song in its own right

But at the end of the day it makes no difference to me

so real for melodrama last

Crazy folks still ranking Solar Power high in any regard lol

Melodram her best album

Oh lol

It's not even close

Melodrama - 10/10
PH - 8/10
Virgin- 7 or 7.5/10
Solar Power - 5/10

Melodrama
Pure Heroine
Solar Power
Virgin

Man of the Year and If She Could See Me Now are the two records really sticking to me so far.

She's got 4 good albums though. It's not a bad album.

Melodrama - 10/10
Pure Heroine - 8.7/10
Virgin - 8.4/10
Solar Power - 7.9/10

That’s where I’m sitting right now

1. The A.V. Club: 100/100
2. Buzz Magazine: 100/100
3. Variety: 94/100
4. AllMusic: 90/100
5. Clash Music: 90/100
6. Rolling Stone: 90/100
7. Hot Press: 85/100
8. Paste Magazine: 85/100
9. Northern Transmissions: 82/100
10. DIY Magazine: 80/100
11. Exclaim!: 80/100
12. The Financial Times (FT): 80/100
13. The Guardian: 80/100
14. The i Paper: 80/100
15. The Irish Times: 80/100
16. New Musical Express (NME): 80/100
17. Our Culture: 80/100
18. RIFF Magazine: 80/100
19. The Skinny: 80/100
20. Stereoboard: 80/100
21. Still Listening: 77/100
22. Pitchfork: 76/100
23. The Line of Best Fit: 70/100
24. musicOMH: 70/100
25. Slant Magazine: 70/100
26. Beats per Minute: 69/100
27. Consequence: 67/100
28. The Needle Drop: 67/100
29. The Arts Desk: 60/100
30. The Independent: 60/100
31. The Scotsman: 60/100
32. The New York Times: 50/100
33. The Times: 40/100

Average critic score: 77/100 (B)
(based on 33 reviews: 28 positive, 5 mixed; 92.(42)%).

Even though I didn’t hate the album this probably the last time I’m going to anticipate a lorde album

All this SP praise is crazy that stuff is for the most part a snooze fest

did all promo stop for this i havent heard much of anything since release

2nd week might not be too nice to her

David

Damn she's seriously indie now

if she could see me now.

this chorus is in my head rent f***ing free.

i'd watch it happen like an angel lookin' down...

"i can feel, don't need fantasy"