June 16, 20178 yr 92 on metacritic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! f***!! one of the highest rated albums of all time. Adeles 25 only managed a rating of 75 on metacrotic
June 16, 20178 yr '25' wasn't that critically acclaimed though... and this is still early days. I expect it'll stay pretty high though. Edited June 16, 20178 yr by Cremey
June 16, 20178 yr Listening now. Kinda have to as it's a part of my job to talk to customers about what they're buying :lol: I'm really not a Lorde fan, so this should be interesting. 'Green Light' was a pleasant surprise but lets me down a bit and 'Perfect Places' is probably my fave Lorde song to date. 'Sober', I don't "get" the fuss with. 07.5 - Green Light > Not terrible. I just feel like it lacks the punch in her vocals on the chorus. The production is great though. < 06.0 - Sober 05.0 - Homemade Dynamite 08.5 - The Louvre > THE ENDING THOUGH *.* < 06.0 - Liability 07.0 - Hard Feelings 05.0 - Loveless 06.5 - Sober II (Melodrama) 08.0 - Writer In The Dark > This is lovely. The production is stunning! < 07.5 - Supercut > This gets better as the song goes on! < 07.0 - Liability (Reprise) 09.0 - Perfect Places > I already feel like this is the most underrated song on her album. < --- Some really nice stuff on here, mainly in the production of it all and considering I'm not a Lorde fan I'd say this ranking and rating is a success! Some might grow on me, but I didn't hate it as much as I thought I would. Ultimately, I just don't "get" the mass appeal with her and I doubt I ever will. I just find her voice unlistenable at times. Sounding bored and miserable most of the time is not my thing. I shall keep the album "downloaded" so I can listen to it a few more times and hopefully have more of it grow on me! I really think 'Perfect Places', 'Writer In the Dark' & 'The Louvre' could become "essentials" in my playlist! --- Oh and 'Homemade Dynamite' is overrated to f***. Like, seriously! I found that pretty bland and forgettable! :lol:
June 16, 20178 yr I ended up being busy last night so didn't get to listen to it at bang on midnight. Anyway, about to listen for the first time now. My body is ready. So excited!!
June 16, 20178 yr It's 90 on Metacritic now but still the 4th highest of 2017 and top 50 in highest rated overall! I am SO happy that she's slaying everyone with this masterpiece :wub:
June 16, 20178 yr Listening with Jade rn (my plan to listen last night got a bit derailed :mellow:) - 'Homemade Dynamite' is INCRED, think I actually already like it even more than 'Green Light'! And 'The Louvre' is so pretty, especially the outro :heart: might try and do a lil rate at the end if I don't just feel like saying 10/10 best song ever for every song xx
June 16, 20178 yr Very impressed as I expected to be :wub: 'Perfect Places' is my favourite I think (it does have the advantage of like 20+ plays tho), but either 'Homemade Dynamite' or 'Writer In The Dark' have the potential to overtake it. The similarity to Kate Bush in the latter really is uncanny! Which is a very good thing *.* 'The Louvre' also slays hard. The production and lyricism is once again stellar from her throughout. Must get this on vinyl ASAP!!
June 16, 20178 yr CONTROVERSIAL OPINION ALERT I think 'Perfect Places' is actually my least favourite on the album :mellow: #bradearenotthesameperson. The rest of it is soooo good but I'm not getting too much out of that comparatively, I'm actually pretty glad I didn't listen to it before the album release cos I feel like it might have lowered my hype for this a bit ;o Quick rate trying not to be too overly hyperbolic ~ 11/10 best song ever 'Homemade Dynamite' (hitting me so hard on just one listen, I really hope this is a single!! Shame if it's true that it was going to be but got shelved due to the Manchester bombing :'( the little explosion noise she makes near the end is so cute) 10/10 'Green Light' & 'Liability' (advantage of having heard them more than once obvz, I think 'Liability' is still pretty underrated!) 9.5/10 'The Louvre', 'Supercut' & 'Writer In The Dark' (all could easily become 10/10 with more listens, 'The Louvre' and 'Writer In The Dark' in particular sound like they'll grow more - the Kate Bush influence on the latter is very apparent *.* 'Supercut' sounds the closest to a 'Green Light' clone on this album, I'm so glad it didn't end up being a full album of that as I feel like it could have got a bit boring but this one was done very well) 9/10 'Sober II (Melodrama)' (the trap production *.*) 8.5/10 'Sober' 8/10 'Loveless' 7.5/10 'Liability (Reprise)' (a bit of Bon Iver vibes here) & 'Hard Feelings' (the instrumental near the end really saves this one!) 7/10 'Perfect Places' (don't crucify me pls xx I hope this will grow on me but atm feels like this wasn't a great single choice, 'Homemade Dynamite' (Manchester notwithstanding) and 'Supercut' and even just properly pushing 'Sober' instead would all seem like far better options?) Gonna do a second listen now anyway because there were a few songs here that sounded like they need more than one listen to fully appreciate. It's all sounding pretty fab tho. Yas quen
June 16, 20178 yr Hating? Hoe plz I just thought it was okay and overrated and anyway that's not your FAVE of the ENTIRE album is it :'( :kink: you're saved by the fact that your fave is 'Homemade Dynamite' tbh, what a song :wub:
June 16, 20178 yr 2nd listen 'The Louvre' is already hitting me way harder as I hoped. Think I actually prefer this to the singles as well. :heart: edit: also make 'Sober II (Melodrama)' a 9.5/10 :wub: edit2: 'Perfect Places' is growing on me, I'll revise it to 4th worst on the album (ahead of 'Loveless', 'Liability (Reprise)' and 'Hard Feelings') xx not a bad song on here tho, I think this album will grow to actually be a bit better than 'Pure Heroine' on the whole <3 updated album rank: Homemade Dynamite > The Louvre > Green Light > Liability > Writer In The Dark > Sober II (Melodrama) > Supercut > Sober > Perfect Places > Loveless > Liability (Reprise) > Hard Feelings
June 16, 20178 yr 11 Green Light - This is my 2ND favourite song of all time already. 09 Sober 09 Homemade Dynamite 10 The Lourve - CHILLING. IT IS PURE PERFECTION 10 Liability :heart: 07.5 Hard Feelings / 07 Loveless 09 Sober ll (Melodrama) 08 Writer in the Dark 10 Supercut 10 Liability (Reprise) 10 Perfect Places
June 16, 20178 yr Wait! 'Perfect Places' is the 2nd single?! I just assumed it was an instant grat? :o
June 17, 20178 yr "Lorde did 9/11" - legit Jade quote x ('The Louvre' actually might be becoming my fave on the album now, growing a ton more once again on listen 3! :wub:)
June 17, 20178 yr "Lorde did 9/11" - legit Jade quote x ! Oops at that being the first thing that came into my head when you said Lorde Bush x ~ Second listen now and 'Sober II (Melodrama)' is really jumping out at me this time *.*
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