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- Summary: The New Zealand pop star's third studio album finds her working again with producer Jack Antonoff. For environmental reasons, she has opted against a physical CD release in favor of a digital download.
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- Record Label: Republic
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 16 out of 27
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Mixed: 11 out of 27
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Negative: 0 out of 27
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Aug 19, 2021This is an album that grows in quiet stature with every listen, new nuggets of wisdom making their way to the surface, peeking through its beautiful instrumentation that weaves a stunning, leafy tapestry. Few artists strike gold on every record they create but, for the third time in a row, Lorde has done it again, crafting yet another world-beater.
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Aug 20, 2021Does the drastic gear shift work? It does, although there’s no avoiding that it may divide a previous fan base that looked at her widow’s peak and imagined they saw a dagger. ... But small things like this are quibbles in the face of how well Lorde has pulled off one of the more difficult stunts in pop music: making a happy album that’s a good album.
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Aug 21, 2021The elegance of Solar Power is in its warmth, how you can put it on and not pay much attention to its details, and still catch yourself hitting replay.
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Aug 19, 2021[A] curiously low-key album ... These are weird, spare, twisty-turny psych-folk tunes, many of them without the propulsive beats that used to drive Lorde’s music; most of the time, she’s simply layering her fluttering, slightly raspy vocals over Antonoff’s noodly electric guitar in a way that recalls Nico’s 1967 cult classic “Chelsea Girl,” of all things.
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Aug 26, 2021If 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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Aug 19, 2021It sounds utterly gorgeous, and perhaps this laid-back, stripped-down folksy bent is part of a generational pop shift, echoing the intimate minimalism of Billie Eilish – but I have my doubts. ... Lorde’s lyrics are still acute, her singing superb, her songs beguiling, but her perspective has shifted from every-girl outsider to over-privileged solipsist. Solar Power is underpowered and unlikely to set the world on fire.
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Aug 19, 2021Solar Power finds Lorde swapping her trademark directness for tuneless detachment.
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Positive: 461 out of 566
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Mixed: 42 out of 566
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Negative: 63 out of 566
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Aug 20, 2021Amazing comeback after 4 years. The path is a great opening song, fallen fruit&dominoes &mood ring are the highlists for me
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Aug 20, 2021
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Aug 20, 2021This album is so awesome! She makes my day peaceful! "Mood Ring" is the best track.
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Aug 23, 2021
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Sep 6, 2021boring. people only act like they like it cuz it’s lorde. stream dangerous woman!
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