- Artist
- Lorde
- Album
- Solar Power
Based on 9 reviews from outlets we track. Scores run 40 to 90.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clash | 9/10 | 90 | “Few people make music like Lorde does. Leaving significant gaps between records, her releases have come to punctuate the ends of eras, her life mirroring” |
| Paste | 7.7/10 | 77 | “Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.” |
| musicOMH | 3.5/5 | 70 | “The New Zealander's third album finds her wrestling with her past, relationships, and the idea of what a pop star should be” |
| Slant | 3.5/5 | 70 | “On 'Solar Power,' Lorde presents herself as a pop star in exile, one who’s rejected fame and all of its material trappings.” |
| Riff Magazine | 7/10 | 70 | “Existential worries and the death of loved ones have taken a toll on Lorde. The change is reflected on 'Solar Power,' even if she plays it off as sarcasm.” |
| Pitchfork | 6.8/10 | 68 | “Read Anna Gaca’s review of the album.” |
| Beats Per Minute | 65% | 65 | “Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s” |
| PopMatters | 6/10 | 60 | “Lorde's Solar Power is a disorganized, hackneyed collection that doesn't deepen her existing body of work but introduces a woman riddled with white privilege.” |
| Spectrum Culture | 40/100 | 40 | “Lorde has always been a master of balancing satire and vulnerability, which makes her “summer album” all the more disappointing in how uneventfully she drops the ball on executing her…” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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