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Melodrama track ranking

11. Liability (Reprise) (Track #10)
Score: 23 (Average Rank: 9.91/11)
Biggest Fan(s): changmas (#7)
Biggest Detractor(s): CasanovaZelos, firefdr, ZaziGuado, MetalmindStats, Seanchan (#11)

ZaziGuado: I can appreciate what they were going for here, it just falls a little short for me.

10. Writer in the Dark (Track #8)
Score: 45 (Average Rank: 8/11)
Biggest Fan(s): VeryInsane (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin, Johnbobb (#11)

ZaziGuado: I really don't like the lyric "bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark" because the in the dark portion seems so superfluous, but everything else about this song is on point, especially that damn chrous. That upper register she hits is simultaneously beautiful and grating in its shrillness which is fully intended as a compliment. I also like how the strings conclude rather than fade out to end the song. I've never been a fan of fading out to end a song.

9. Sober II (Melodrama) (Track #7)
Score: 49 (Average Rank: 7.55/11)
Biggest Fan(s): ZaziGuado, MetalmindStats (#4)
Biggest Detractor(s): VeryInsane (#11)

ZaziGuado: This song is sneaky super good. I wish it was just plainly the title track rather than being linked to one of the weaker tracks on the album, though. It feels like Lorde at her most bitter here. The verses are super biting here.

8. Liability (Track #5)
Score: 58 (Average Rank: 7.09/11)
Biggest Fan(s): changmas, Raetsel_Lapin (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): HBJDubs (#11)

ZaziGuado: I have very few gripes with this song. The verses and chorus are both great. I think Lorde does pop better than somber piano ballad, but she's definitely not bad at it and this is an upper tier song on the album.

7. Hard Feelings/Loveless (Track #6)
Score: 66 (Average Rank: 6.27/11)
Biggest Fan(s): SpikeSetsFire (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): CasanovaZelos (#9)

ZaziGuado: This song should've been split up. The two parts are so distinct and being connected ends up dragging both down. There's even a pause between the two sections! Hard Feelings is the weakest part. It's not bad, but the issue is I enjoy Loveless more so the entire time during Hard Feelings I'm just waiting to reach Loveless and don't really want to talk about Hard Feelings which is just pretty okay. The sing-songy bratty playground style of Loveless is a fun ride.

6. Sober (Track #2)
Score: 67 (Average Rank: 6/11)
Biggest Fan(s): MetalmindStats (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): ZaziGuado (#10)

ZaziGuado: Sober is another song that never truly gets off the ground for me. It's amazing how much I enjoy this album and how often I'm willing to listen to it despite it taking a couple of songs to really get going. The horns here are fun, though. I don't dislike the song at all, it's just not a good handshake for the beginning of the album.

5. Perfect Places (Track #11)
Score: 81 (Average Rank: 5.45/11)
Biggest Fan(s): ZaziGuado (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): SpikeSetsFire (#11)

ZaziGuado: Without a doubt the best song on the album. I've wanted to say other songs had the best chorus or pre-chorus or was most catchiest or anything, but I couldn't with Perfect Places lingering. The chorus is so damn explosive and cathartic. How this song didn't take over the airwaves is beyond me. It feels like an anthem for a generation. Minor gripe is I wish the second verse had as much meat as the first one did. It just seems to limp into the chorus again.

4. Homemade Dynamite (Track #3)
Score: 81 (Average Rank: 5.27/11)
Biggest Fan(s): firefdr (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): changmas (#11)

ZaziGuado: Ah here is where we start going places. Great chorus and great flow on the verses. I've always been a fan of verses that weave in and out of rapid fire lyrics. And as an aside, I also don't hate the remix of this song that you can find out there with Khalid and other popular mainstream acts.

3. Green Light (Track #1)
Score: 109 (Average Rank: 3.73/11)
Biggest Fan(s): CasanovaZelos, SpikeSetsFire, HBJDubs (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): changmas, ZaziGuado (#9)

ZaziGuado: Something about this song has just never clicked with me and I think it has to do with the lyrics and their delivery. I'm not really able to break it down. It's still an enjoyable listen, though.

2. Supercut (Track #9)
Score: 111 (Average Rank: 3.27/11)
Biggest Fan(s): MetalmindStats, Seanchan, Johnbobb (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): firefdr (#6)

ZaziGuado: The pre-chorus parts are the star here, as well as the bridge. Probably the best bridge on the album. I think it can be considered a bridge. Song construction often eludes me. If I was a decision-maker, I'd have pushed for this to be the lead single from the album. The premise of the song is a neat one as well. Takes too long to end, though.

1. The Louvre (Track #4)
Score: 113 (Average Rank: 3.45/11)
Biggest Fan(s): changmas, Raetsel_Lapin, VeryInsane (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): MetalmindStats, HBJDubs (#9)

ZaziGuado: Fuck this song is great. I could do without the boom boom boom parts, but everything else is fantastic. These are probably Lorde's best verses on the album, especially that second one. I could also do without the fade out, but it's good enough. I just want more of the meat of the song.