The Architect (Paloma Faith album)

The Architect is the fourth studio album by British singer Paloma Faith, released by Sony Music Entertainment on 17 November 2017. The Architect is Faith's most commercially successful release to date. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 40,000 copies, marking her first chart-topping album and the highest opening sales of her career. Despite its late release, the album ranked as the 14th best-selling album in the UK for 2017, with only P!nk outselling her among female solo artists that year. It continued its commercial success into 2018, remaining within the year's top 20 best-sellers and re-entering the UK Top 40 following the release of the Zeitgeist Edition in November 2018.

The album features several singles, including "Crybaby", "Guilty", "'Til I'm Done", "Make Your Own Kind of Music", and "Warrior", and includes contributions from artists such as Starsmith, Sia, and Samuel L. Jackson. With The Architect, Faith became only the second woman—after Sade—to have all of her first four studio albums receive BRIT Platinum certification. Critically, the album was well received, earning a Metacritic score of 72 based on mainstream reviews, with praise for its polished production and Faith's signature blend of pop, disco, and R&B.