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okay so i never do song or album breakdowns basically ever but the opinions on this album are so polarising i have decided to throw my two cents in. i've listened to the album twice and i'm going to listen to the album again while writing this. i personally think this is her best album and considered NFR her best album before this.

the people that aren't reading the spoilers on this thread

this spoiler thing is annoying can we just admit that

I was blessed with beauty and rage...

Leaks have never been particularly harmful to her sales wise- her fans do purchase the music though they leak everything. it’s almost tradition at this point.

you know the album's powerful when it's causing people to unstan

The album's not delayed. It was a clitch on iTunes. Damn gays are fast at spreading fake info.

Need a hug

This album makes the world feel so soft, warm, beautiful and delicated.

Tulsa Jesus Freak 2:59

Hot take

shouldve named this album Not all who wander are lost or Wanderlust and used the neil cover i dont see the connection between Chemtrails title and all of the other songs

some of you guys really needed to stop stanning like three eras ago why are some of you even still holding out

only cool bitches can appreciate COCC, it is known

goodbye!

on a different note i hate the whole intense moral superiority stance some people take with leaks. the moral/ethical issue is NOT with the people who listen (especially if they listen to the album when it's released and/or buy physical copies), it's with those who LEAKED it in the first place and spread the links around

now im sooo thankful we didnt get the 30sec previews, it would ruin the whole experience

Do U guys think she’s a candle in the wind

salvatore has thoughts and salvatore has feelings salvatore has connections salvatore found meanings salvatore is writing and salvatore is □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□

why does let me love you like a wombat hit different all of a sudden we could get lost in the purple rain!!!!

as much as Jack has given us some of her best songs and im grateful that he got her the acclaim she deserves last era i really do think it’s time that she moves on from him now

Y’all really think a woman pushing 40 is gonna venture into the lolita/daddy issues aesthetic/sound again? It’s never gonna happen Tiffany ever ever. It’s clear she wants to have a legacy like Joan/Joni which is more along the lines of singer/songwriter.

I know hating on Jack is cool and while he's not my favorite either denying his work with Lana turns out well is far too much... They made crazy good songs together such as Venice Bitch, Norman, COTCC, The Greatest, White Dress, Mariners, and the list goes on. That being said, I would like her to change the producer for the next album too.

white dress <3

i just read so many pages clicking millions of spoiler thingies djdjdjjfjh but i can't stop thinking about how i love all your posts about the album! it gives me such a special feeling listening to it and reading all your beautiful posts simultaneously. especially @Lustformoney and @electra

OMFG

in the context of the album, the ugly picnic cover makes even less sense why lana why. The neil cover fits perfectly

omg just realized we passed the NFR pre release thread by a lot too! And there was a goal to get to 4000 on there. Let's get to work gays and gals.

thank you all so much! i think there's a lot of different opinions on what the "good" and "bad" tracks are but honestly this is an extremely finely made selection of works that are all beautiful with redeeming qualities. i couldn't put them in a specific order because i think as time goes on and we digest this album opinions will definitely change. i don't know if other people relate to this, but with certain fantastic albums you just go through phases where every song is the best. i can't wait to see the critical response. i had a great feeling about NFR and i have a greater feeling about this album. i genuinely think this will be a discography staple / classic. every damn time she releases an album we think "this is it, she can't get better than this" - and she just fucking does it? mojo didn't lie when headlined the article "it's dangerous on the edges". she's somehow only ever on the up and up, i wonder at what point she's really going to fall? this completely shattered my expectations from her. she hit ranges we never knew she could hit. an instant classic.

i'm going to say this publicly for anyone whose not listened or is holding out: please listen to the album as a whole when you finally decide to or are able to. go in completely blind and destroy all of your perceptions of lana del rey.

BTD was released 9 years ago, time to move on and accept that Lana is past that era and is now blooming as an artist and a real singer-songwriter and it’s what she was always meant to be

This is her coolest album since honeymoon, I love the erratic weird energy

if literally anyone from her record label saw there was an entire thread dedicated to talking about her album leaks this place would be gone so fast

born to die has had its time. she was 25 when she made that record now she's 35, she's grown and mature and doesn't want to write gangsta boyfriend lolita shit with all that overproduction. we have to accept she'd rather just do stripped acoustic/ballad stuff so if you're looking for btd in present day lana you might as well just not even bother listening to her new stuff

In all seriousness, as much as I love Lana, I've never cried with any of her songs. And that changed with this album. Even if I don't relate to the lyrics, the way she sings them... the way she tells her story, it's so touching. I might not like the entire album as a whole, but the few songs I do like have hit me like nothing has had in a long time I can't believe her power.

....the leak happened at the right time.. Today was a horrible day lana is all I have. Nothing to look forward to otherwise.

me the second the album was finished

It's actually very inspired, with much more personality than NFR and an actual grower