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and an INCREDIBLE one! we needed a quick ass shake to get settled in before the rest of the album

The Trio honestly fits so well I can't believe people are still acting like it doesn't It's a perfect little gut punch after announcing her pained departure in Arcadia before the deep dive she takes in Black Bathing Suit.

Round N Round instrumental (lossless): https://we.tl/t-cFc5XCzMzN Round N Round (lossless): https://we.tl/t-dWmXgOq7rI

Blue Banisters actually ages like good wine. While I was realyl excited about it when it came out, I was unsure whether I'd like it on the long run. But right now, I reeeeally enjoy listening to it

Love that we got Dealer immediately on the next record after we found out about it. Could have been like Yosemite where we waited two album cycles later, or worse…

her janet era

the trio interlude, dealer and moments like the BBS and LL outros are what make this album so interesting to me. They give it life tbh.

i love the trio and dealer, i think if it weren't for them the album would sound too long winded and one tone, it adds a dash of pop and energy imo

Easyfun x Charli - Bullets (Rough demo): https://we.tl/t-cMhulXXERP Easyfun - Bullets: https://we.tl/t-0T1DZkkSAu Edit: I didn't leak these

I like COCC better than Blue Banisters.

I remember driving around town, seeing the posters for West Coast on billboards and I knew that she was about to release something pretty game changing. The day West Coast dropped; I knew she was on a different level than the rest of the girls

It's one of the best songs she ever made and a lot of people aren't ready for that conversation.

Around the paradise tour I think it was just kinda organically headed that way anyway , but it was very satisfying. Like , other than the mystique of the honeymoon era, the utter Fire she was on during this era was insane. And then obviously with the untouchables leaking we kinda spoiled it anyways

critics about BB with 15 songs: Ugh! Too many songs and some are recycled. Nothing much new. critics about re-recorded Red (Taylor's Version) from 2012 with 30 songs: What a pleasure!

Blue Banisters is like a fine wine to me. Of course I loved it when it came out, but after this first month or so, it's become an album I see aspects of my own life in. It hits deeper now. And oddly enough, I can't help but wonder if the sharp changes and juxtapositions in sound throughout the album were done on purpose because of the time period(s) the songs were written about. This is probably her most personal record along with Ultraviolence in my opinion. It's just so beautiful. Even the tracks that aren't in my top five or anything are tracks that I adore.

Spliff in My Ear (Instrumental) also leaked: https://dbree.org/v/7524d9

Tbh I don't find the font thaaat ugly and it's at least creative... Anyway True demo leaked

I think it has to do with making the vinyl pressing cheaper and quicker, so they only had to make a new master disc for 5 songs instead of the whole album

I still have hope that maybe she’ll cover this some day; I could hear Jack and Lana killing this in a studio. The whole notion of a woman who—no matter how close you think you are to her—will always hide away her own inner world like that of a secret garden is just so Lana, and c’mon, it’s Springsteen!

I've been thinking about this for a moment. I feel like had Lana done things differently with 'Chemtrails' it would've gotten a different, perhaps more positive response from the fans. Imagine had she release the album as a surprise, didn't announce it in that post, cut both 'Let Me Love You Like A Woman' and 'For Free' and present the album as some sort of sister/companion EP to 'NFR!', or like her favourite songs from the so called 'NFR!' sessions or something; I honestly think it would've been lowkey perfect and more appreciated. I still enjoy most of the album a great deal, but I get why it's being underappreciated. ETA: Use a different picture for the cover, even though I know the COCC cover discourse has been beaten to death. I'm still underwhelmed by both the official and alternate cover.

Putting The Trio on the album, especially after Arcadia, was a CHOICE. Does not fit the vibe at all.

BB is not aging good for me </3

It was just perfect for me I was truly blown away, and it really solidified me as a stan. I was on LB during that time so I can just look at some of my old posts About the UV title track: About BTD vs UV:

cocc title track is the definition of a grower and it's one of her best title tracks

'The Other Woman' IS her best cover.

honeymoon

Made It (feat. Ester Dean) https://dbree.org/v/19597a Favour (feat. Ester Dean) https://dbree.org/v/16461a Piano Drums (feat. Kelly Rowland) https://dbree.org/v/a2b4b3

Here's my Marina ranking: 1. Froot 2. The Family Jewels 3. Electra Heart 4. Ancient Dreams 5. Love + Fear

guess we’re ranking albums again TFJ>EH>FROOT>ADIAML>L+F I can agree with that top 3 in any order but ADIAML and L+F aren’t touching those 3 albums

I think Chemtrails is my personal favourite record of hers in a different way, in a way that’s not necessarily synonymous with what I think her best record is (because she does have a considerable number of records that you could argue are her magnum opus)—I think Chemtrails is the record that best represents who I am, so I think I resonate with it so closely. The lyrics to songs like White Dress and Chemtrails Over the Country Club eerily echo parts of my experiences that I consider to be formative and beautiful, so it’s really a record I feel in my bones lol. And experiencing its release with everyone here and during the height of the pandemic (where I am, at least) was really fun! It offered a reprieve from everything that was going on at the time.

WHY IS SHE TAKING SO LONG?

Breaking Up Slowly is one of the best songs off Chemtrails.

I saw someone post a link to Noir on Twitter and listened to it. Then Backfire popped up in the "watch next" tab on Youtube and I fell down a rabbit hole from there

so so true exactly. you’re so right and you should be able to say it!

The leaked version of that song is apparently a demo which is produced by Sophie.

OG file for Stripper & Waterpump https://wetransfer.com/downloads/bf285282447fb97d393386a39d5f2a3a20211128155037/1dc07e

yes!! and lana never fails to surprise me– i really thought dealer was going to be a super dark, diamanda galas esque song based on her description and it is really something else entirely. her mind...

TFJ worse than ADIAML?

The run from Arcadia through to Thunder... Damnnnnn Might be my favourite album run from her since Ultraviolence's first half...

That spot will always belong to Lust for Life I think. I listened to this album for the first time in weeks when my vinyl finally arrived a few days ago. It still sounds fresh to me. My top 2 Lana albums are NFR and UV while LFL is last but other than that I find her albums so hard to rank. They are all pretty equal to me

I have to agree with others here. I find that BB has a lot of replay value and I often find myself constantly going back to listen to it. With NFR and COCC, I pretty much stopped listening to it a week after their release. I just don't know what's so different about this album, but it's very solid. Also upon further reflection, I think Lana shouldn't have included The Trio on the album because it's too jarring to be placed with the other songs. I would prefer if she put it on an album where the rest of the songs are in keeping with the whole vibe and sound of The Trio. I'm still eagerly waiting for her spaghetti western magnum opus!

i'm dying to hear her logic behind this one. it's the same energy as tbh not that i mind troll lana

ordered my colbalt chemtrailsss i was fucking panicked on friday bc i was at disneyworld and trying to load like 100 stores online to see who had stock and i ended up finding it on sunday lmao

UV is what really made me become a stan! I loved BTD but I still didn't consider myself that much of a fan, but when West Coast and Shades of Cool came out.. I remember being so hooked up, I'd listen to them all the time and I was in love with the West Coast video. I was only 14/15 years old so I don't remember that much but I wish I could experience it again

BtD was my pre-teens album and it suited that period perfectly . When i entered my teens i started listening to more alt and rock music . So when I found out about WC I was left speechless . I still believe that it is if not the best one of her most well crafted songs . Mainstream artists could only dream of making that song in that period . After that song I was pretty sure that the album would be a masterpiece . I used to listen to the entire album multiple times a day and really appreciate it’s greatness during my summer holidays . From the imagery to the music everything was so spot on. She was unstoppable in that period . I still believe that she has to revisit the genre and expand that soundscape because it definitely suits her so much .

the second half of sweet carolina is so beautiful

Lust for Life is a great album with a terrible tracklist order

i was SO excited– i'd become a fan during BTD era but hated the production on the songs. it was clear to me that lana was really talented but i didn't vibe with the sound of the songs. when UV dropped i was in heaven– it was everything i could've wanted from lana and more. i remember west coast dropping and being like ????? this is gold!

this entire deluxe is so damn good, she really delivered perfectly. every song is so good.

That Marina font is just so ugly, like how did they end up choosing this mess it ruins the cover for me everytime