ParadiseFreak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibvUB2dFsHw

#oldschoolfanwarning 1. Paradise - while it's not a perfect release, any album with Ride, Gods & Monsters, Cola, Body Electric is gonna top my list. I wish she had included a few more songs of the era (Y&B etc) to make it a proper album and not just a BTD side-piece. 2. Ultraviolence - Probably her best proper album. No skippable songs. 3. Honeymoon - Although the songwriting might be one notch below UV, the production is probably my favorite of her career. 4. Born to Die - uneven, but the highlights are still some of her best songs. 5. Lust for Life - also very uneven, but with a couple highlights (in my feelings, heroin) 6. Norman Fucking Rockwell - i'm not a fan of how this record sounds over-all, but there's a few highlights for me (fiily, the greatest, title-track) 7. Chemtrails - She was really losing me on this record. A couple highlights, but I haven't gone back to the album since the first month it came out. 8. DYKTTATUOB - Listened to it once and haven't re-listened. It's sad to see my connection with her music dying on the vine. 9. Blue Banisters - Listened once the day it came out, never listened again.

not sure if there's another thread for this... but just saw this 4/5 star review: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/lana-del-rey-ocean-blvd-album-review/

- ride - born to die - honeymoon - cruel world - nfr - white dress - love - the grants - text book had to relisten to text book for the first time since that album came out. unless the rest of Ocean Blvd is really good and requires full album listens, i have a feeling the grants is not gonna get any more plays from me. but these top 4 i could listen to all day every day.

Black Beauty

Courtney Love: “Lana and Kurt are the Only Two True Musical Geniuses I’ve Ever Known” https://www.stereogum.com/2209187/courtney-love-lana-del-rey-nirvana-brad-pitt/news/

I need a Tropico Part 2

finally picking up the pink vinyl for bandcampfriday today https://shanetutmarc.bandcamp.com/album/televangelist-3

Not a ton of thought went into this - just 20 movies that I love that popped in my head. 1. Vertigo 2. Double indemnity 3. Amadeus 4. Adaptation 5. Back to the Future 6. Rear Window 7. Memento 8. Edward Scissorhands 9. True Romance 10. Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life 11. Sunset Boulevard 12. Sin City 13. Magnolia 14. Wild At Heart 15. The Shining 16. The Apartment 17. Citizen Kane 18. Boogie Nights 19. Touch of Evil 20. The Game

I probably have done this before, seeing that the thread goes back 4 years. But I'm a sucker for a list, and she's recently released new music that needs to be added (to the bottom of the list) 1. Paradise 2. Honeymoon 3. Ultraviolence 4. Born to Die 5. Lust for Life 6. NFR 7, Chemtrails 8. Blue Banisters

this whole album is so good. It definitely helped me deal with chemtrails not being it.

Yeah, that and her sudden flurry of posts just before her SM exodus video make me think it was a very sudden decision. Not planned out at all. Like many people have said before, why not just take a personal break from SM, why delete the accounts ??‍♂️

The suspense of whether or not her b00bz or pu$$y would pop out was the drama I needed today

It really feels like Lana wasn’t proud of COTCC, otherwise why would she ruin that era by announcing another album. Especially after what a rocky roll out COTCC had been with delays and false cancelled projects (American standards ? Summertime ?). She’s definitely made it hard to stay engaged with these last few years.

I'm sure this is all explained somewhere... but I would love a Cliff Notes breakdown on what we know about Lana/Clay breakup. Has either party acknowledged the breakup, or is it all reading between the lines? Again, sorry for my ignorance.

1. Tropico 2. Ride 3. National Anthem 4. Born to Die 5. Ultraviolence

100%. I'm also tired of everything being in falsetto /head voice. Missing her low voice of the early records. When she would occasionally sing high on the early albums it had a big impact, because she used it sparingly. Now everything is up in that range and there's less dynamics.

I know his wife and she wouldn't mind

Plus there was Season of the Witch, which along with Looking for America got kinda lost between NFR singles/album release.

I think you might be the first person I've ever seen describe early Lana as "upbeat." My favorite albums of hers are Paradise, Ultraviolence and Honeymoon. All pretty *light* on the "upbeat." What I miss is the dark cinematic sound of those records. I think it has a lot to do with the production, but also her lyrics feel more throwaway these days too.