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My ranking would be like
UV/Honeymoon. (was always UV but I really feel HM in my soul lately and I can’t choose)
Norman Fucking Rockwell.
Paradise.
Born To die.
Lust For Life.
AKA. (Don’t come for me please)

I think HTD redeems itself in the last verse where it all builds up tbh but I do wish she repeated the last line (I’m always going to be right here, no ones going anywhere) twice like she did I’m the live version

Why do y'all care so much about Fantano's score? Does it count for MC? If not
 

 
and even if it does I don't like his avocado head nor his pretentious ass so 

Just finished another run through and I'm getting California now, especially if you apply the Barrie narrative, the lyrics kill. Bartender is definitely the belle of the ball, shes beautiful and a little sultry. And TNBAR is honestly still great, lyrics work hard for me on a strangely specific personal level and when those plates drop wheeewww I wanna throw something with her. This is an ALBUM!

The Other Woman slander? On MY Lanaboards.com?

Guns and Roses is the deluxe version - I mean standard. And The Other Woman is stunning, girl. The production and vocals are out of this world...that's a Nina Simone cover done well.

Warning: I am about to get very personal and severely overshare, so read at your own risk lol
 
The album is absolutely stunning. I’ve just had it on constant repeat. I feel like I have so much to say about it, yet at the same time I’m at a loss for words. It’s really soul-speaking music and it's hitting me extra heavily, especially with everything going on in my life. Lana was right when she called this record “introspective, sad girl shit.” I could cry, and have cried, at every song on this album at some point while it’s playing (except for Doin’ Time, bc that’s just a bop. I did cry during the music video though  )
When California first played, I made it to the end of the first pre-chorus and was automatically in tears. It wasn’t a slow built up cry either where you feel it coming and then it’s one tear and then another before it turns into a full-on cry. No. One second I was completely fine and the very next I was in a full blown sob fest, as if I had just watched someone get shot. I was like, what is happening?? It just hit me instantly. That song speaks way too deeply right now. I kind of flip the lyrics in my head to the opposite point of view and it fits perfectly to part of something that’s been hard with me to deal with, my recent breakup affecting how I’m dealing with the main situation that’s causing me all my troubles (but trust me, the breakup itself is not even the tip of the iceberg of what’s been going on with me lol) 
“You shouldn’t have done it, but you read it in my letter. I said to your friend that I wished I was doing better. I wanted you to reach out, but you didn’t say a thing… if I come back to California, would you hit me up?”
I feel myself about to cry even just writing those lyrics lol. Hate to bore you with the personal details of my dead love life, but my ex lives in California and every couple of months I’d fly out to see her. She’s kind of completely cut me out of her life now, and while I’m going through the undoubtedly hardest point of my life, she’s the only one I want to talk to and help me through it. But I haven’t heard from her in weeks, which I understand why. We’re broken up after all and she made that decision to better her own happiness, which I respect. It just makes it so much harder while I’m going through everything. Anyway on to the next sob fest I’ve created, out of The Greatest…
 
Whew. When I first heard the song while watching the video, it was another cry moment (not as intense as California though, that was just insane) But I’m sure by what I’ve just described, you can tell why I was also crying then…
“I’m wasted. Don’t leave, I just need a wake-up call. I’m facing the greatest loss of them all. The culture is lit and I had a ball. I guess I’m signing off after all… I want shit to feel just like it used to, when I was doing nothing most of all.”
Of course this relates to the breakup portion I’m going through, but to continue to overshare and get way too personal, I really am going through the greatest loss of them all, because right now I’ve lost so much.  Of course I have to mourn the loss of my relationship, but also a sense of safety, security, many of my friends, a job I loved, care and respect for my own self, and all of my happiness… (but hey, I also finally lost the 5 pounds I gained over the past 2 years I’d been wanting to get rid of!) & then the last part I included from one of the verses because when I met my ex in January 2018, I was literally doing nothing at all lol. I had just quit my job and was just sitting around in my apartment in Brooklyn all day. When we met she was on her winter break of college, so we’d literally Facetime for three days straight. That initial honeymoon phase, y’know? But it’s the last line of the chorus that hits me the hardest of all. It’s a lot I’m going through right now, and I also haven’t had the cleanest thoughts all the while (sorry for everyone I scared via my Twitter) so this song also really hits close like California does. I feel like I ghostwrote it lol.
 
To get less personal, I’m absolutely in love with Cinnamon Girl. It was the song I was most excited for, and it was definitely worth the wait. It’s my favourite, like I expected it to be. Her vocals in this song are just spectacular. I love when she goes super high like she does towards the end of the chorus. Stunning. I remember listening to those initial snippets she shared and being floored. I was not let down. That’s kind of how I feel about most of this album… I didn’t have any sort of expectation for it I suppose, but I’m blown away. Even the songs that I was least excited for based on her snippets like California & Norman Fucking Rockwell both ended up in my top 5. I can’t say there’s a song I truly dislike. It’s a beautifully done album, and it’ll be a favourite forever. The only thing I’m upset about, and I was just talking to a friend about this, is the time it was released, and that’s just a me thing. I so badly wished this album was released in May or June or something, before all this happened. I just know I’m always going to tie this record to this part of my life, so it’ll be difficult to listen to in the future if I ever get out of this slump. For example, during the (now second) worst point of my life, FROOT was released and now I can’t listen to that record. It just brings me back to that time and it makes me feel uneasy to listen to. Music is really powerful in that sense for me, it can really transport me to past times in my life and I think that’s how I end up appreciating music in it’s longevity. Part of the reason UV & LFL rank so high for me in terms of Lana records is because not only are they amazing albums, but they were both released in the middle of the best points of my life –  2017 & 2014. So, I just wish I was still in a happier time and mindset when this album was released so I could have different memories tied to it later on, but I do really appreciate that it’s helping to guide me through this point I’m in right now, if that makes sense.
 
 
Here’s my song ranking:
Cinnamon Girl
The Greatest
California
Norman Fucking Rockwell
Happiness is a Butterfly
Hope (iadtfawlmthbihi)
Venice Bitch
Doin' Time
Fuck it I Love You
Mariners Apartment Complex
Bartender
Love Song
The Next Best American Record
How to Disappear
 
This is of course subject to change though. I’ve listened to the album about 15 times through so far, so this is just my initial ranking. Especially with those last 5 songs, those are all kind of interchangeable for me right now. I’m confident with my “holy trinity” though – those will probably always stay my top 3, with NFR following as #4. I can genuinely say though, there's not a single song on this album that I dislike or consider a skip. Those at the bottom of my NFR list could rank much higher than a good portion of songs from other albums.
 
 
Here’s how NFR fits into my album ranking:
UV > AKA > NFR > LFL > BTD > HM > P
 
I’ll be very surprised if anything ever tops UV & AKA for me, so I’m very pleased to have NFR as #3. (and before anyone drags me for having LFL above BTD/HM/&P, it’s an amazing record! & also as I mentioned earlier, I think it’s also just because it was released during the best year of my life and I tie it to good memories.)
 
 
 
Whew that was an essay and probably way more than you asked for lol. But yes, those are my thoughts!! x

california is so breathtaking, like i'm sorry but yall realize LANA DEL REY released a song called CALIFORNIA and gave us a timeless, heartbreaking desperate-love love ballad touching every note of classic rock, invoking the state's evergreen tropes and nostalgia to then lace it through the entire piece……… or………………….. lana del rey, norman fucking rockwell! (2019), "california". a reference to be distantly admired for the rest of time. 
 
every time i hit this song again i have to clench my…..…teeth. fist.

this is fucking perfect

How To Dissapear playing right after Love Song and Cinnamon Girl knowing it just ruined a holy trinity concept

thinking about it a lot today and it's so weird to see but heartwarming at the same time that lana is so appreciated today - especially after this album release.
i remember being on twitter in like 2012-2014 when there was very little praise for her and i don't really recall that many people being nice about her or her music,
or people were always criticising her. it makes so emotional because now, she has so many fans and she's so loved, people are truly appreciating her and her art.
 
i'm SAD but in the best way 

VB is THAT song. It Inspired other artists to recreate music like that. It puts you into a trance and you can get lost into it and just forget all your worries...perfect for a long drive or while laying in a hammock by the sea in hot summer sun sipping Cherry Coke hehee..
Also it's really a defining move for her..to put her foot down against her label and release a 10 min song with so much instrumentals..knowing damn well that it wont chart mostly due to its length

My favourite part of Love Song is the outro where she sings
 
The taste, the touch, the way we love
It all comes to to make the sound of our
Love Song
 

Bartender doesn't really sound like any other Lana song. She's a unique bitch and will hopefully grow on people.

Bartender is in my top 5

Only intellectuals like bartender

Marine has no fans,she's useless. Aritana and Camela on the other hand

Yeah where's Marina promoting Lana like Lana did back when she released Homemade Heaven? 

I'm pretty sure she called it that herself in one of her interviews. There have been so many that I don't remember which one, though. 

I actually can't stop listening to TNBAR. The demo lyrics are still objectively better but I'm kind of digging the new ones. The way she sings I just want to party with you is so lizzy grant sultry idk TNBAR feels like an unexpected sad hoe anthem 

Went to Spain on a vacation and I couldn’t keep up with the thread. Now I’m trying to but I’m dying to share my thoughts on the album. I love almost every song on it but How To Disappear. Seriously, what were they thinking? They’ve ruined such a beautiful song with amazing lyrics.. I much prefer the live version. It’s Coachella all over again.
 
Venice Bitch, California and Love song are the holy trinity of this record in my opinion. I’ve heard a lot of negative reviews about Love song but it just sounds so intimate and when she sings “I would like to think that you would stick around- you know that I’d just die to make you proud” it makes me so emotional. I cried the first time listening to these lyrics.
 
Cinnamon was very underwhelming to me.. maybe because we already almost had the whole track before it’s release. I like the outro but I wish there were more lines we haven’t heard already.
 
Ps. As I’m writing this, HTD started playing: I actually love the intro.. it sounds fun. But the second half is just unbearable with the jingle bells all over it and you can barely hear her voice. Wtf

Went to Spain on a vacation and I couldn’t keep up with the thread. Now I’m trying to but I’m dying to share my thoughts on the album. I love almost every song on it but How To Disappear. Seriously, what were they thinking? They’ve ruined such a beautiful song with amazing lyrics.. I much prefer the live version. It’s Coachella all over again.
 
Venice Bitch, California and Love song are the holy trinity of this record in my opinion. I’ve heard a lot of negative reviews about Love song but it just sounds so intimate and when she sings “I would like to think that you would stick around- you know that I’d just die to make you proud” it makes me so emotional. I cried the first time listening to these lyrics.
 
Cinnamon was very underwhelming to me.. maybe because we already almost had the whole track before it’s release. I like the outro but I wish there were more lines we haven’t heard already.
 
Ps. As I’m writing this, HTD started playing: I actually love the intro.. it sounds fun. But the second half is just unbearable with the jingle bells all over it and you can barely hear her voice. Wtf

All the basic cherry emoji g*ys overhyping cinnamon just like they did with cherry

If he is a serial killer
Then what's the worst, that could happen to a girl
Who's already hurt
I'm already hurt
 

K guys so I'm still processing but I have some thoughts I just wanna chime in with. I was shaken to my core the first few listens but I think I've calmed down enough so it's not just the excitement talking.
 
I was NOT READY for the entire final 1:30 of Cinnamon Girl. Like, I cannot handle it, it could have gone so wrong but it was just enough. Those swelling string synth shits try to pull teardrops from my eyes, and one of these days it'll happen.
 
Oh OK those drums in California that kick in right at the front around the 2nd verse (is that when?) shot me in the chest.
 
LOL I avoided most commentary on the pre-release thread but knew that everyone hated How To Disappear. I'd never heard even the live performance of it so I went in totally blind. Once I heard the chorus I was like "OMG, this is the one everyone hates???" It's cheap and reductive at times but also so cheeky and a bit clever, it made me laugh.
 
And ok this is lame, but I love Bartender especially because it makes me feel seen. I'm a recovering alcoholic who quit drinking almost 4 years ago, and even though I don't miss drinking, I miss the camaraderie I used to have at bars. And whenever I'm out with others, I get Coke with cherry syrup to drink. So like obviously the lines "Baby remember? I'm not drinking wine... but the cherry Coke you serve is fine," really got me. My girl gets it. <3