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Why do we think CN hasn't leaked? Is there a reason, or is it just random?

Fair enough; I think they missed a lot of the better parts of the album. What they didn't mention is how different musically OC is from everything else she's done. Thanks for posting.

I like IMF too, a lot.

I agree. These ballads, while amazing, are clearly more what people expect from her. The critics will love the new forms she’s working with.

I think she now realizes she doesn’t have to stick to standard forms, structures, and formats, a la ‘Arcadia,’ ‘Wild At Heart,’ or ‘LMLYLAW.’ She started experimenting with VB, and I think that’s her future for the time being. Obviously she’s done very well doing that here.

I think you will lose your wig. It’s spectacular and unprecedented in her catalog. It does ‘go forward,’ which many felt COCC and BB did not, but it goes sideways as well. It is really different from anything she’s done. It’s a new Lana.

Too much urbanization is the end of them.

I lived in North Miami Beach, which had plenty of toads at night, especially in rainy, humid weather, and also in Ormond Beach, where, at night, we would turn on the lights in the kitchen and there would be a handful of tree frogs clinging to the glass of the windows, with their white bellies forward and their green backs turned away from us. As you've probably heard, the 'wetlands' they need to survive are drying up in many areas, thus culling the population. In Ormond Beach, it used to be that, at night, you could barely sleep due to all the sounds the frogs and toads made at night.

I agree. So far, I don't see what they add.

YES, except for 'Candy Necklace.'

Yes! Exactly!

Spooky and beautiful.

Crack. You're in for a real treat. And CN may leak at any moment. Personally, I'm not getting too hyped about CN alone, lest it be a bud. Everything we heard last night was a very pleasant surprise, and, in my opinion, a creative success sure to win her a lot of critical applause.

Many here say they love it!

Nor do I, though I like the VB ending. But I don’t understand the point.

I think, after COCC and BB and the often muted reactions from fans, Stans, and critics, Lana knew it was time to break the mold, something we had already seen signs of on VB, ‘White Dress,’ and a very few others.

My Aunt Rita, a Franciscan nun for all of her adult life, just passed away suddenly, so this album, in both its beauty and its family themes, is coming to me at exactly the right time.

I like Fishtails. Hopefully the other party meant it in a good way.