Vertimus

Could the title be a ‘clever’ way of saying ‘Rock Candy Suite’?

I hope Powers stays out of it. She's a supreme egoist. She thinks that if Lana and all other women don't think exactly like her in all regards, as if they were nothing but defiant reflections of herself, they deserve a public scolding, as if Powers is God herself. Her review and criticism of NFR!--an album I largely didn't care for--was absurd. Powers' name has gone to her head.

Exactly.

In the long run, albums that are remembered and have influence over the decades are usually those that are genuinely critically acclaimed and remain so; COCC has done so well in that regard that I don't think sales really matter a great deal, and most non-Stans probably don't even know the album exists yet. As we all know, Lana's being openly praised by the likes of Joan Baez and Bruce Springsteen..I think she's a lot more pleased with that than with a great deal of sales.

'Tis a near masterpiece: '13 Beaches,' 'WM,' 'WTWWAWWJKD,' 'Summer Bummer,' 'Heroin'....I personally also like 'BPBP' and 'In My Feelings.'

Did Reckless Daughter chime in yet? I don't see anything.

I think WAH is a throwback to the BTD/P era. If it had been written and released then, the production would no doubt be somewhat different, but the essence would be very similar. I love it--I've always liked her lighter 'fun' songs like 'Radio' as well as the gloomier tracks like 'Old Money,' '13 Beaches' and 'The Greatest.' I've been waiting for WAH for a long time without knowing it.

From what I have seen, most of the reviews are very positive. And there’s a great many of them.

Great video, simple but precise, like the song itself. I love how the 'raspy' vocals of WD and repeated towards the end of the album on 'Yosemite.' That bookends the album and can't have been by accident.

Great review!

I agree. Some of them can't write either. They can't think or express themselves except in cliches.

I agree. It's too loose an arrangement. It doesn't add anything to a wonderful but very modest song about humility.

https://www.showbiz411.com/2021/03/18/lana-del-rey-delivers-a-pop-masterpiece-with-hit-laden-hypnotic-new-chemtrails-over-the-country-club "Masterpiece."

I agree. A straight reading of the song by Lana alone would have been preferable, or another arrangement. It's not a happy song, but LDR made it somewhat celebratory. I'm not sure it works.

That's the most intense part of the album, right up there with, or superior to, some other tense moments in LDR tracks, like 'Ultraviolence,' 'Old Money,' 'Heroin' and others.

Has iTunes in the U.S. always said, 'Expected March 21, 2021'? With LDR's records, I've learned to pre-order on iTunes and then wait until I receive an email from iTunes saying, "_______________________ is now ready for download."

Here in the United States iTunes says, "Expected March 21, 2021."

I agree. A truly foolish move, considering what's come before.

if the Louder Than War reviewer thought UV could be described wholly or partially by the words 'gothic depression,' then she can't know much about music. Depression maybe, gothic, no.

I agree completely with the idea, but I don't think COCC the album is made up of outtakes--obviously Y is and perhaps NAYWAL is as well--but if so, they're better than all of NFR!, in my opinion, and the production on COCC is, to me, sterling, whereas on NFR!, it was, on several tracks, a mess. NFR! is my least favorite of her albums, despite the presence of MAC and VB.

I do that routinely. I make my own version of LDR's albums, especially UV and LFL.