Poor Stacy

Well, her label will feel really dumb when they see her first week sales.

The way I've nearly surpassed my total # of streams for Blue Banisters (album) w/ Ocean Blvd (album) in only 1 week of being released.

Not Teen Beats...

lol babe it's not that deep, all i'm saying is that you're wrong. it's all love!!

I wish this were true, but it isn't. I emailed them yesterday about Sputnik and The Quietus. I know a few others emailed about Sputnik, too. The 50 was still added and the other reviews were still left out - they don't care. That said, if y'all haven't emailed Metacritic about The Quietus and Record Collector reviews, feel free to do so, because it's stupid. editorial@metacritic.com

Yeah, no, we don't all hate Fishtail, and it isn't the worst track on the album. But thanks.

That's his loss. Fishtail is in my Top 5. But a 9/10 is a win for the culture. I just know the incel neckbeards and Sputnik dorks are SPIRALING right now.

I'm just happy it only dropped 1 point. 5/10 is a bad score and Sputnik always tries to sabotage her for engagement. I don't understand why the Record Collector review hasn't been added. At this point I'm content with an 81. It's still a great score, but it's interesting how so many pop girls get into the mid-upper 80s so easily nowadays and Lana had to fight to even get to 82 with this brilliant album.

Wait how do yall not know about Urban VPN? It's free, and you don't have to pay anything.

I sent a separate email (from a separate anon account) asking about The Quietus review as well. I'm sure nothing will be changed and the score is only going down as a result, but I'd rather we go down knowing we tried. I also bought two digital copies last night for no reason. God, I stan HARD for this woman...

On second thought, maybe we all should have worded them individually. I sent mine and labeled it 'Inquiry' so at least they'll open it.

They're literally just adding fuel to the fire by their comments. This is what I'm sending -- feel free to use it. I feel like shorter = better, usually. "Hi there, Reaching out because I have concerns regarding the merit of Sputnik Music when it comes to Lana Del Rey. The same Staff reviewer has repeatedly volunteered to review Lana's albums even though he clearly does not like her, and has a pattern of reviewing her albums a week after release, giving them low scores (30, 50) to seemingly lower her Metacritic score. One of the first replies to his review was another Contributor to the site, stating 'Brace yourselves, Twitter is coming'. Additionally, in the replies to the review, they mocked a fan on Twitter who shared a User Review (80), stating "Wait 'til they find out [User's] review doesn't count, but [Staff's] does." This frames their review as a joke, or a ploy for attention/engagement more than anything. There seems to be obvious bias at play here, and it only felt right to point it out. Thanks for taking the time to read this and considering our concerns. Link 1 (50): https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/86624/Lana-Del-Rey-Did-You-Know-That-There’s-a-Tunnel-Under.../ + comments Link 2 (30): https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/83019/Lana-Del-Rey-Chemtrails-Over-The-Country-Club/"

Yeah, all they want is attention, guys. Don't tweet about them.

I haven't written mine yet but I'm all for sending an email if y'all want to. This is basically a draft of what I was thinking - we can add/edit as needed: "Hi there, Reaching out because I have concerns regarding the merit of Sputnik Music when it comes to Lana Del Rey. The same Staff reviewer has repeatedly volunteered to review Lana's albums even though he clearly does not like her, and has a pattern of reviewing her albums a week after release, giving them low scores (30, 50) to seemingly lower her Metacritic score. One of the first replies to his review was another Contributor to the site, stating 'Brace yourselves, Twitter is coming'. Additionally, in the replies to the review, they mocked a fan on Twitter who shared a User Review (80), stating "Wait 'til they find out [User's] review doesn't count, but [Staff's] does." This frames their review as a joke, or a ploy for attention/engagement more than anything. Link 1 (50): https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/86624/Lana-Del-Rey-Did-You-Know-That-There’s-a-Tunnel-Under.../ Link 2 (30): https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/83019/Lana-Del-Rey-Chemtrails-Over-The-Country-Club/ Thanks for taking the time to read this and considering our concerns." We can go from there, though.

It's frustrating because the album deserves higher than an 81 or whatever it ends up with on MC because of biased critics who clearly don't like her volunteering to review her work. She was guaranteed a low score on their site out of the gate. And other positive reviews, like the 100 from Gigwise or the rave review from The Quietus don't even count. In the long run, you're right, it really doesn't matter at all. It's more a frustration w/ sites like Sputnik having "merit" on MC when it's just a forum full of incel neckbeards who hate Lana (and seemingly most female artists). One of the replies from another reviewer is "Brace yourselves, Twitter is coming", which just shows they're doing this for attention. It has nothing to do w/ the quality of the music. It just bugs me. If the site didn't count on aggregate sites I wouldn't care at all.

I think we're pretty much done after this, which is why that same reviewer waited. He did the same thing w/ Chemtrails to lower the score.

Why haven't they added it yet? That's weird.

This reviewer clearly does not like Lana, why would he continue to review her albums? It's so transparent and pathetic. That site should not hold any weight.

It's the same reviewer who tanked Chemtrails with a 30 when it was sitting at 85 on Metacritic. They do this every time with her. They need to be reported to Metacritic. This is completely intentional and it's bullshit.

Damn, this thread is super negative I've never really checked for her but I LOVE Death and Void.

I like the Assai variant - I have the Chemtrails, but I wasn't too bummed I missed out on this one. It does feel more like a gimmick than anything, even if it is kinda cool. Now I'm looking to see if the white store exclusive is available on any of her other stores.

So her store emailed me back and said they can’t mail me a replacement white vinyl because they’re sold out again. Ugh, so frustrating. Why did my vinyl come with a massive scratch on it? Her label clearly does not care about quality control.

Doesn't count, of course. My white vinyl came yesterday and there's a huge vertical scratch down one of the sides. Thrilling.

At least include the @ so we can go mass downvote it.

They totally will - it’s so embarrassing.