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Right?! I cannot actually believe that she made us wait a whole year for this. And also I'm really disappointed that this is how HIAB ended up like... I was actually looking forward to hear that one, only to realize that we had basically already heard it all with the three snippets/tease she put on instagram. 

I'm starting to think she really did have some torrid affair with Jack, and they spent all their time in the studio fucking like jackrabbits instead of working on these poor songs. NFR, IYC, Cinnamon & HIAB sound like they were all recorded, mixed and mastered in one day, and not even a whole day...business hours.

But even from the LQ versions, you can tell which tracks are tightly structured and which are watery and somewhat shapeless.
 
I accept it’s what LDR wanted to do at this point in her career but for me, so far, it’s a disappointment. But it is what she prepared us for.

Right? There's something really unpolished and DIY-ish about the production, some parts sound really amateur.

Right? There's something really unpolished and DIY-ish about the production, some parts sound really amateur.

Omg did I write this???
 
Jokes aside, I really agree with what you said. I find this era has to be the most lackluster (and I absolutely h****d Lust for Life when it came out, and I still have yet to be able to listen to that album from start to finish without skipping more than half of the song until I finaaaallyyy reach Get Free).
 
Born To Die, Ultraviolence and Honeymoon they rock my world, they are the holy trinity of albums! And I have collected vinyls and boxsets too and was glad to spend all that money on Lana. But I feel super conflicted, because I really wanted to love this album even though I knew from the get go that I would most likely dislike Jack's production, and I feel like I was spot on. I love how stripped down and more "natural" the album feels compared to the trap beats mess that is Lust for Life, but it feels dry as fuck and also super flat, even on The Greatest (which is a superb song to me) the instrumentals they just lack intensity, like they lack percussion idk.
 
I'm still looking forward to hear the actual songs in their HQ glory, but I'm not spending a dime on that nonsensical era, and that DIY cover (and like you too I cannot stand that ugly sweater and that nail color,) but the picture is still beautiful to me though. I love the mix of real photography and artsy painted blue skies.
 
That era was a mess from the beginning... the rest has just been dry af.

*Lana fans when Lana sings about literally anything*: IT'S ABOUT BARRIE !!1!

*Lana fans when Lana sings about literally anything*: IT'S ABOUT BARRIE !!1!

*Lana fans when Lana sings about literally anything*: IT'S ABOUT BARRIE !!1!

*Lana fans when Lana sings about literally anything*: IT'S ABOUT BARRIE !!1!

*Lana fans when Lana sings about literally anything*: IT'S ABOUT BARRIE !!1!

*Lana fans when Lana sings about literally anything*: IT'S ABOUT BARRIE !!1!

*Lana fans when Lana sings about literally anything*: IT'S ABOUT BARRIE !!1!

Omg did I write this???
 
Jokes aside, I really agree with what you said. I find this era has to be the most lackluster (and I absolutely h****d Lust for Life when it came out, and I still have yet to be able to listen to that album from start to finish without skipping more than half of the song until I finaaaallyyy reach Get Free).
 
Born To Die, Ultraviolence and Honeymoon they rock my world, they are the holy trinity of albums! And I have collected vinyls and boxsets too and was glad to spend all that money on Lana. But I feel super conflicted, because I really wanted to love this album even though I knew from the get go that I would most likely dislike Jack's production, and I feel like I was spot on. I love how stripped down and more "natural" the album feels compared to the trap beats mess that is Lust for Life, but it feels dry as fuck and also super flat, even on The Greatest (which is a superb song to me) the instrumentals they just lack intensity, like they lack percussion idk.
 
I'm still looking forward to hear the actual songs in their HQ glory, but I'm not spending a dime on that nonsensical era, and that DIY cover (and like you too I cannot stand that ugly sweater and that nail color,) but the picture is still beautiful to me though. I love the mix of real photography and artsy painted blue skies.
 
That era was a mess from the beginning... the rest has just been dry af.

*Lana fans when Lana sings about literally anything*: IT'S ABOUT BARRIE !!1!

*Lana fans when Lana sings about literally anything*: IT'S ABOUT BARRIE !!1!

I decided months ago I wouldn't be buying it either. I refuse to spend my hard-earned money on things that don't give me joy. And it turns out I don't even like half the album so like...spend $15 why? For Duke Nicholson's mug and Lana's ugly neon jacket? I still feel only frustration when I think about this album. I feel genuine happiness when I play Born To Die. I was barely making ends meet when I bought the Deluxe version but I don't regret it. BTD & Paradise feel magical to me. I won't lie, I was disappointed in the Deluxe version of Ultraviolence, the packaging felt a bit cheap. But the music is out of this world. UV & Honeymoon mean so much to me, I felt like I had to have physical copies. Lust For Life was a bit on the meh side but I was like, might as well.... NFR though? This bitch has no place in my collection. A download is what she deserves.

waaaait a second, there's a huge difference between music you can twerk to and just lackluster type of production, both Honeymoon and Ultraviolence both had stellar instrumentals and even though they were somewhat stripped down, but they didn't feel flat to me, whereas most of the songs on NFR kinda feel that way to me so far 

Wow, thank you very much for your valuable input. 

I'm about to get a ton of hate...
 
 

The biggest surprise today is NOT witnessing her managers getting into messy arguments with her fans on Instagram and blaming LanaBoards for all the leaks. I'm shook.

Honeymoon is a lush, decadent and etheral masterpiece! Lust for Life was... what it was and now NFR, which sounds promising, but I sense that it's all a little dry/flat sonically.

Unlikely, Lust for Life only leaked because people were able to buy physical copies ahead of the release... we just have a cassette as of now lol

Wow, thank you very much for your valuable input. 

no offence but it took Lana a whole effin year to release that album, and the roll out has been hella messy and has dragged on for way too long, even by Lana's "standards". You bet I listened to the shitty cassette iPhone recording of NFR