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    I was kinda disappointed by The Universe. It has so many nice parts but the way they are stitched together is kinda anticlimatic.

     

    CooCool and Fader are great though

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    So - now that this has been out for a rhile, I have to say that I really like it, but similarly to LFL and COCC, it is sn album I almost never listen to in its entirety, only picking out tracks or skipping songs - which is a shame, since I love a full album experience.

     

    I mainly blame the Judah Smith interlude for it. It's something I don't feel like playing on a casual level, it's fartoo long to tolerate. Also, I feel like the tracklist feels a bit messy and clunky for everything after A&W. It just does not flow very well.

     

    And I'm still really dad Taco Truck is not a full song. Really love her vocsls and the guitar on it

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    1. HM

    2. UV

     

    The "untouchables" in my opinion. Timeless, beautiful, cinematic twin albums. Lana on the peek of her artistry.

     

    3. NFR

    4. BB

     

    Both are very solid and I find myself coming back to them a lot - NFR from a more easy-to-listen perspective, BB representing her more complex newer style. Ranking between those two switches quite often depending on my mood.

     

    5. Paradise

    6. BTD

     

    I love both to death, but they are so extremely linked to a certain time in my life that I can almost only listen to thrm from a nostalgic perspective. Also my taste in music has changed a lot since then. As with NFR & BB, they rank very closely to each other, generally I prefer Paradise but sometimes I'm really in the mood for BTD.

     

    7. DYKTTATUOB

    8. LFL

     

    Both are nice albums, although they are a bit of a mixed bag - some tracks I really love, some I almost always skip. Rarely listen to them as full albums.

     

    9. COTCC

    It has grown a bit to me over time, but I still feel like this is far too bleak. It never really feels like a complete body of work.

     

     

     

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    2 hours ago, barttttender said:

     

    Very true. 

     

    But still - it's quite bizarre that Say Yes to Heaven already has as many views as the Candy Necklace video with it's super pricey budget, glam image and well-received new album behind it.

     

    It just proves what I've been saying for weeks - that Candy Necklace was the absolute wrong choice for a single/video. If she'd spent as much money on a  sexy AW video, we would have had 30 millions by now, at least.

     

    She needs to get it into her head that people only watch videos that make them feel good - making a video for sad songs ( Arcadia, White Dress, Candy Necklace, Blue Banisters) - is a complete and utter waste of money. 

    AW is not a happy song either - make it make sense

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  22. Posted

    France was good, the rest was sone of the most bland amd boring rip-off acts I have ever heard. 

     

    I really wonder how these bleak tracks can induceany feelings beyond indifference in anyone.

    And why do they all think that screaming equals emotion. 

     

     

    Also, not Lana promoting the worst act of the evening because of Ed & Ben ...

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    I feel the one problem with Melanie that after her debut, she did nothing but degress.

     

    Let's be real - Crybaby was a power move. The playful production, the over-metaphorical lyrics, the haunted doll visuals -  even though the "edgy alt pop" age on Tumblr was already coming to an end by that time, with other prominent icons from the era having already moved on to a different style, Melanie really managed to pinpoint the nerve of this generation. Releasing an overdramatic, visual concept album to a fanbase that cherished Born To Die, Electra Heart, American Horror Story and Alice: Madness Returns was very very smart.

     

    However, even back then I felt like she overplayed it. The idea of getting a video for each track was cool, but in practice it really dragged out the era. Also, a lot of the later clips were mediocre in quality and too "on the nose", even though the concept was not very subtle to begin with.

     

    And then, Album 2 was basically a rehash of a concept that already felt stale and overextended. For someone posing in diapers and baby chairs, sje really took the whole Crybaby thing too far and the narrative (which was already a bit too much on album n.1 imo) felt awkward and weirdly fetishized. Also, the musical aspect was just heavily neglected, it was all about the videos (and the cringworthy "movie") and keeping up the Crybaby act at any cost.

     

    Portals feels like she was desperately trying  to find an alternative concept , so we now have that halfbaked fairy theme that does not really make sense and is 50% Björk ripoff and 50% the vibe of those weird elf-figurines that are sold in  pseudo-spiritual crystal shops. The concept is weak and the music is even weaker - there is no substance to it, no interesting vocals, no nice melodies. Just try hard provocation and a rushed package that already feels pretty dated. 

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