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took a while but finally got time to finish my rankings!!
 
tropico got 10s except for bel air which got an 8. i love it, but it has less going on and is a little less visually interesting than BE + G&M. ride obviously a total 10. i realised i actually really really love the video for summertime sadness and for love! i didn't pay much attention to either one before, but i love the stories and the trippy visuals of love. the blue velvet video is so bizarre hahah.
 
of all the homemade videos, i think DMD is the worst one and kinda outta luck is the best one. and video games obviously, but that doesn't really count.

Born To Die/Paradise was THAT classic era and y'all know it. All the later eras had one or two decent videos at best.

I would walk over broken glass just to have her look like the way she did in 2014

no shade but this poll has made me realise that for an artist once considered so visual, lana doesn't actually have that many good music videos 

no shade but this poll has made me realise that for an artist once considered so visual, lana doesn't actually have that many good music videos 

no shade but this poll has made me realise that for an artist once considered so visual, lana doesn't actually have that many good music videos 

took a while but finally got time to finish my rankings!!
 
tropico got 10s except for bel air which got an 8. i love it, but it has less going on and is a little less visually interesting than BE + G&M. ride obviously a total 10. i realised i actually really really love the video for summertime sadness and for love! i didn't pay much attention to either one before, but i love the stories and the trippy visuals of love. the blue velvet video is so bizarre hahah.
 
of all the homemade videos, i think DMD is the worst one and kinda outta luck is the best one. and video games obviously, but that doesn't really count.

It needs Buzzcut Seasons, Hard Feelings, The Louvres, Glory and Gores and Sobers tbh

no shade but this poll has made me realise that for an artist once considered so visual, lana doesn't actually have that many good music videos 

no shade but this poll has made me realise that for an artist once considered so visual, lana doesn't actually have that many good music videos 

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what would you guys want to see more and less of on this album? personally,
 
more: psychedelic guitars and psychedelic atmosphere overall, venice bitch and ultraviolence/west coast style
less: piano-based songs. i really enjoy them, but i think we've had plenty on NFR and i'd like to see it switched up!

THIIIIIIIIISSSSSS
 
what would you guys want to see more and less of on this album? personally,
 
more: psychedelic guitars and psychedelic atmosphere overall, venice bitch and ultraviolence/west coast style
less: piano-based songs. i really enjoy them, but i think we've had plenty on NFR and i'd like to see it switched up!

She NEEDS to do more songs like Freak and Cherry oh my fucking gosh the beauty of the trap beats and guitars. Also, just rewatched the Freak video and is that Pure Heroine on the record player?

in my brain i sometimes get like "oh VB is so overrated blah blah" but then i actually listen to the song again and like..... every single time it is just such a complete fucking experience, i get so much from it
 
if it wasn't lanaaaa i'd be, jealoussss of those stansssss

as much as i am anxious as hell for some kind of potential crazy world war three situation - particularly since our newly-elected prime minister over here in the uk is constantly clinging to trump's coattails and seems deeply eager to impress him, so who knows what he's willing to agree to in terms of allyship - my heart is in pieces for these middle eastern countries that will now be ravaged even further by these rising tensions and the inevitable backlash the innocent civilians will face. already we see regular people dying because of the mess that is militarism and imperialism, but now it's only going to get worse.
 
i'm worried for myself and for the uk and for america, sure, but there's still a chance things might be okay for us. unfortunately for many countries in the middle east, and for the people who live there that never asked for any of this, their fate is... well, more or less sealed, regardless of what global action is taken after this.
 
fuck 

I came down for dinner with my Mum the other day and she had this album playing in the background on shuffle and man, it really exemplified for me what a great set of songs this album really is. Like there's just so many strong, big, stand-out moments - West Coast, Shades of Cool, Brooklyn Baby, Fucked My Way, Ultraviolence, Sad Girl, Pretty When You Cry... even songs that I sorta dismissed before, like Money Power Glory and Black Beauty, I still absolutely LOVE. Love love love Florida Kilos too, I can see why it was demoted to bonus track since it's a v different vibe but I think it would've fit pretty well with Brooklyn Baby before it and FMWUTTT after it. I love this album soooo much!!!

After writing a little essay about West Coast in the the "Ultimate, Decade-End Lana Del Rey Ranking" thread, I went back to listen to Ultraviolence from start to finish. Honestly this album is just amazing. The production is so rich, detailed and layered. I understand that the raw/rough, live band type of sound was not, and is not for everyone. But to me, it's such an experience and every time I'm listening to it I feel like I can get lost in its sound and just analyze how detailed and impressive it really is. West Coast truly is Lana's most amazing song in that regard, it's a sonic experience from start to finish. 
 
Now here's unto the unpopular part. I feel like Lana post Honeymoon has gotten somewhat sloppy and disinterested with the production of her records. On Lust for Life there were gems, but it was pretty uneven; the the worst cohabited with the best and it was overall a little too tainted with cheap trap beats. On NFR, though it's nothing like LFL, it feels like the entire record was meant to sound flat and tedious. There are definitely instrumentation highlights on the record (Venice Bitch), but the rest of the album, in that regard, is almost completely forgettable and it just sucks. The few songs that I like on the record are already losing their luster and it's not even been six months since the album's release.
 
It sucks that I feel this way about her album, but I haven't been "transported" or impressed from start to finish by her albums after Honeymoon.

i have no idea if this is actually an unpopular opinion but When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing is so good?  it's one of the few songs on LFL i feel compelled to actually come back to nowadays

I wish it was just "Cinnamon" tbh.

I know i'm so proud of art deco! Good for her, one of my fav songs ever (hence the username)

this is all so interesting and def opens up a lot of conversation!! thank you for this @PARADIXO!! 
 
def a few surprises in the ranking, and a few robberies. my thoughts:
 
Sooo happy to see West Coast as #1!!! One of my fav Lana songs EVER and without a doubt some of her objectively best work!! I'm definitely surprised but thrilled to have it there. Video Games is my fav Lana song and in fact my fav song of all time, but I figured it was gonna be robbed of a high placement bc of overexposure for the hardcore fans. V v v glad it's top 5!! As an Art Deco stan I am THRILLED by its placement!!! #28 is amazing considering what a random deep cut it is. I was expecting like, low 80s or something. Also YESSSSS at Salvatore being in the top 20!!! Another one of my favs that I always considered to be really underrated. Glad Born To Die placed in the top 10 as well. I know we're all sick of hearing Lana perform it live and it's such an obvious mainstream track and blah blah but honestly, what a banger and what a way to capture that entire era. Poor LFL... this thread really brings into perspective just how much forgettable filler it had. That being said, it has brought into light some interesting ideas about objectivity vs subjectivity for me. For example, When The World Was At War is one of my fav Lana tracks because I just love how breezy and lackadaisical the chorus is, it gives me really soft summertime vibes, but I always figured most other fans wouldn't share my perspective and would more or less ignore it and it seems I was right. It's probably very forgettable for most, and objectively not a very exciting or enduring song. Still love it tho  DAYGLO REFLECTION DESERVED SOOOO MUCH BETTER, a solid 10/10 song for me Sad to see Smarty so underrated, it's one of my fav AKA tracks. It's cheerful but twisted, sarcastic and sassy, a little taboo and always seducing. Black Beauty really shocked me. I know it's a fan fave, but #2?? Really?? Can't argue with opinion I guess but as much as I like the song it doesn't seem deserving of that spot to me. I know we like to clown her live performances of OTTR lmao but yeaaa it's a fkin banger. Everything that was fun about the BTD era (or I guess just the pre-NFR Lana) in one track: chaos, love, tragedy, drama, wit, high energy.

THIIIIIIIIISSSSSS
 
what would you guys want to see more and less of on this album? personally,
 
more: psychedelic guitars and psychedelic atmosphere overall, venice bitch and ultraviolence/west coast style
less: piano-based songs. i really enjoy them, but i think we've had plenty on NFR and i'd like to see it switched up!

THIIIIIIIIISSSSSS
 
what would you guys want to see more and less of on this album? personally,
 
more: psychedelic guitars and psychedelic atmosphere overall, venice bitch and ultraviolence/west coast style
less: piano-based songs. i really enjoy them, but i think we've had plenty on NFR and i'd like to see it switched up!

it's pretty for collectors but pointless without the bonus tracks

THIIIIIIIIISSSSSS
 
what would you guys want to see more and less of on this album? personally,
 
more: psychedelic guitars and psychedelic atmosphere overall, venice bitch and ultraviolence/west coast style
less: piano-based songs. i really enjoy them, but i think we've had plenty on NFR and i'd like to see it switched up!