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9.3/10 review from Northern Transmission Not sure if this counts for Metacritic or not but the review is cute https://northerntransmissions.com/lana-del-rey-did-you-know-that-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd/ i only received an email says it was dispatched

i'm in Australia and i had a green vinyl ordered from Banquet Records, and yup i've still yet to receive it

Man, I literally have different favourite songs every single day after this album came out, it's just impossible to pick my top favourite

Pearl Watch Me On Ring A Bell Psycho Lifeguard

no it's trew it's trew

it's true. and Taco Truck should be longer. I need someone to make an extended remix version for this

pleek pleek just lemme take it as "surf rock music" - at least it's not surf rock "beautiful"

Well, album's been only out for 3 days but i am already omw to envisioning the next era. the closure of UV was "The Other Woman" - ended the album on a jazzy note, which was the territory that Lana explored on Honeymoon coming foward - jazz/ lounge music the end of Honeymoon was "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" - the first time she really stood up for herself, she was no longer in the "passive" role, so that in "Lust for Life" she took control over her role as a woman in the society who speaks her mind and don't give a single fuck, her songwriting drastically changed right here in this era. the end of Lust was "Get Free", a "modern manifesto" that closes the album with waves, seagull & ocean sounds, and on NFR cover, she's literally sailing on the ocean and doing surf rock music. the end of NFR was "hope", a piano ballad that started and extended a whole era full of piano flops (COCC & BB) the end of BB was "Sweet Carolina", a song that touches family subject - which was one of the main subjects she's just deeply explored in Ocean Blvd right now. I'm so excited for whatever Taco Truck x VB leading us to next Taco Truck deserves to be extended to at least 4 or 5 minutes

i mean, this is the album that any stans have been craving for a long time, i don't understand what is it about some of these people who still aren't satisfied It has the "piano ballad" and the personal / family lineage go-indepth story telling from BB It has the soft breath of folk country - americana music of COCC It has songs that don't follow regular pop song structure, which she literally sings the poetry à la Violet within the music by that "automatic/impromptu" technique. It has the 70s surf rock influence, endless Californian summer from NFR It has the extra, that glamour "pop" + "trap" sound from L4L It has the heavy & cinematic piano, strings & violins that y'all fell in love in HM It has the dark, the twisted, the sickness, the cruelty of it all from UV It has the trip-hop, vintage hiphop, upbeat and catchy slutty sing-talk that we all obsessed since BTD It even has the "surf noir" "metal glam" the "trailer park" feels with lo-fi electric guitar that resides within Lizzy Grant realm Yet Ocean Blvd still sounds like itself - There's literally nothing to complain You get to cry to it, get emotional to it, contemplate to it, smile to it, get heart-wringing to it, slut drop to it, twerk to it & praying in the church to it.

fr, i wish that Lanita/Bonita was longer, i mean, this is the closure track, it should've been 10 minutes

...and decade list by the end of 2029

Watch these f*ckfaces who rated Ocean Blvd 6/10 ends up including it in their year-end list by the end of 2023.

WAIT, is it 100K+ in US already?

LA TIMES COMING THRUUUUU WITH THEIR 9/10 LET'S GOOOOO MOTHER

idk abt that but i dont think the tags matter other Lana's albums that were reviewed on Sputnik have several different tags - such as: "contributer", "user", "staff", "emeritus", etc. and i think they are all counted by metacritic if it feels like adding it into the whole thing. And ur right, i can't with those corny ass jobless musicnerd people on RYM/AOTY

so if we based things on the album outro to next era lore. Taco Truck x VB is supposed to be "the one" Taco Truck x VB somehow has that "last summer on earth" feeling to it - it's summer-ish, it's bombastic, it's apocalyptic and chaotic when it started with a quiet, sundown afternoon, when she and her bf meet up at the taco truck. Lanita, if ur reading, please name your next album as "The Last Summer On Earth" or something like that. I know you'll EAT THIS CONCEPT UP.

Exclaim, Pitchfork, Variety & Observer really coming through this time on Metacritic. It's a shame that Gigwise isn't count for this. Cmon LA Times.

Imagine if someone lile Lana "asking you if you want something to eat" i mean, Let The Light In is even sweeter than Sweet

Beats per Minute saves the day

well. Sputnik gave this album 4.0/5.0 so this time they better add it

New reviews so far: Observer: 80/100 Beats Per Minute: 84/100 LA Times: Positive Review (expecting 90-100/100) Sydney Morning Herald: Positive review I cant see the score from LAtimes & SMH tho. But I hope we get at least 85/100 on metacritic. Ocean Blvd deserves more than 80

you deserved it queen. I'd die if this was me

wow. Beats per minute & LA times gave her very positive review, i think they all count for Metacritic. Please clean the mess that these other tasteless critics made with their 60/100

SPILLED

y'all how much did LA Times give her tho?