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What a beautiful post. I feel almost the same. I feel like a heroin addict who needs to get his fix soon. Honestly, we need a miracle, and we need it soon.

Why is there any debate on that when Lana calls it a "spoken word album," and it's described like that on Wikipedia and everywhere else, and there's even a Grammy Award category dedicated to that genre in particular? Once again: an audiobook is merely a reading of a book by an actor or sometimes a famous actor. Is Violet just Lana reading out her book? No.

An audiobook contains no music. It's simply a reading of a book. Like the books you get on Auidible. Violet contains music as an integral part of it. And that's called a spoken word album. Also, just fyi, that's what Lana calls it herself (not an audiobook).

Well, something needs to keep this board moving.

It's a spoken-word album, therefore, an album.

Yes, Guns and Roses, too. Very little effort from LDR on that track. What's VFR? Anyway, we should probably stick to the topic (Ocean Boulevard) - don't want to get a warning point. Over & out.

Super glad you like those. I like Old Money, but "Fucked my Way", "Sad Girl," and especially "Money, Power, Glory" all kinda sound the same to me. Also, my ears can't stand The Other Woman for some reason. But that first half of the record - omg, probably her greatest achievement to date. As for Violet, I write for a living, and I appreciate her efforts to both quote and write poetry. A critic once said, "If LDR was a Spice Girl, she'd be literary spice," which I fully agree with. I love Lana for the lyrics mostly, and the images she conjures up. But as far as poetry goes, most of the poems are a bit of a rambling mess, IMO. Violet and Happy are inspired though. Again, that's just my opinion - glad you're into them.

Grandfather, Taco Truck, Fishtails for me.

Huh? Just because I say there are a few skips on a record, it doesn't mean I don't love them all. But a ranking has to be made somehow. Hence, going the way of skips! The only albums I don''t listen to are Violet and BB. Huge fan of most of the others.

My rankings are mainly about the albums having the list skip tracks. Like, I love Born to Die's singles (they're some of her greatest ever), but I never listen to the whole album. 1. NFR (love all tracks to pieces!) 2. LUST FOR LIFE (like all except Coachella, which is one of her worst) 3. OCEAN BOULEVARD (already dislike 4. CHEMTRAILS OVER THE COUNTRY CLUB (For Free, Breaking Up Slowly and Yosemite are all skips imo, plus the album is too short) 5 HONEYMOON (Feak, Burnt Norton and Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood are skips, but there are also some songs that are slow for me...) 6. BORN TO DIE (objectively a lesser album than Ultraviolence with even more skips - like most of the second half - but the singles are some of her greatest) 7. ULTRAVIOLENCE (too front-loaded, and I don't like most of the songs in the second half, but the singles are so damn good) 8. PARADISE (only listen to Cola, Ride, American, Gods and Monsters, and Burning Desire)) 9. BLUE BANISTERS (only like Wildfire, Thunder and Black Bathing Suit) 10. VIOLET BENT BACKWARDS OVER THE GRASS (only liked Violet and Happy)

Very insightful. To a non-native Speaker. Thank ya. the only thing is - if it's the only Southern bit on the record, it'a still a bit jarring. But okay wont nitpick

ALL THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE START WITH A "D" - DESSERT, DICK, AND THE GREATEST SIDE OF THIS RECORD.

I always liked Poland... Now even more when it's going to save my life. Dziękuję, Poland!

wait till you see a pic of her holding it, otherwise it might be a scam

what was the review? Just woke up - what did i miss?

Of course, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian has given Miley's new album 4 stars out of 5. Watch him give Lana 3 like he did with NFR...

Also Drew is a basic bitch on the piano, compared to Jack and Rick. It's a fact, kiss, kiss)

Because it's just a song she made up while driving and recorded on her iPhone? It's giving D for effort. Zero expectations from Kintsugi, too and hope she drops this "automatic singing" nonsense. Bring on the Jack Antonoff produced (proper) songs.

i reckon a 7.8 or 8 - higher than BB and Chemtrails, but not as high as Norman.

What was the word?