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Yeah drew is the one i dont like. Always confuse the two. Thanks

Lol.,I just really dislike the song. And I hate the first-take vibe and unpolished production. I know some say "it was meant to be like that", but it just strikes me as lazy and unconsidered.

Well, I'd take the glamour and the melody of Young & Beautiful over the screatching-cat histrionics in a plaid shirt any day. But it's good to see Blue Banisters has this many fans...

I love Lana, and I loved Chemtrails. But I do feel like BB was an unnecessary, quickly put-together release that does nothing to further her career both sonically and especially not as a pop star. The zero-wave traction territory she's in right now is pretty embarrassing when you consider she's the same person who wrote Born to Die. I just think she's lost a certain willpower, a certain spark, which is reflected in a complete lack of big songs, hits, good-quality music videos, promotion, and even the negligent way she dressed up to do Arcadia. It's like she's stopped caring. And it's tough for a die-hard fan to endure this BB era (undoubtedly her worst-ever era, even worse than Chemtrails).

came in at number 8 in sales - her worst album performance ever. Not surprising with lame singles like Arcadia and zero hits.

Really? It's a handful of tracks across 7 albums. And tastes are different. Go away.

Blue Banisters: Nectar of the Gods, Cherry Blossom, Living Legend (this album wouldn't have been so unwieldy at 12 tracks only) Chemtrails: Breaking Up Slowly, For Free (Breaking up slowly has zero chord progression and For Free is just a throwaway cover) Norman Fucking Rockwell: The Next Best American Record (makes the album unnecessarily longer and does nothing to add to it) Lust for Life: Coachella - Woodstock on My Mind, Change (ugh, hate both these tracks, especially Coachella) Honeymoon: Freak, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Freak is one of her worst, laziest tracks, and Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood I played once or twice) Ultraviolence: Sad Girl, The Other Woman, Guns and Roses (some of her laziest cuts) Song I wish she never released in any context: You'll Never Walk Alone (her worst track ever)

Agree with this so much. My colleagues at work at pissed off at me because she sounds like a screeching cat through my headphones, especially on Arcadia. The music is mixed so low compared to her voice and the voice itself is unpolished, and therefore it just sounds amateurish in places. In comparison, they don't complain when I listen to tracks like Ride or Video Games, etc. Fantano is right. Something is wrong in La-Na Land this time.

Ha. Even worse than I expected. Well, I disagree about BBS and some other comments, but on the whole he's right. One of her worst records.

Half of them I ranked 7/10 for sure. And the other half, well, I give 10/10s to really remarkable albums (like NFR was), and for me, Blue Banisters is a 6/10, and I don't need to explain that to you. Soz. But now that you mention it, I might have to give higher scores to a few of those as I didn't really give them a proper chance (like the debut album).

I see your point, probably shouldn't have said. It's just kind of unfathomable to me how some people can rank this higher than her past records. It's such a half-arsed effot from Lana in my view. But again, grateful that she's given us two albums this year, and hope it grows on me Can we all chill out now

I never said it's a fact.... It's just, like, my opinion. I completely love and respect the fact that y'all like it. But it seems to be that there are no memorable songs on it, and that we won't have another Love or Video Games on our hands with this album. I'd be hard pressed to add any of the tracks on BB to a LDR best off. None of the songs, except maybe Black Bathing Suit, carry any weight in terms of her discography, which was far more adventurous and memorable on her past records, including Chemtrails. But again, this is just one opinion, guys... Why get your panties in a knot? If you're that sure the album is banging, you won't care about what I have to say, right? Just enjoy the record. Love to all (from someone who - remember - has every right in the world to DISLIKE the record, as much as you like it). Peace

Haha. Glad you agree the reviews are ott. In my opinion, those who rate this album super high aren't really true fans. Because they would know that songs on this record are a far cry from tracks like Ride, Blue Jeans, West Coast, Young & Beautiful, Venice Bitch, White Dress etc. on almost every level. A few years down the line, no one will remember any of the tracks off it, the public will have ignored it in its entirety, and it will end up amongst her lowest ranked on Spotify and other streaming platforms, right alongside Honeymoon and Chemtrails.

Not yet, it's pretty annoying given that the album leaked like 10 days ago. I think he's going to give it a 6.5 or a 7.

Ha-ha. My friends are pretty disappointed too. And it looks like the videos are generating hardly any views. I'm glad you like it, but I don't think this album will be remembered as one of her best by the world at large either... And what is WW if not a piano ballad? Do you think it's not because there's 30 secs of a crunching beat added? The song is a piano ballad through and through.

So, now that I've given this a proper listen, I'm sad to report it's one of my least fav LDR records. There are no great songs or bops (at least Chemtrails had White Dress and Honeymoon had High By the Beach), and this is sonically her least adventurous record to date. Like, Ultraviolence was rock-ish, Norman was surf-ish, Born to Die was pop-ish, Honeymoon - jazzy, Lust for Life - hip-hop-ish, and will someone tell me what Blue Banisters was supposed to be? Piano-ish? I feel like this album is directionless and encapsulates all of Lana's recent bad tendencies: from recording vocals in one take, to lazy and unadventurous production, to recycling her old songs. Frankly, I wish she'd just called a spade and spade and called it LDR: Unreleased, or LDR: B-sides. The closest she got to having a direction with this record was the confessional poetry style ala Anne Sexton or Fank O'Hara that you find in Blue Banisters, Text Book, Wildfire, Black Bathing Suit, and Sweet Carolina. But then the rest of the songs don't fit with that concept at all, especially Dealer or The Trio, or the super conventional verse-chorus Violets for Roses, Thunder or Beautiful. It's a mess. Track ranking: 8/10 Black Bathing Suit If You Lie Down With Me Thunder 7/10 Wildfire Wildfire Blue Banisters Beautiful 6/10 Text Book Dealer Arcadia 5/10 Violets for Roses Sweet Carolina 4/10 Interlude/The Trio Living Legend 3/10 Cherry Blossom (the new "production" ruined it) 2/10 Nectar of the Gods (ugh, her most boring track to date?) Album rating: 6/10 Album ranking: 1. Norman Fucking Rockwell! 10/10 2. Ultraviolence 8/10 (too frontloaded, needed more meat in the second half) 3. Born to Die 7.5/10 (disappointing album on the whole, but many of her best cuts ever are on it so it's undeniably inspired) 4. Lust for Life 7/.5/10 5. Chemtrails Over the Country Club 7.10 6. Paradise 6.9/10 7. Honeymoon 6.5/10 8. Blue Banisters 6/10 9. Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass 5/10 10. Lana Del Rey (never listen to this) 4/10 I really hope she takes a break and goes in a new direction next time. NO MORE PIANO BALLADS, PLEASE. I need the epicness of tracks like Ride, Young & Beautiful, West Coast, The Greatest, etc.

Thank you so much. Very aptly, it's Lana's saddest album to date. Grateful.

Thank you all. Means a lot. I know I don't post much, but I am the biggest fan since 2012. If you Lay Down with Me is lovely.

My father passed away yesterday. To say I'm heartbroken and devastated is an understatement.I cried throughout check-in and luggage check at the airport. Drowning my sorrows in a beer and played the album. I don't even care if it's good. I just want sad Lana songs for the plane ride. The mention of her father on Text Book brought me to tears again. I'm so thankful the album leaked to help me through this awful time, and whether I like it or not later down the line - I'm just grateful she put it out and is as productive and hard-working as she is. We're all blessed.

So glad Dealer wasn't on Chemtrails, it would not fit at all. Also, as chill as the track is, the lyrics are some of her worst.

So weird that she chose this song to open the record. It doesn't have a memorable opening line like all her other openers, it's slow, not especially memorable in her catalogue, and it doesn't follow the 1.2.1.2 chronology of her openers so far. Very weird, random choice that I still hope isn't true. Blue Banisters would be a better opener.