ShadesOfViolence

Fantano acted like Lana killed someone's baby when he gave Ultraviolence a 2/10 

i geniunely don't understand how anybody could rate ultraviolence 2/10 unless they had a personal issue with her  
 
i can understand that ultraviolence isn't for everybody, it's definitely not your typical alternative/rock album, it's filled with emotion, catharsis, melodrama, & experimentation, but i feel like a 2/10 would be for a record which is straight-up uninspired or completely boring, or geniunely bad, such as poor production or if the singer couldn't sing, the production of ultraviolence is gritty & raw, and lana's vocals aren't classical "perfect" vocals, but it's obvious she made a geniune effort, it's a major progression from the baroque-pop sound of btd & paradise, she tried something totally different and i think it suited her very well, and honestly, you can't say this album is a 2/10 when it has WEST COAST, that just doesn't add up   

It was a cultural reset

I hear the loud vocals on Arcadia, but not the others tbh. Beautiful I guess would be the second song I would describe as having vocals a little bit louder than normal
 
I have to turn Black Bathing Suit all the way up to hear her, and if you're talking about the screaming towards the end, I really enjoyed the decision to do that 

ldr9 will be her synthwave serene queen heavy metal mermaid motel mike dean MASTERPIECE & the critics WILL BE SHOOK!   

In my opinion, they aren't really polished and I understand it's because Lana wanted this album to sound raw, pure and "desperately" fragile but like someone mentioned above, I'm also not a fan of it.
It sounds too messy and sometimes the vocals are way too loud (Arcadia, Black Bathing Suit, If You Lie Down with Me, Sweet Carolina) and it hurts my ears
 
Overall, I do love the album... But I do agree the execution failed and could have been done much better. 

I want the next album to be completely unhinged.  Give me an album full of wild vocals the normies can't take! 

i feel like if any other alternative female artist experimented like lana did with this album, with polarizing vocal styles, tempo-changes, "scream" vocals, & confessional, thought-provoking lyrics, etc. they would receive praise & acclaim, but when lana does anything that's not in the perfect little nfr "she's changed & she's happier now!" box she gets draggd & laughed at, people really need to forget about the lana del rey "image" which she was perceived as in 2011 and see her as the person & artist she actually is

oh, i was driving to the album earlier. Only got up to and through Violets for Roses, but man, that song, Text Book and Beautiful sound STUNNING on a car ride. Especially Beautiful. I was shocked because I thought it would be the song I needed to turn up the volume the most to hear (that was Arcadia and Black Bathing Suit, which you need to turn your volume to almost the max to hear clearly) but nope. Crisp and fresh 
 
Can't wait to listen to the rest tomorrow. 

idk im just so proud to be a fan wtf it's so good it's ok mama we know the truth so BREEZY 

Im obsssed with Black Bath Suit... How can a woman make me cry singing
mail me when you get the blues 
 

mail me when you get the blues 

By the way, thanks for the shoes

Your interest really made stacks 

Your interest really made stacks 
 
Your interest really made stacks out of it 

 

Another 4.5/5 review. 
 
https://www.dailycal.org/2021/10/26/lana-del-reys-blue-banisters-is-lyrical-heaven-her-best-work-to-date/?presentation=mobile
 
 

I wonder what Jane thinks about Lana now and the song that she wrote for her making a studio album after all of these years

i trust mike. he will turn the next album into a dark trap summer night's dream. it's going to explode and she's going to freak out. she has already let out the mess on dealer and bbs.
 

All circuits are busy, goodbye. 

Comfortably numb, but with lithium came poetry
 
Obsessed with Wildflower Wildfire lately 

if Lana's team doesn't make the most of this 'Dealer' being viral thing, I'm guessing they purposefully want her to fall.
 
Now, another question for the culture — Is truly her label to blame? Are her managers? Is it her?

The superior album won, wbk

hot fire, hot weather, hot coffee, im better
so I turn but I learn
it from you, babe

I agree with those saying this record is a mix of all the previous in some moments.
textbook has this honeymoon feeling
black bathing suit has lust  for life  
if you lie down with me has ultraviolence 
thunder has a slow born to die vibe
cherry blossom has a paradise 
nectar is may jailer
violets for rose is kinda normy to me
beautiful picks up from where cocc ended 
 
and then we have
arcadia, blue banisters, sweet carolina presents a new vision
 
dealer kinda reminds me of the my bedroom is a sacred place   
 
But none the less BB>COCC>LFL
fight me
 

If I could be more like you, I would. But I can't and I'm glad about that.
 
Signing off,
Lana