Jeanne Dielman

He co-produced Candy Necklace with Zach Dawes. He also produced Jon Batiste’s album (and won a Grammy for it). Apparently Dawes, Waterhouse and Batiste are very close friends and Lana was obviously very excited about working with all of them. I am pretty certain that they will contribute to the sound of LDRX (they might have already recorded several songs together given how last-minute and impromptu the addition of Candy Necklace was to the album). @Harry Nilsson Yes, Erickson is great at arranging strings etc. so if Lana wants to make a classical string-heavy album, then, yeah, he’ll be a fine pick. His work on the latest Father John Misty and Angel Olsen projects is impeccable.

Definitely Batiste, Dawes and Waterhouse along with Antonoff and Dean. Erickson is fine, and his production on Ocean Blvd is very strong - and miles better than his work on Blue Banisters -, but I don’t think that he has much more to offer unless Lana decides to make a FJM/Angel Olsen-esque record. I am obsessed with the instrumentals of the two interludes btw. Jack - and Jon on the second interlude - really snapped; very intricate and unsettling stuff.

Absolutely! LDR10’s soundscape being in the vein of A&W, Candy Necklace, first half of Taco Truck, and - yes - the instrumentals of the interludes would be a dream!

A&W is monumental and I hope that it’s just a taste of what’s to come in terms of Lana experimenting with structure and tempo changes/style shifts within a single song. She already experimented a bit on Black Bathing Suit, Text Book and Taco Truck (Fishtail, Candy Necklace and Peppers to a lesser extent, too) but what she managed to achieve with A&W is truly astonishing.

Yes, it performed relatively well. Still made more on its second day than COCC, BB and LFL on their first day (also surpassed NFR’s second day streams). Hopefully it won’t drop below 10 million on Sunday.

Has this been posted? LA Times reviewed the album today (it counts for MC). It’s a flat-out rave. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-03-26/lana-del-rey-did-you-know-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-album-review

I was scared that we might get another 3/5 review from them (BB did). It counts for MC (they still haven’t uploaded the Record Collector review btw, probably due to the fact that there hasn’t been a digital version of it yet?). https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/26/lana-del-rey-did-you-know-that-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-review-bold-and-enthralling

Something in the vein of Candy Necklace, with a lot of unexpected improvisations (see: the interlude) and lots of jazz. But the last few songs on the album could also indicate a potential experimentation with more electronic sounds. Given that we know that Lana and Jack were in the studio this winter, I’ll be surprised if he’s not included on the next album too.

I think that Jon Batiste is here to stay. She obviously admires him tremendously, and I highly doubt their sessions only produced one song. She even made a music video for Candy Necklace and included an interlude with him on the tracklist. I wouldn’t mind an entire album produced by him, tbh. He’s tremendously talented.

AOTY added Spill Magazine’s 90/100 review. Sadly it doesn’t count for MC. https://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-review-lana-del-rey-did-you-know-that-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd/ Other very positive reviews (that unfortunately don’t count for AOTY and MC, but they are worth a look): https://apnews.com/article/lana-del-rey-ocean-blvd-album-review-4952df4b07f5177ee4b4e3bc13e381d8 https://www.altpress.com/lana-del-rey-did-you-know-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-review/ https://whynow.co.uk/read/did-you-know-that-there-are-tunnels-under-ocean-blvd-lana-del-rey-review https://www.ft.com/content/512b909f-a032-4ce9-be6c-6b2a00e25bb7

Fuck. 3/5 from The Telegraph. Flashes of brilliance, but Lana at her most self-indulgent. Lol. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/depeche-mode-honour-dead-lana-del-rey-self-indulgent-weeks/

This is one of the most insightful and detailed reviews I’ve read for this album. It might actually be the best one so far? It counts for Metacritic, btw.

AllMusic - 80/100 https://www.allmusic.com/album/did-you-know-that-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-mw0003879288 Still to be added on MC: Pitchfork - 83 AllMusic - 80 Record Collector - 80 Slant - 60 Spin - 50/60 (I guess) Very positive reviews by Financial Times, Toronto Star, and Readrange, but unfortunately they don’t count for MC or AOTY.

This has been so much fun. So many brilliant insightful conversations, lots of messy fights, hilarious moments (us desperately looking for the track titles; @Fingertips having correctly predicted the Grandfather acronym without any of us taking it seriously; half of the forum thinking that the album will be country with Nikki Lane featured on most tracks; Rosemead exclusive baby; the fake insiders; the Polish sock lady) the great @Kintsugi getting the Best New Insider Best Insider Ever seal of approval, @hotshot2am and the glorious AHA music days, the pre-order announcement etc. Thank you to all of you for this truly - truly - wild pre-release era!

"I'm very excited about the album and all the things that we're doing that are gonna come with it."

Yes, but several publications don't give half stars at all. The Guardian, Rolling Stone, MOJO and others would give you either a 4-star rating or a 5-star rating. 4.5 stars aren't allowed. On the other hand, Consequence has a completely different rating system: 0 - 12 - 25 - 38 - 50 - 67 - 75 - 83 - 91 - 100.

Yes. The Guardian, Rolling Stone and MOJO don't give 0.5 scores for example.

https://www.metacritic.com/music/did-you-know-that-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd/lana-del-rey/critic-reviews?dist=positive

Up to 80 on MC (they just added the MOJO review). Both acclaimed and divisive? Lanita Bonita's power. https://www.metacritic.com/music/did-you-know-that-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd/lana-del-rey/critic-reviews?dist=positive

This is the first time that I managed to avoid leaks, snippets etc. I still don’t know what to expect from this record, but I’m so excited!

Yet another 4/5 review from a British publication. It counts for AOTY. https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/lana-del-rey-did-you-know-that-there-s-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-album-review-b1069079.html

Beautifully written review.

It's giving fig tree "starting the album with very experimental and chaotic electronic jewels and ending it with 20-minute long automatic singing masterpieces".

According to Metacritic, I'll be able to listen to the album in 2 days, 23 hours and 35 minutes (GMT+2), so I assume that it's going to be released at midnight local time.

I won't be surprised if we get a second album in late fall, to be honest. Peal watch me on ring a bell psycho lifeguard could be DYKTTATUOB's twin sister.