Lightning Moonbeam

i'm ascending  happy listenin folks  glad we made it 

YOU'VE GOT A THUNDERBIRD
 

 
MY DADDY HAD ONE TOO
 

 
LET'S REWRITE HISTORY 
 

 
I'LL DO THIS DANCE WITH YOU
 

& I saw you saw who I am...
 
Starting from the beginning, getting to relive some of the old singles before diving into the first new song which will be BBS... I'm so excited

seeing living legend & nectar of the gods as official yt uploads is a TRIP

AOTY I'm afraid 

OMG WE MADE IT

AHHHHHH
 
I guess you could call it, Text Book!

After over 2800 pages of discussion between the Pre-Pre-Release & Pre-Release threads, the time has come...
 
October 22nd, 2021: Lana Del Rey's 8th album 'Blue Banisters' has been released worldwide.

 
Apple Music ● Spotify ● Physical
 
 
Tracklist:
1. Textbook 
2. Blue Banisters
3. Arcadia 
4. Interlude - The Trio
5. Black Bathing Suit
6. If You Lie Down With Me
7. Beautiful
8. Violets for Roses
9. Dealer
10. Thunder
11. Wildflower Wildfire 
12. Nectar of the Gods
13. Living Legend
14. Cherry Blossom
15. Sweet Carolina
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts on the new record below!
 
 
Read the Pre-Release Thread
Read the Pre-Pre Release Thread
 
 
 
(Those who request a free, illegal download link to the new album will receive a Warning Point. Those who post illegal direct download links to the album will be banned. Please respect Lana & her art!)

When a review doesn’t even care to mention IYLDWM or Thunder but spends half the time talking about other albums or sOcIaL mEdIa ScAnDaLs  … serious case of lack of taste I’m so sorry for them  

When a review doesn’t even care to mention IYLDWM or Thunder but spends half the time talking about other albums or sOcIaL mEdIa ScAnDaLs  … serious case of lack of taste I’m so sorry for them  

Lying in bed in the dark like:

The only time you spilled 

Finally officially released  Two albums in year, this woman  Hit different seeing it under the new releases section listening to it as if I haven’t had it on repeat all week 
 

When a review doesn’t even care to mention IYLDWM or Thunder but spends half the time talking about other albums or sOcIaL mEdIa ScAnDaLs  … serious case of lack of taste I’m so sorry for them  

When a review doesn’t even care to mention IYLDWM or Thunder but spends half the time talking about other albums or sOcIaL mEdIa ScAnDaLs  … serious case of lack of taste I’m so sorry for them  

Been a lovely release evening with all of y’all  signing off catch you in the post release thread lovelies 
also is it better to stream the album on repeat or a playlist with all the songs added? 

Why is everyone acting like half of the album is unreleased, shelved songs? There's four of them, out of fifteen, with one that was unheard. 

I am disappointed that no reviewer has mentioned the lyrical complexities of Blue Banisters, Text Book, and Wildflower Wildfire. As far as I’m concerned, those three tracks are some of her best written. 
 
I also think it’s strange that nobody has commented on the lyrical continuity throughout? The loose themes of motherhood and family lineage that run between the triple singles, Cherry Blossom, Living Legend, and (I assume, as I haven’t heard it yet) Sweet Carolina are definitely worthy of mention. How embarrassing that critics never seem to focus on the lyrical brilliance and autobiographical dive Lana takes, and instead focus on one-off lines that are meant to provoke and offer a bit of lightness. Context clues & reading between the lines as a listener serve you well! 

Been a lovely release evening with all of y’all  signing off catch you in the post release thread lovelies 
also is it better to stream the album on repeat or a playlist with all the songs added? 

Been a lovely release evening with all of y’all  signing off catch you in the post release thread lovelies 
also is it better to stream the album on repeat or a playlist with all the songs added? 

Ultraviolence, Honeymoon and Blue Banisters...the misunderstood trifecta. 

When a review doesn’t even care to mention IYLDWM or Thunder but spends half the time talking about other albums or sOcIaL mEdIa ScAnDaLs  … serious case of lack of taste I’m so sorry for them  

Also, I don’t read music reviews at all really so idk if this is normal but… what is with the excessive descriptors? It’s really annoying me, somehow they list three adjectives in a row and yet manage to say nothing.. And no one seems to really digest and philosophize the content of her songs and the album as a whole, they just list some instruments and quote a random lyric, and any connections they make are surface level… I thot y’all had to go to school to get this job right?? 

When a review doesn’t even care to mention IYLDWM or Thunder but spends half the time talking about other albums or sOcIaL mEdIa ScAnDaLs  … serious case of lack of taste I’m so sorry for them  

When a review doesn’t even care to mention IYLDWM or Thunder but spends half the time talking about other albums or sOcIaL mEdIa ScAnDaLs  … serious case of lack of taste I’m so sorry for them