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Before COTCC dropped, I assembled a bunch of era-specific, chronological playlists that include all of Lana's unreleased material (or, at least one version of each song, lmao). It came out to 17 (!) playlists, and I drafted up a list that combined them with the rest of her discography, giving me a chronological order to listen to it all in: My original intent was to listen to and rate everything in the lead-up to COTCC, but ultimately it dropped before I was even out of the Lizzy era. But, today, I finally re-listened to COTCC, finishing the full discography listen + rate. For each album (or playlist/compilation), I rated each song from 1-5, ranked the tracklist, and then gave the album an average rating. I included all bonus tracks (excluding remixes) with their respective albums. So, here's the results! I'm giving the unreleased stuff one average rating, since my fanmade playlist ratings won't mean much to anyone: 1. Young Like Me (4.75) [4-track version] 2. Lana Del Ray (4.54) 3. Norman Fucking Rockwell! (4.5) 4. Paradise (4.44) 5. Ultraviolence (4.25) 6. Unreleased (4.22) 7. Chemtrails Over the Country Club (4.18) 8. Honeymoon (4.14) 9. Born to Die (4.13) 10. Lust for Life (3.94) 11. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass (3.93) 12. Singles & B-Sides (3.78) [All officially released non-album tracks] 13. Sirens (3.73) 14. Young Like Me: B-Sides (3.67) [3 tracks; leftovers from the other YLM tracklist + From the End] 15. Collaborations (3.31) This looked pretty different than I expected! My normal ranking would probably go: 1. Lana Del Ray 2. Norman Fucking Rockwell! 3. Born to Die 4. Unreleased 5. Young Like Me 6. Paradise 7. Chemtrails Over the Country Club 8. Ultraviolence 9. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass 10. Honeymoon 11. Singles & B-Sides 12. Lust for Life 13. Young Like Me: B-Sides 14. Sirens 15. Collaborations So, yeah, there were several shocks: I like Paradise a LOT more than I realized, I definitely didn't expect YLM to take number 1 by a landslide, and Born to Die was way insanely lower than I expected. This was so fun, and I was really happy to revisit some projects + songs I hadn't given due attention to in a long time, plus reevaluating all my faves and least faves from her records Guess I'm gonna go bop to You, Mister

For Free and it was so fitting loved this so much!!! you really nailed this

dope!! thank you for sharing all of this

are either of these new, or the same as you shared before?

why am i the first person in four years to like this masterful critical analysis of what i assumed to be one of LDR's most throwaway pop songs Delicious next

i liked it y'all had me worried i don't personally agree with all the placements, but as an objective ranking, i think it's a lot better than many i've seen -- it's pretty clear from the descriptions that the author knows LDR's catalogue well and i think he has interesting things to say about the songs!!! i agreed with a lot of his observations and even where i didn't, i think he brings up interesting points ig everyone can stay mad that the album version of Lolita is a mess (an iconic mess but the demos outsold in terms of being listenable lmfao) and that hiadt is a career-defining track

now THIS is a concept!!! Jump (Demo) - 8 Mermaid Motel (Demo) - 12 Ruby (Put Me In A Movie Demo) - 9 The Ocean (Kill Kill Demo) - 10 Queen Of The Gas Station (Demo) - 10 Brite Lites (Demo) - 10 Trash Magic - 10 Trash Magic (Demo 1) - 11 "The Man I Love" (Trash Magic Demo) -10 Wayamaya - 10 Roller Dirby (Pin Up Galore Demo) - 10 Pin Up Galore - 11 When I'm With You - 9 Never Let Me Go - 10

Ride - 21 Cola - 16 Body Electric - 20 Gods and Monsters - 14 Bel Air - 20

National Anthem - 23 Ride - 78 Tropico - 43 Shades of Cool - 86

1949 (Demo) - 24 All Smiles - 12 Axl Rose Husband - 17 Baby Blue Love - 7 Bentley - 12 C U L8R Alligator - 10 Coca Colla - 12 Criminals Run the World - 8 Crooked Cop - 3 Cry Me a River - 5 Daytona Meth - 12 Elvis - 19 Greenwich - 15 Hangin' Around - 13 Heartshaped Chevrolet - 12 Hollywood Movie - 11 I Was in a Bad Way - 9 Joshy & I - 16 Living Without You - 11 Methamphetamines - 11 Midnite Dancer Girlfriend - 5 Motel 6 (Acapella Demo) - 8 Never Let Me Go (Demo) - 17 Party Girl - 11 Put Your Lips Together - 9 Slow Gin Fizzz - 9 Super Movie - 16 White Pontiac Heaven - 10 Your Band is All the Rage - 9 You're Gonna Love Me - 22

Blizzard - 10 You, Mister - 10 There's Nothing To Be Sorry About - 10 More Mountains - 10 In Wendy - 10 For You - 10 Wait - 10 For K - 10 A Star For Nick - 12 My Momma - 11 Bad Disease - 10 Out With A Bang - 11 Dear Elliot - 12 Try Tonight - 12 Peace - 14 I'm Indebted To You - 9 Pretty Baby - 10 Aviation - 12 Find My Own Way - 10 Junkie Pride - 12 Birds Of A Feather - 5

13 Beaches - 97 Cherry - 60 Heroin - 68 Get Free - 18

Cruel World - 41 Ultraviolence - 27 Shades of Cool - 58 West Coast - 59 Pretty When You Cry - 51 Black Beauty - 6

Off To The Races - 49 Video Games - 55 Million Dollar Man - 46

1. 13 Beaches - 12 2. 24 - 13 4. Art Deco - 11 5. Bartender - 18 7. Bel Air - 17

White Dress: 23 Chemtrails Over The Country Club: 11 Tulsa Jesus Freak: 16 Wild At Heart: 23 Dark But Just A Game: 20 Yosemite: 16

Ten Dollar Ring (Live) - 11 The End of The World (Live) - 10 The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. (Live) - 11 Chet Baker (MTV Unplugged) - 11 Gloria (MTV Unplugged) - 4 Cry Me a River - 9 Goodbye Kiss (BBC Radio 1) - 10 Happy Birthday, Mr. President - 10 Blue Velvet - 10 Heart-Shaped Box (Live) - 10 Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Live) - 11 Chelsea Hotel No. 2 - 10 Summer Wine - 12 The Other Woman - 10 The Good Life - 11 Once Upon A Dream - 10 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - 8 Why Don't You Do Right? (Live) - 11 Some Things Last a Long Time - 10 You Must Love Me - 10 Doin' Time - 10 Find Yourself (Live) - 10 Season of the Witch - 11 Summertime The Gershwin Version - 11 You'll Never Walk Alone - 8 For Free - 11

Kill Kill - 16 Queen Of The Gas Station - 2 Oh Say Can You See - 21 For K, Part 2 - 13 Mermaid Motel - 26 Raise Me Up - 11 Pawn Shop Blues - 20 Yayo - 21

Norman Fucking Rockwell: 17 Mariners Apartment Complex: 19 Venice Bitch: 16 Fuck it I love you: 16 Love Song: 3 Cinnamon Girl: 16 California: 20 The Greatest: 18 Bartender: 7 Happiness is a Butterfly: 2 hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have: 12

Norman Fucking Rockwell: 16 Mariners Apartment Complex: 18 Venice Bitch: 18 Fuck it I love you: 16 Love Song: 3 Cinnamon Girl: 17 California: 19 The Greatest: 17 Bartender: 7 Happiness is a Butterfly: 2 hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have: 13

Blizzard - 9 You, Mister - 10 There's Nothing To Be Sorry About - 10 More Mountains - 10 In Wendy - 10 For You - 10 Wait - 10 For K - 10 Next To Me - 2 A Star For Nick - 12 My Momma - 11 Bad Disease - 10 Out With A Bang - 11 Dear Elliot - 12 Try Tonight - 13 Peace - 13 I'm Indebted To You - 9 Pretty Baby - 10 Aviation - 12 Find My Own Way - 10 Junkie Pride - 11 Birds Of A Feather - 5

Honeymoon - 35 Salvatore - 31 The Blackest Day - 57

White Dress: 22 Chemtrails Over The Country Club: 14 Tulsa Jesus Freak: 15 Wild At Heart: 19 Dark But Just A Game: 18 Yosemite: 21

Cruel World - 40 Ultraviolence - 26 Shades of Cool - 60 West Coast - 56 Pretty When You Cry - 52 Black Beauty - 6

National Anthem - 22 Ride - 79 Tropico - 44 Shades of Cool - 85