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All 3 songs released sound so similar to the point that I think the whole album is the same - and looks at how all the songs are composed with Nowels. But I think I like the sounds we have so far - very relaxing and minimalistic. Honeymoon the song itself is one of my all-time favourite (I know, don't judge me)

Dark blues

Did you just literally make up that rule after I posted it

Yeah, i talked about that on another forum, and it shows cause Interscope isnt promoting her lately, only Polydor.

But technically she is in Interscope and they use Polydor for UK release and Universal Music for other countries. So I don't actually understand at all - the Polydor copyright is the same on every country even the US iTunes.

Anyone notice copyright info on iTunes is only 2015 Polydor not Interscope?

You do know that Australians speak English right?

chill fam it was meant to be a joke

I hope the vinyl is a solid red, not transparent

the website says transparent. sorry

I bought both the red LP, UK red LP and CD boxset since

This is the first time I pre-order something from Lana so this get extremely exciting - holding the physical edition on or before the release date!

how fast is it before it goes sold out? anyone gonna buy all 3 limited stuff from UK store?

Isn't her persona and name inspiration Cuban? See 'west coast' and she's talked about it in an interview before. Something about a friend in Miami and Del Rey sounded so Cuban.

She can be Cuban but I hope she isn't a Communist

Mañana Mañana fuck off

Is the Australian postcard exclusive?? Or is it lithograph in Australian language???

Exactly, and Chuck had nothing to do with the graphics either. The actual image she shot isn't that bad, but it's just not really iconic enough for an album cover art imo. Something like the HBTB cover would have SLAYED as the album cover.

I think that's what we usually expect from Lana's album cover (remember UV and Paradise album cover) - the photo will always -seem- to be not iconic enough. Maybe those photo meant something to her? Maybe she's trying to say something from those subpar pictures? Maybe it fits the album's musical style? I think I get that - and I kind of understand why and think that the HM album cover is the best of that photoshoot

Don't try to blame Chuck for an ugly cover or blame the photographer for any album cover because guess what - Lana probably cherry picked them herself and chose the text placement + font as well. She might have an intention behind it - or not. But with Lana we know that everything she releases is in her control - and I appreciate that

I hope there'll be a deluxe vinyl boxset like UV. And have anybody here tried to call the number on the album yet?

There won't be one. Otherwise they would have put it on pre-order

Can any one please confirm if the UK exclusive LP is the same thing as Urban Outfitter LP??????

She might have an itunes exclusive? Or is that out too? Maybe even target or best buy.

There is an iTunes pre-order page now and no bonus tracks was seen. So our best hope is Japanese iTunes and random music stores worldwide

I just checked Apple Music ID3 tag and almost all the songs were composed by Lana & Rick.

I didn't know Rick - a Grammy-worthy composer with mainstream songs - is capable of such boring songs, and I love it.

I truly love how there isn't any deluxe bonus track on this album. All almost all songs are 4-6 minutes. This is pure heaven. 

Concept albums are like operas. (some are called rock operas, but both names convey the same thing.)

A connection from 1st song to the finale in a specifically placed order and where most songs are almost meaningless unless heard in the order presented telling the story

 

(What is Elton's "Someone saved my life tonight", if one didn't know the entire album and the meaning of the album "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy"

Out of Elton's 40 or so albums, 3 were concept.

 

Bowie had 2 concept albums

Beatles had Sgt. Pepper's but none of the others (before that most rock/pop/soul were single based and people bought 45s more than albums)

Beach Boys Pet sounds was. All their other albums were a few singles and filler.

The Monkees album "Head" was a concept album, but none of the others

Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life

 

The legendary Klaus Nomi transcends the barriers between rock and opera and concept albums.

 

There is a reason Lana says Ultraviolence starts with Cruel World and ends with The other woman (and the rest are bonus hits.)

Most of the 300 plus songs not on records that Lana wrote are not part of concept albums, they are songs (and why most of the more recent are not part of any album itself.)

Ultraviolence would have been regardless of the using of Dan Auerbach for production

 

If one don't see it, one don't see it. That's my opinion.

It's a story. Without one song, it would be like a chapter was missing.

I totally agree with you. Lana definitely had a vision if she chose Dan Auerbach to produce UV. She was looking for a alt-rock sound and he could deliver it. Either way - UV would have been more or less the same.

I'm an album person as well, and I truly appreciate how Lana ties things up beautifully in each album and each tracks. Each of them have an distinguishable sound, that pull me on different journeys. You get to hear the sound you enjoy for an hour, not 5 minutes and the artist get the chance to truly express their vision to you. 

the vid's cute and all but who approved of those choppy cuts/edits at the most random places

Asks Jake Nava. It's intentional hun

Maybe there isn't meant to have a concrete meaning for HBTB. Maybe the song is about a man but the video is about the media, or the song is both a man and the media. The ambiguity actually makes the song better. Maybe Lana thought something like a helicopter and a gun would be ~aesthetic~ but not meant to be anything deep. But we can all agree that the video is beautiful ~artistically~, unlike generic MVs nowadays

^In HBTB, Lana preserves the same cinematic kind of sound and how she builds up the tension. In a way, HBTB sound is structured similarly to Honeymoon - especially the beginning and the end. And the end of HBTB sounds like interluding to another soundscape.

ill be really disappointed if honeymoon video isn't released. the song is just so good. It's top 10 released

hell yeah it's one of the best song ever, AND we all love Lana's homemade video

dark blue ..... dark blue.....