Norman Fucking Rockwell - Pre-Release Thread

[Valerie 1,379]

Album lacks bridges

 

Too many party & dance lines also

[The Greatest 8,805]

Is the lyric “playing games of reputation, meditating in the garden” or “playing games of levitation, meditating in the garden” ?

in Bartender ?? I hear levitation

levitation

 

last time i checked the bartender genius lyrics it was the messiest shit ive ever seen

[FallingCherry 7,731]

Haven't heard the songs but read all the lyrics and I'm in love. The lyricism is on another level. She's really honest, I would even say it's her most honest album and it reveals what she truly has inside her heart. I totally see why she described it as a daily life album. Also, it's a really visual album. Without even hearing the songs, I had so many films in my head from the lyrics. And that alone makes it an amazing album.

[theeternalstars 4,576]

also crying at the fact that there’s precisely 11 new words (2 lines) in Cinnamon Girl we haven’t already heard from instagram

[J.R.OMEGA 2,684]

I can't wait until the 30th to hear the album in its full glory. I'm just not down with leaks of an actual album, esp an artist that I love as much as LDR. Reading comments is entertaining and all, but I'm not going to fuck up the date I have with Lana at the end of the month. I'm going to stream the new Snoh Aalegra album to tide me over until then Kthanksluvyoubye

 

Ps. I will watch her new vid assuming it drops before the album though. I mean, Lana does have me by the balls

[cherryblossoms 10,420]

That poor girl is gonna be shook when Universal comes knocking on her door

[ChicaCherryCola 1,393]

i thought the only song that didn't leak was HTD...

Love Song was the only one I hadn't listened to and since not many were talking about it I assumed we only had the snippets, but I guess you're right after all!! Thank you!

[amostori 780]

can we assume that lana now officially knows about the leaks?

[WaitForLife 5,238]

what is a jewel case 

A plastic case like all of her standard albums and not like her deluxe albums.

[plastiscguy 63,438]

• Norman Fucking Rockwell - 8/10
• Mariners Apartment Complex - 9/10
• Venice Bitch - 9/10
• Fuck It, I Love You - 8/10
• Doin Time - 6/10
• Love Song - 8/10
• Cinnamon Girl - 7/10
• How to Disappear - ¿?/10
• California - 9/10
• The Next Best American Record - 5/10
• The Greatest - 10/10
• Bartender - 7/10
• Happiness is a Butterfly - 8/10
• Hope - 7/10

And that's that on that!

[ChicaCherryCola 1,393]

A plastic case like all of her standard albums and not like her deluxe albums.

How are the deluxe albums like? A piece of cardboard?

[TrashMagiq 58,573]

how are y’all rating songs already when all you’ve heard are shitty recordings..

 

anyways, California 10/10

[house of balloons 12,792]

California is so good i'm crying 

[Off To The Races 2010 demo pls 19,335]

 

• Norman Fucking Rockwell - 8/10
• Mariners Apartment Complex - 9/10
• Venice Bitch - 9/10
• Fuck It, I Love You - 8/10
• Doin Time - 6/10
• Love Song - 8/10
• Cinnamon Girl - 7/10
• How to Disappear - ¿?/10
• California - 9/10
• The Next Best American Record - 5/10
• The Greatest - 10/10
• Bartender - 7/10
• Happiness is a Butterfly - 8/10
• Hope - 7/10

And that's that on that!

Girl, Cinnamon Girl, Bartender and NFR are 10/10

[ilovetati 15,298]

Ok, but can someone tell me - with spoiler tags - if there are more instruments that kick in at the end of HIAB? I see a few in the liner notes that weren't in the snippets.

[Jared 3,131]

 

Too many party & dance lines also

 

Yep. It really seems like sometimes she just stops trying. 

[Valerie 1,379]

Yep. It really seems like sometimes she just stops trying. 

9/14 songs mention partying & dancing

 

Way too much. Solid effort by Lana overall, but not her best effort. 

[house of balloons 12,792]

Ok, but can someone tell me - with spoiler tags - if there are more instruments that kick in at the end of HIAB? I see a few in the liner notes that weren't in the snippets.

 

No

 

[sweetie 6,627]

Ok, but can someone tell me - with spoiler tags - if there are more instruments that kick in at the end of HIAB? I see a few in the liner notes that weren't in the snippets.

 

I wouldn't say "kick" -- it becomes more sonically illustrative for sure though. Some vibey bass, lightly plucked guitar, etc. just for some atmospheric details.

[ilovetati 15,298]

I love how much this album references her battles with sobriety (note the drinking cherry coke instead of wine line). Hence the theme of partying/dancing, IMO.