Ultraviolence Turns Half a Decade

[Beautiful Loser 49,663]

I think what is most important during this appreciation thread is that we ALL should appreciate the opulent masterpiece that is  Money Power Glory.

It's such a fun song to sing, you start low and then suddenly you go high for the chorus!

[Formation 4,208]

West Coast  Black Beauty   Shades of Cool 

 

Can't believe I live in the same state this was produced in  Nashville is sacred ground simply for this.

[movebaby 5,379]

wow happy anniversary to the album that gave us lana's best song, old money

 

 

and her second best song, cruel world

 

[trayertrash 7,211]

I remember listening to it the first time and playing Cruel World over & over without hearing the rest of the album because I was so blown away by it. 

[Trash Magic 28,471]

Monumental album. The shift from her previous full-length album Born To Die to this is really pretty huge. So many memories attached to this album. I remember so much excitement around the creation of this album, from the title announcement, to the tweeted pic with dan auerbach, the west coast video selfie, listening to the single premiering on the radio, first seeing the album cover on her tumblr, ME PROPHECISING her collaboration with Neil Krug!!!! My mind. Shades of Cool premiering when I was in Dubai and not having any data on my phone. Everyone discrediting the tracklist which first appeared on Amazon France as fake because the titles seemed too self-parodied but my believing it. Theorising that Brooklyn Baby was True Love on The Side. That florida Kilos was a remake of Kill Kill (  ) Thinking that the billboard in Brooklyn was a fake fan edit from a Dreamland photo!!! Listening to the album first time with nag champa burning and Cruel World literally transcending me. Waiting the entirety of the song to hear the line "It's a cruel, cruel world" and being so confused when it ended and she didn't sing it. Hearing the final version of Black Beauty.

[jvcx 3,644]

Her magnum opus, an iconic album that deserved more and which she will never top because she's over now! 

[yyxy 1,292]

Literally her best era.

 

I remember waiting in 4 in the morning just to watch the West Coast music video premiere. I remember buying the album on iTunes just so I can fully support her. This was the first album I ever bought in a record store and I still have it today in my room. The visuals, photoshoots, and the songs are a literal masterpiece. I remember crying so hard because I don't have the money to buy the Ultraviolence Box Set, it was so pretty that it makes the Honeymoon box set so cheap and simple. I remember obsessing over the Brooklyn Baby snippet and cried when it was released. This was my peak as a Lana stan and it will always be my favorite stan moments of all time. Whew, it felt like yesterday.

 

Florida Kilos, Brooklyn Baby, Shades of Cool, West Coast, Guns and Roses (SO UNDERRATED), Cruel World, Ultraviolence, and Sad Girl are my favorites.

[Dark Angel 203,525]

Such an amazing album. My favorites are Florida Kilos, Brooklyn Baby, & Money Power Glory.

[WilshireBoulevard 5,421]

The album that turned me from a casual listener into a stan. I had it saved up on my phone and hadn't got around to listening to it yet, and then one night I was at my crush's sleepover and she fell asleep next / on top of me and west coast came on shuffle. Felt like I was floating. When I'd walk home from school that summer I'd time the music I was listening to so the last song was always shades of cool, and the pavement was so hot as I walked and the soles of my shoes were so thin that I could feel my feet burning but I'd concentrate on the song instead. Not to be dramatic or anything but the next year of my life was the worst (so far), and when I couldn't stop crying I'd put on Brooklyn Baby and let it calm me down. I think the album will always feel like a form of escapism for me because everything is so exaggerated, a kind of heightened form of each emotion, that I can see myself in the core of it but let the rest of it just kind of envelope me into pretending I'm someone else who's a lot more sure of herself. 

 

Justice for Brooklyn Baby and Florida Kilos. Both deserve vids.

[divebarsinger 2,715]

i remember when this came out me and my friend had been so excited cos we were huge fans since BTD, we listened to it together, heard the opening lyrics to cruel world and cried (i know total cheeseballs). so many memories attached to this record tho, became my solace through so much shit and still is 

[Kurac na Biciklu 2,359]

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[drowning mermaid 1,706]

Oh the memories...

I remember BTD was sorta ruined for me. One of my school bullies was obsessed with BTD and paradise and used to sing “my pussy tastes like Pepsi cola” all day everyday in her terrible voice so I started to kind of dislike LDR because of her. I liked the sound of the album and regularly listened to it but it was tinged with bitter memories of being bullied in school. An online friend of mine convinced me to listen to Ultraviolence when it came out and I quickly became charmed with Lana’s soft and seductive voice (not that I wanted to admit that to myself) and the album helped me see her past work in a new light as well.

[Beautiful Loser 49,663]

Oh the memories...

I remember BTD was sorta ruined for me. One of my school bullies was obsessed with BTD and paradise and used to sing “my pussy tastes like Pepsi cola” all day everyday in her terrible voice so I started to kind of dislike LDR because of her. I liked the sound of the album and regularly listened to it but it was tinged with bitter memories of being bullied in school. An online friend of mine convinced me to listen to Ultraviolence when it came out and I quickly became charmed with Lana’s soft and seductive voice (not that I wanted to admit that to myself) and the album helped me see her past work in a new light as well.

Wtf? Sorry about the bully, I hope you don't have to see her anymore?

[drowning mermaid 1,706]

Wtf? Sorry about the bully, I hope you don't have to see her anymore?

Aww thanks sis, I live in a different continent now so the chances of bumping into her are slim to say the least.

[PARADIXO 33,091]

I gave my first kiss to West Coast

[Kurac na Biciklu 2,359]

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[KingJay 3,018]

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been about 5 years since I started stanning her. It’s very rare for me to fall in love with an artist the same way I did with her. There’s only been 2 other artist that have caught my attention the way she did and that’s Bone Thugs-N-Harmony back in 2004 and Nicki Minaj back in 2010. I can’t believe 2014 was basically 5 years ago. Time sure does fly. I will never forget the first day I listened to her and was completely hypnotized by everything about her. West Coast stayed on repeat for months as well as the rest of the album. There wasn’t a soul in this world that could stop me from listening to her every single day. This album changed my whole world and taste in music. Whewww the memories I have. I’m so happy I discovered Lana with Ultraviolence.

[PARADIXO 33,091]

This album has some of her most intense and emotionally honest moments in her discog:

 

Old Money bridge-- "and if you call..."

 

"you're fucking crazyYyYyYy"

 

Shades of Cool bridge

 

pretty when you CRYyYyYyy

 

Money Power Glory chorus

 

Is This Happiness lyrics

[YUNGATA 14,955]

song rankings for her most iconic and beautiful body of work

Black Beauty

Cruel World

West Coast

Old Money

Brooklyn Baby

Sad Girl

Pretty When You Cry

Shades of Cool

Ultraviolence

Money Power Glory

Florida Kilos

Fucked My Way Up to the Top

The Other Woman

Guns And Roses

[movebaby 5,379]

ALSO if anyone dares to slander my bitch florida kilos...i swear to god...