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We have the 4/5 from Slant and the 4/5 from the Independent that count for MC so far:
https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review-lana-del-rey-norman-fucking-rockwell-eulogizes-the-american-dream/
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/lana-del-rey-review-norman-fucking-rockwell-album-tracklist-venice-beach-mariners-apartment-complex-a9083666.html


Also several raves (Stereogum, Interns, Ringer, Soundblab) that don’t count.

 

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Eligible Magazines (strikethrough ones already added to MC)

 

The 405

AllMusic
American Songwriter
Austin Chronicle
Blurt
Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune (Greg Kot)
Clash Music
Classic Rock*
Consequence of Sound
Delusions of Adequacy
DIY Magazine
Drowned In Sound
Dusted Magazine
Entertainment Weekly
Exclaim
Glide Magazine
The Guardian
HipHopDX
The Independent (UK)
Kerrang!*
The Line of Best Fit
Los Angeles Times
Mojo*
musicOMH.com
New Musical Express
The New York Times
No Ripcord
NOW Magazine (Toronto)
The Observer
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Paste Magazine
Pitchfork
Pop Matters
Pretty Much Amazing
Punk News.org
Q Magazine*
The Quietus
Record Collector
Resident Advisor
Revolver*
Rock Sound
Rolling Stone
The Skinny (UK)
Slant Magazine
Spin*
Sputnikmusic
The Telegraph (UK)
Tiny Mix Tapes
Uncut*
Under The Radar
Variety
The Wire*
XLR8
XXL

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Also, AllMusic used to have UV highlighted blue as the “choice” album with the highest rating of 4/5, but the blue has been removed. I think/hope that means NFR will be made the “choice” with a 4 or 4.5 score.

 

Edit: Nvm, I think it was because I was on mobile.

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I just want to say before the flood of positive acclaim for this album comes out...

 

Don't forget that these are the same publications who publicly crucified her at the start of her career. She was so discouraged after Paradise that she vowed to never make music again.

The acclaim is well deserved and long overdue. 


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By the same turkey who wrote a positive, but massively condescending review of Ultraviolence https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/12/lana-del-rey-ultraviolence-review

 

 

I think a lot of critics have had to eat their words since BtD. It's delicious  :creep:


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That review is another generic "All of Lana's music sounds the same, no matter how different it sounds" review. She gets one or two every album she releases, still plagued by this idea that creating a world and inhabiting a character is reductive rather than expansive... To me it screams a lack of critical thinking and understanding... And a total disregard for the way the culture has changed in the last 7-8 years and how that has impacted her lyrics, singing, aesthetics, etc... Even listening to the music alone, the production, melodies, lyrics, and themes have marked departures from older "Lanaisms" if he stopped to actually listen/think about things... The "lead" single, MAC is literally her reclaiming this narrative that she's perpetually depressed, tortured femme fatale... Hope is her clarifying her journey in a way that she's never done before...

 

Let me stop  :facepalm:

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