Norman Fucking Rockwell - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[American Whore]

sorry posted in the wrong thread guys

[necessary sacrifice]

Idk if this sounds strange and I’m not even entirely sure what I mean by this, but I feel like out of all Lana’s records, NFR has the biggest housewife vibe.

[Nobody]

Idk if this sounds strange and I’m not even entirely sure what I mean by this, but I feel like out of all Lana’s records, UV has the biggest crackwhore vibe.

[CinnamonGay]

Can someone DM me the Piano version demo of BAR..

Not the original demo..but the piano version!!!

Can someone DM me the Piano version demo of BAR..

Not the original demo..but the piano version!!!

[Make me your Dream Life]

appreciation post: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrSX_OcpeJg

[PARADIXO]

I don't know if that was discussed before, but today I thought that Fuck it I love you is an unintentional sequel to West Coast.

 

In West Coast, Lana finds herself in a dilemma between her career and her lover. She obviously chose her ambition and now that she made her dreams true, she still needs her lover (Fuck it I love you). Now she's stronger, more stable and successful, so she's ready to go back to him (a recurrent theme throughout all of NFR!). Also both songs share this trippy, psychedelic, surf rock instrumentation.

 

I'm relating to NFR! so much lately

[Make me your Dream Life]

I don't know if that was discussed before, but today I thought that Fuck it I love you is an unintentional sequel to West Coast.

 

In West Coast, Lana finds herself in a dilemma between her career and her lover. She obviously chose her ambition and now that she made her dreams true, she still needs her lover (Fuck it I love you). Now she's stronger, more stable and successful, so she's ready to go back to him (a recurrent theme throughout all of NFR!). Also both songs share this trippy, psychedelic, surf rock instrumentation.

 

I'm relating to NFR! so much lately

Slightly off topic, but I always attributed her soft background vocals contrasted w how imo drunkedly low she sang the chorus back to love, and mm yeah hard agree bout it possibly being connected to FIILY :lanacry2:

[Liz Taylor Blues]

I don't know if that was discussed before, but today I thought that Fuck it I love you is an unintentional sequel to West Coast.

 

In West Coast, Lana finds herself in a dilemma between her career and her lover. She obviously chose her ambition and now that she made her dreams true, she still needs her lover (Fuck it I love you). Now she's stronger, more stable and successful, so she's ready to go back to him (a recurrent theme throughout all of NFR!). Also both songs share this trippy, psychedelic, surf rock instrumentation.

 

I'm relating to NFR! so much lately

NFR really does seem like one long (musical) Missed Connections post on craigslist.

[Ebola]

so nfr supposedly got removed from apple music today https://twitter.com/britishb0mbs/status/1271734155835998209?s=20

[x VB]

so nfr supposedly got removed from apple music today https://twitter.com/britishb0mbs/status/1271734155835998209?s=20

Yeah and from iTunes too...

[Emanueldelsun]

Yeah and from iTunes too...

But why ???? 

[GeminiLanaFan]

Doesn’t it happen once in a while? Like some glitch... Same happened last year with her albums and Taylor’s. It came back a few days later. We thought it meant NFR was coming when there were no news of the damn thing.

[Make me your Dream Life]

I know there've been others contesting like the lack of atmosphere of this record, never personal like that just an observation, but. well what's it like to ya's ? 

I'm thinking it might be overall the stripped back sound, which kinda lends to thought of just being in one place, or being stationary. 

Personally think it's perfect for when it's just real hot outside, night or day, and you've some moments to yourself before really doing anything. so, kinda like, being grounded, back to real life, which, is such a reverse sorta move to how outwardly cinematic her past stuff's been.. 
it's like it's quietly cinematic

 

[GeminiLanaFan]

I've been relistening to AKA this morning and, in a way, it feels like NFR is its little sister, to the album closer to it. It's the same Lana, in a way, only she is younger on AKA and older on NFR, but she is still in the same state: just in the middle between good and bad, between wanting what's best for her and complying to self-destructive boyfriends or situations. It's specially true on Gramma.

So, in a way, the whole story of her discography is «Good girl gone bad»: She's right in the middle on AKA, and it gets further down until UV. HM has her still being in the end of the rope, but with hints of hope; LFL is the threshold... and she lands, with NFR, somewhere in the middle of good and evil, with just a bit more experiences, and owning who she is. 

[nope]

I finally decided that The Next Best American Record is definitely top 5 on NFR.

 

I said what I said. 

[xlanax]

Say whatever you want but this album is one of her best. Top 3 with Ultraviolence and Honeymoon, a Lana classic by this time. What a hell of an album, love it and still loving after 1 year.

[Sugar Venom]

Anyone who says this album is better than born to die, ultraviolence, honeymoon, even paradise......... very sad for you. Very very sad

[anwdelrey]

Skips for me as of right now are Love Song, Cinnamon Girl, TNBAR, Bartender, and HIAB. 

[Make me your Dream Life]

HM, UV. 
BTD, paradise. 
NFR
LFL

and not to say this album's horrible, far from- it's actually just pretty difficult to even rank her records bc she does put a lot of effort in putting out something w quality. 

still. think it's the most comforting out of all of her stuff.

if LFL didn't exist, strangely enough I feel like there wouldn't b much of a discussion about which album was bad tbh 
 

[house of balloons]

nfr kind of gets boring if overplayed, i'd have to let it sit for a month or so in order to start enjoying its beauty again