Blue Banisters - Pre-Pre-Release Thread

[LifeOnMars 6,254]

Someone should ask if the album is better than Solar Power at least. 

[The Siren 29,070]

1 minute ago, Rainbows said:

Someone should ask if the is better than Solar Power at least. 

It's Lana vs Lorde. It's always better than Lorde. 

[Beautiful Loser 46,027]

2 minutes ago, Rainbows said:

Someone should ask if the album is better than Solar Power at least. 

Why?

[lanasbottom 23,687]

1 hour ago, plastiscguy said:

I just think the placement of the tracklist is... weird.

We start off with some really powerful songs. White Dress is an amazing opener, and then we have songs like the title track, Tulsa and Dark. But then, the rest of the songs were too mellow. It went from 100% to a 10% real quick and it felt like we never quite reached the climax. 

 

This is a classic lana problem. All of her albums always start extremely strong with the best tracks are being in the first half of the album, the middle being softer/slower and the end being usually a lot less strong than the beginning. She’s clearly just not that good at making good tracklists, most of her closings are usually either skips or weaker compared to the beginning of the album. She usually keeps at least one banger for the second half/ending tho which i really love (black beauty, heroin, the greatest, the blackest day etc) but she should start ending her albums with a real climactic BANG and not by letting them slowly fizzle themselves out. 

 

Cocc is even worse because it’s just so short and the last 3 tracks are 2 snoozefests and a skip. The album peaks with yosemite and after that it’s practically over which makes the album feel like a tiny EP with little to no real climax. 

[FallingCherry 7,731]

I haven’t really followed (as always ) so can someone recap what BOZ said please? There are 6 outtakes on BB, and the album is 11 tracks long?

[Flowerbomb 65,555]

Summer Wine re-release with Father John Misty instead of Barrie, let's fucking GOOOO 

[The Siren 29,070]

2 minutes ago, lanasbottom said:

 

This is a classic lana problem. All of her albums always start extremely strong with the best tracks are being in the first half of the album, the middle being softer/slower and the end being usually a lot less strong than the beginning. She’s clearly just not that good at making good tracklists, most of her closings are usually either skips or weaker compared to the beginning of the album. She usually keeps at least one banger for the second half/ending tho which i really love (black beauty, heroin, the greatest, the blackest day etc) but she should start ending her albums with a real climactic BANG and not by letting them slowly fizzle themselves out. 

 

Cocc is even worse because it’s just so short and the last 3 tracks are 2 snoozefests and a skip. The album peaks with yosemite and after that it’s practically over which makes the album feel like a tiny EP with little to no real climax. 

I think TIWMUG, Lucy Ones and Bel Air are amazing closers. 

[littleredpartydress 48,823]

Fine China was on the original blue banisters tracklist 

 

I HATEEEE HERRRRR

[The Siren 29,070]

Just now, littleredpartydress said:

Fine China was on the original blue banisters tracklist 

 

I HATEEEE HERRRRR

What?

[TangerineDreams 937]

BoZ said the original album included Fine China but she scrapped it. 

 

WE LOST, WE KEEP LOSING 

[CinnamonGay 10,513]

4 minutes ago, lanasbottom said:

and the end being usually a lot less strong than the beginning

????????no

 

?maybe BTD yes. But every other album..omg. the closers and final tracks are so beautiful 

[everymanhashiswish 874]

Why don't I have an ATRL account sdfjlsd 

[Super Movie 50,275]

Can I pay her to put Fine China back on the tracklist? It would work so well, especially in relation to her life over the past few months (from what we know lol)  And it would be so cohesive with the singles, specifically BB itself 

[Glitter Boy 16,209]

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[littleredpartydress 48,823]

1 minute ago, The Siren said:

What?

BOZ said the original album had old outtakes as well but a bunch of different ones, including Fine China. 
 

he said he liked the old songs she chose better than the outtakes she replaced them with 

[lanasbottom 23,687]

3 minutes ago, The Siren said:

I think TIWMUG, Lucy Ones and Bel Air are amazing closers. 

one of them isn’t a closer and i didn’t count bel air since it’s an ep and already very short 

[TangerineDreams 937]

BoZ :

 

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The original album had older songs too, but they were much better choices including Fine China which imo is still one of her best songs. But she cut them and replaced with demos I do not care about at all, but I'm probably just wrong and Lana knows what she is doing. I just personally wish that if she is to re-use material from old sessions we would get the iconic ones like FC, Yes to Heaven, Hollywood or fans-desired like idk Roses Bloom For You or UFB. I don't blame her for putting leaked stuff, cause of course it's not her fault, it's fans fault for listening to things that aren't released officially, but I just wish she picked something better.

 

[Crimson and Clover 22,100]

Y’all it’s fine, we’ve had Fine China for YEARS now  it’s gonna be like a decade old in a few years

[CinnamonGay 10,513]

OMG..

FUCK.

OMG.

 

FINE CHINA. NO. SISTERS. WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DESERVE SUCH A FATE. . FUCKING HELL. I WANTED THE DAN HEATH VERSION

 

BYE

Just now, TangerineDreams said:

demos I do not care about at all,

....bye.

 

Lana why .

So no YTH,hollywood 

 

So thunder,CB  whatever.

 

Bye. Fine china. 

[everymanhashiswish 874]

3 minutes ago, lanasbottom said:

one of them isn’t a closer and i didn’t count bel air since it’s an ep and already very short 

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