Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[longtimeman 8,908]

I really love the whole record. Unfortunately, due to Covid lockdown weirdness, I missed out on buying a LDR record on the moring of release for the first time since I became a fan just before Ulltraviolence, but streaming is serving ...

[Poor Stacy 11,994]

The Pitchfork review is actually beautiful. They're stanning. 

[prettywhenimhigh 49,295]

AND I'M GONNA LISTEN TO IT AGAIN BUT I'LL CATCH UP AND START AT BLUE BANISTERS

 

[PatentLeatherDoOver 25,780]

Just now, prettywhenimhigh said:

I FINISHED EVERYTHING

 

what are your top 5??

[Jeanne Dielman 5,982]

Pitchfork's review is actually fantastic. Very thoughtful and detailed. They praise the shit out of Black Bathing Suit and Sweet Carolina and also love Text Book, Dealer and Beautiful. It's a very good score. I mean, we know how stingy they are. But the review reads like a 8.5+ actually. 

 

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lana-del-rey-blue-banisters/

[rabbit 5,237]

Almost done with Blue Banisters (song), really excited to see where the record goes after Arcadia/The Trio. The synths in BB are just stunning.

 

We made it :’)

[littleseashell 2,499]

RUN YOUR HANDS OVER ME LIKE A LAND ROVER 

[Chemtrailslana 216]

I'm very pleased with pitchfork's score, although I think it deserves higher

[American Whore 51,141]

AMERICAAAAA

 

 

START THE FIGHTING MUSIC!!!!

[Intriguing Penguin 867]

1 minute ago, The Siren said:

 https://open.spotify.com/album/2wwCc6fcyhp1tfY3J6Javr?si=PiH3tSKjRi2sqoKi-iIw2A

thanks, it showed up right after i posted that! 

[Super Movie 51,558]

If You Lie Down With Me is my favorite for sure. I'm completely in love with it 

 

 

LA LA LA LIE LA LA LA LA LIE 

IF YOU LIE DOWN RIGHT NEXT TO ME

 

[The Siren 30,517]

1 minute ago, caughtuboy said:

listing the old versions of thunder, cherry blossom, and living legend as demos 

I never could tell the difference between demo vs final of living legend and cherry blossom. 

[prettywhenimhigh 49,295]

Just now, PatentLeatherDoOver said:

what are your top 5??

 

I'm honestly so hyped I can't decide yet but BBS and dealer are tops for sure

[White Hot Forever 4,220]

Arcadia is such a stand out track... the orchestration, lyrics, everything about it is so beautiful and perfect

 

 

[Dark Angel 201,242]

pitchfork stanning blue banisters is the plot twist we NEEDED

[LifeOnMars 7,864]

Yeah pitchfork had some very nice things to say about her using older songs. 
 

Spoiler

Placed among modern transmissions like “Black Bathing Suit,” “Sweet Carolina,” and “Text Book” (“There we were, screaming, ‘Black Lives Matter,’” she reflects) are songs like “Living Legend” and “Cherry Blossom,” titles that have circulated among her fanbase in unofficial form for years. These recordings, which date back as far as the sessions for 2014’s Ultraviolence, constitute about a third of the tracklist, stretching the runtime past an hour and making the whole thing feel slightly unwieldy, off-balance, lacking the cohesion of her best albums.

 

And yet, these qualities also make the record stand out: a survey of Lana’s gifts, stripped of the aesthetic borders she often places around her work. It’s an approach that aligns her with the legacy artists she has always drawn from—Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, craftsmen constantly digging through the archives to recontextualize their mythology. 

 

[Offtotheraces01 2,774]

2 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

 

try searching for the songs

TY IT WORKED

[rightofjupiter 16,493]

As per Tidal credits, it looks like the horns, bass, drums  were added to IYLDWM for BB, and Drew Erickson plays Rhodes on Cherry Blossom

[uvbabe 4,730]

But baby yoooouuuu

All the things you doooo

And the way you move

Send me straight to heaven

 

[The Siren 30,517]

I'm only just starting the title track y'all are so quick