Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[LifeOnMars 7,933]

I think we should be proud of the fact the Lana is still among the other female artists in this list after her 8th album. Especially  since she doesn’t have number one hits, heavy promo or even social media to let people know she has an album out. 
 

 

[Super Movie 51,869]

1. If You Lie Down With Me

2. Black Bathing Suit

3. Thunder

4. Wildflower Wildfire 

5. Dealer 

 

My top five literally changes every day 

[Liz Taylor Blues 18,855]

3 minutes ago, Nectar said:

I think we should be proud of the fact the Lana is still among the other female artists in this list after her 8th album. Especially  since she doesn’t have number one hits, heavy promo or even social media to let people know she has an album out. 
 

 

Her managers were right when they said she was a Rite Of Passage artist. She will always stream well because of BTD-UV-NFR and so it allows her to make personal less mainstream albums like HM or CoCC

[uvbabe 4,730]

The vocals in IFLWM when she says LIE (LIE) are so Ultraviolence  

[GeminiLanaFan 49,408]

27 minutes ago, brandon said:

Here we go again bashing other female artists just because their fans are being annoying 

I never cared much for Halsey until her latest, which I love. I really like Billie although she is not Lana IMO. To each its own: everybody has the right to love someone or not, and as you get older, numbers never matter as much as how much you connect with an album. But their damn hardcore fans that think that only theirs is the best and shit all over female singers is annoying AF (and really unfair to Lana, which inspired so many of them). 

Just now, uvbabe said:

The vocals in IFLWM when she says LIE (LIE) are so Ultraviolence  

This! The beat also reminds  me a lot of the drumming in The Blackest Day 

[Taco Truck x VB 3,613]

18 minutes ago, West Coast said:

1. Text Book

2. Thunder

3. Dealer

4. Black Bathing Suit

5. If You Lie Down With Me

 

someone with taste

[Solar Fields 4,163]

1. Dealer

2. Thunder

3. Text Book

4. Sweet Carolina 

5. Beautiful

NotG, BB, and Arcadia are all really close to being on this list.

[SalvaWHORE 34,174]

1. Dealer

2. Black bathing Suit

3. Nectar of the Gods

4. If You Lie Down with Me

5. Beautiful

[#glimmeringdarling 4,629]

1. Dealer

2. Blue Banisters

3. If You Lie Down With Me

4. Sweet Carolina

5. Black Bathing Suit

[War In My Mind 2,999]

I wrote an analysis on Violets for Roses on the lyric thread, so if you like that kinda ish please tip your waitress

[OverYourHead 6,279]

1 hour ago, Honeyyoung said:

everyone talking about how we don't have a cherry/cinnamon girl/tulsa jesus freak on the record but that's honestly dealer

Wait people regard TJF to be like Cherry & Cinnamon Girl? Weird.

 

but on this album tho it’s defo Beautiful

[Let the Light In 18,865]

32 minutes ago, FallingCherry said:

Yeah I too wish she was singing more than just the chorus and backing vocals in the outro, honestly with Miles singing on the majority of the song it would’ve fit better on one of his records

 

 I thought about it too but I think the song holds a personal meaning for Lana, maybe it is encapsualting a specific memory in her life. So Miles is only serving purpose to transfer the other person's lines. Maybe it could be the reason he was not written as feature.

[peachlipgloss 3,094]

after listening to the album countlessly on repeat i have to say i appreciate wildflower so much more than i did before

[Dark Angel 203,621]

1. black bathing suit

2. wildflower wildfire

3. text book

4. dealer

5. arcadia

[peachlipgloss 3,094]

streaming the album on repeat y’all 

[uvbabe 4,730]

1. Thunder

2. If You Lie Down With Me 

3. Living Legend

4. Wildflower Wildfire

5. Text Book 

[Dark Angel 203,621]

text book's transitions/tempo changes 

 

arcadia's old hollywood vibes 

 

dealer's smokey lounge vibes 

 

the entirety of black bathing suit 

[ShadesOfFool 20,224]

I really like a lot of the songs but as a whole the album isn’t really clicking for me yet. I think it’s because the content is very contradictory in some parts, which is prob bc some songs are so much older than others. 
 

Like we have a song like Blue Banisters about her finding solace and independence among her friends and family, and being okay without a man. 
 

then a couple tracks later we have nectar of the gods which is literally about her self-destructing over a man and losing her way. Literally I’m doing drugs and wanting to die because this man doesn’t love me the way I want him to. 
 

Are both songs great? Yes! Do they need to be on the same album? Maybe not. 
 

I’m all for complexity and working out mixed feelings in the course of an album, ofc, but this kind of thing is a little jarring to me. 
 

It feels like some of these songs were made by completely different people. In past albums, she explored lots of facets of relationships and herself and her life, but there was always a very consistent thru-line. A central character or point or storyline. Here it’s just like a collage of random shit lol 
 

2013 and 2021 Lana Del Rey have virtually nothing in common at this point so I just think it’s a little strange they’re on the same album. 

[Pico Ocean Boulevard 41,454]

I have to confess that Beautiful has become one of my faves now. I love the message a lot & it's such a beautiful song the piano in it is so beautiful & interesting,  I'm kinda obsessed with the piano in this song 

[5Rick 2,925]

13 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

text book's transitions/tempo changes 

 

arcadia's old hollywood vibes 

 

dealer's smokey lounge vibes 

 

the entirety of black bathing suit 

 

Spoiler

the whole album