Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[Yameena Khatri 3,219]

 *NOT A RANKING* I just wanted to be annoying and rearrange the tracklist and the track titles hehe.  Just wanted to see how the flow works if we divide the 'dark' songs and the 'light' songs and connect them with JB Interlude. 

 

    1. The Grants

    2. Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard? 

    3. Candy Necklaces (feat. Jon Batiste) 

    4. American Whore [A&W] 

    5. Two Seconds [Fingertips] 

    6. Kintsugi 

    7. I Feel It Interlude [Jon Batiste Interlude] 

    8. It's Time To Go (feat. SYML) [Paris, Texas] 

    9. Three White Butterflies (feat. RIOPY) [Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he’s deep-sea fishing] 

    10. Taco Truck [VB] 

    11. Sweet

    12. Fishtail 

    13. Margaret [feat. Bleachers]  

    14. Angelina Jolie (feat. Tommy Genesis) [Peppers] 

    15. Let The Light In (feat. Father John Misty) 

[Eugene 26,669]

Fingertips finally grew on me. It is currently in my top 10.  

[Marius 12,804]

20 minutes ago, Selfloathinpoet said:

90-100 LA Times

84 BPM

80 Observer

80 Record Collector 

70 MusicOMH

 

Scores left to be added on MC 

 

 

 

 

90 - exclaim 

[Honeyyoung 17,096]

2 hours ago, barttttender said:

 

a boring diaristic narrative of sorts (fingertips)

 

not everything that is thought needs to be said 

[Mash Tragic 3,944]

When first hearing the album, I loved every single track and now, well... I'm still unable to rank them  

I could though, but only based on their replay value, but then again, my ranking would always change depending on my mood...

Yesterday, I blasted Fishtails, Peppers and Taco Truck all day long. Today, I'm listening to Kintsugi and Fingertips on loop  

That's how amazing this album is. I'm so glad I was able to click with every song from the very start, and I sure hope anyone who still dislikes either the fun tracks or the heavier ones will ultimately see the light and understand they all have their place in this incredible body of work. 

[13beachess 7,615]

yessssss A&W is climbing for its' crown! It's now Lana's third most listened track on Spotify 

[Eugene 26,669]

I hope that with these new reviews the score will go up to at least 82.

[Make me your Dream Life 87,839]

when u know, you know, know you know 

[Eugene 26,669]

Billboard review when?

[FallingCherry 7,731]

Weirdly enough, I tend to relate the most to Lana’s most personal work. Even though she’s singing about her own family and friends, and thus it’s not really that wide and general of a theme, I find it much more down to earth. When she sings stuff like “Charlie stop smoking, Caroline will you be with me”, I can see myself asking the same things to people I hold close to my heart. I love how raw and vulnerable she has become without the world building she used to do

[Blue Ribbon 3,559]

IT'S LIT *extremely loud sound effect* *screams* jimmy jimmy cocoa puff 

[Terrence Loves Me 72,696]

1 hour ago, fine china said:

The album overall is beautiful and I can see her vision with it. The weakest songs for me are Paris, Texas, Grandfather, and Peppers. I enjoy the album. I want to stress that I am not saying I want her to revisit old material because I know that’s how people will interpret this. However, there was a different quality to her work pre-NFR and maybe even before LFL (minus a few tracks, mainly unreleased ones from that time). There was something there that isn’t so present in the music anymore and it’s totally okay for some people to long for that again. Listening to this album and then listening to songs like Old Money, Dragon Slayer, etc, there is something different there. I don’t expect her to go back to that style because she’s growing as a person and I appreciate it. But I am allowed to miss that story-telling and atmosphere that old songs had. Once again, I love this new music too, but the older music had that atmosphere and maybe it’s the current producers she’s working with contributing to that (minus Jon Batiste). 

I know exactly who i'm blaming but i don't wanna trigger some people because it's been said many many times, and for good reason. 

[Morningcrow 3,675]

It kind of feels like the reviews that came from the ill-advised listening session were less positive overall and more surface level, while those that have come post-release have tended to spend far more time analyzing the lyrics and ended up being more favorable for Lana. *shrug*

 

 

[turquoisejewel 2,014]

My ranking. This took me a while and it'll probably change since I'm still discovering many details in the music, double meanings and wordplays in the lyrics, this woman is a genius for real

 

1. Candy Necklace

2. Kintsugi

3. A&W

4. Let The Light In

5. Paris, Texas

6. DYK

7. Fishtail

8. Jon Batiste Interlude (I fucking love it, it's so intimate I feel like I'm spying them while composing, I love Jon's energy and the music, it's chaotic and cathartic, it's already said but it reminds me of Pink Floyd)

9. Grandfather (only thing I dislike is the "regrettable a white woman" lyric; that's such an american thing to say... being a foreigner, I understand that the subject has become part of the north american culture but to regret something you're born with/as... anyways)

10. The Grants

11. Peppers

12. Taco Truck x VB

13. Margaret

14. Fingertips (I think it's an amazing work of art, but it's too much for me. I have to be in a MOOD to want to listen to it)

15. Sweet (the only song I don't like and think it should have been scrapped)

16. Judah Smith Interlude (I don't need a psycho screaming in my ear trying to make me feel guilty for shit. It's too long and umbearable for me. I don't know if Lana put this in the album to be sarcastic or what but I will continue to skip it. I like the music, shame)

[Mer 61,775]

"heeheehee, rhino designer  hmmmmmmm "

[honeymoon is alive 21,165]

like hollywood AND ME 

that diamond in your ring 

the soul that you bring to the table 

the one that makes me sing in a minor key 

[Terrence Loves Me 72,696]

Grandfather is probably the most "classic lana" song on the album. It sounds like it came from Honeymoon. Probably why it stands out so much 

 

Candy Necklace is a close contender but "classic lana" would've done more with it *cough* david kahne  

[Blue Ribbon 3,559]

some of you were arguing over mine of you or mind of you (obviously mine) but i still have no ideia whether she says "god's a charlatan", "got a (shh) who turned" or "got to the shower, turned on the back beat" 

[turquoisejewel 2,014]

Guys, I'm sorry if this has been discussed, I haven't been here so much these days but I just saw AjayII changed her username on youtube to AJayLush maybe she'll return  the power of Lana

[Mer 61,775]

3 minutes ago, Poppers said:

some of you were arguing over mine of you or mind of you (obviously mine) but i still have no ideia whether she says "god's a charlatan", "got a (shh) who turned" or "got to the shower, turned on the back beat" 

 

I hear "Got a shhh [cop] who turned on the backbeat, put's the shower on while he calls me"