Paradise is an album. Yes or no?

[Blue Rev 3,023]

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It is not a new album, but an after thought, it’s the ‘Paradise Edition’ of Born To Die. It’s going to be like 7 new songs, which makes the final statement of the thoughts I was putting across [in Born To Die] It’s beautiful. I’ve been writing slowing for 7 months now.

 

https://www.lanadelreyfan.com/lana-del-rey-talks-about-born-to-die-paradise-edition/

 

case closed

[bvnnysworld 33]

On 1/13/2025 at 5:32 PM, Candy Necklace said:

It’s been 12 years, does it really matter?

Not at all I was just curious as to what others thought <3

[Rorman Nockwell 57,083]

I guess it doesn’t really matter (doesn’t really really matter) but yes, I consider it an album

Paradise cover is my favourite album cover, too

[TropicoHeart 2,866]

13 hours ago, Embach said:

While I do agree that Paradise was sold as LPs but in general, how being an EP is a discredit to a work of art?  

People often ignore it when mentioning her discography as if it’s not its own thing. That’s discrediting it imo.

[TropicoHeart 2,866]

11 hours ago, Charlottexseax said:

What was even the reasoning behind merging it with BTD if any of yall know? 

Back in the late 00’s/early 2010’s when an album used to do well the music label wanted to milk the sucess of the album so instead of letting the artist release a new project they would often create an extened edition of the album. We can see this with Gaga’s The Fame/The Fame Monster,

Katy’s Teenage Dream/Teenage Dream: TCC, Kesha’s Animal/Cannibal, and also Lana’s BTD/Paradise. 
 

For example both The Fame Monster and Paradise are the ying to the yang of the previous albums before them, and the themes are the opposite. It’s only fair to call such albums as their own body of work, and not an extension like Teenage Dream: TCC which is more like a deluxe.

[bluechemtrails 27,735]

My final conclusion is that this question cannot be answered satisfactorily because even Lana and her team don't know for sure.

[TropicoHeart 2,866]

3 minutes ago, bluechemtrails said:

My final conclusion is that this question cannot be answered satisfactorily because even Lana and her team don't know for sure.

Except for the countless of times that Lana has referred to Paradise as its own thing