Create an Unreleased Lana Album/Playlist

[sparklrtrailrheaven 9,054]

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about a very singular era of Lana's career: the transition period lasting from roughly late 2006 to early 2008, moving from the acoustic, folky sound of Sirens to the classic "surf noir" sound of AKA. I see this as kicking off with the Ben/Run Motorcycle/YGLM session, and lasting until she began working with Kahne -- there's a darker edge in these works, and her songwriting was at, I believe, its peak: songs like Pin Up Galore, Pawn Shop Blues, Yayo, and Elvis all came out of these years.

 

So, I tried to put together a little playlist of some songs that exemplify this period. It's kind of rough, simply because it's a mix of finished studio tracks, rehearsals, self-recorded acoustics, and studio sessions, but I tried to cull the best of her songwriting and cultivate a very specific tone: the desperate, deep South-flavored, dive bar gloom that only barely peeks out on AKA -- the original, largely forgotten brand of LDR sadcore. 

 

Featuring an edit by @@Trash Magic that came at the perfect time and was weirdly exactly what I was imagining, here's "FLORIDA DARK": 

 

[Veinsineon 76,858]

Been in such a little mafioso mood

 

Honeymoon

God Knows I Tried

Big Eyes

24

The Good Life

Religion

Serene Queen

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Salvatore

Shades Of Cool

The Ocean

Get Free

The Other Woman

[fl0ridakil0s 3,959]

femme fatale, always on the run

 

1. Kinda Outta Luck

2. Live or die

3. Paradise

4. Summer of Sam

5. She's not me

6. Sad Girl

7. Fucked my way up to the top

8. Money Power Glory

9. High by the beach

10. Florida Kilos

11. Hollywood

12. Burning Desire

13. Dangerous Girl

14. Cola

15. Off to the races

16. Ridin'

17. Summer Bummer

18. Beautiful Player

19. Meet me in the pale moonlight

20. Radio

21. Diet Mountain Dew

22. Queen of the gas station

23. Brite Lites

24. Raise me up

25. In my feelings

26. Hit and run

27. Go Go Dancer

28. Ghetto Baby

29. Ooh Baby

30. Gods and monsters

[Violets in Your Eyes 313]

Can you put spoilers on mobile? Bc I have a bunch of playlists I wanna post but I don't want them taking up too much space

[SlowGinFizzzz 15,354]

Can you put spoilers on mobile? Bc I have a bunch of playlists I wanna post but I don't want them taking up too much space

Just put "spoiler" and "/spoiler" in square brackets before and after whatever you want to post.

[Violets in Your Eyes 313]

Just put "spoiler" and "/spoiler" in square brackets before and after whatever you want to post.

Thanks! I never knew how people did that

[Violets in Your Eyes 313]

Here's all the Lana playlists I listen to, and I made artwork too if anyone's interested

 

 

 

SIRENS

01. Drive By

02. Next to Me

03. How Do You Know Me So Well

04. Pretty Baby

05. Birds of a Feather

06. My Momma

07. Aviation

08. Dear Elliot

09. Try Tonight

10. Junky Pride

11. A Star for Nick

12. Move

13. Blizzard

14. You, Mister

15. There's Nothing to Be Sorry About

16. More Mountains

17. Wait

18. For You

19. Bad Disease

20. Out with a Bang

21. In Wendy

22. Peace

 

CIGARETTES & ROBITUSSIN

01. Get Drunk (4:26 Demo)

02. Disco (3:50 Demo)

03. Money Hunny

04. Put Me In a Movie (3:37 Demo)

05. Brite Lites (3:05 Demo)

06. Let My Hair Down (2:51 Demo)

07. For K, Pt. 2 (4:32 Demo)

08. Yayo (4:19 Demo)

09. Jimmy Gnecco

10. 1949 (Demo)

11. O Say Can U See (Demo)

12. Axl Rose Husband

13. Elvis

14. Your Band Is All the Rage

15. You're Gonna Love Me

16. Pawn Shop Blues (Demo)

17. Raise Me Up (3:22 Demo)

18. Fordham Road

 

FLORIDA DARK

01. The Ocean (Demo)

02. The Man I Love

03. 1949

04. Every Man Has His Wish

05. Brite Lites (3:00 Demo)

06. Mermaid Motel (Demo)

07. Rehab (Demo)

08. Heavy Hitter

09. Golden Grill (Nyceboy Remix)

10. Boarding School

11. Jump (Demo)

12. Pin Up Galore

13. Queen of the Gas Station (3:37 Demo)

14. Rayse (Early Mix)

15. Little Girls (Early Mix)

16. Hawaiian Tropic

17. Wayamaya

18. Trash Magic

19. Diet Mtn Dew (4:31 Demo)

 

TWO HOURS TO NEVADA

01. Yayo

02. For K, Pt. 2

03. Queen of the Gas Station

04. Mermaid Motel

05. $100 Bill (Demo)

06. Come When You Call Me America (4:34)

07. Smarty

08. Jump

09. Oh Say Can You See

10. Kill Kill

11. Gramma

12. Brite Lites

13. Put Me In a Movie

14. Raise Me Up

15. Pawn Shop Blues

 

KINDNESS OF STRANGERS

01. Kinda Outta Luck

02. She's Not Me

03. In the Sun

04. Is It Wrong

05. I Want It All

06. Motel 6 (Vicarage)

07. Us Against the World

08. Resistance

09. Girl That Got Away

10. Dangerous Girl

11. Lolita (3:50 Demo)

12. Caught You Boy

13. Diet Mountain Dew (3:39 Demo)

14. You Can Be the Boss

15. Children of the Bad Revolution

 

TEENAGE WASTELAND

01. Prom Song (Gone Wrong)

02. Meet Me in the Pale Moonlight

03. Dynamite

04. Back to tha Basics

05. BBM Baby

06. Break My Fall

07. Making Out

08. Breaking My Heart

09. Marilyn Monroe

10. Driving in Cars with Boys (4:16)

11. Radio (Demo)

12. Queen of Disaster

13. Television Heaven

 

DIE FOR ME

01. Live or Die

02. Fake Diamond

03. Butterflies

04. Roses

05. Backfire

06. St. Tropez

07. Jealous Girl

08. This Is What Makes Us Girls (3:36 Demo)

09. Behind Closed Doors

10. Big Spender (w. Smiler)

11. Be My Daddy

12. Dum Dum

13. Butterflies, Pt. 2

14. Lolita (3:36 Demo)

 

HEAVIER THAN HEAVENLY

01. On Our Way

02. Video Games (Demo)

03. Never Let Me Go

04. My Best Days

05. Lucky Ones (Demo)

06. Off to the Races (Early Mix)

07. National Anthem (3:36 Demo)

08. Born to Die (4:21 Demo)

09. Last Girl on Earth

10. Carmen (Demo)

11. Afraid

12. Velvet Crowbar

13. Dark Paradise (3:58 Demo)

14. Million Dollar Man (Demo)

15. Summertime Sadness (Final 2)

 

SICKENINGLY BEAUTIFUL

01. Hollywood's Dead

02. TV in Black & White

03. Without You

04. Summertime Sadness (Demo)

05. Blue Jeans (Demo)

06. Dark Paradise (2:25 Demo)

07. Off to the Races (Mix 9)

08. Born to Die (4:44 Demo)

09. National Anthem (3:24 Demo)

10. Serial Killer

11. This Is What Makes Us Girls (4:06 Demo)

12. Lolita

13. Paradise

14. Lucky Ones

 

BORN TO DIE (Standard 12 Track Version)

 

PARADISE

01. Ride

02. American

03. Young and Beautiful (Demo)

04. JFK

05. You & Me

06. Cola

07. Body Electric

08. Blue Velvet

09. I Don't Wanna Go

10. Yayo

11. Starry Eyed

12. Gods & Monsters

13. Bel Air

 

DOPE & DIAMONDS

01. Dayglo Reflection (Solo Edit)

02. Money Power Glory (Demo)

03. Fucked My Way Up To the Top (Kristijan Majic Remix)

04. West Coast (Radio Mix)

05. Your Girl

06. Burning Desire

07. Ridin' (w. A$AP Rocky)

08. Florida Kilos

09. Yes to Heaven (3:35)

10. Old Money (Kristijan Majic Remix)

11. Summer Wine (w. Barrie-James O'Neill)

 

MELANCHOLIA

01. Angels Forever

02. Yes to Heaven (4:10)

03. Sad Girl (Demo)

04. Black Beauty (Demo)

05. Beautiful People (Demo)

06. Wait for Life

07. Fine China

08. Cherry Blossom

09. Is This Happiness

10. Color Blue

11. Chelsea Hotel No. 2

 

ULTRAVIOLENCE

01. Cruel World

02. Ultraviolence

03. Shades of Cool

04. Brooklyn Baby

05. West Coast

06. Sad Girl

07. Pretty When You Cry

08. Money Power Glory

09. Fucked My Way Up To the Top

10. Black Beauty

11. Guns and Roses

12. Old Money

13. The Other Woman

14. Flipside

 

HONEYMOON (Standard Version)

 

LUST FOR LIFE

01. 13 Beaches

02. Lust for Life (6:02 Demo)

03. Young and in Love (Demo)

04. Best American Record (Demo)

05. California

06. Cherry

07. White Mustang

08. Summer Bummer (w. A$AP Rocky & Playboi Carti)

09. Groupie Love (w. A$AP Rocky)

10. In My Feelings

11. Prisoner (w. The Weeknd)

12. Serene Queen

13. Heroin

14. Yosemite

15. Get Free

 

HOW TO DISAPPEAR

01. Norman Fucking Rockwell

02. Mariners Apartment Complex

03. Venice Bitch

04. Love Song (PlastiscGuy Edit)

05. Bartender (Urban Noize Remix)

06. Cinnamon Girl

07. Coachella

08. God Bless America

09. When the World Was at War

10. Looking for America

11. Change (Heavenly Tropico Edit)

12. Hope Is a Dangerous Thing (Strings Edit)

13. Happiness Is a Butterfly (PlastiscGuy Edit)

14. Tomorrow Never Came (Demo) [solo Edit]

15. Fuck It I Love You

16. The Greatest

17. How to Disappear

 

WILD AT HEART

01. Let Me Love You Like a Woman (Live on Jimmy Fallon)

02. Wild at Heart

03. Chemtrails Over the Country Club

04. Thunder

05. Tulsa Jesus Freak

06. White Dress

07. Valley of the Dolls

08. Dark But Just a Game

09. Hallucinogenics (w. Matt Maeson)

10. Wanderlust

11. Dance Till We Die

12. Summertime The Gershwin Version

 

[AngelHeadedHipster 2,838]

LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE

 

1. Oh Say Can You See

2. Bel Air

3. Life Is Beautiful

4. Yayo

5. God Knows I Tried

6. Black Beauty

7. Is This Happiness

8. Bartender

9. Thunder

10. Black Leather Moonlight

11. Guns And Roses

12. I Talk To Jesus

13. Fine China

14. Cherry Blossom

15. Wild On You

16. Living Legend

17. JFK

18. American

19. Starry Eyed

20. Angels Forever

[Furor Poeticus 16,353]

Hi y'all 

This is something I came up with a few years ago, when I started listening to Lana's unreleased songs: I compiled those which I've found stylistically similar and created somewhat cohesive "albums". 

I'd love to share you those, feel free to share your own "unreleased albums" whose tracklists were deduced by you!

 

Album 1:

1. Boarding School

2. Resistance

3. Every man gets his wish

4. Jimmy Gnecco

5. Pin up galore

6. 1949

7. Trash magic

8. Never let me go

9. Wayamaya

10. On our way

11. Velvet crowbar

[Furor Poeticus 16,353]

Album 2:

1. Hit it & run

2. Backfire

3. Ooh baby (are you ready?)

4. Prom song

5. Lift your eyes

6. Gogo dancer

7. Ghetto baby

8. Girl that got away

9. Put the radio on 

10. She's not me

11. Break my fall

12. TV in black and white

13. Take me to Paris

14. Last girl on Earth

[Furor Poeticus 16,353]

Album 3:

1. Hollywood

2. J.F.K

3. Dangerous girl

4. Meet me in the pale moonlight

5. Fine china

6. Starry Eyed

7. Angels forever

8. Black beauty - Rick Nowels'  demo

9. I don't wanna go

10. Yes to heaven

11. Afraid

12. Driving in cars with boys

[Miss Doing Nothing 1,694]

I like to think she doubted whether to call herself Lana Del Rey or Lana Del Ray 
 

 

Strangelove
 

Motel 6

Trash Magic

Hawaiian Tropic

Oooh Baby

Wayamaya

Maha Maha

Strangelove

Catch and Release

Miss America (The Man I Love)

Pin Up Galore 

 

 

[AngelHeadedHipster 2,838]

 

 

CONTEMPLATING GOD  

 

1. Venice Bitch

2. White Dress*

3. Cinnamon Girl 

4. Tulsa Jesus Freak*

5. Love Song

6. Wild At Heart*

7. How To Disappear

8. Dance Till We Die*

9. Beautiful People Beautiful Problems 

10. The Greatest 

11. Tomorrow Never Came 

12. Not All Who Wander Are Lost*

13. Cherry Blossom

14. Is This Happiness 

15. Fine China

16. Yosemite*

17. Wait For Life

18. I Talk To Jesus 

19. The Color Blue

20. California

21. Thunder

22. Dark But Just A Game*

23. Next Best American Record 

24. Chemtrails Over The Country Club*

25. Happiness Is A Butterfly

26. Breaking Up Slowly*

27. Bartender 

28. For Free*

29. Yes To Heaven

30. Let Me Love You Like A Woman*

 

 

[sparklrtrailrheaven 9,054]

Liberally inspired by @Sitar, god of LDR organization and playlists, I decided to sort all of LDR's unreleased work into album-sized playlists based on era/producer/all that fun stuff, and attempted to use LDR-sanctioned album titles where I could (but not always). Only the Lizzy-era playlists are solidified for the moment, but here they are!: 

 

DISC 1: MY ONLY GOD - 2006/7 session and acoustic tracks. Very stripped-down, guitar-heavy, moody vibe. Cover swiped from @Skid Row Cherry Pie's sickening sig
 

Spoiler

 

 

 

DISC 2: GOD BLESS AMERICA - My humble approximation of Mertens' AKA, with Mermaid Motel restored to iconic closing track. All Mertens studio work, with The Man I Love fan-edit to maximize the surf noir slayage

 

Spoiler

 

DISC 3: TRUE BLUE - All 2008/9 self-recorded acoustics, plus laptop demos that were shared on Myspace. Worry you not about the rest of the laptop demos, they've got their own gig

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

DISC 4: TROPICANA - Post-AKA studio tracks, 2008/9. Very flirty, very fun, very offbeat, with an earth-shatteringly gorgeous cover by @le garce that doesn't actually say Tropicana, but shh the vibe is immaculate  Also, super conflicted on the order for the second half of this

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

DISC 4A: DAYTONA METH - THE holy text; all 2007-9 laptop demos that didn't already appear elsewhere. Spooky, sexy, genius. I'm obsessed with this one, even if I'm once again struggling with ordering the second half  Fucking incredible cover by @/blueribbontrailer on Instagram; don't know if they're here or not
 

Spoiler

 

 

 

So, yeah! There's still 12 (!!!!) LDR-era unreleased albums to come, but I'm super proud of what's here, and really excited to share the 2010-present stuff 

[Dark Angel 202,324]

22 minutes ago, sparklrtrailrheaven said:

Liberally inspired by @Sitar, god of LDR organization and playlists, I decided to sort all of LDR's unreleased work into album-sized playlists based on era/producer/all that fun stuff, and attempted to use LDR-sanctioned album titles where I could (but not always). Only the Lizzy-era playlists are solidified for the moment, but here they are!: 

 

DISC 1: MY ONLY GOD - 2006/7 session and acoustic tracks. Very stripped-down, guitar-heavy, moody vibe. Cover swiped from @Skid Row Cherry Pie's sickening sig
 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

 

DISC 2: GOD BLESS AMERICA - My humble approximation of Mertens' AKA, with Mermaid Motel restored to iconic closing track. All Mertens studio work, with The Man I Love fan-edit to maximize the surf noir slayage

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

DISC 3: TRUE BLUE - All 2008/9 self-recorded acoustics, plus laptop demos that were shared on Myspace. Worry you not about the rest of the laptop demos, they've got their own gig

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

 

DISC 4: TROPICANA - Post-AKA studio tracks, 2008/9. Very flirty, very fun, very offbeat, with an earth-shatteringly gorgeous cover by @le garce that doesn't actually say Tropicana, but shh the vibe is immaculate  Also, super conflicted on the order for the second half of this

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

 

DISC 4A: DAYTONA METH - THE holy text; all 2007-9 laptop demos that didn't already appear elsewhere. Spooky, sexy, genius. I'm obsessed with this one, even if I'm once again struggling with ordering the second half  Fucking incredible cover by @/blueribbontrailer on Instagram; don't know if they're here or not
 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

 

So, yeah! There's still 12 (!!!!) LDR-era unreleased albums to come, but I'm super proud of what's here, and really excited to share the 2010-present stuff 

 

wow i love this! it's very inspiring  

 

also, what's that cover for the "unreleased" album?

[sparklrtrailrheaven 9,054]

17 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

 

wow i love this! it's very inspiring  

 

also, what's that cover for the "unreleased" album?

that’s a gorgeous cover @Lana De Los Reyes made for me years ago! I can send it your way when I’m not on mobile, if you want 

[Dark Angel 202,324]

2 minutes ago, sparklrtrailrheaven said:

that’s a gorgeous cover @Lana De Los Reyes made for me years ago! I can send it your way when I’m not on mobile, if you want 

 

yeah! i'd like to see it!  

[Sitar 22,210]

2 hours ago, sparklrtrailrheaven said:

Liberally inspired by @Sitar, god of LDR organization and playlists, I decided to sort all of LDR's unreleased work into album-sized playlists based on era/producer/all that fun stuff, and attempted to use LDR-sanctioned album titles where I could (but not always). Only the Lizzy-era playlists are solidified for the moment, but here they are!:

Nice job, loving the concept of God Bless America and Daytona Meth

I suppose I owe this thread an update....

[HEARTCORE 18,971]

9 hours ago, Sitar said:

Nice job, loving the concept of God Bless America and Daytona Meth

I suppose I owe this thread an update....

[Violets in Your Eyes 313]

I don't like Breaking Up Slowly or For Free (and I put Yosemite on my Lust for Life playlist) so here's a little Chemtrails playlist I've been listening to

 

01. Let Me Love You Like a Woman (live with the background singers)

02. Wild at Heart

03. Chemtrails Over the Country Club

04. Thunder

05. Tulsa Jesus Freak

06. White Dress

07. Valley of the Dolls (I thought it was a cute little interlude)

08. Dark But Just a Game

09. Hallucinogenics

10. Wanderlust

11. Dance Till We Die

12. Summertime The Gershwin Version

 

I'm not totally sure about the order yet