Rank Lana's Albums

[Venice Jesus Whore 4,471]

Final pre-DYKTTATUOB ranking

 

1. NFR
2. Ultraviolence
3. Chemtrails
4. AKA
5. Honeymoon
6. Born to Die
7. Paradise
8. Lust for Life
9. Blue Banisters

I feel weird ranking Chemtrails so high because I skip LMLYAW, Dance Till We Die, and For Free like 95% of the time and it’s only 11 tracks. I also recognize it’s not her strongest work overall, and I was actually disappointed in the album when it was released. However, I’ve been tracking my streams on last.fm for 5-6 years, and in only 2 years since COTCC’s release, it’s become my 3rd most listened to album, and it’s only like 20 streams behind NFR. And I’m still not really sick of it. It’s kinda of been my default go-to album for Lana over the past couple years. 

 

I also feel like Honeymoon should be higher because it’s such a strong, consistent, high quality body of work and the melodies are some of her strongest. But in reality, I just don’t listen to it that often, and usually when I do, it tends to slog for me a bit once we get to Salvatore/The Blackest Day/24/Swan Song/Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, and I don’t usually end up finishing.

 

By the way, AKA is a total unique, innovative gem and it makes me sad how underappreciated it is. To this day, I still haven’t heard anything that sounds even remotely close to it. It’s crazy impressive that she was able to make something so great, creative, and unique for her first official body of work. But then again, it still blows my mind how she progressed from Sirens to AKA in 2-4 years, and then Born to Die another 1-2 years later. The sheer amount of music she made in this period is insane too.

 

I feel like I could have like 3 different rankings of her albums and they’d all feel right for their own reasons. I guess that just goes to show how strong her discography is.

[wthebluemascara 772]

I hope my house will not be raided by a SWAT team for this

1. Ultraviolence

2. Blue Banisters

3. Paradise

4. Honeymoon

5. BTD

6. AKA

7. LFL

8. NFR

9. COTCC

Also this is temporary, probably in an hour or so I'll already change my mind, this is just too hard but yes, I'm sorry NFR and COTCC just didn't hit as a whole for me

[la otra mujer 676]

1. ultraviolence

2. btd / paradise 

3. AKA

4. nfr / honeymoon 

5. lfl

6. blue banisters

7. cotcc

[Alison by Slowdive 26,150]

today it's:

 

1. lana del rayyy

2. born to die 

3. ocean blvd

4. honeymoon

5. sirens

6. norman fuckingg rockwell

7. ultraviolence

8. chemtrails

9. blue banisters

10. paradise

11. lust for life

[barttttender 5,106]

1. NFR!

2. Born to Die (the highs are just too great even though the album isn't all that good)

3. Ultraviolence

4. Lust for Life

5. Did You Know that there's...

 

6. Chemtrails Over the Country Club

7. Paradise

8. Honeymoon

9. VIolet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

10. Blue Banisters

 

Never listen to AKA so I'll place that in 11. Kill Kill is solid though.

[blackestday x tough 5,354]

1. Honeymoon(blackest day,hbtb,art deco)

2.lust for life(white mustang, cherry,13 beaches)

3.btd/paradise(born to die, ride, dark paradise)

4.ultraviolence(money power glory, ultraviolence, old money)

5.ocean boulevard(taco truck, fishtails, candy necklace)

6.nfr(Mac, cinnamon girl, nbar)

7.bb(wildflower wildfire, thunder, arcadia)

8.cocc(yosemite, cocc, tjf)

[evalionisameme 13,889]

On 3/18/2023 at 1:49 AM, Mariahspoolboy said:

I like it! It’s just not her best. Much like any great! Björk, Kate, Joni…the first isn’t even close to what they end up achieving but she’s gonna be one of those artists where if you want to “get into her” you start from the beginning and follow the journey. Which is a special place to be!

There’s a reason those songs still live on and resonate with people more than any other album- because it’s her most solid album writing wise- melodically and lyrically it’s unpretentious and imagery soaked, is the production in need of an update? Yes because the beats can sound tinny at times and the auto-loon is too much- reigning this in just a bit would make it still one of her best albums.

On 3/18/2023 at 2:21 AM, baddisease said:

1. Born To Die: Paradise Edition (I don't count Paradise as a full album)

2. Lana Del Ray AKA Lizzy Grant

3. Ultraviolence

4. Sirens/From the End/Young Like Me

5. Norman Fucking Rockwell!

6. Blue Banisters

7. Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

8. Lust for Life

9. Honeymoon

10. Chemtrails Over the Country Club

Very surprised aka isn’t your favourite tbh

[Sportscruiser 11,894]

BTD’s writing is very good but I wouldn’t call it her best. Her writing flourished from LFL forward (LFL included) in my opinion. 

[jaesana 3,615]

5 minutes ago, Sportscruiser said:

BTD’s writing is very good but I wouldn’t call it her best. Her writing flourished from LFL forward (LFL included) in my opinion. 

I agree with you- I think what makes this album so special is its impact on music and pop culture in general. she manages to combine story telling with beautiful string and piano arrangements paired next to hip hop influenced drum beats. this isn't new to any of us in the fandom but the reason it ranks so highly for me as well, and the reason i find myself coming back to it all the time, is because of how it makes me feel... i don't necessarily see it as her "best" work objectively, but it's rare an album builds a world so distinct and un-replicated

[robertenglandgrant 1,502]

1. Honeymoon

2. NFR

3. Ocean Blvd

4. Ultraviolence 

5. Paradise 

6. Born to Die

7. Blue Banisters

8. AKA 

9. Lust for Life

10. Chemtrails 

[barttttender 5,106]

On 3/22/2023 at 3:25 PM, barttttender said:

1. NFR!

2. Born to Die

3. Lust for Life

4. UV

5. Did You Know that there's... 

6. COTCC 

7. Honeymoon 

8. Paradise

9. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

10. Blue Banisters

 

[number1angel 420]

1. Ultraviolence 

2. Ocean Blvd

3. NFR

4. Honeymoon

5. Born To Die

6. Blue Banisters

7. Lust For Life

8. Paradise

9. Chemtrails

[evalionisameme 13,889]

1.UV 

2. Honeymoon 

3. Aka 

4. Born to die Paradise edition 

5. Blue banisters 

6. LFL 

7. NFR 

8. Ocean

9.  Cocc

 

[Synchronicity 807]

1. Ultraviolence

2. Norman Fucking Rockwell!

3. Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd?

4. Lust For Life

5. Honeymoon

6. Blue Banisters

7. Born To Die

8. Paradise

9. Chemtrails Over The Country Club

[Venice Jesus Whore 4,471]

1. Ocean Blvd
2. NFR
3. Ultraviolence
4. Chemtrails
5. AKA
6. Honeymoon
7. Born to Die
8. Paradise
9. Lust for Life
10. Blue Banisters

[caitonline 4,448]

not counting AKA or Sirens

 

1. Ocean 

2. Chemtrails

3. NFR

4. BB

5. Honeymoon

6. Lust for Life

9. Ultraviolence

10. Paradise

11. Born to Die 

 

I know yall bout to be bothered by me putting BB over Honeymoon but idc

[jaesana 3,615]

Are we being objective or personal? (Objective would be a different story...)

Here's my personal ranking

1. Ultraviolence
2. Born To Die & Paradise
3. NFR
4. Ocean
5. Chemtrails
6. AKA
7. Lust for Life
8. Honeymoon
9. Blue Banisters

damn i never realized i don't return to honeymoon that often- i still love it tho?????

(pls don't clown me for cominbing btd and paradise. those records become one in my heart)

[Southern GOTHIC 2,199]

1. NFR

2. Ultraviolence

3. Ocean Blvd

4. Honeymoon

5. Born To Die and Paradise

6. AKA

7. Chemtrails Over The Country Club

8. Lust For Life

9. Blue Banisters

 

[Calitruman 2]

1.  NFR

2.  Honeymoon

3.  AKA

4.  BTD/Paradise

5.  COTCC

6.  Lust For Life

7. Ultraviolence

8. Blue Banisters

9. Ocean Blvd

[plastiscguy 63,439]

1. Honeymoon 

2. Norman Fucking Rockwell 

3. Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 

4. Lust for Life 

5. Chemtrails Over the Country Club

6. Ultraviolence 

7. Born to Die

8. Paradise 

9. Blue Banisters