June 23, 201411 yr How long till you get cancelled? LMFAO. Post of the year. I bought the deluxe album and I think it's lovely. Such a wonderfully cohesive album. Personally, I love that it's completely different from her past works. The only song I can't get into ATM is "Guns and Roses". "Shades of Cool," "Cruel World", "f***ed My Way To The Top" and "Pretty When I Cry"... The stand out tracks for me. My initial rating of it after a week. 09 Cruel World 08 Ultraviolence 10 Shades of Cool 09 Brooklyn Baby 08 West Coast 08 Sad Girl 09 Pretty When I Cry 06 Money Power Glory 10 f***ed My Way to the Top 08 Old Money 06 The Other Woman 07 Black Beauty 03 Guns and Roses 07 Florida Kilos 09 Flipside Edited June 23, 201411 yr by ▲Tyler▲
June 23, 201411 yr There isn't really any evolution from the debut is there? Other than denser instrumentation and less pop hooks. Second te it's all a bit cliche (tho the title track is lovely)
June 23, 201411 yr My ratings after 2 full album listens (and some songs multilevel times). Only listened to non deluxe version 08.7 Cruel World 10 Ultraviolence 09.1 Shades of Cool 08.7 Brooklyn Baby 10 West Coast 08 Sad Girl 09 Pretty When I Cry 10 Money Power Glory 08.8 f***ed My Way to the Top 08.5 Old Money 08.6 The Other Woman
June 24, 201411 yr Downloading it now because of the Q review. I think I will like it more than Born to Die which I didn't like very much.
June 24, 201411 yr As the Charmed-Buffy of the site, let me tell you: you're wrong!! Slaying yo bad musak taste! Nothing on this album comes CLOSE to anything on Born to Die and her two crown jewels, Born to Die/ Video Games (followed by NA) are just so far ahead. It's a bland album that takes itself too serious. It's gonna be pretty hard to reach the level of purity that the title track of Born to Die had - I would never expect it to happen again.
June 25, 201411 yr #1 in America with sales estimated to be over 180k. Born To Die also re-enters at #27, with estimated sales of just under 9k. Congrats Lana! :D
June 26, 201411 yr It's gonna be pretty hard to reach the level of purity that the title track of Born to Die had. Parts of 'Ultraviolence' (the song) come admirably close IMO - but I know what you mean. I'm loving 'Old Money' at the moment - It reminds me of her cover of 'Chelsea Hotel No. 2'. Edited June 26, 201411 yr by Parallel Reality
July 6, 201411 yr 'Ultraviolence' (the song) is absolutely gorgeous. Hadn't really appreciated it until now. 'West Coast' is such a grower as well. I listened to the full album a few weeks ago and found it too heavy and samey overall - it's not an easy listen if you're not in a particular mood, I feel. Some of the tracks in isolation are so arresting though.
July 6, 201411 yr 08 Cruel World 10 Ultraviolence 02 Shades of Cool 10 Brooklyn Baby 09 West Coast 00 Sad Girl 00 Pretty When I Cry 07 Money Power Glory 01 f***ed My Way to the Top 06 Old Money 01 The Other Woman 07 Black Beauty 04 Guns and Roses 09 Florida Kilos -- Flipside (haven't heard) To me anyway this album is kind of a disappointment, I loved Born To Die & Paradise but this album just feels so hit and miss with me I mean Brooklyn Baby/Florida Kilos/Ultraviolence are legendary Lana tracks in my eyes already and I can't stop listening to them! I also love Cruel World, West Coast and Black Beauty whilst Money Power Glory and Old Money are growing on me but the rest of the album just feels so filler. Considering she's been working on this album for a long time I feel unsatisfied with this album compared to 'Born To Die' and I just hope her next album is a better effort. However saying that she has produced some perfect tracks (but that still isn't enough in my eyes) I don't dislike Lana at all, I just think this isn't much of a progression
July 7, 201411 yr I agree with the user above. It's been a month since its release and I've only grown to like a bunch of the tracks. The first 5 tracks plus Old Money and Florida Kilos are the only keepers. I'm thinking of deleting the rest and forming an EP with the aforementioned (+ Once Upon a Dream which is a gem). I know the album is a hit for now, but I think ultimately it'll be the reason people will go off her. Edited July 7, 201411 yr by Heezus
July 7, 201411 yr I agree with the user above. It's been a month since its release and I've only grown to like a bunch of the tracks. The first 5 tracks plus Old Money and Florida Kilos are the only keepers. I'm thinking of deleting the rest and forming an EP with the aforementioned (+ Once Upon a Dream which is a gem). I know the album is a hit for now, but I think ultimately it'll be the reason people will go off her. Ela re, nai, just like I said from the start: this is like her BTW, the more people who DON'T buy it, ultimately the better for her career in the long term.
July 13, 201411 yr I am giving this album another go. Only listened to the first three tracks again but Cruel World is fabulous (mainly as it could have fitted right into Born to Die/Paradise) Ultraviolence I am still undecided about but Shades of Cool is an absolute mess. It's worse than Yayo.
July 13, 201411 yr Brooklyn Baby gets points just for what must be the first song to use hydroponic in it's lyrics. West Coast is just flawless. Sad Girl could well grow on me a lot but for now it's merely ok.
July 16, 201411 yr 'Ultraviolence' is the next single. Happy with that choice and would love for it to become some type of hit. Edited July 16, 201411 yr by Noahspike
July 16, 201411 yr 'Ultraviolence' is the next single. Happy with that choice and would love for it to become some type of hit. Tehnically, it already has been : #105 on cherry-picks, the week the album came out...
July 16, 201411 yr I think it's getting an proper release with like a music video, promotion, and airplay etc
July 16, 201411 yr I think it's getting an proper release with like a music video, promotion, and airplay etc I think what Vidcapper meant was that it is already a hit song by some definition because it charted at #105 (i.e. he was replying to the second part of my post). But hopefully it'll still get a new peak as a single. Edited July 16, 201411 yr by Noahspike
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