Bosque Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) There are a few different Lana albums that people favor. NFR is the critical darling of course, but Tumblr edgelords continue to play Born To Die, hipsters favor Ultraviolence, and even COCC has some admirers. However, LFL often gets lost in the discourse and cited as Lana's worst album. While I agree it's a bit bloated, let's not forget that it has 2 stretches of completely flawless songs: Love Lust for Life 13 Beaches Cherry White Mustang Summer Bummer Groupie Love This sequence of songs is literally flawless and up there with the best moments from NFR. After this it starts to drag, but she finishes the album off expertly: Heroin Change Get Free By any objective standard, that is 10 flawless songs, more than most pop girls have on their albums. Did this album get judged unfairly because she decided to add some more... controversial songs in the middle part? I think it's her second best album ever just based on the strength of these 10 songs. Edited May 19, 2022 by Dephira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 It has some discography highlights but overall it's still her most bloated and unfocused work to date. It would have made a great 10 track album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 All of her albums are underrated compared to Ultrabore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontherocks Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 LFL has its listeners, too. I mean, it is currently her 4th most streamed album on Spotify with around 700k daily streams. More than BB, HM and COCC. I personally don't find myself revisiting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.O.A.D.S. Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Yes. Everything she released after it has been extremely dull which is a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellenthin Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 It has its highlights (Love, Lust For Life, White Mustang), but as a whole it just doesn't work for me. Too dozy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scenekiller Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 It's problem is that it's very scattered both in sound and in quality. All of her other albums have a unified sound and aesthetic, which L4L lacks. And while L4L has some true discography highlights, it also has the worst songs of her career (Roachella, In My Feces). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stardom Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Yes. I never understood why people consider L4L her worst album because aside from a couple of the middle tracks like you said, the rest of the album is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stjosephprey4us Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 OP lost me when they said "even COCC has its listeners," when Chemtrails is the real most underrated album of Lana's oeuvre. That being said, if this album was more in the vein of 13 Beaches and Heroin (its two best songs) it would have been amazing and top 3 in her discography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
americanlife Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Some songs are underrated, like Coachella. I always liked that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXavril Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Absolutely. Everyone loves to hate this album just because it's the cool thing to do. She hit her peak during this era, and has been on a nosedive ever since. Some of the best songs on her last couple albums have been from 2014-2017. It blows my mind that during the LFL era she had over 100 concept demos, and now she's in an endless creative slump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMésTragique Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 The album would've been great had she said "NO" to her label wanting easy to digest streamable songs and gimmicky collabs and stick to the original space witch concept. The album ended up bloated, uninspired, with unnecessary features and faceless political songs. That being said, COCC's best song is a LFL reject so it had its purpose in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlood Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 It's underrated if you think that some people think it's an horrible record. It's far from that, it's a great record that has something no other Lana album has: fillers. And the fillers aren't even THAT bad, they just pale in comparison to other tracks on the album, or Lana's discography in general. Now, imagine an album like this: 01. 13 Beaches 02. Lust for Life (Original Version) 03. Cherry 04. White Mustang 05. God Bless America 06. When the World... 07. The Next Best American Record 08. Yosemite 09. Heroin 10. Change 11. Get Free You could add a couple of outtakes (Serene Queen/Roses Bloom for You), and you basically have a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emailmyhearts Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Like some people said on here if only some songs were cut. strangely I like all of the songs (some less like beautiful people) but listening to it in full it does drag on. I disagree about it being her worst, I like cocc and blue banisters less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamiyuuuu Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I personally love it, the first 7 songs are sooooo good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emailmyhearts Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, TrueBlood said: It's underrated if you think that some people think it's an horrible record. It's far from that, it's a great record that has something no other Lana album has: fillers. And the fillers aren't even THAT bad, they just pale in comparison to other tracks on the album, or Lana's discography in general. Now, imagine an album like this: 01. 13 Beaches 02. Lust for Life (Original Version) 03. Cherry 04. White Mustang 05. God Bless America 06. When the World... 07. The Next Best American Record 08. Yosemite 09. Heroin 10. Change 11. Get Free You could add a couple of outtakes (Serene Queen/Roses Bloom for You), and you basically have a classic. No “Love”? I think it makes a beautiful opening and it’s a great song. Otherwise I fully agree! It would make a much better album than the one we got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlood Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 7 minutes ago, emailmyhearts said: No “Love”? I think it makes a beautiful opening and it’s a great song. Otherwise I fully agree! It would make a much better album than the one we got. I really like it, I just think it wouldn't have fit that well with that tracklist, and it belongs more in the "pop" side of the album that's actually the worst part of the record. I couldn't live without its video tho, so it would have made sense as a standalone track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theshigo Washidu Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Yes. It's probably her most diverse record in terms of sound aside from Born to Die. It is definitely long and could've had some songs cut tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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