Ice Cream Skies Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) The dramatics over INTERLUDES on an 80 minute album with 14 full songs. Touch grass. Edited March 25, 2023 by Ice Cream Skies
sh0ckw4ves Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 13 minutes ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said: I never understood why yall hated and deleted the interludes but now I do like why? It can be bad but it needs to be short lmao. No one got time to listen to that angry male voice whine for 2 hours. Lana is a mess sometimes. Like why waste vinyl's space for that. Imagine skipping thosr part while playing the album from start to finish as an LP on vinyl that would be a chore in fact, I was planning to order 2 more variants of the vinyl but now Im thinking twice. I may not buy more afterall. It *is* too long, like it could easily be halved and still have the same impact and I'd never choose to listen to it, but when I listen to the album as a whole all the way through I don't really mind or skip them.
truthteller Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Big Bad Wolf said: They are definitely patient listens, but they have tons of replay value. I mean it’s a masterpiece but I won’t pick it up particularly just to listen to that one specicfic song. It’s an immersive experience when you revisit an entire album for sure.
Living Legend Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 So idk how I feel yet after listening twice. Most Lana albums are growers, so I'm not worried that I'll like it more by time. As I'm one of the few peeps who actually loved BB, it's definitely not as easy to get into as that one. The title track, Arcadia and Text Book are a big punch that Ocean Blvd definitely doesn't have for me. So BB stays superior for now. I don't mind the interludes, but The Grants obvs sounds better without it - there is just no melodic transition between the intro and the song, what a shame. So far A&W is the only standout track for me, the rest just blends together, but I guess that's gonna change with more plays.
duybeeGAshantiGA Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 19 minutes ago, Ice Cream Skies said: The dramatics over INTERLUDES on an 80 minute album with 14 full songs. Touch grass. When you play it on vinyl it's not easy to skip like on Spotify sis also people like a full LP experiencr from start to finish on vinyl.
sad girl Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 This album has no skips - the lengthy interludes fit perfectly into the tone of the album at their points in the tracklist. Are there songs that I wouldn't go back to listen to individually? 100% - but as an LP, completely solid.
東京. Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 51 minutes ago, helpthomas said: 1. grandfather 2. kintsugi 3. paris, texas 4. the grants 5. fishtail period Taste
vale9001 Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) Kintsugi and Fingertips are good, the album has not a bad or even weak song for me, but I agree when you listen the all album from start to finish they seem a little bit longer and kill the album ryhtm. One between Let the light in or margaret would have work better between them. Edited March 25, 2023 by vale9001
elvenOCEAN Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 The Grants intro is brilliant! What are some of you talking about?? The "main" BV gal sounds like Aretha in the 90s. Another wonderful album by Miss del Rey. Paris, Texas is my absolute favourite. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that it's one of the best songs in her catalogue. Favourites after one listen: Paris, Texas Candy Necklace The Grants Taco Truck x VB Let the Light In Sweet Margaret
vale9001 Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, VeniceBeach said: 90/100 from Spill Magazine, counts for AOTY lana stans and casual listeners of her discography seem really happy about this record from what I'm reading everywhere. Who cares about this average thing? It was definitely well received, that's enough... 77 78 or 79 what's the difference?. Edited March 25, 2023 by vale9001
RT Air Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 I’m surprised at the initial reactions, on first listen I thought it was way more ‘instant’ than Blue Banisters and actually a very pleasant listen. Obviously it needs to grow on me some more, but it’s definitely top tier Lana. The Judah Smith interlude is definitely a stinker that throws you off of the flow of the album. I don’t mind the Jon Batiste one as it’s at least melodic, but no one is here for 5 minutes of screaming. She’s such a troll for this and knew damn well what she was doing with the dozen vinyl versions where it’s unskippable.
ElleDriver Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 "It's too long!" will NEVER be a valid criticism music journalism is terrible like Btw this album is meant to be listened from start to finish every time. We need to do something about our diminishing attention span for our own sake...
sad girl Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, ElleDriver said: "It's too long!" will NEVER be a valid criticism music journalism is terrible like Btw this album is meant to be listened from start to finish every time. We need to do something about our diminishing attention span for our own sake... This this this TikTok ruining appreciation of quality music
Living Legend Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 29 minutes ago, elvenOCEAN said: The Grants intro is brilliant! What are some of you talking about?? The "main" BV gal sounds like Aretha in the 90s. Don't think most people or really anyone doesn't like the interlude in itself - it's just literally the cheapest, weirdest transition sonically speaking between interlude and song. So that kinda kills the vibe. It's literally like someone did a fade transition between tracks in Windows Movie Maker 1.0
ontherocks Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 Looks like she did around 20million first day. She's #5 on the global artist Spotify ranking behind Drake and he usually does around 35 million a day. 25 million was a biT too optimisctic from that Twitter account yesterday
Poete Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 Just now, ontherocks said: The Grants intro is perfect btw Spill
RideOrDie Posted March 25, 2023 Author Posted March 25, 2023 1 minute ago, ontherocks said: Looks like she did around 20million first day. She's #5 on the global artist Spotify ranking behind Drake and he usually does around 35 million a day. 25 million was a biT too optimisctic from that Twitter account yesterday global smasher...
ontherocks Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, RideOrDie said: global smasher... Could even be less than 20 million depending on how much her catalogue did. BTD alone is pulling almost 5 million alone.
Ice Cream Skies Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 35 minutes ago, ElleDriver said: "It's too long!" will NEVER be a valid criticism music journalism is terrible like Btw this album is meant to be listened from start to finish every time. We need to do something about our diminishing attention span for our own sake... 6 minutes ago, ontherocks said: The Grants intro is perfect btw
VeniceBeach Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, nasa said: #1 most streamed artist in Ukraine yesterday Queen of Europe
GoatGly Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 Tbh I’ve always kinda not been a huge Lana fan but after the release of A&W I started to really take a different look at her as an artist and go through her catalogue again and she really blew me away. This album changed the way I saw the world and everything around. Very beautiful and introspective, very sad but also very powerful. Truly a one-of-a-kind album from a one-of-a-kind. Not a single contemporary artist is touching her.
Kh-Loud Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) Taylor should had sent some checks to the critics to encourage them to listen at least several times or until they get it My god, this album gradually is coming for Ultraviolence as ma second fave album from her wtfff. I really wasn’t sure if it was even good at first do you want children? do you wanna marry me? Do u wanna wanna run moraton on the beach by the sea Edited March 25, 2023 by Kh-Loud
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