KK_Lover Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 the Bible says 1. NFR 2. DYKTTATUOB 3. Honeymoon 4. Ultraviolence 5. Born To Die 6. COCC 7. Lust for Life 8. Paradise 9.Blue Banisters
suburbannature Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 1. UV 2. NFR 3. BTD 4. Ocean Blvd 5. AKA 6. Honeymoon 7. Blue Banisters 8. COCC 9. LFL the only correct answer.
suburbannature Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 I honestly might like this one more than NFR but we’ll have to see with time
Andre2000 Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, suburbannature said: 1. UV 2. NFR 3. BTD 4. Ocean Blvd 5. AKA 6. Honeymoon 7. Blue Banisters 8. COCC 9. LFL the only correct answer. Oh wow my exact ranking! For me it's just switching BB with AKA
stjosephprey4us Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 Okay well I wanted to wait to give myself some time w the album before giving my thots (and of course there are now over 100 pages added to the thread ) but here’s my track by track: The Grants - I like this less within the scope of the whole album somehow title track - I really do believe this is one of, if not, her best title tracks. The instrumental is so flawless (congrats Jack you did something right for once! ) However, I really was disappointed the choir girls were not used after these two first tracks. I think they def could have fit some other places on the album. Sweet - very grand, I like it more now A&W - obviously a fav but it makes absolutely no sense within the scope of the album. She could’ve saved this for the next one or an EP the Interludes - I think they actually serve their purpose and I don’t mind them. Surprisingly I actually prefer the Pastor one. Jon Batiste’s could have really been fully fleshed into its own track imo Candy Necklace - I honestly believe this is her best song ever written. The piano at certain parts gives the impression that she is a ghost from the 1920’s-1940’s singing in a haunted house about her past life with an old broken down piano also ot but I feel like the lyric is “Rockefeller, my own brother” bc it makes no sense why she would be saying she loves her umbrella Kintsugi- this and Margaret were the tracks that grew on me the absolute most. I hated them on first listen, and thank God I didn’t post anything on Friday bc y’all would have dragged me a bit (an earlier rendition of my review had me dragging the Interludes and calling one of them “John the Butthole Taste Interlude” ). But it’s actually a beautiful track, very Leonard Cohen-esque, and it reminds me of an amalgamation of many of her tracks put together. (I’m making a second post bc this one is getting long)
Big Bad Wolf Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 Go stream Fingertips, Margaret, and Fishtail on Spotify, they need more streams
suburbannature Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 It's time to acknowledge that Doin' Time shouldn't have been on NFR and it interrupts the flow after tracks 1-4 Also we all know BAR demo absolutely demolishes the embarrassing album version.
getawaycar Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 Honeymoon NFR UV BTD Ocean Blvd BB Paradise COCC LFL I've had BTD era nostalgia lately so this changes
stjosephprey4us Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 Fingertips - I still think this track is a mess and also doesn’t really fit in with the whole album. I appreciate the info, but I really think there was another way to do it. Honestly one whole album in the vein of Fingertips (very stream of conciousness style) and one whole album in the vein of A&W would be cool but it was a bit disjointed for this album. PT - it’s cute, the melody has been stuck in my head a lot Grandfather - no comments, no words necessary. She did what she had to do. A career top 10 highlight honestly LTLI - I absolutely hated this on first listen too but now I love it. It’s really pretty, a more mature TNC. (I stand by that this album is her better, more fleshed out LFL 2.0 tho and hopefully I don’t get dragged for that opinion now that we’ve all heard the whole album) Margaret - it’s cute. Those of you that think she was even remotely in her Taylor bag, I’m going to need you to do something for me go to your local drug store and pick up something called Debrox. It’s an earwax cleaning agent that I think you need to use bc it’s honestly starting to get dangerous, the lack of hearing computation skills Fishtail - hated on first listen, love it now. An album in this vein please. Peppers - hated on first listen, love now. “Hands on your knees I’m Angelina Jolie” this is about oral sex, right? Some of you who think the lyrics on this album are cringe clearly haven’t listened to Lover and Midnights btw Taco Truck - I believe this is also one of her best songs ever (notice how I just say Taco Truck, willfully ignoring x VB which deserved to be, at best, a Kristijan Magic remix on YouTube and NOT the closer to this album). An album in this vein as well, please all in all I don’t have an album or tracklist ranking yet (and I’m surprised any of you do ) but I will say BTD, UV, NFR, and this album will go down in history as her watershed albums where she completely changed her style (and the music industry in the process, dare I say it) forever
CottageHore Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 1 minute ago, suburbannature said: It's time to acknowledge that Doin' Time shouldn't have been on NFR and it interrupts the flow after tracks 1-4 Also we all know BAR demo absolutely demolishes the embarrassing album version. Doin’ Time is a much-needed change of pace and comes at the perfect time in the record. It has the Long Beach reference and elements which makes it cohesive with the rest of the album. Next take!
suburbannature Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, chosensparkles said: 12.2M for it’s second day Still very strong and higher than BB (7.5) and COCC (10.4) first day Edited March 26, 2023 by suburbannature
suburbannature Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 Just now, CottageHore said: Doin’ Time is a much-needed change of pace and comes at the perfect time in the record. It has the Long Beach reference and elements which makes it cohesive with the rest of the album. Next take! Change of pace after the bop that is FIILY? I think not.
stjosephprey4us Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 Also, just a reminder. Even if you’ve bought the album on CD or vinyl, make sure to actually play it on streaming this first week!!
Troll Idle Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 Probably her best album in a while. Sweet, Candy Necklace and Paris, Texas are the holy trinity
BloodLuster Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 I've been trying hard to get into it but sadly the album as a whole did nothing for me. and I'm shocked cause with the exception of the title track, this is the first album of hers that I don't relate at all; I guess it's too personal. I mean don't get me wrong, there are wonderful tracks that I love (ocean, kint, finger, grandfather and the last 3) but the concept and recurrent topics of the album are not something I'm particularly interested in at least for now.
VeniceBeach Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 Paris, Texas is the only album track with 1m+ streams on the 2nd day
CottageHore Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 Am I the only one who Fingertips hasn’t hit for yet? Like I know it’ll happen but WHEN?
helpthomas Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 12 minutes ago, VeniceBeach said: Paris, Texas is the only album track with 1m+ streams on the 2nd day my friend hasn’t given the full album a listen yet, but he told me today how obsessed he is with paris, texas. i don’t understand. i mean it’s in my top 3, but it’s also just an album track! did they push it on playlists or is it just taste and word of mouth?
RideOrDie Posted March 26, 2023 Author Posted March 26, 2023 my friend who is kinda a casual lana listener said paris, texas is one of his faves and i'm like ??? if it becomes the dealer of the album...
Dystopian Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 Candy Necklace is already one of my most played tracks of the year rockafella, my umbrella god, i love you, baby fortune teller, favorite ever that's the story of us
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