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NYT reads like an 80.

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1 minute ago, Ice Cream Skies said:

NYT reads like an 80.

Was going to say the same 

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I get what she was going for with the Judah Smith Interlude but it's funny how it's universally agreed that it didn't need to be that long. It's probably the first time I do a hard skip on an album I enjoy so much. A quick trim of the fat would've bumped up so many of these reviews by like 10 more points and she absolutely knew that.

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Having his name on the cover was pissing me off, so I just spent a semi-hilarious amount of time making my own, if anyone would like to similarly update their Apple Musics without that horrendous interlude:

 

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:gayriahcat2:

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21 minutes ago, NOW said:

Same, but I do love that they went all out with the variant designs, down to the different gatefold photos and center labels.

UK fans are so loyal, the fact that she got to #2 there with even BB.

 

Also, props to Interscope for shipping out more copies of her other albums. There were plenty of UV and LFL this time when I went this weekend and they usually just have BTD and the odd copy of something else.

I'm just happy this album didn't get Solar Powered. Neither by critics nor by commercial performance :skull:

 

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38 minutes ago, NOW said:

My variants have been delayed to next week so I just picked up the standard this weekend. I think that one has the best cover too imo, it just really represents the album so well, almost like she's daring you to listen to it with her glare.

MTE, I almost never buy standard versions but the cover is just perfect and the black vinyl makes sense for the photoshoot's 1950s aesthetic

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4 minutes ago, ontherocks said:

I'm just happy this album didn't get Solar Powered. Neither by critics nor by commercial performance :skull:

 

All we need is for Lana to win a Grammy and then we can leave once and for all truly leave Lorde in 2017 

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7 minutes ago, Kristen said:

Having his name on the cover was pissing me off, so I just spent a semi-hilarious amount of time making my own, if anyone would like to similarly update their Apple Musics without that horrendous interlude:

 

cmLExET.jpg

 

:gayriahcat2:

Wait you snapped :gayriahcat2:

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7 minutes ago, ontherocks said:

I'm just happy this album didn't get Solar Powered. Neither by critics nor by commercial performance :skull:

 

It's wild that at one point they just constantly dismissed everything she put out and NFR! made them ultimately switch to the point they can overlook the flaws because they finally "get it." SP isn't bad but it's such a step down from the others that it did seem bad in comparison. Lana has at least been very consistent in her output, for better or worse but usually for better.

 

2 minutes ago, EdgeofTeeth said:

MTE, I almost never buy standard versions but the cover is just perfect and the black vinyl makes sense for the photoshoot's 1950s aesthetic

You get it :clap3: The photoshoot was so simple but executed so well as is usually the case with her stuff.

 

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The clapper board for the Candy Necklace screen test shows 3/21/23...perhaps the video won't be out for another month. It's weird that they waited this long to shoot a video though, and the first one of the era.

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46 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/arts/music/lana-del-rey-did-you-know-that-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-review.amp.html
 

 

behind a pay wall so I can’t see the tone yet but it’s a critic pick :jonny: 

Great review. I'm happy they gave it to Lindsey, despite her Pitchfork BTD review she's genuinely nuanced about Lana as an artist and how she fits into the history of female singer-songwriters. Jon Caramanica is too much of a hack (and lowkey sexist) to appreciate this kind of album.

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36 minutes ago, Ice Cream Skies said:

NYT reads like an 80.

Do we know what NYT gave NFR?

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4 minutes ago, NOW said:

The clapper board for the Candy Necklace screen test shows 3/21/23...perhaps the video won't be out for another month. It's weird that they waited this long to shoot a video though, and the first one of the era.

A mess. Paris, Texas really should have gotten a video too but I won't count it at this point

 

It's really the only thing this era is missing for me

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the hate on Judah Smith's interlude needs to stop, it's top 5 on the album 

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The interludes kind of remind me of VBBOTG. I wonder if shell release that second book soon or if its scrapped

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2 minutes ago, State of Grace. said:

A mess. Paris, Texas really should have gotten a video too but I won't count it at this point

 

It's really the only thing this era is missing for me

Paris, Texas is genius...the way she plays with European landmarks but softly reminds us that everything is taking place in the smalltown places in the US named after them. I think it does stack up with the best of the NFR! ballads.

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3 minutes ago, NOW said:

Paris, Texas is genius...the way she plays with European landmarks but softly reminds us that everything is taking place in the smalltown places in the US named after them. I think it does stack up with the best of the NFR! ballads.

It really is an instant classic:jonny:I wish she made it even longer

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Up to 82 with NYT and LAT yessss

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UK midweeks - Monday

 

42 A&W

49 Paris, Texas (feat. SYML)

54 Candy Necklace (feat. Jon Batiste

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Fingertips legitimately makes me tear up just about any time I listen to it but I can't stop

 

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I couldn't handle it, I was in Monaco
I couldn't hear what they said on the telephone
I had to sing for the prince in two hours
Sat in the shower
Gave myself two seconds to cry
It's a shame that we die

 

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3 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

Up to 82 with NYT and LAT yessss

Stomp stomp stomp

 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

Up to 82 with NYT and LAT yessss

We’re finally winning? :WAP:

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paris texas is kinda the new dealer 

 

spotify smash hit

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