bluevelvetcrowbar Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 Random thought, but as much as I like the x VB part of the last track, I think ending it with an extended version of the monologue in the transition part by Margaret Qualley would've been really cool. The dream line would've been an interesting parallel to Hope's ending from the physical version of the song where Jack talks about waking up and her not being real
Poete Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 I’m going to need you all to praise Fingerclits a bit more.
Cruel Summer Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 The critical response to this album is a joke. Masterpiece. A&W and Grandpappy are life changing, everything else is brilliant.
Big Bad Wolf Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 This is seriously her best album. Looking at this tracklist and all I see are top tier songs and career highlights. Also The Grants is such a slow burn, but once the melody of the chorus gets stuck in your head it's over. An immaculate song Up there with NFR as far as openers go
CottageHore Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) A&W very well might be one of the best songs ever made? The piano riff is so powerful and haunting and memorable. The guitars that come in during the build up in the verses as Lana’s layered vocals crescendo, it’s such a full and powerful pop moment and then the lyrics are so profound and scathing. Then Jimmy kicks in and completely slaps the **** out of you, taking the song down a completely unexpected path. Lana’s mind is unfathomably incredible and this album will undoubtedly be her most acclaimed retrospectively. I feel like it’s already getting so much more positive feedback even four days after it’s release than it did right off the bat. Nobody else is doing it or ever has done it like miss grant! Edited March 28, 2023 by CottageHore
Bad_vocal_technique Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 I wouldn’t mind if Lana continues the Frankenstein concept to songs as trademark for future projects. (AW, Peppers, Taco truck).
Poete Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, Bad_vocal_technique said: I wouldn’t mind if Lana continues the Frankenstein concept to songs as trademark for future projects. (AW, Peppers, Taco truck). This. It’s so unique.
CottageHore Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 18 minutes ago, Poete said: I’m going to need you all to praise Fingerclits a bit more. She’s still cooking for me, I fear. But the bread is rising ever so slowly with each listen. I’m seeing the light soon and I can’t wait to EAT!
Poete Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, CottageHore said: She’s still cooking for me, I fear. But the bread is rising ever so slowly with each listen. I’m seeing the light soon and I can’t wait to EAT!
worldwide angel Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 i'm kind of shocked that the response has been kind of lukewarm on here. i love this record
Indie Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 24 minutes ago, Big Bad Wolf said: This is seriously her best album. Looking at this tracklist and all I see are top tier songs and career highlights. Agreed! I can’t come up with a top 5 let alone rank all of the tracks, it feels wrong to put a song at the bottom when I genuinely love them all and they all feel necessary to the album.
Ice Cream Skies Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 I'm a proud title track enthusiast. Still one of the (many) highlights on this album. She always has incredible 1-2-3 punches to start an album, and Ocean Blvd is no exception.
Ice Cream Skies Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 Just now, Indie said: Agreed! I can’t come up with a top 5 let alone rank all of the tracks, it feels wrong to put a song at the bottom when I genuinely love them all and they all feel necessary to the album. Same - this is why I haven't done a ranking. Outside of the interludes, I can't rank anything last because every song here has a place, and I genuinely love them all for different reasons.
Jeremiah Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 I can't help but think that Kintsugi would've been even better done on a different era? In fact it feels like from a previous era (in the vein of May Jailer / unreleased UV / COCC) but with her current forced storytelling defying-word-capacity. That's why Paris, Texas is for me one of the greatest on the album because (among other reasons) she went back to simplicity with the lyrics.
CottageHore Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 Candy Necklaces being a metaphor for superficial love that she obsesses over whilst knowing the man is toxic af and horrible is simply genius. Her mind!
Blue Jeans Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 47 minutes ago, CottageHore said: Lana’s mind is unfathomably incredible and this album will undoubtedly be her most acclaimed retrospectively. I feel like it’s already getting so much more positive feedback even four days after it’s release than it did right off the bat. Nobody else is doing it or ever has done it like miss grant! This! This is a complex album and needs time to listen to and analyze. I think this album will age like fine wine, even more than previous records
LanaXtinaFan Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Cruel Summer said: The critical response to this album is a joke. Masterpiece. A&W and Grandpappy are life changing, everything else is brilliant. The bar is set so high for Lana. Blvd is literally sitting pretty at “Universally Acclaimed” on meta critic
Cruel Summer Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 8 minutes ago, LanaXtinaFan said: The bar is set so high for Lana. Blvd is literally sitting pretty at “Universally Acclaimed” on meta critic But it deserves a 94+
Ice Cream Skies Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, CottageHore said: Lana’s mind is unfathomably incredible and this album will undoubtedly be her most acclaimed retrospectively. I feel like it’s already getting so much more positive feedback even four days after it’s release than it did right off the bat. Nobody else is doing it or ever has done it like miss grant! Amen. She's a crazed genius. Period. Edited March 28, 2023 by Ice Cream Skies
Prince Tommy Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) That rolling stone Lana podcast suggested that the "harry nilsson has a song, his voice breaks at 2:05" from the title track is another example of a crack -where the light shines in- on the album, continuing or even forecasting that theme... Take that into account with what Lana said about Kintsugi about realizing her legacy of singing comes from folk tunes and her family, and that scene of 14 of them singing in perfect harmony... Add to that her insta post about how there are several 'crack' moments on the record vocally, whew... It's really just another reason why Kintsugi is the real center of the record thematically. "Just another folk song..." her mind Edited March 28, 2023 by Prince Tommy
State of Grace. Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 Listening to Kintsugi and Fingertips back to back
justin. Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 I don't think anyone understands how much "daddy, I miss them" demolishes me every time. Having lost my aunt recently, I just... whew.
HealerKirby Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Bad_vocal_technique said: I’m literally so annoyed at how I can’t understand what she means in half the lyrics of kintsugi. There's a certain point the body can't come back from In one year, we've learned the turn of the mouth. Same (English is not my first language) Can someone help explain this part too? "There's somethin' about the clutch of the wrist He thought mine was his to carve into his mouth"
Vespertine Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Cruel Summer said: The critical response to this album is a joke. Masterpiece. A&W and Grandpappy are life changing, everything else is brilliant. Truly. It’s actually a bit scary how brilliant she is for coming up with these two I can’t stop listening to Grandfather on loop. Two days now!
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