Ultraviolence [VINYL]

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On the plus side there's the exquisite Shades of Blue, where Lana again channels her inner Liz Fraser (see also, Bel Air from Paradise).

In conclusion, Lana is still one of the most remarkable women on the planet, but she's no longer pretending to be a hit-maker.Please don't be put off by some of the negative stuff levelled at this because it wasn't "more of the same" as some fans were expecting; "Ultraviolence" stands well on it`s own merits and is a truly rewarding, intelligent and thoughtfully inventive album - just listen, it`ll hook you. Lana Del Ray (2010), Born to Die (2012), Ultraviolence (2014), Honeymoon (2015), Lust for Life (2017), Norman Fucking Rockwell! When talking about ULTRAVIOLENCE, Lana explains, 'The record is beautiful - it's so wrong and exquisite. One of her greatest gifts is her ability to conjure magical melodies seemingly out of nowhere, but that gift is absent to a certain degree on this album.

I really love the playfulness and coolness of Brooklyn Baby (which is the only true single on the album in my view), though I would question the accuracy of her satire here. Lana Del Rey cites a wide range of musical artists as influences, including numerous pop, jazz, and blues performers from Andrew Lloyd Webber to Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Bobby Vinton, and Miles Davis.We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. To sum up, I love that this exclusive is very different to the standard version, it was a bold choice but it’s actually what I look for with exclusives. The deluxe album has three extra songs that are certainly worth getting - "Florida Kilos" is a stonker of a track which suggests even greater possibilities for future exploration.

The album was frequently ranked by various publications as among the best albums of the year as well as the decade. West Coast is spoiled to a degree by the tempo of the drums being too slow on the chorus; I keep wishing I had a device that could speed the damn thing up. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Ive played my old one way too much since i got it as my first lana vinyl so will be moving on to the repress for sound!Definitely prefer the urban outfitters colors over the repress as theyre more unique and cant really compare them to any other vinyl i have, but the repress sounds so much better.

The easiest way to differentiate between the 2014 and the 2023 editions is by looking at the spine, as the covers are very similar. Listen to the use of bowed acoustic bass on "Brooklyn Baby" for example, or the subtle deployment of the mellotron and synthesizer throughout the album - it isn`t just the beautiful guitar work that makes these such exquisite settings for Del Rey`s voice.But it is in fact a very fine work, especially within the current pop genre, it's almost suicidal in its brave approach, but one pines somewhat for the seared into your brain melodies of Video Games and Born To Die. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.