Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Lyrically sound but musically underwhelming like most ldr albums.
Boring, but otherwise mostly not bad.
I have never heard this album before today. My girlfriend is a fan and owns several of her albums but this is not one of them. It's pretty standard Lana Del Rey music. No big hits that blew me away but plenty of good songs with here signature style. It's probably not something that I would listen to all the time but I enjoyed it this time around.
Boring.
Not a bad album by any means, just a total snooze fest. Production can't be faulted though
Generally hadn't listened to much of her work and assumed I wouldn't like it, but was pleasantly surprised.
Hard to put my finger on why, but this one doesn’t grab me. I was pretty bored throughout.
ever heard of versatility
Wispy, soft and soporific.
Do not vibe with the sad cali girl music
Recent album from an artist I have heard of. But idk, Lana Del Rey isn’t for me.
booooring
I didn’t get far. Not a fan of whisper singing.
Track 1: The line "Down at the Men In Music Business Conference" sounds like something out of a Flight of The Conchords song. I appreciate the sentiment of wishing for simpler times. Nice atmosphere. Her vocals carry the dynamics, and the instrumentation is just bedding. Makes sense given the genre, but I wish she or the instruments let rip a bit more for that final chorus. Track 2: Musically, a better attempt at what track 1 did. Better peak. Lyrically, prefer track 1. Had to confirm what this song was about and still didn't resonate much. There's probably more of a story there, but it was a bit impenetrable to me. Seemed more focused on turns of phrase. Fair enough. That drum outro wasn't interesting and served no dramatic purpose. Let the song just end. Track 3: Appreciate a bit of a tempo change. Lyrically, most interested in this one so far. Musically, solid but not super noteworthy. To the point. Get in, get out. Track 4: A simple song. Probably the simplest so far, both lyrically and musically. It's crystal clear. My favorite so far. The only one I've added to a playlist. And not just any playlist, a dear playlist. I've lived in LA. This brought me back there. I could feel that drive to escape it. To adventure away from it with the one I love. I felt the Pacific Ocean's massive presence beside me. Track 5: Good song. Again, solid. Not super noteworthy, but that's fine. Mostly, I need to go rewatch Wild At Heart now. Digging the vibe of the album, but definitely need to be in a particular mood. Track 6: Mixing it up a bit. And not only that, mixing the song itself up a bit. Nice. Almost like a prog pop song. Track 7: Maybe a better song in isolation. As the seventh track, quite underwhelming. And I'm a sucker for songs about the road and wanderlust. But the themes, vibe, and sound pallette feel like we've already explored them. The only new idea is the random production dialogue snippets. And they don't sound interesting or uplift the song in any way. Track 8: The other track to go into that dear playlist. Smoldering. Just like the campfire atmosphere. Mariee Sioux-like. Again, transports me to the forests of California. I have been to Yosemite. Been on top of Half Dome. Marveled at the Sequoias. Deer in Tuolumne. Braved the canyon traffic. But this really brought me back to those campfire reposes after a day of adventure. Being together and basking. Track 9: Not feeling this one. In a world of break-up songs, this one feels mundane. Nothing really interesting here, melody, lyrics, instrumentation, all kind of whatever. Especially coming off that last track. And unlike Track 7, I think I would feel the same were I to hear it in isolation away from the album. Least favorite. Track 10: Nope. This is my least favorite. Track 9 was boring. This one I find boring and tone deaf. What is it even about? She hangs out with her heroes. But again, fame is hard everybody. But I'll keep struggling on....while name-dropping Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Stevie Nicks, and Courtney Love. I even read she played this for Joan Baez at a dinner with her. A bit of the Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee thing here. Rich people complaining, and really about their privilege. Normally, I'm more tolerant than most. I understand that's now their perspective and they can't help it. That's the lens they have. But what is the conflict here? This song seems pointless. It might fit the album's theme and what Lana is struggling with, but the delivery doesn't land. Plus, the song isn't interesting musically. The new idea it brings with that bridge section just sounded like a flat Fiona. More Yosemites, please. Track 11: Best lyrics on the album. Well, they are Joni's and she is hard to top. Good cover. Would rather listen to Joni's. A perfect way to express exactly what I felt the last song failed at expressing. There is a way to tell a story, and express and receive sympathy when your hardships come from being in an envious position. That's your life now. Joni shows how her life has changed, but maybe she hasn't. Still sees things the same as she would before. A perfect thematic bowtie. However it may have upstaged Lana's own efforts to express the same theme. It's like closing a landscape photographer's exhibit with a picture he took of an Ansel Adams. Closing: Where Lana shines for me is in exploring place and relationship dynamics. I think she does well in a dialogue with herself explaining her relationship. In isolation of explaining herself, mixed results. Overall, I like the atmosphere of the album, but musically wasn't super impressed. More tone poem, which is fine. I like the tone. When she lands the theme of the song and the vibe, the song hits. She is the best instrument on the album. Beyond that, I remember some piano bits, but they are just doing a melody her voice will do anyway. 2 standout tracks. 1 great cover, but I credit Joni. 5 decent tracks of varying success. 1 meh. And 2 duds. Replayability feels non-existent for me except for the 2 standouts. I appreciate it. Glad I listened. Will listen to more Lana. She is now on my radar. There's enough here for me to see that she has something, but might work better for me with a different producer. But for my first Lana, this was probably a 2 out of 5. 2 is decent/good. As many problems as successes, canceling a a fair bit out, leaving behind a lot of mixed successes. Also not in a go-to genre for me, so take that into account.
This is #day428 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… if this book is about albums you must hear before you die, then this one clearly isn't. I do have a sentiment toward another of her records, Ultraviolence, since it contains a song that soundtracked me and my then-future wife's relationship, but that's about it. So, not giving it a 1, I'll award an extra star for that sentiment. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day429.
Boring.
The lyrics were interesting and she's a good story teller but the music was boring. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 1/5
Not a fan.
The only song of hers I know is "Video Games" which I really love despite its flaws. Sadly, it wasn't on this mediocre album.
This is ok. I like two or three of her albums to include "Born to Die" much more. This isn't bad but its nothing special.
Arrastado e enfadonho, apesar de seu instrumental caprichado, especialmente as partes vocais que soam teatralmente "melosas". Fraco!
I just can’t quite get into Lana’s music. She’s like the blandest parts of stuff like Lorde or Taylor Swift (that may be decisive, idk). Her voice is great but I just found the album so boring and uninteresting.
Overrated
The way she sang the line “down at the Men In Music Business Conference” immediately made me think of Jermaine Clement singing “Team Building Exercise ‘99”. Couldn’t take it seriously from that point onwards (about 30 seconds into the opening track)
Got marginally better as it went on but was still a very long 45 minutes
Pleasant enough in the right context I suppose, but very samey, and the gym was not the right context.
Goes on a bit. Seems like she needs a drink
Pretty dull. I forgot I was listening to it at one point
I do like Lana Del Ray and I think the opening two tracks are great - she can write a really great chorus. But then the album sort of peters out and gets a bit meh.
I get it, but I'm not into it.
Lana drones on about a trauma she imagines is universal, but mostly revolves around pools and sun and backyards. Sorry your ice cream melted. There’s one song near the end that features a beat and a pitch change, but it doesn’t last. The album ends with a cover of “For Free” that’s more plastic than a Chuck E. Cheese ball pit and requires the help of two others. Keep Joni’s name out your mouth, Lana.
Echoes of Gillian Welch
I was a little bit disappointed by this. I would have just preferred listening to Summertime Sadness on repeat instead
not what i expected at all
Pretty, but damn near unlistenable. Feel like I’d have to be depressed, on heroin, and numb in a unique way to enjoy this
You could make the case for pretty much any other Lana album to be included - the universally loved Norman Fucking Rockwell was right there! - but Chemtrails Over the Country Club is probably the worst choice. Apart from Wild at Heart none of the songs are particularly good or even memorable, it's some of the weakest writing and I feel like even the biggest Lana defenders don't care for it. Yet another baffling entry in this project.
Apple Music gives 1-5 “Essential Albums” when you get an artist search result. Lana had two Essentials, neither of which was this one. It doesn’t happen often that the 1,001 album isn’t an Essential and sometimes that ends up being cool — an overlooked gem. This isn’t one of those. Lame songs, pretentious lyrics, they sounded to me like more recent Taylor Swift eras throwaways. I listened to another of her albums awhile back and it was much better than this.
Some nice melodies and moments, but tooooo samey for my taste :(
I'm generally not really into rap, but this is some great stuff.
lana del not slay
Was going to go 3 stars because, though not my taste, I can respect the art. But the longer I listened, the less I admired it. Only exception is the duet because it at least added some variety of sound.
Beige music. Absolutely terrible
Wow she has some pipes. Each song was challenging, I was either inspired by the sparseness of the production, then the over production, then a line would catch me by surprise. I see why this so talked about. Unfortunately not for me.
Haunting vocals and great instrumentals but mostly boring lyricism and not a catchy hook in earshot
I didn't really care for the whispery breathy style of singing, and wondered if I was going to get through the album during the 1st song. None of the songs really captured my attention.
Snore
She’s got a beautiful voice, no doubt about that... But absolutely nothing else happens in this album. I could barely finish. It’s the kind of bland, inoffensive music that coffee shop chains play in the background while hip customers pretend to work on their laptop. I listened at home, and by the end of the album I tried to order coffee from my wife. She was not pleased. Thanks, Lana. I'm still rating it a 2* for her voice. Now someone please give the lady some real music to sing to...
Boxer is my favorite my far, but this is
I wasn't really into this. There were maybe a few moments where a song caught my ear, but overall it's a style that I just didn't care for. It's interesting that it's considered a folk/Americana album. Lyrically I think that makes a kind of sense, but it mostly just sounded like a pop album to me, though maybe a bit more on the gloomier side. Many songs struck me very much as "I can hear this as background music for a contemporary dance piece on So You Think You Can Dance." 2.4/5
Какая-то заунывная попса
Ever if she lives on a airboat in the swamps now, for whatever reason, I just can't get down with Lana
Not for me. Didn’t know what to expect. I thought she was a younger pop star.
The album meanders and lacks any vibe. Some individual songs are ok and as an album doesn't command attention.
A lot of the songs feel pretty repetitive resulting in a somewhat bland album. Not sure if it merits inclusion in this list. Croony/moody vibes
Boring, bland, repetitive and over-produced. Nothing new or interesting. The breathy vocal is annoying. How does this qualify as an album you must hear before you die? 1.5/5. Raising to 2.
Lana Del Rey’s music has never really been my cup of tea. I could never get into the soft breathy style. Just for her influence on pop music Lana definitely deserves a spot on the list. Without her we would have no Billie Eilish. I’m just not sure this is the album of hers to include. I do, however, really like the song Wild At Heart.
Fine, I guess
Creo que no soy una Lana girly :( Alguna canción me gustó pero casi todas me dan un poco igual (no son malas pero sin más)
She has done much better than this
Horrible its the same song same tone, same depressing melancholic lyrics. Adel sucks and its still better. She does have a different voice but its so similar all that you cant really enjoy her distinctive sound.
Ugh. So boring.
I had never heard any songs by her before, is this what modern pop is now? It was fine, I just didn't really like it... It's like she's trying to be Dido or something without the range.
Her voice is so quiet it's like I can't hear it.
Ok so I’ve tried hard over the years to figure this artist out. Normal Rockwell and Blue Banisters were more or less on repeat for a month a few years ago. There are a few songs I like - Arcadia for example. But I just don’t get it. Did she really just say “I listened to white stripes when they were hot” and call out Kings of Leon? At least message how cute and cool you are with subtlety. It’s all too boring, too cliched, too pretentious...she’s simply trying so hard it’s offensive. 2/5
This wasn’t too bad but some songs are so boring and I’m not a big fan of her vocals. They’re way too breathy and sound so uninteresting.
Didn't really vibe with this one. I don't think the echo effect adds that much to the mix.
Ok album, but far from LDR best? Why is it in 1001 greatest albums?
Would have been a very middle of the road album if it were released in the 70s. I'm not sure what sets Lana Del Rey apart from every other pop singer pining for the good ole days. I like how weirdly screechy the "DownAtTheMenInMusicBusinessConference" line is though.
LDR has a lovely voice, but the music just bums me out.
It was ok.
Not for me
I now understand Lana’s appeal and know that it’s not for me. Best song was “For Free”.
If I was a 14 y/o girl and wanted to kill myself this would be awesome
i don’t like llama del ray
Oh good, more whispery waifish white woman, exactly what we needed more of. She's clearly got an idea of what she wants to do, and how to hit it, but it does absolutely nothing for me. Not something I would ever choose to listen to on my own, and now I have I don't want to again.
This was all very breathy and boring.
This was a very forgettable album. Very "meh" and left little impression on me other than wondering what other more interesting album might have been left off to make room for this one.
She's got a good voice, but I feel like a lot of her music blends together. It's very morose and wispy, and the songs don't really stand out from one another. I did like the guitar in Yosemite, and I like the vocals in small amounts, but overall it gets a bit boring
I was so excited to get my first album from the 2020's, but then it was just boring. I really like some of Lana's big hits but this album didn't have any song that really captured me. I think it was too vocal-focused and just not as pretty as some of her other albums.
Average. Like a chill Florence & The Machine
Highlight: Let Me Love You Like A Woman In a nutshell: dreamy Americana. I'm more familiar with Born To Die, which is more dream pop/trip hop Lana. She maintains the dreamy disillusioned lyrics, but when Lana sings she sounds a bit more like Taylor Swift than herself (specifically on White Dress, Dark But Just A Game and the title track). That sing-whisper instead of the throaty and sultry serenade. The world building game is still strong though. This isn't the best representation of Lana. I recommend listening to Born to Die first then Norman Fucking Rockwell! Overall: 4/10
Chemtrails Over the Country Club feels more like a delicate sigh than a full statement. The mood is dreamy and hushed throughout, with Lana leaning heavily into her ethereal Americana aesthetic—but the songs mostly blur together in a mist of whispered vocals, gauzy piano, and barely-there melodies. There are glimmers of beauty in tracks like White Dress and Tulsa Jesus Freak, but too often the album drifts without really landing anywhere. It’s not that it’s poorly made—if anything, it’s too carefully crafted, to the point of being emotionally distant. The lack of variation in tone or tempo makes it feel like one long, melancholy lullaby, and the poetic imagery sometimes crosses the line into self-parody. There’s atmosphere in abundance, but not much else to hold on to.
Influenced who? Her manager? Her mother? For crying out loud, the album has barely even reached pre-school age yet, let alone talking about it influencing anyone of note.
breathy thin voice, especially in upper register; harmony is mostly octave unison, and there isn't a lot of movement on her melodies; quiet contemplative brooding music
A bit too chill and boring for my tastes but it was relaxing at least. There wasn't a whole lot of variety between tracks either.
Boring and all sounded the same.
Sruprisingly not that bad, just not very memorable. I guess the songwriting is the key here and the texts are quite good.
A pleasant surprise. I only knew one pop track (Summertime sadness) by Lana Del Rey, and here comes this slow, melancholic alternative pop album with hints of Lorde or even Agnès Obel, and it’s actually going down pretty well, … but now I want to return to something more energetic.
boring
It certainly has the popularity, the number of listens is large, especially for the title track. But I don't get how this is a must-listen album, was bored to death 3 songs in. If you enjoy this vibe, try Sarah McLachlan's "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy", there's more of a payoff.
Fav tracks: Chemtrails Over the Country Club Dark But Just A Game White Dress _____ never heard this fully so this is nice to do. White Dress: she squeak. good start i like it. Chemtrails Over The Country Club: love. Tulsa Jesus Freak: the production is a choice. idk how i feel. Let Me Love You Like A Woman: i like this but wtf does it sound like? another lana song but idk what... Wild at Heart: Eh its okay. Dark But Just A Game: love thiis. every part of it reminds me of something else though. but it's cool i like it. Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost: god the chorus lyrics are straight out of tumblr. Yosemite: someone you loved lewis capaldi + Breaking Up Slowly: don't mind this it's okay. Dance Till We Die: meh. For Free: mmmmeeehhh.
I realise that monotone sad girl crooning is Lana’s thing but a whole album of it is just bland
Pool
Competently made, but generic, clean and bland. Struggled to get through the entire album. Boring.
I don't think I've listened to this one before, but have no strong feelings about LDR either way. I'm surprised this one was included over NFR though - maybe a bit of recency bias at work here? There are some good songs on here particularly around the middle of the album. But I find the vocals just ok for the most part and the lyrics don't really interest me. Some some of the songs sound quite similar as well, but maybe it's one I'd get into more over time.
A singer I didn't know. I tried to listen to the whole album but I found her voice annoying after a while. Too whiny and sluggish songs. Poor album.
Good singer, unique voice. Some good songs.
The entire album is just a light airy voice slowly singing over a soft beat. Hard to even tell where one song ends and another song begins. Pretty much the definition of background music. Dark But Just A Game has a nice part in the middle, as does Dance Till We Die. Best song: Dance Till We Die
Not sure this album deserves to be on the list, especially as it was released a couple of years ago. The album is somewhat monotonous, all of the songs sound similar since they hardly feature any melodies, chord progressions or rhythm. The whole album feels like the same simple ballad. The vocals themselves also aren't that impressive to me, since they are heavily produced and feature several effects. Having said this, the album is not terrible, some songs are fun to listen to and feature more music than the others.
Yeah, I like Taylor and Billie and Olivia and them just fine, but I don’t like the high pitched breathy thing… and that’s all Lana does. Also, way too soon to be on this list. Come back when you’re older, sweetie.
I always think I like Lana's songs when they first come on, but infallibly feel irritated by the breathiness by the end of the track. She's a good songwriter but I don't enjoy the general vibe.
Tedium
If clinical depression was an album, then this is it. Why is this woman always moping about? I was surprised that 1 - she made this list, and 2 - that it was this album. I don't like Lana but even I've heard of NFR and Born To Die. I'd never heard of this one Unfortunately Lana is not for me, unless she stops mumbling and perks up a bit. This was so boring and monotonous. I only enjoyed 1 song, and 'enjoyed' is pushing it She should write songs about her life in the swamp, married to the alligator man. At least then it would be more interesting than whatever this was 2 ⭐️
Did not capture my attention. Pleasant, but dull and drony. I'm not a fan of the "very quiet lady" genre of music.
Nice voice, but not a fan of whimpering.
I feel like I should like Lana Del Rey more than I do. Just a bit dull really
This was extremely boring. Is this music for people who think saying damn is extremely daring? Is this why Gen Z is the least interesting generation?
meh, not really my thing, kinda boring
I just don't understand Lana. I tried it twice but it's so... sterile? boring?
Bland & a bit meh
Sadly, not for me. I think the pieces of a good album are here, but my god it’s tedious. In isolation, perhaps, I would like the odd Lana Del Rey song. But a full album is a slog.
A bit of a snooze fest, innit? Now, I love a good pop album but this just ain’t it.
Did not enjoy it at all!
On first listen, BORING. Will give it another pass.
There is obviously a large contingent of the population that enjoys Lana Del Rey. I can't see how this can be in anyone's regular rotation unless they were constantly living in a sea of disappointment and pain. This would only be useful music if I was in a depressive state and wanted to force myself to stay there. Having no expectations going in, I just wasn't impressed. Her voice seems average and she doesn't really have to stretch it since the pace and range of the music is so minimalist. She just puts off an air of indifference and boredom, making it seem as if she really doesn't want to be singing. I was hoping I would hear at least one upbeat song at some point but its just track after track of dejection and melancholia. The album is tiring to listen to and has nearly shut the door on me ever listening to her voluntarily again.
This is an alright background listen, but very depressing as your main listen. The album was decent, nothing too exciting, Lana was overall clearly very upset when writing this, and it's a bit meh.
67% Best: Dark But Just A Game; Breaking Up Slowly Must-Hear? Nah. Boring af. Some solid ideas, though
non
bit slow. not for me.
Ouch, I love Born to Die and this isn't even like half as good as that. If that's on here, expect a 5, but for now Lana has to take a rough rating.
Way too laid back for my taste. Did not listen to it all.
It's hard to get excited by this. It's not bad, it's artful but so damn boring
Sounds flat
Chemtrails over the County Club is alright but dear god woman, mix it up. There's only so much dreamy mumbling over the same slow melody that I can take before I need something else, it's like being a vegetarian ffs. Her voice is lovely but boring very quickly, it's music very much not for me but it's just fine as an objective exercise, slap bang 2 or 3.
Meh. Boring. And I don't like her voice. At least there's musicality in it, though.
man, fuck lana oh wait, she has alligator guy to do that now
Only ballads at the country club. Meh. Fun decidedly lacking. Album cover very much misleading.
Lana Del Rey makes boring ass DEPRESSING music.
If you are going to listen to a Lana album, listen to Born to Die and Ultraviolence. I've always found her later albums dull and lacking edge and this is a prime example.
that was so boring omg
Im very sad and tired after that. Why is that a great album? Nice voice though.
Really not very interesting I’m afraid All very breathless and warbling. Just not my cup of tea and I’m pretty convinced this belongs nowhere near this list. I didn’t actively hate it, so a 2, but only just.
Didn't love this one
Songwriting good, music variety poor. Too one paced for my personal taste.
Give it another listen in the future. It might just need to marinate.
Pimppiin puhaltelua lähes koko levyn läpi. Kuuntelihan tuota, mut ei toista kertaa, kiitos
this one is for the ladies. omg when the piano chords.. holyyyyyyyyy ja kun väärennös produktio rumpu teke bum.. bumtsika bum..... kiitos lanaaaaaa omg kitos.. saved my life... pelastit henkeni laanaa...... et ehkä koskaan lue tätä, jos et koskaan näe ei haittaa, varmaan kukaan ei lue tätä koskaan varmaan... mutta lana haluan yhden asian sanoa sulle: pystyn yhtymään tän musiikin kanssa niin hyvin omg... yhtäkkiä alkoi värisemääm hartiat, avanto kutsuuu huohhoijjakkaa... im dark maga rn... albumi parantuu loppua kohden. ensimmäinen puolisko sietämätöntä kidutusta. yosemite
Is Not All Who Wander are Lost ironic? I continue to think Lana is just alright. The songs I like I really like. The others I find really boring. dance till we die and let me love you good.
Not my favorite from LDR but still a decent album. Fav Track: Dark But Just A Game
почему в эту сраную книгу внесли именно ЭТОТ альбом Ланы?
Another album I've heard before! It's kinda dull, even for Lana Del Rey, who rarely ventures beyond her comfort zone. She does give a halfhearted effort a couple of times, but it doesn't go anywhere. And that's ignoring the general annoying rich girl vibes that permeate her music. I don't hat it, but I'm not far away.
Dullllll
This would work better as spoken word poetry. The lyrics are shoehorned into song structures that don't quite fit. It passed me by over a couple of hot mugs of tea. Nothing more, nothing less.
Her voice is pleasant enough. But every song just sounds the same. 2/5
Very one note, one trick. I was never hugely fond of that particular trick anyway, but I feel like I could maybe have given Born To Die a positive score, but not this. Got dull real fast and stayed there.
Y'know, I don't believe this album should be here. And it's actually not because of what I think about its musical content—I'll get there in a moment—but more its recency. Which, yes, I know, I'm not the first one to bring it up in the reviews on this website. I'm sure one of the top five rated reviews brings it up, or more; I don't feel like checking right now. Regardless, I stand pretty firm in my idea that albums under five years old should be disqualified from lists like this. Simply put, we've had no chance to see if they stand the test of time. Like, in thirty years, we could be looking back on this album as a complete wreck, if we even remember it at all. Of course, all the same, we could be praising it as the modern SGT. PEPPER'S or PET SOUNDS, but, goodness, give it a chance to stew for a second first. This album was only six months old when it got added to the book—in human terms, it probably couldn't even crawl yet. And as I write this, it's currently three-and-a-half years old—still probably shaking on its legs a little. Now, here's the thing: I'd maybe be willing to forgive all of that. I don't normally like talking about what should or shouldn't be in this book, 'cuz more often than not it's irrelevant to my reviews. I'm not here to talk about something's inclusion; I'm here to talk about the music. So, if you catch me bringing it up... Woof. Yeah, I'm sorry to the people in my group who were excited to hear this album; this thing's boring as shit. Like, I always had this assumption in mind that I wouldn't like Lana Del Ray, and finally actually hearing her for myself, yeah, I was right. I mean, maybe her other albums are better, but as an introduction, I don't think the randomizer could've picked a worse one. It sounds like so many other random pop songs I've stumbled across, with its cooing, baby vocals that I don't think she can really pull off, and all these atmospheric "vibes" instrumentals that nearly put me to sleep. And after, like, the first two tracks they all sounded the same to me. I only remember "White Dress" 'cuz of this bad vocal inflection she does, and because she tries to fit way too many words into one of the lines, and the title track... Well, I'm already forgetting it as I write this, so... Like, she really wants to call this shit "wild at heart?" This is as wild as room temperature milk. And it's not like I dislike modern music, either. That's an assumption I feel like I'd have, but there's a fair number of new albums, of new material, that aren't even five years old that I can safely say I love. Coheed And Cambria's VAXIS II, BABYMETAL's THE OTHER ONE, Gorillaz' CRACKER ISLAND... Hell, The Weeknd's DAWN FM, to bring up an artist who's popular in the mainstream. It's just that this sound is **extremely** not for me. People who're into this artsier sort of stuff... Sure. All this "art deco chamber pop nostalgia vibes" stuff. And I'm not even against vibes, but... Blurgh. I wanna give this thing a 2 just because I feel like a 1's too harsh. Like, that's the rating I reserve for shit like Kid Rock, or for convicted child rapists who make boring rhumba music for cruise line ads. Hell, I probably shouldn't have even given Limp Bizkit or MAXINQUAYE a 1. Like, this album's worst crime, speaking about its music, is that it bores me pretty badly. I'm sure if I knew more about Lana Del Ray's politics I could see how it influences my view of her art and **maybe** justify lowering the score, but honestly, I'd rather not. Like, honestly, the worst thing I can say about it is just what I started this review with: I don't think this album should be here. And as much as I'd like to say it's more for reasons of recency than for subjective reasons of "quality"—being 100, there's a good chance it's not.
💖 wild at heart 🗣️ 4️⃣
i like the last song
She has some decent songs. Not on this album though.
She's really talented and this is kinda nice background music - but it's pretty boring and minimalist - not a ton going on. Weyes Blood is great though.
So incredibly boring. If you aren't paying attention, it sounds like one long song until you hit dance til we die. Overproduced, whispery mumbles.
Maybe a 2.5. None of the songs are as interesting or magnetic as earlier projects from Lana.
Questionable to include this but hey there's
Idk. I like some LDR songs but this album highlights everything I don't like about her music
Bored
Lana Del Ray has a stunning voice and air to her performance but I'm not sure if this is the one I'd pick out of all albums to be on a list of 1,001. There's some interesting instrumental moments but this feels like an album for people who are already fans.
2.5/5
It's alright, not really my style. First song was good Will I listen to again: 1%
Not it.
Didn't hate it, kind of moody and croony and backgroundy. Cheryl Crow sleepwalking...
1/11, 9%
Another knew the name but none of the music…and not even 1/3 through the first song & I wish that were still true. I would think I would’ve liked this but…a bit too ethereal for my tastes.
It was okay wouldn't listen again
This kind of music really isn't my vibe. It's really indicative of what I don't like about late-2010s-20s music. It's far from the worst thing I've heard on this list, but also not sure it needs to be on here. "Wild At Heart" and "Dark But Just A Game" were somewhat enjoyable, but overall this is not for me.
Not my thing.
Fannst þetta hugljúft fyrstu tvö lögin. Síðan leiddist mér. Síðan var ég orðinn leiður á þessu. Síðan var ég nálægt að slökkva. 11 muldrandi lög eru of mikið í einni atrennu.
Chemtrails over the Country Club is the seventh studio album by Lana Del Rey. Admittedly I've never listened to any Lana Del Rey prior to today. I remember her as this iconic figure all over Tumblr around 2012-2014. This might have not been the best place to start. The album's production is VERY sparse and airy. This combined with Lana's whispery vocals made the record get kinda boring after a while. There's really minimal variation between songs. The production does make a cool atmosphere, but it was only cool for like half the album, and the rest left me wanting some sort of switch-up. Lana's songwriting is ok on here, and I particularly like the Joni Mitchell cover, but overall this album didn't live up to my expectations.
Not unlistenable, but so boring in that ghosty wispy voice just didn't do it for me
Not my favorite Lana record, kinda got tired of the overproduced yet quiet mumbly lyrics.
Do you think Lana has ever had fun?
Meh, Lana has way better albums
I listened to 880 albums on the list before discovering the "Americana" music style, just to discover that I don't like it. Based on it, I think I'll not get all the hype about Lana del Rey, so I'll not try so hard.
Um, yeah, right out of the gate, annoying voice. Trite songwriting. I'm oscillating between one star and two stars. It's bad. I suppose she's committed to what she's doing, which says something, and it's musical... but boy, pretty terrible. I guess there's a song or two that isn't awful... but I really don't like affected voices, particularly breathy ones.
Just ok… wish I could say more
I recognize that her voice is incredibly powerful and amazing however the majority of times it was too much to me. The music in the background was definitely fit for her vocals however it was too mushy and slow for my liking. I completely understand how others would enjoy this however I did not.
Snore
Such a shame it was this one. I love a bit of Lana. I think this is my least favourite of hers. It’s breathy and slow and nothing much happens lyrically or musically. As it followed NFR, which I still have on repeat, it was a huge disappointment. I didn’t listen to The Grants as a result and then looped back to find that that was a brilliant album too. Just not sure what happened here.
Good moments, but mostly boring sound from a bored singer
Wow. I’ve heard the hype! It was pretty. Pretty dull.
I'm gonna spare the rant but was really considering a 1
She definitely has some good songs but this album was too down tempo for me.
Not really for me
A couple of repeatable tracks, nothing more
Just found it boring
It’s a mood. Not for me. Her talent is clear, the songs are ok. Maybe two songs grabbed me (Dance til we die).
Does Lana del Rey normally sound like this or is she usually more poppy? Kind of felt like she'd purposely made a stripped back album but it could be that's her thing. Seemed to be just piano versions of songs that would otherwise have more going on, didn't feel like bon iver or the xx or something that was more cleverly pared back. Consequently found it very dull and samey. Sad piano music for 45 mins. Not actively unlistenable but not worth listening to.
Appreciate her vibe is dreary, but this takes the piss a bit. Can write a song. 1 feels harsh, and I didn't mind Dark But Just A Game, so you can be happy with 2 stars Lana.
Lana Del Rey is definitely refining her sound with Chemtrails Over The Country Club, and her voice has never been prettier to hear. But this album sort of goes on and on with the wistful and blank-verse lyrics, California ennui, and sparse arrangements. (Pro tip to Lana: "business conference" doesn't make a good lyric [White Dress]). Nothing really stood out for me, and after half of the album, I felt like I got what there was to take from it. Nice to see some collaborations on this album with Weyes Blood and Nikki Lane.
bleh. Not bad but didn't do anything for me. gave up on the 3rd song
Meh.
lana is the modern standard bearer of what i often refer to, somewhar derisively, as "weepy music." like, it's fine, but it is extremely not for me, and i have a hard time imagining anybody not critically depressed wanting to listen to this front to back on any kind of regular basis also tolkien should get a songwriting credit on "not all who wander are lost"
My friend, who’s a huge Lana fan, warned me that this album would be mediocre or bad to prepare me for my first listen—and she wasn’t wrong. I’ve heard some of her other albums, and they were okay (not really my cup of tea), but this one is just boring, depressed teen music. I’m sorry, Lana fans, but this album doesn’t offer anything special..
kept waiting for something to happen
i have friends that love Lana Del Ray but i never listened because i thought i wouldn’t love it. this was even worse than i was expecting - so boring. im hoping her other albums are on this list and are better
only rarely does an album make me consider my mortality like this one does. 2*.
This album didn't make me feel anything
Laten we voorop stellen dat het prettig is om deze week even een sprongetje naar het heden te maken, maar dat betekent niet dat we nu ineens allemaal achten gaan uitdelen natuurlijk. Deze plaat schiet ook wel een beetje te kort om daar voor in aanmerking te komen. Door de albumhoes en de titel had ik een wat landelijkere Lana verwacht dan de dromerige city pop die ze normaal tentoonstelt. Echter bleef het bij enkele folksy elementen, en schuifelde de meeste nummers tegen bedroom pop aan. Ik vind dat ze een mooie stem heeft, maar dit was de eerste keer dat ik er voor een heel album aan bloot gesteld werd. Het verveelde me vrij snel, en ik had gehoopt op iets meer instrumentele verrassingen om het eentonige stemgeluid aan te vullen. Hoe vreemd dit ook is om als volwassen man te zeggen, ik begrijp wel waarom ze het zo goed doet bij tieners (lees: tienermeiden). De melodieën zijn melancholisch, en de 'coming of age' topics triggeren de juiste emoties. Ik vrees dat dit album net te laat komt voor mij om te levelen met die emoties, en blijf ik vooral achter met de vraag wie in godsnaam Lana Del Rey is op de albumcover? Ik zie er een stuk of 4. 6/10 Highlight: Wild At Heart
Toegegeven, dit album van Lana del Rey kende ik niet. Na deze luistersessie reken ik dit ook niet tot haar betere werk. De songs blijven klein, het is fragiel en het is ook zeker wel mooi. Maar is geen enkel moment speciaal of blijft bij me hangen. Shoutout naar Weyes Blood want: Highlight: For Free
If I was a girl 16-24 this would be my favorite record. It's got fall in love songs, breakup songs and even a dance anthem. I do like the middle bit of the record better than the rest: Love you like a Woman, wild at heart and dark but just a game. But since I'm a 50yo man it only gets 2 stars.
Meh
not great
Like taking a moonlit walk through a bog, but you’ve been shot with a tranquilizer.
Not my thing.
Nap time
There's often a nice atmosphere to her songs but it just doesn't speak to me at all. I guess I'm just too old.
The guys behind this list really doesn't know shit about music after 1999.
No idea why this album from Lana Del Rey is on this list... probably because the typical music press hard-on for a musician "changing" away form their popular/commercial stuff. Call me shallow but popular stuff is usually popular for a reason and in the case of Lana Del Rey I certainly like it better...
I am not really a fan of Lana Del Ray - In my opinion her songs are very dry and boring and they all largely share the same sound/feel. I generally find her voice unappealing. The last couple songs on this album were a little catchy, but not really something that I would find myself listening to on any regular basis. Not my favorite.
youngmeninmusicbusinessclub - can't do it. I haven't bought into this artist to appreciate singing in polyrhythms or whatever is happening in here
Thoughts before listening: Well this is the most recently released album I've gotten so far. I know that people go crazy for every Lana Del Rey album, but I don't really understand the hype. I enjoyed parts of Norman F'n Rockwell, but everything just sounds the same to me...mid-tempo, laid-back pop music which never really draws me in. Review: Man this is so slow...and the whispered vocals are very hard for me to get into. This is like a poppier, female Bon Iver...who I feel the same about. I can understand why people like this, but it's not something that I'm going to go back to very often. 2-stars.
I knew 2011’s Summertime Sadness, but nothing from this album. Similar sound to track mentioned.
Opener wow! Rest boring as hell…
I don't get the Lana Del Rey vibe, naver have. This is just a whine/drone/white noise generator for people who think they like the 1950s style idea of America that never was. Anthems for day wine drinking bored housewives who can't manage the cadence for the anti-melodic lyrics like "Down at the Men in Music Business Conference" I only mention it 'cause it was such a scene.
why is this on here doe.
Do not like. Maybe I'm old.
By all measures, I should like this. But I don't. I should probably give it a couple dedicated listens. But I won't. 2.5
She sounds sexy but it's just a bit boring sorry lana
Very bland Lana album. Nothing special here.
Blind album, know the artist by name. This lady gonna put me asleep behind the wheel. This whole album put me to sleep and was very uninteresting.
Like listening to a glass of tepid water
Can't really get into this album. A little too mellow for my liking. I wanted to figure out why she has such a huge following, but this album doesn't help me understand too much. Her voice is soothing. I like the song with Nikki Lane.
It just sound so insincere. Trying so hard to be soulful, but purely for the sake of it.
It was fine. Unnoteworthy. No need to revisit.
Lana Del Rey is a fantastic vocalist. Her singing is melodic and enchanting in a way. I enjoyed the skills being shown but I wish there was more going on with this album. Each song was slow. Almost like the music itself is meant to be a blank canvas for her singing to stand out. Which it does. It just feels one dimensional. Compared to her breakout hit Summertime Sadness, I would have preferred her to pick up the pacing on this album rather than slow it down.
Pretty boring. Kept forgetting it was on. Heard so much about her that this was pretty disappointing to be honest..
Oudere albums leuker
Weird choice, I thought this wasn’t a super well reviewed album of hers and kind of forgotten. Born to Die and NFR I thought were considered her at the height of her powers. This was ok but I know there is better Lana out there.
This washed past me in a drear, and I think ‘NFR’ is a smashing record (thanks Si). Chemtrails over the Country Club is a cleverly evocative title and I don’t doubt there’s some similarly wrought words within (groan-baiting millennial nostalgia reference to Kings of Leon and White Stripes at the start aside), but I’m a lyrics-optional listener: the music has to invite me in, unless the words are exceptionally good or bad. After three background plays, my alt-title of this is “Misery: Selfie”. Or “Get Off My Lawn, Heidegger!” Later: I skimmed the Wikipedia and see there’s a Joni M cover in the mix, which makes sense as there was a moment when I wondered if LDR was impersonating JM. Am not going back to check if it was indeed that track, tho - I shall pretend that it wasn’t.
Man, I found this to be really slow and pretty boring. I was even asked if I was listening to "church" music. She's pretty decent, but just seemed to be the same song over and over again. I found myself tuning this album out abs thinking, can you speak out please? Anyway, this wasn't for me and I won't revisit. I did think it was cool she has Del in her name. Though of another de La, as in Rocha. I thought of RATM, so bonus point. 2
2 I feel like this list needs to learn that just because a well-received album was released in the last two years doesn’t mean it automatically equates to an all-time great or a must-listen. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the fact that it’s taking a stab at highlighting more recent stuff, and I totally get that it’s hard to predict what will ultimately prove to be influential years from now, but rather than doing that, I wish the listmakers would have leaned more into either landmark, pop culture-shaping releases or acclaimed, but lesser known indie releases instead of safe, middle ground popular stuff like this. I mean, it’s only been two years since this album came out, and I already feel like it’s been largely forgotten about. Anyway, rant over, shifting gears to the actual album - Lana Del Rey has a beautiful voice, and for a woman of her talent, I respect her efforts at writing slow, impassioned ballads instead of radio pop hits, but goddamn this album is so one-note and boring. I actually really liked the opening track White Dress, but the fact that every song that followed just felt like a minor variation weakened it a bit for me in hindsight. As a result, everything here just kind of blends together, and while I want to say it gets worse as it goes on, it’s also likely I was just getting more and more sick of hearing the same thing over and over. I didn’t find any of the music or lyrics to be particularly great, with her voice probably being the only positive note I can say about this - and even then to say her vocal performances is varied here would be a lie. The ambience of this album is the kind of thing I would have liked to have vibed with, but unfortunately, it ended up being the kind where I found myself constantly checking in to see how close I was to finishing it. I definitely wouldn’t say it’s bad, but it’s also definitely not that interesting - I would say it’s possible I revisit a song or two in the future, but likely not the full thing again anytime soon.
Just all a little bit dull and boring isn't it?
I was excited to actually listen to one of her albums after hearing some stuff I liked on the radio. Unfortunately I think she’s just going to be a listen to the singles artist for me. She’s at her best when she’s alternative and a little unexpected. This was mostly just plodding singer/songwriter ballads with no real spark. The exception is Dark But Just a Game, that was a good song
i like LDR, this album was ok
I liked Dark But Just A Game a lot and there were a few other decent tracks, but the unrelenting slow sleepiness of this album was way too much for me.
Dark But Just A Game was the only song I'd tell other people to listen to off this album. Too many sleepy ballads all in a row does not make for an engaging album.
nah
Like being haunted by a low energy ghost.
I don’t know why they chose this album, it’s nowhere near as good as her earlier stuff
Oh sorry, I fell asleep. Did you say something? I don’t know what it is, I just feel like Del Ray’s putting on a front here. I always feel that way. There’s a hint of inauthenticity or pretentiousness, maybe both? And that’d be fine if the songs were at least interesting, but after the third track of straight breathy vocals, I kind of faded out and focused on something else. And that’s not to say there’s anything wrong with slow records; they can be beautiful (looking at you Carrie & Lowell). Lana even has a few tracks that are remarkable, they’re just not in this album.
I’ve done it, I’ve finally done it: I found the cure for insomnia!
About six months or so ago, an excruciating pub singer apologised to an entire bar full of people by saying "I might not have the right crowd for this, but my next song is a cover of an artist you might not have heard of - she tends to appeal to a younger crowd - Lana Del Rey". It's official, I am too old to appreciate Lana Del Rey. Whether it's because I'm too old - at the fresh end of generation X - or simply because I have ears, I don't know, but appreciate Lana Del Rey I do not. I can see past the outrageously over-camped breathiness, but I can't see past the fluttering warble of someone trying to in in a register higher than her voice can properly manage. It's not offensive beyond uninterested boredom, but is it worth shunting Franz Ferdinand off the list? Nope.
I put this on in the car and Albie instantly fell asleep and I think I agree with that assessment
Surprised to get an album this recent. Anyway, I gave it a listen and found it quite boring.
I listen to this album day it came out, hadn’t felt the need to listen to it again until now, it’s not a bad album but LDR has better, don’t think this one should be on the list.
There's no melody in her voice at all and the album screams forced nostalgia which I guess is in with the kids at the moment. 1.5
4/10. Mopey dopey
So boring! Where are the drums?! Why does it sound like she doesn’t care at all?!? Why is every instrumental exactly the same??!? Does anyone relate to this affluenza schtick?!??!??! Artists with better albums released in 2021 that are not on this list include: Tyler the Creator, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Silk Sonic, Little Simz, hell even Clairo and Kanye had better releases that very same year! If we expand the range to the past 10 years it’s pretty laughable that this ended up getting a nod. 4/10
This confirmed the arbitrary nature of the list because why this one instead of Born to Die or Norman Fucking Rockwell!? Say what you want about them, but if you're going to include a Lana album, at least choose something that was actually influential. This wasn't even good so now I'm confused and upset.
This is the music that 15 year old suburban white girls slit their wrists to while they cry in the bathtub.
I tried with this one but it was so boring and I didn’t really like her singing 2/5
Meh
Pretty boring. Good voice.
I did not hate this like I thought I would. Definite 2.75.
It did not move me.
répétitif et chiant
Surely there must have been a better pick from her than this, right? I mean, I get that they have to sell the book by putting modern albums in there even if they don't deserve it, but there has to be something better from her. I don't really know anything about Lana Del Ray, as a disclaimer, but I know people want one of her other albums on here instead. Also, I'm not really a production snob, but I've noticed that the production on most of the popular modern albums I've gotten bothers me. It bothered me on Melodrama and 1989 and it's bothering me here. Don't know if I'd like the music more with different production, but something of note. Overall, I just don't usually like modern music for some reason. Anyway, tangent over. This is okay. Her vocals on the first song had me scared for the whole album, but it wasn't that bad. I guess it was nice that it was pretty mellow, and I think it got a bit better towards the end. Forgettable album though. My favourite song was Dark But Just A Game.
Boring
What an easy album to grade. It's highly polished somber ballads. Lana Del Rey has a great voice inspired by her dark electropop contemporaries, and she expresses it a little here, but it gets pretty repetitive. Despite being "Americana", the acoustic guitar adds nothing other than a country tint. It's just very boring and generic, with no reason to revisit half these songs. Favorites: White Dress, Dark But Just a Game, Dance Till We Die
I expected to like this more. It was pretty dreary.
Lana Del Rey’s 2021 album didn’t provide much significant material to her discography, but it had a consistent sound that showed Lana trying something new, albeit the tracklist could’ve used more versatility. Best Track: Let Me Love You Like A Woman Rating: 5.5/10
Lana Del Rey must have a recording booth in her 2 bedroom with her roommate, Tim. Tim works nights and has a short temper. Lana knows this so when she records her latest record she sings so breathily and minuscule to not wake him and incur his wrath. Seriously, she uses 90% or her air for the breathy sounds leaving the last 10% for sound. She throws in pop culture references to keep the listener just awake enough to ride out the high from the painkillers they’re obviously on otherwise they’d be listening to something, nay, anything else. This has no place on this list. It doesn’t even belong on the 9,001 albums you should listen to list. 5/5. Great stuff.
Besides the track opener, the rest of the album is a slog. Also just can't get past Lana's descent into conspiracy-land - and with an album that has 'chemtrails' in it's title, just irks me. This album is simply not good enough to allow me to separate the art from the artist, so down it goes.
Not as terrible as I expected but still somewhat of a drag - aside from some fun guest spots, there’s little to distinguish one track from another instrumentally, melodically, or vocally. Some of Rey’s vocal inflections and rhythms here are annoying as hell, but these grating bits are usually scattered enough to make her singing tolerable and at times even interesting. Wish we could get some 2020s-era LPs representative of the decade’s explosion in genre-bending and other creativity, though, rather than the albums that sold the most because they made the best tiktok tracks or had the largest cult of personality surrounding them.
Technically good, but it was not for me. Overall, the album sounded mournful
Jamie Loftus is an LA-based comedian and audio producer. A while ago, she did an epic audio series exploring Lolita – the book, and how its complex legacy has evolved (and has been contested) over the last half century or so. It's a complex, nuanced and fascinating listen. (It's also 11 hours long.) It also reserves a special place in hell for two people, Adrian Lyne and ... Lana Del Rey. The first is understandable, even though I think he ought to be given a right of reply, if not necessarily the benefit of the doubt. You had to be in the 80s to understand the 80s. Not to justify any of the very many excesses of the decade (and his enabling hand in some of them), but at least to see them in context. One of a number of British Ad Men who transitioned to Hollywood filmmaking in the seventies and eighties, Lyne as a creative is (I think) both a prisoner of his time (unreconstructed) and his original profession (borderline unconscionable a lot of the time, even though this is dressed up along the lines of giving the audience what they (don't yet know that they) want.) (Lyne's cinematic output: Foxes, Flashdance, 9 ½ Weeks, Fatal Attraction, Jacob's Ladder, Lolita; Unfaithful; Deep Water. The semi-colons mark lengthy career breaks. I've watched them all. Jacob's Ladder – a fascinating and unhinged film – aside, there is an identifiable motif in his work. First time happenstance, second coincidence. The third time is enemy action etc etc.) There is an element of agency attached to choosing to make flashy erotic dramas – films that sometimes bordered on soft porn and often objectified their female leads. (Karina Longsworth's equally epic mini series about the Erotic 80s, for her film podcast You Must Remember This, explores this complex and beguiling swamp in exhaustive and engaging detail. Recommended.) Anyway, the point is that Lyne's hands aren't clean. His Lolita, in Loftus's eyes, was a crime against literature, filmmaking, and moral sensibilities. It is also worth pointing out that he did nothing illegal, and that he was the public face of the much larger collaborative effort that enabled the film. If anything, I'd argue that his Lolita forced (or at least accelerated) the end of a sometimes discomfiting film genre (one which, in the spirit of full disclosure, I acknowledge actively enjoying as a teenager), by taking it to its logical (and deeply illogical) conclusion. Del Rey? Loftus's ire derived from what, at length and repeatedly, she taxonomised as the commodification of a certain aesthetic, for personal (and commercial) gain and with no interest in the wider consequences. It's a complicated argument. I had had lots of thoughts about Del Rey before listening to The Lolita Podcast, many of them ambivalent. I hadn't thought about her as a spiritual enabler, though. I wonder whether Loftus credits her with more intelligence than she has, or with less intelligence. (Both measures are relative to Loftus's position. I have no claims to any knowledge about Del Rey's intelligence.) Anyway. As a voice and perspective of a generation now some way away from me, Loftus came across as...far removed from the stereotypes appended to "Millennials" (I don't subscribe to the Generation Game, but it is there so I shan't ignore it). The Lolita Podcast (my time suck caveat aside) is worth listening to as a piece of invested literary and social analysis. As for Chemtrails. Like I said, I've thought about Del Rey's output a lot over the years, mainly from the perspective of an enduring paradox: Del Rey as a manufactured product, yet with undeniable talent. Style is a lot to her. But there is a lot of substance. A bit over a year ago, I listened to all her albums in chronological order. (Streaming does have its uses). This, by a margin, was the least engaging. Some framed it as part of her evolution into a grown up entertainer. I found it untethered, a concept without a proper vehicle.
There is a large contingent that loves Lana Del Rey. I am not one of them.
Meh, not a fan of this whispered weird voice
It did get dry after a while I didn’t the lyrics were anything special white dress was very cool
Highlights: Chemtrails Over The Country Club, Tulsa Jesus Freak
I try not to discount these youngsters and engage in their sounds but just sounded like grumpy pop to me
Mmm
Vilket sömnpiller.
I guess I’ll give this a shot Yeah that ain’t it.
Don't enjoy listening to Lana's singing and dislike the overdramatic feel throughout the album.
Overly Breathy soft pop. Not for me
fine. Feels too new to really appreciate on the list? Maybe that's my issue to sort out.
A waste of great Antonoff songs (plus one from Joni Mitchell). Lazy whisper singing on every. damn. song. She's got a great change-up but no fastball. Best track: For Free
Flat, bland, vanilla and a 1 trick pony.
Tiring
Moody, broody and a little boring. One is made much less breathless by this material than LdR is. One accepts that one may not know the oeuvre well enough to appreciate the intertextual subtleties, but she seems an obvious and oversharing sort of writer – and not nearly as good as one suspects her most devoted followers think she is. There are a few good lines. “It's hard to be lonely, but it's the right thing to do”) but an equal number of clunkers(“I don't wanna live with a life of regret / I don't wanna end up like Tammy Wynette”). It would be too obvious to say she’s Alanis or Fiona A lite or simply an extension thereof, but one finds it hard to avoid thinking it.
Very low and sad mood. I guess she went through something difficult while she wrote these songs. The basic pattern is redundant, but that’s her style. I hope she finds joy and has fun at one point.
I also don't get the hubbub over LDR. Although, maybe the hubbub was brief and fleeting, as it's been 10 years since her breakthrough with "Born to Die" and I had no idea she had come out with 7 more albums over that time. Most of her work in that decade seems to have come out with much less fanfare, though maybe I just don't pay enough attention to pop music. Sorry, "alt-pop." LDR's sultriness just always seemed like an overdone act to me from my limited exposure, and nothing on "Chemtrails" dissuades that take. Case in point, all the breathy whispers on this album are the worst parts. The best parts are just Taylor Swift-lite, and as they've both used Jack Antonoff as producer lately the similarity comes as no surprise. However, Antonoff's reputation for hooks and hits is let down by "Chemtrails."
I dislike when she sings in her high register with that breathy whisper (most heavily featured on White Dress but in other songs too), it is unlistenable. Overall I am not sure what the fuss is about with Lana.
Still don’t get what all the hubbub about her was for a minute.
one of 1011? joking?
Rating: 3.0 Best Track: Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Same old, same old from Lana. How long has she been doing this now?
Mundane
A very basic Lana album, I’d like her to do something different
The first track was beautiful The rest of the album was very quiet and slow, with not much variation
I casually enjoy LDR but hadn't listened to this one yet. It's pretty solid. I still think that adding an album to this list a year after release is ridiculous though. It's simply too soon to call it an album you MUST hear before you die. Viewing it through that lens is less favorable unfortunately.
-"White Dress," "Chemtrails Over The Country Club," and "Tulsa Jesus Freak" all sound like the bridge, intro, or outro to a song, but for the whole time. Basically I felt like the song needed to transition to something better/different the entire time. Not a good start to the album and especially not a good sign since that was 3/4 of the singles for the album. -"Let Me Love You Like A Woman" and "Wild At Heart" were a bit better with some more harmonies on the singing and more interesting music pieces -Yo "Dance Till We Die" suddenly turns into a blues-y rock-ish song for a second. That part was the best part of the album so far -Yeah overall very slow and generally same-y album. Didn't even have the desire to re-listen to see if I missed anything because I didn't see it being enjoyable
Born to Die should be on the list instead. Lightweight and dreary.
Well, at least no one can accuse Lana Del Rey of being to versatile. I find it hard to distinguish the songs, they all sound the same, not only from a compositional standpoint, but also production-wise. Whoever produced this must have thrown everything he/she knows about producing pop-hits on a wall to see what sticks. And Del Ray's vocal style is disappointingly similar to every other contemporary female pop singer/sonwrighter. This is one of the best albums that 2021 had to offer?!? Oh, come on ... 1.5/5
I thought I liked Lana Del Ray. Apparently, I don't. This album started off terrible. The choice to sing as if you'd lost your list was a poor one and the music went terribly with her voice. It got marginally better through the rest of the songs.. at least the music started to work with her voice. And then it got bad again at the end. Wouldn't recommend.
kjedelig
E9 i at da e kjedelig. Huske eg såg ein video ein gang av at Lana sang For Free, også kjeda ho seg så masse at ho glemte å synga. Så måtte backingdamene poka ho og minna på at ho spilte konsert
Not my cup of tea
I feel like a traitor to my sex because I’ve hated on every female album, but for the most part I was bored. White dress - I did not believe this person ever listened to the white stripes or rocked to kings of Leon. Two decent songs were Wild at Heart and the title track - I enjoyed the piano especially on the latter, but I thought it was funny both feature songs about being wild, sung in a drowsy monotone. Breaking up Slowly actually touched me in a way none of the other album seemed to break through. Dance Till We Die had enough of a beat to wake me up, but didn’t feel fun or different enough to capture my attention.
It's OK, her voice is only tolerable and her songwriting isn't great