#Lana del rey album sampler full#

Whether itвЂ™s a modern California of wildfires and livestreams, or a nostalgic glance at a James Dean, Marilyn Monroe make-believe - itвЂ™s Lana Del ReyвЂ™s world, weвЂ™re just living in it. Despite the image, the aesthetic, the precise references having undeniably made Lana an icon, this album proves that with just a pitch black room, a microphone and piano sheвЂ™d have everything she needs to stand at the forefront of a whole era in music. But if it wasnвЂ™t impeccably written, beautifully sung and intriguingly structured, вЂNorman Fucking Rockwell!вЂ™ could have been something far less than what it truly is. ItвЂ™s easy to make it sound easy, and five albums in Lana Del Rey has found myriad ways to make it look easy. is in flames, itвЂ™s getting hot, Kanye West is blond and gone, Life on MarsвЂќ ainвЂ™t just a song.

#Lana del rey album sampler full#

A song full of iconic lines and razor-sharp observations, thereвЂ™s a strange satisfaction in seeing Lana Del Rey, maybe Kanye WestвЂ™s strongest competition to being the defining artist of the era, ending a song with вЂњL.A. Nothing that could have been expected is missing вЂCaliforniaвЂ™ is the sultry slowburn, вЂCinnamon GirlвЂ™ offers a beautiful, delicate touch and the crowning achievement might be вЂThe GreatestвЂ™. As close to sugary pop as the album comes is the candyfloss chorus of вЂFuck It, I Love YouвЂ™ before the surprising reworking of SublimeвЂ™s вЂDoin TimeвЂ™. ItвЂ™s a delight to see that in this algorithmic age of snippets Lana is still an album girl at heart - and one brave enough to lay in a 9-minute epic only three songs in. The latter offers an intriguing change in pace with almost six, spiralling, psychedelic minutes of what could be considered an outro. Opening trio of songs вЂNorman Fucking RockwellвЂ™, вЂMariners Apartment ComplexвЂ™ and вЂVenice BitchвЂ™ somehow survive the weight of the majestic grandeur poured all over them. These noir-shaded numbers are mostly built on orchestral accouterments and subtle vocal samples.

2011 Filled with torch songs influenced by hip-hop, Lana Del Rey wrote and recorded Born to Die in a chilling fashion.

AmericanaвЂ™s great musical scholar, taking a long hard look at modern America. Listen Now Browse Radio Search Sign In Born to Die Lana Del Rey. Crucially, feeling so familiar, so well-resolved, it lets her move into truly looking at the world around her more than ever.

As she builds on layers and layers of her own existing mythos, revisiting tropes and retelling the same jokes, thereвЂ™s an extra depth thatвЂ™s more than one or two albums in the making. It gives вЂNorman Fucking Rockwell!вЂ™ a unique cohesiveness in point of view. To walk the same paths but still unearth new curiosities, to sample new flavours and find new angles on the same landscape. The faded lustre of classic Hollywood, the sparks of early rockвЂ™nвЂ™roll: Lana has been more than happy to explore and re-explore the same scene. Five albums in, Lana has done more to build and sell that dream than anyone else alive.

For sure, not in the heartbroken, sun-tinged, California fantasy that we are.