Lana Del Rey Ultraviolence Double Vinyl LP
180 Gram Double Vinyl LP + Bonus Tracks
Slow and low is the name of the game and no one’s sad shtick is more seductive than Madame Melancholia herself, Lana Del Rey. After her breakthrough Born To Die, Lana Del Rey honed her hazy noir sound and added depth and personality to her wayward character. Star-crossed lovers of porcelain fragile women and bullish men are still central to the story (a certain factor in choosing to reinterpret the eternal Romeo and Juliet’s Love Theme by Nino Rota for Old Money) but she finds the space to bite back on Fucked My Way To The Top, Brooklyn Baby and Cruel World. Where Born To Die felt hollow and a little bit, shall we say, formulaic, Ultraviolence is rich and patient. She also allows her voice break free from its timbre cell displaying a vocal range unheard before. She glides angelically on Shades of Cool and Sad Girl and sings with an aerated soft touch. Ultraviolence slow rush that overwhelms. The magmaic power of Ultraviolence seems innocuous but once it gets you it will destroy you.
Tracks
A1 Cruel World
A2 Ultraviolence
A3 Shades Of Cool
B1 Brooklyn Baby
B2 West Coast
B3 Sad Girl
C1 Pretty When You Cry
C2 Money Power Glory
C3 Fucked My Way Up To The Top
C4 Old Money
D1 The Other Woman
Bonus Tracks
D2 Black Beauty
D3 Guns And Roses
D4 Florida Kilos
Other Albums
Lana Del Ray (2010), Born to Die (2012), Ultraviolence (2014), Honeymoon (2015), Lust for Life (2017), Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019), Chemtrails over the Country Club (2021), Blue Banisters (2021)
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. But rating highly with her are Nirvana, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley.
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