Lana Del Rey: Album RDs (Finished)

[wrip]

i mean this top 5 is basically expected but it’s still pretty good

1 2 4 7 10

[Mayman]

#5. Ultraviolence



Points: 115 | SD: 4.286

1 schnetzka
2 wrip
2 born
3 Mayman
3 • Господин Умљеновић •
3 kluen
3 joshtheking
4 reputainbow
5 Leaf
6 singingrulebritannia
6 .indulgecountry
8 God
8 BB🌕
9 taylor
12 willapted33
12 Private Dancer
14 wojop19zak
14 samo🦕

Our first single to leave and it's one that I expected to be divisive. The lyrics are certainly interesting but I love it!

[schnetzka]

I am disappointed in all of you lol.

[samo🦕]

the instrumental is about average for the album (so, good) but "he hit me and it felt like a kiss" still makes me wildly uncomfortable

[Mayman]

#4. Cruel World



Points: 113 | SD: 3.121

2 singingrulebritannia
2 wojop19zak
2 schnetzka
2 BB🌕
4 samo🦕
5 joshtheking
5 willapted33
5 reputainbow
6 • Господин Умљеновић •
7 God
7 Private Dancer
8 kluen
8 taylor
9 Mayman
9 .indulgecountry
10 wrip
10 Leaf
12 born

I think my #9 seems low but I do love this one too. I think I would've ranked this higher maybe last year but other tracks I find myself listening to more overtime.

[samo🦕]

really cool song (me talking about like two-thirds of this album)

1, 2, 7, i really liked this album but there's still a definite gap between my top 2 and everything else so hopefully my 7 is next

[joshtheking]

Dec 16, 2023 16:47:49 GMT -5 samo🦕 said:

the instrumental is about average for the album (so, good) but "he hit me and it felt like a kiss" still makes me wildly uncomfortable

help i dont really pay attention to lyrics but that is wild 

[Mayman]

Dec 16, 2023 16:51:32 GMT -5 samo🦕 said:

hopefully my 7 is next

well...

#3. Brooklyn Baby



Points: 111 | SD: 3.601

2 Mayman
2 kluen
2 joshtheking
2 willapted33
2 reputainbow
2 Leaf
4 wrip
5 • Господин Умљеновић •
7 singingrulebritannia
7 samo🦕
7 BB🌕
8 .indulgecountry
8 Private Dancer
9 schnetzka
11 God
11 wojop19zak
11 born
11 taylor

Wish this got to #2, but will obviously still take top 3! This is such a good song and it's the perfect song for a cold, rainy day lol. I just love how each section of the song is given time to fully develop if that makes sense.

[samo🦕]

so how many of the twelve remaining #1s do we think West Coast has, 11 or 12?

[Mayman]

#2. Shades Of Cool



Points: 81 | SD: 2.595

1 willapted33
2 God
2 samo🦕
2 Private Dancer
3 BB🌕
3 reputainbow
3 Leaf
4 Mayman
4 • Господин Умљеновић •
4 wojop19zak
4 joshtheking
4 taylor
5 singingrulebritannia
6 schnetzka
7 kluen
7 wrip
10 .indulgecountry
10 born

Shades Of Cool is such a great piece of psych-rock/dream-pop magic. Love this style from Lana and I think she does it best here!



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#1. West Coast



Points: 39 | SD: 2.007 (Lowest!)

1 Mayman
1 God
1 singingrulebritannia
1 joshtheking
1 samo🦕
1 wrip
1 born
1 BB🌕
1 reputainbow
1 Leaf
1 Private Dancer
2 • Господин Умљеновић •
2 taylor
3 willapted33
3 .indulgecountry
4 schnetzka
6 kluen
8 wojop19zak

West Coast is one of her best songs ever (I'd personally rank it #2 behind another song we have yet to rank!). Every part of the song is just incredible and it's clear others agree with 11 out of 18 #1 rankings.

[samo🦕]

Dec 16, 2023 16:57:44 GMT -5 samo🦕 said:

so how many of the twelve remaining #1s do we think West Coast has, 11 or 12?

ugh my mind (i wasn't actually expecting the split to be that bad lmao i thought it'd get 8 or 9)

[joshtheking]

predictable but correct

[Mayman]

Honeymoon: The Rankdown

Welcome to the Honeymoon rankdown! The follow up to Ultraviolence came in 2015 which experimented with more chamber pop elements while retaining some of those dream pop influences from the previous album. The album debuted at #2 after Drake/Future surprised dropped their collab mixtake What A Time To Be Alive. Lead single "High By The Beach" was initially announced to have debuted at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, but was soon revised to #51 after an error with the reporting of the song's digital sales.

Rank each song from favorite (#1) to least favorite (#14) and send your list to me (@/mrmayman) by Thursday, January 11 at 11:59pm.


The Songs:

Honeymoon
Music To Watch Boys To
Terrence Loves You
God Knows I Tried
High By The Beach
Freak
Art Deco
Burnt Norton - Interlude
Religion
Salvatore
The Blackest Day
24
Swan Song
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood


Participants:
1. Mayman
2. God
3. wrip
4. • Господин Умљеновић •
5. schnetzka
6. wojop19zak
7. .indulgecountry
8. born
9. BB🌕
10. taylor
11. samo🦕
12. HamedM1 💔
13. gabe
14. reputainbow


Listen:
From here on there is only one version of each album on Spotify so no last.fm scrobble edits!



Past Participants:
Mayman gabe Private Dancer God • Господин Умљеновић • schnetzka omer wojop19zak willapted33 twigs khan joshtheking singingrulebritannia .indulgecountry PREDS PRIDE wrip BB🌕 samo🦕 born walt91 reputainbow HamedM1 💔 Leaf taylor Glove Slap kluen

[God]

This round is gonna make me so MAD, I just know it

[singingrulebritannia]

Not certain if I'll do the next 2 albums. I got 5 songs into Honeymoon before I was too bored to continue, and I've heard Lust for Life is worse. I've already listened to Norman Fucking Rockwell!, though, so I will definitely jump back on the train when that album rolls around.

[Mayman]

Sorry I've been lacking with the reminders, I've been busy lately. There's a little over 2 weeks to send for this. Thanks God and Wrip for the lists!

Past Participants:
Mayman gabe Private Dancer God • Господин Умљеновић • schnetzka omer wojop19zak willapted33 twigs khan joshtheking singingrulebritannia .indulgecountry PREDS PRIDE wrip BB🌕 samo🦕 born walt91 reputainbow HamedM1 💔 Leaf taylor Glove Slap kluen

[• Господин Умљеновић •]

Sent my H list

[Mayman]

This is due Thursday night, get your submissions in! Thanks to Renoir, Schnetzka, and Wojop for the new lists!

Past Participants:
Mayman gabe Private Dancer God • Господин Умљеновић • schnetzka omer wojop19zak willapted33 twigs khan joshtheking singingrulebritannia .indulgecountry PREDS PRIDE wrip BB🌕 samo🦕 born walt91 reputainbow HamedM1 💔 Leaf taylor Glove Slap kluen

[Mayman]

A little over 2 days left, hoping to get some more submissions for this!! Thanks Indulge for the new list!

Past Participants:
Mayman gabe Private Dancer God • Господин Умљеновић • schnetzka omer wojop19zak willapted33 twigs khan joshtheking singingrulebritannia .indulgecountry PREDS PRIDE wrip BB🌕 samo🦕 born walt91 reputainbow HamedM1 💔 Leaf taylor Glove Slap kluen

[taylor]

I’ll be sending my list later this evening!

[Mayman]

So an update, I got some more lists in from Born, BB, Taylor, and Samo (thank you!!) and I'm waiting on lists from two people who want to send still. With school about to start again I've been a little busy the last few days so I haven't finished setting everything up with reveals like I usually do. If you are still interested and want to send a list, let me know and I'll wait for you as well.

[Mayman]

Alright, one last update before reveals commence. I got two more lists from Hamed and Gabe (thank you!!) bringing the final count to 13. A little lower than usual but I know some of our other regulars have been busy and intend to return for Lust For Life. I would like to start reveals tomorrow evening, I just am not sure if I will be able to. If I don't start tomorrow, I will 100% be starting on Monday. Sorry for the longer than usual start, it's just been quite a busy time these last few days!

[Mayman]

#14. Burnt Norton (Interlude)



Points: 195 | SD: 0.267 (Lowest!)

13 wrip

14 Mayman
14 God
14 • Господин Умљеновић •
14 schnetzka
14 wojop19zak
14 .indulgecountry
14 born
14 BB🌕
14 taylor
14 samo🦕
14 HamedM1 💔
14 gabe
14 reputainbow

We got one more list from Rep since I last updated. Wrip... girl you ruined the perfect 0.000 SD! This is a cute interlude but obviously it's not up to par with the rest of the album.

[wrip]

Jan 19, 2024 15:39:05 GMT -5 Mayman said:

We got one more list from Rep since I last updated. Wrip... girl you ruined the perfect 0.000 SD! 

Maybe if you weren't such a hater then things would be different 

[Mayman]

#13. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood



Points: 140 | SD: 3.258

3 wojop19zak
4 .indulgecountry
7 HamedM1 💔
9 samo🦕
10 schnetzka
10 taylor
10 reputainbow
12 wrip
12 born
12 BB🌕
12 gabe
13 Mayman
13 God
13 • Господин Умљеновић •

I don't really ever listen to this to be honest, it's kind of boring to me.

[Mayman]

#12. Freak



Points: 122 | SD: 2.730

4 HamedM1 💔
5 gabe
6 wrip
6 born
7 reputainbow
8 God
9 Mayman
10 • Господин Умљеновић •
10 BB🌕
11 wojop19zak
11 .indulgecountry
11 taylor
11 samo🦕
13 schnetzka

I'm actually surprised that this is out now, I thought this was a little more accessible so everyone would have it a little higher. This used to be one of my absolute favorites, but I think overtime a lot of the slow-burner tracks on the album have grown on me, causing this to be lower on my list.

[Mayman]

#11. God Knows I Tried



Points: 119 | SD: 3.976

2 wojop19zak
2 BB🌕
4 schnetzka
5 God
7 samo🦕
8 born
9 gabe
10 Mayman
10 HamedM1 💔
11 • Господин Умљеновић •
12 taylor
12 reputainbow
13 .indulgecountry
14 wrip

Lana sounds great on this and I actually really enjoy the song, I think there's just a lot better here to offer. I'm surprised by some of the low rankings though. All 14 last places are now out of the game! Join me tomorrow for #10 through #6 reveals!

[samo🦕]

wrip god knows you tried it

[born]

“Freak” was the hardest song to rank. It was a highlight in her concert back in 2016 as the latest single and I loved it then. It has aged a lot since though. Surprised it’s out so soon but also didn’t think it would go top 5.

[• Господин Умљеновић •]

Yeah, Freak is a nice song, but other ones are nicer. This is great album.