Receiving critical acclaim for the album’s lyricism, cohesiveness, production and Del Rey's vocal performance.

When talking about ULTRAVIOLENCE, Lana explains, 'The record is beautiful - it's so wrong and exquisite.Some cracks and pops here and there (not too much to complain about it) this is for sure a great sounding pressing! Upon receiving the repress and comparing it to this one, the repress colors are much darker and the discs are thicker (as expected cause these were very thin). You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

But it isn't exactly an unalloyed pleasure, and I have some sympathy for those who preferred Born To Die (although the Paradise recordings were really the peak of her work to date).Unlike some of the reviewers on this page, I was hooked on this album from the moment I got it; in fact it quickly supplanted "Born To Die/Paradise" on my personal playlist. If I was being harsh, I would say she was kind of stealing stuff from Cocteau Twins, but I really like the fact she would even go there with her voice.

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.

I would also criticise her decision not to print more than fragments of her lyrics, as it smacks a bit of cowardice (or lack of confidence), one or the other. 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.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Re-press of Lana’s the third studio album from 2014, Collaborating with Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) who co -produced the album with additional contributions from producers such as Paul Epworth, Greg Kurstin, Daniel Heath, and Rick Nowels.