Lust For Life

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A global success, it topped the charts in twelve countries including the UK and USA, while reaching the top five in fifteen others. Only issue is that mine came defective, there’s a skip I can’t get rid of on “13 Beaches” which is a shame.

Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life | Banquet Records Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life | Banquet Records

The instrumentals are deep and rich sounding, much more dynamic than they sound on streaming services. Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote a favorable review, saying the album "in rare moments, hints at a wink behind Ms. Fans began the speculate that the song would be featured on Del Rey's upcoming record, and on February 17, 2017, promotional posters for the "Love" music video directed by Rich Lee were put on display across Los Angeles. The packaging and vinyl are very nice quality, the vinyl are heavyweight and sound so beautiful and full!Lana Del Rey, Lust for Life, album review: Her power is to keep things hidden, whilst seeming utterly explicit". The Guardian described the album's sound as "sleek contemporary-sounding soundscapes," and noted "Summer Bummer"'s "eerie production and futuristic melancholy sounding closer to a track from Frank Ocean's Blonde than her usual 50s and 60s enthralled shtick. A global success, it topped the charts in twelve counties including the UK and USA, while reaching the top five in fifteen others. Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph said the album is a "welcome throwback to the hip hop swagger that pushed through her fantastic 2012 debut Born to Die". The lead single, " Love" was released to critical acclaim and moderate success, peaking at number 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100, while the title track, featuring the Weeknd, peaked at number 64.

Lana Del Rey – Lust For Life (2017, Coke Bottle Clear, Vinyl Lana Del Rey – Lust For Life (2017, Coke Bottle Clear, Vinyl

A collaboration with Stevie Nicks entitled "Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems" was also confirmed to be featured on the album. The album and its title were announced on March 29, 2017, through a trailer on Del Rey's official Vevo channel on YouTube. It was described by Stereogum as "Lana Del Rey’s version of an A-list pop album, with a big budget and big-name contributors. White Mustang: Published by R-Rated Music administered by EMI April Music Inc (Global Music Rights) / Sony/ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP). In January 2017, the lead single from the record, " Love", was registered online on Harry Fox Agency under the alternate title "Young in Love".

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Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life - (CD, Vinyl LP) | Rough Trade

The Daily Telegraph stated that the album "lets a bit of light into the darkness of Del Rey's moody past works," noting that "there's a sense of heightened drama in punchy Phil Spector style sixties back beats and the way the heavy timpani criss-crosses with echoing digital trap beats, all swathed in a gauzy haze of Shangri Las style girl group harmonies. His full length debut on Daptone Records is equal parts raw feeling and elegance and exudes confidence and charm.The songs sound like they were mastered a bit too hot in places, meaning tracks like “Lust For Life” have lots of unpleasant sibilance.

Lana Del Rey – Lust For Life (2022, Vinyl) - Discogs Lana Del Rey – Lust For Life (2022, Vinyl) - Discogs

There was quite a bit of dirt on the record when I took it out the sleeve so this might have contributed to it. The video illustrates a futuristic Los Angeles in an aesthetic reminiscence of " High by the Beach".

For me at least, at the end of tomorrow never came, it seems the machine that presses the records did not press hard enough into the vinyl and there’s a single groove that did not get pressed and so it loops until I push it over the gap.