Ultraviolence [VINYL]

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This version was originally an Urban Outfitters exclusive and features an alternate cover which depicts a close-up of Del Rey's knee in torn jeans as she holds a loose strand of fabric from the torn denim, LP1 is pressed on Blue Translucent vinyl with LP2 on Violet Opaque, wide-spined single sleeve package also contains a double sided insert. One of her greatest gifts is her ability to conjure magical melodies seemingly out of nowhere, but that gift is absent to a certain degree on this album. Laden in her trademark husky tones, Ultraviolence features the singles 'West Coast', 'Shades Of Cool', 'Brooklyn Baby' and the title track.

To sum up, I love that this exclusive is very different to the standard version, it was a bold choice but it’s actually what I look for with exclusives.as much as I love the cover art, I have to admit this is probably one of the most overhyped Lana releases ever. Sounds amazing, very clean and I have no issues with surface noise or popping, it’s really thick and high quality they did a great job on this repressing. The vinyl on this original edition is a lighter translucent blue on the first disc and the second disc is slightly translucent while the reissue has opaque violet. As first I was a little bit disappointed since this is not a gatefold, but I’ve grown to appreciate it more this way: I’d rather have a standard vinyl than a pointless and underwhelming gatefold like Norman Fucking Rockwell!

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Some have criticised her vocal performance on the cover version, The Other Woman, and admittedly when I first heard it, I thought it was over the top and a bit ridiculous, but my view has changed since then, so much so that I can't help thinking that she should do an album of cover versions next.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. I used to have it in my collection but eventually got rid of it early in this year because this press sounds absolutely terrible. Personally, I find her the singer most in-touch with the whole idea of Post-Modernism in the way she fearlessly appropriates ideas, idioms, songs and characterisations; she creates artistic and relevant reflections of modern Americana that are both critical and celebratory, nostalgic and fearfully negative in equal measure, yet they are all elaborate constructs - rather like Lana Del Rey herself - though I don't mean that in a pejorative or disparaging way - the singer has herself stated that she isn't at all like her alter ego.

As for the album itself, it's a touch underwhelming considering the material she delivered on the Paradise Edition of Born To Die. On the plus side there's the exquisite Shades of Blue, where Lana again channels her inner Liz Fraser (see also, Bel Air from Paradise). The deluxe album has three extra songs that are certainly worth getting - "Florida Kilos" is a stonker of a track which suggests even greater possibilities for future exploration. But it is in fact a very fine work, especially within the current pop genre, it's almost suicidal in its brave approach, but one pines somewhat for the seared into your brain melodies of Video Games and Born To Die. In conclusion, Lana is still one of the most remarkable women on the planet, but she's no longer pretending to be a hit-maker.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. The easiest way to differentiate between the 2014 and the 2023 editions is by looking at the spine, as the covers are very similar.