{"id":34396,"date":"2021-11-01T19:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/blue-banisters-album-review\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T22:30:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T22:30:51","slug":"blue-banisters-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/blue-banisters-album-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Banisters Album Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/00FQb4jTyendYWaN8pK0wa?si=FnJIti_WT3e8g1Bwx72LlQ\">Lana Del Rey<\/a> released her highly anticipated eighth studio album entitled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blue Banisters. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The album is slow, melodic, and jam-packed with vulnerable and hard-hitting lyrics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have loved Lana\u2019s music since her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4X8hAqIWpQyQks2yRhyqs4?si=H_ash4_mRvSpi5H5wdaZfA\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born To Die <\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">era. I have appreciated her growth and maturity with every album release, and I have loved her ability to change her musical style while still maintaining her sense of self along the way; however, I, unfortunately, was not crazy about this album.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While I can appreciate <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blue Banisters <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as a whole body of work, the album itself feels rushed, with a strong lack of production and thought. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I am not coming at Lana for releasing a slow, piano ballad album. I worship the ground <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Norman Fucking Rockwell <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">walks on,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">but <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blue Banisters <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">did not fully deliver in my eyes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;28339&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyrically, the album is wonderful. In one of the standout songs on the album, \u201cDealer,\u201d Lana screams, <\/span><strong><i>\u201cI don\u2019t wanna live \/ I don\u2019t wanna give you nothing \/ \u2018Cause you never give me nothing back \/ Why can\u2019t you be good for something? \/ Not one shirt off your back.\u201d <\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And while she constantly dishes out amazing lyrics capable of knocking her listeners out of their seats, production-wise and vocally, the album felt rushed and unfinished. This is interesting as Lana broke ties with producer buddy Jack Antonoff to work on this album, working with Mike Dean to produce the album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It pains me to leave a negative review for Lana\u2019s music, as she is an artist I grew up with, and continue to adore. And while I recognize I may not love the album, as a whole, the album received a large number of positive reviews. Perhaps it is just not my taste, or perhaps I need to listen to it more, but in the hierarchy of Lana Del Rey albums, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blue Banisters <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">may be my least favorite.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you think about the album? Do you agree with my review? Let us know in the comments, and listen to\u00a0<em>Blue Banisters\u00a0<\/em>here!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2wwCc6fcyhp1tfY3J6Javr?si=lNdx5y0ZTPO7hT8j9bb9_Q[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Last Friday, Lana Del Rey released her highly anticipated eighth studio album entitled Blue Banisters. The album is slow, melodic, and jam-packed with vulnerable and hard-hitting lyrics.\u00a0 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I have loved Lana\u2019s music since her Born To Die era. 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