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90
I can’t think of an album since My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy that was this big and sounded this good.
80
Although it’s not quite the perfect pop record ‘Video Games’ might have led us to wish for, ‘Born To Die’ still marks the arrival of a fresh – and refreshingly self-aware – sensibility in pop.
80
The heights it reaches at its best still leave you wanting more. Born to Die is a brilliant album, but it's one that leaves room for a few improvements, and inspires confidence that they'll happen.
70
Forget what you used to think about Lana Del Rey, Born To Die provides more than anything you could ever expect from an internet sensation.
70
Whole thing sounds like a poppy Bond soundtrack remixed for the clubs, although even her faster songs sound slow.
67
There is a lot of room for Del Rey to grow if she wants to, as she already has a developed style for delivering her ideas and just needs a bit more to say.
60
There's just enough promise here to show that there is indeed talent beyond all the hype.
60
This record is not godawful. Nor is it great. But it's better than we deserve.
60
Through it all, she credibly makes us see through her own lens, one that reflects an artist who’s so sure of herself she’ll bypass any critique brought upon her.
55
Born to Die attempts to serve as Del Rey's own beautiful, dark, twisted fantasy, but there's no spark and nothing at stake.
50
Listening to Born To Die is like watching a movie billed as a comedy and discovering that the only funny scenes are in the previews
40
A deeply, deeply flawed meditation on love, image, and fame in the 21st century, and a collection of ideas thrown at the wall to see what sticks.
25
Shallow and overwrought, with periodic echoes of Ke$ha’s Valley Girl aloofness, the album lives down to the harshest preconceptions against pop music.
Much criticized for her too fast rise, her awful lives and her botoxed lips, the bad buzz of Lana Del Rey in 2012 was not deserved. The singer has probably been surpassed by her success, is this a valid reason for such a relentlessness? If you want to hate an artist who makes shit songs, take Pitbull. There is a dimension that the detractors/haters totally forget when they talk about Lana/Lizzy: when you put "Video Games" in a public place, you immediately have three or four people ... read more
This is the ultimate thot music judging by the lyrics... reminds me of a real life friend of mine lol. Lovely. I can feel a certain degree of irony in the lyrics, and if anything, it makes this album oh so more melancholy and intentionally bitchy, in a good way. This is the type of whining that I can appreciate.
Honestly, Lana + hip hop influences is a pleasant surprise for me.
Honestly, Lana + hip hop influences is a pleasant surprise for me.
Amazing
I forgot about this album when I said "NFR" was her best. "Born to Die" is one of the best pop albums I've listened to. There are no duds, it's consistent but different enough through each song, and nearly flawless overall... underrated!
Color: Yellow
FAV TRACKS: all of them!
LEAST FAV: n/a
I forgot about this album when I said "NFR" was her best. "Born to Die" is one of the best pop albums I've listened to. There are no duds, it's consistent but different enough through each song, and nearly flawless overall... underrated!
Color: Yellow
FAV TRACKS: all of them!
LEAST FAV: n/a
Looking past the bland lyrical content, Born To Die was an extremely surprising listen for me. Lana's voice, while it is pretty whispery and drawn out, has some sort of appeal that I can't really pinpoint. I can listen to this album over and over, but it's still far from any pop masterpiece that I heard praises of back when it was released.
fav tracks: Born To Die, Summertime Sadness, Carmen
fav tracks: Born To Die, Summertime Sadness, Carmen
Melodramatic campy dream pop, it is a bit inconsistent but i do enjoy this album quite a but. Lyrically it’s supposed to be dramatic but i can’t help but feel it gets grating at points. Blue Jeans, for example, was one of my favorite songs on the album mostly for the gorgeous hook. I listened to the lyrics a little bit closer and found it to be annoying and kinda gross in all honesty. Ignore some of the lyrics and you have a great chamber pop album with dream like vocal inflections
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Track List
- Born to Die
- Off to the Races
- Blue Jeans
- Video Games
- Diet Mountain Dew
- National Anthem
- Dark Paradise
- Radio
- Carmen
- Million Dollar Man
- Summertime Sadness
- This Is What Makes Us Girls
Added on: November 27, 2011