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[CRAZY-HORSE]

LANA DEL RAY "born to die" cd,2012.

debut set from New yorker Del Ray....not bad IMO, some nice atmospheric tracks, a couple of absolute great ones and several dud tracks...and that sums up the album perfectly...not consistant one way or the other, forget that "video games" song and all the hype surrounding it, it aint that great and there are several more worthy of more merit that that anyway...i have never seen a video of Lana, just took her songs on face value from the radio and obviously from the cd...her video's/clips do nothing to enhance the songs one iota!
overall, the music is quite atmospheric, the lyrics at times thought provoking, but again...her vocals do not vary enough say, like Adele or Florence's do to hold my attention fully over the twelve tracks on offer,thus i had to listen to this in two sittings which means this may not be as good as the rating score gives it and certainly does not have the staying power of the above two mentioned artists, i doubt that this album will ever grow on me, and is more than likely to become less likeable over time....but i currently like this one.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: blue jeans
best track: national anthem

tracks:

1. born to die **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkJs1jhKhq4 live
2. off to the races **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hUVV4NlBM8 live
3. blue jeans *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-6cCmxaGoQ video
4. video games **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zrvD-o8cII live
5. diet mountain dew *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkuToGCqsh0 audio
6. national anthem ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmFXz493ktQ&feature=fvst audio
7. dark paradise **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBT9H30IklM video
8. radio ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0SG0niyQ8 audio
9. carmen *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6K8Uq88BEQ audio
10.million dollar man **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBfi0w6JDQU live
11.summertime sadness **
12.this is what makes us girls ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIiC9HpTib8 audio

3s=3
2s=6
1s=3

rating: 2.0