Blue Banisters
by Lana Del Rey
User Score
9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 4261 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 3,872 out of 4261
  2. Mixed: 47 out of 4261
  3. Negative: 342 out of 4261
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  1. Tannguyen
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I can’t explain this album
    Just really really good
    Prety nice Omg i scream    … Expand
  2. Tomiwa01
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Feels a lot like Ultraviolence. Love love love my favourite track has to be thunder
  3. kondorosipeti
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    One of Lana’s best album! Her songwriting is consistently mesmerizing! Her vocals are beautiful! Simply ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!!!
  4. MDMAMSMSMS
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    It truly is her magnum opus, so obsessed with the poetic lyrics and melodies.
  5. Biki
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Absolute masterpiece with 0 skips.
    The story telling through the lyrics and the symbolism is just mind blowing. The production, which many people have complained about after her last 2 albums, is so much better, though we still got piano ballads, it was a more mature clean production, very well structured.
    Perfection!
  6. qouqeu
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ну это лучший альбом в моей жизни, после ультры конечно. Дилер это что-то, а чери блоссом это маленькая колыбельная, под которую хочется заснуть (в хорошем смысле). Этот альбом что-то личное и родное, особенно чувствуется в песне свит Каролина. Ну альбом шедеврален!… Expand
  7. Depanxe
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    One of her best. Simple, but very elegant, deep lyrics, it's like a big personal poem. She is growing to food way, after little disappointing Chemicals over The Country club, this is much bigger.
  8. Samuel0
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is truly a masterpiece and the album of the decade. I really can’t describe how much I love this album. It has no flaws… Expand
  9. saadalazmi
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
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  10. guillers06
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Este disco es una pasada, vuelve una classic lana de una forma muy íntima y con unas letras espectaculares
    Top 3: Living legend, beatiful, thunder
  11. lustforlfe
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Ok so, I'm incredibly in love with this work of Lana. 10/10, loving it so far.
  12. Gqpis12
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Beautiful . Some of her best work is on here . Very different and took risks.
  13. lunaeshere
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Outstanding album, with gorgeous lyrics beautifully conposed, mesmerizing melodies and tracks that represents amazingly every and each lana's past albums. This is a complex composition that unravels something more at every listen, already a classic.
  14. tristanbawi1com
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    I have been growing up with Lana music since I was 11 years old but I never get the feeling that Blue Banisters. I don’t even know how I feel when I listen to it. I be laughing, crying and dancing with every songs from this album. I can cry and move my a&& at the same time.
  15. Armandspruijt
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Everything Lana has worked on over the years with each album, she combines in Blue Banisters. It is magnificent!
  16. Brooklyn_Summer
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    this album is art, every song sounds great Possibly among her top 10 albums
  17. Dogusaribasa
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    It's so cohesive yet so diverse. There are soft beats reminding Honeymoon the album and lots of piano ballads reminding us NFR! The length of the album might've been a little shorter because 14 songs (not counting the trio) is a bit hard to process all in once. Her vocals have been on another level since NFR! we can clearly agree on this I think
  18. diorcapalot
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    really disappointing album. after 6 listens I realized it had zero replay value and can't remember any memorable tracks. I will be revisiting Sincerely, Kentrell so I don't suffer any longer after this fiasco.
  19. cesarsour
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    she proved once again that she is the queen of alternative music and how her production is one of the bests nowadays
  20. sophpvlk
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    one of the most beautiful albums i’ve ever heard. every song touches my soul.
  21. Stavrosioann
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Lana really gave us something different this time. I think she put songs that she likes and songs that the fans like, so we are all happy
  22. luthersveggies
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is astonishing and also competing for her best album with NFR…from the strong tone in her voice while it’s usually gentle to the impressive vocals throughout the album, for example where her voice imitates the sax on living legend and her belting on the unforgettable track dealer - this truly is some of her finest work and for me it has became my favourite lana album. I like the contrast between the different types of songs; the interlude which is trap-pop beats, songs like beautiful- a gorgeous piano song (nothing like the boring ones jack antonoff produces), and rock influenced songs like thunder. However it’s done in such a way that you don’t feel overwhelmed. If i were to give this album anything below 10 it would feel like a robbery. Del Rey’s finest album in my eyes. Favourite songs: Dealer, Black Bathing Suit, Violets for Roses, Beautiful, Thunder, Sweet Carolina… Expand
  23. Bousamra3
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    One her best works. Lyrically and sonically. If you lie down with me and Black bathing suit both have the BTD and Lizzy Grant vibes
  24. Demir666
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    10/10 album no skips my puzzy is still vibrating stunning amazing perfect **** on it throw it in a blender Grammy deserving
  25. danielhigh05
    Oct 24, 2021
    9
    being able to make a sound so simple and classic while still keeping it relevant and entertaining is something lana has mastered. queen
  26. Kik22
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Con un álbum completamente diferente a toda su anterior discografía, lana viene a enamorarnos con su voz mientras nos dice que está en su mejor momento y quiere que la acompañemos en ello.
  27. Bjork323
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. “All roads that lead to you as integral to me as arteries, that pump the blood that flows straight to the heart of me America.” Lana sings in the third song, “Arcadia,” off of possibly her most important album, “Blue Banisters.” This track highlights one of two key themes from this album. She has always wrote about America, and it’s importance to her. While this track highlights this overarching theme, it also criticizes it, because like the blood in our arteries, we are completely reliant on it. Many people woud like to get rid of their blood. So who’s to say that Lana wouldn’t want to do the same with america? So why does this make it such a great album? Well I think this album does two things, I think this album makes a reflexive criticism of herself, and secondly I think this album points out why some critics and criticisms are unfair. We already explored her reflexivity criticism in, “Arcadia.” However it came from her, and I think the most important criticism comes from within, sure, you can get the spark to change from others, but really changing oneself on the inside is always a personal choice. Which I think brings me to my next point. Validity of criticism comes from within. You decide whether the criticism is valid to you, individuals decide if the criticism garnered at them is valid. Whether this is expressed in the same manner differs, some may get defensive, or project. But this all highlights a telling aspect, that on the inside, most of the time, we know if what we’re doing is harmful. I believe Lana highlights this belief best in her seventh song off Blue Banisters, “Beautiful.” One of the largest of many criticisms coming from news articles expressing disingenuous takes and hot topics criticizes Lana for being too sad. Over the years she has been given the criticism of following the “Sad Girl,” trope, she even sings about this in the song titled the same off of her third studio album, “Ultraviolence.” She counters this argument when she sings, “What if someone had asked Picasso not to be sad? Never known who he was or the man he’d become. There would be no blue period.” Before I continue, I think her example may also highlight misogyny in media and in her criticisms, because even though Picasso paints sad, somber paintings, he has never been criticized for being too sad. She sings that she cannot tell her story without being sad, to tell her story without being sad would be to not tell her story at all. Lana paints out an ever-extending landscape of pro/anti- Americana in her eighth studio album, “Blue Banisters.” The lyrics in the 15 songs tell a story and answer questions we’ve all yearned to ask of her and of society. So what should this album do for us, how does the message of this album convince us to do something? This album tells us to be weary of criticism from parties suspect of leveling criticism for motives beyond criticism, it also tells us to criticize are selves, and at the same time, be comfortable in our current existence, even if it isn’t our end goal. You don’t have to hate yourself to change.… Expand
  28. DemaKosharbekov
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Blue Banisters - альбом который я совершенно не ждал, альбом который должен был выйти 4 июля, неожиданно но мне понравился.
    Некоторые считают альбом ''унылым'' но так считали и предыдущие её работы, никуда это не денется.
    Люблю Ланочку    Blue Banisters - альбом который я совершенно не ждал, альбом который должен был выйти 4 июля, неожиданно но мне понравился.
    Некоторые считают альбом ''унылым'' но так считали и предыдущие её работы, никуда это не денется.
    Люблю Ланочку
  29. larissathaiza
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Lana perfeita, esse álbum tá maravilhoso!! Mamãe macetou demais, sem palavras apenas agradecimentos por viver na mesma época que Lana Del Rey
  30. WaniasDiaz
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    On Blue Banisters, Lana Del Rey’s second record this year, she gets more personal than ever before. The record tells her story, overcoming heartbreak and healing through sisterhood.
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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Mojo
    Nov 16, 2021
    80
    A lyrically strong album. [Jan 2022, p.82]
  2. Uncut
    Nov 16, 2021
    80
    A set of drifting piano ballads that allow her rich and profane lyrics to hit home. [Jan 2022, p.22]
  3. Under The Radar
    Nov 4, 2021
    75
    While the days of Born to Die have long since passed, Lana Del Rey is still seeking paradise, closer now than ever as she turns her search inward, seemingly recognizing that paradise is ultimately found within the best of oneself. Still, if there is indeed a physical Arcadia to be revealed, it has not emerged in its entirety on Blue Banisters. That said, its intoxicating hints are enough to keep seekers thirsty.
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