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10.0
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10.0 |
Gigwise
A magnum opus of reincarnation and revisitation - as heard once
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9.3
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9.3 |
Northern Transmissions
A magnum opus of sorts — not immediately gratifying as Norman Fucking Rockwell! but packed with the observation and reflection that makes it one of her deepest and most personal albums to date
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9.0
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Exclaim
Beyond simply toggling between different Lana eras, several songs on Did you know synthesize the personality-driven pop genius and the hyper-specific singer-songwriter, demonstrating how tight a grasp she maintains on her multi-faceted vision and how drastically she's evolved as an artist
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8.5
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8.5 |
Under The Radar
In all, Did you know is a recalibration, an unloading of the past and an uploading of what’s on her mind, right now
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8.4
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8.4 |
Beats Per Minute
The best moments, which abound, solidify Del Rey as one of the all-time greats
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8.3
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8.3 |
Pitchfork
The singer-songwriter’s ninth album arrives as a sweeping, sterling, often confounding work of self-mythology and psychoamericana: Lana’s in the zone
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8.0
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The FT
Songs drift by in a reverie on this beautifully performed and sometimes baffling album
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8.0
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All Music
Full of brilliant strides forward, Ocean Blvd. is a crucial chapter in Del Rey’s ongoing saga of heartbreak and enchantment
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8.0
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The Guardian
The songwriter’s ninth album is heavy and disarmingly truthful, yet expands its close lens thanks to her wide-ranging, alluring aesthetic looseness
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8.0
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The Independent
Songwriter’s latest record isn’t rigid with its aesthetic and is all the better for it
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
The LA artist's ninth album – amongst her most revealing work yet – continues to expand the modern icon's artistry
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8.0
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Mojo
If it wasn’t for a couple of unfortunate lulls and longueurs, the odd dubious creative choice, it could easily look Norman Fucking Rockwell in the eye. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Irish Times
The star’s ninth album is one of her most confounding to date. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing
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8.0
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Evening Standard
The structure is extremely loose and often feels indulgent, but what else do her fans want to do but indulge in their idol?
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8.0
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Rolling Stone
Sonically, Ocean Blvd plays out like an elevated take on what she accomplished on Born to Die: the type of anachronistic fusion of Sixties beat poetry, Seventies FM piano pop and more current rap and dance music production that only Del Rey can pull off
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8.0
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The Observer
Shimmering strings meet trap beats as the songwriter looks back in languor on her richly textured ninth album
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8.0
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8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Divisive but ever more undeniable, Lana remains an artist like no other
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
With Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey implores us not to forget her and has ensured that we can’t possibly
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7.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Lana has grown stratospherically as an artist since she stopped giving a damn, but freedom isn’t all sunshine and roses. As this record proves, it can be complicated, nerve-racking, and more than a little messy too
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7.0
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Clash
An often-unsettling river of song, it finds Lana Del Rey discussing uncomfortable truths, while denying the use of easy answers. What she chooses to reveal is profound, occasionally disquieting, and never dull
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7.0
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DIY
A record that plays out like a Tennessee Williams drama, with all its restless, unsure inbetweens left in
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7.0
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7.0 |
musicOMH
Although still in desperate need of an editor, her ninth album underlines why she remains an endlessly fascinating artist to so many
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6.5
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6.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Lana Del Rey’s harrowingly personal ninth album includes countless piano ballads, occasional trap beats and a four-and-a-half minute sermon from celebrity megachurch pastor Judah Smith. It’s a lot
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6.0
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6.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album feels more like a placeholder in Del Rey’s discography than a truly audacious chapter in the singer’s blossoming late-period reawakening
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5.0
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5.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Did you know that it’s a giant critical faux pas to introduce records by a feature as banal as the material fact of their runtime?
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