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Nov 16, 2012The music here is more considered and richly teased out.
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Jan 2, 2013Born to Die's highlights are both slightly more numerous and slightly more effective--but it's still a very strong, successful record, whether taken as an addition or a follow-up.
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Nov 20, 2012Once you accept that Lana knows exactly what she's doing--that she, not Interscope Records or any of her co-producers, is the architect behind this R-rated retro-pop fantasy--then maybe you'll start loving her, too.
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Nov 16, 2012Paradise is best enjoyed as a follow-up EP of b-sides and bonus material.
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Entertainment WeeklyNov 21, 2012Though she makes a few knowingly meta nods to her own rep, Paradise leans too hard on the same tired drowsy-Lolita poses. [23 Nov 2012, p.70]
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Nov 14, 2012Del Rey is far from a great singer, and her songs tend to drag. But her shtick--1950s torch balladry spiced with sexed-up 21st-century provocation--is at least conceptually sharp.
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Nov 14, 2012Paradise is the best attempt (yet) to cohere a deeply incoherent artist.
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Nov 14, 2012For all the progress and growth Del Rey shows in the vocal realm, her songwriting appears to be in stasis and the productions behind her have actually regressed from Born to Die.
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Nov 14, 2012Paradise is longer [than Born To Die], but less essential, more a summary of her persona than an attempt at developing it.
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