Album · 2021
Blue Banisters
by Lana Del Rey
Blue Banisters is a 2021 alternative pop album by Lana Del Rey. It runs 15 tracks across 62 minutes on Polydor. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.1/5 from 539 ratings.
Alternative Pop · Folk · Singer-Songwriter
#18 in Best albums of 2021 · #10 in Best alternative pop albums
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- 4.1 /5
- 539 ratings
- 76 /100
- 10 critics
- 15
- Tracks
- 62 min
- Runtime
- 114 bpm
- Tempo
- F major
- Key
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539 ratings · avg 4.1
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- The A.V. ClubB+
- Slant Magazine4/5
- The Independent4/5
- NME4/5
- Rolling Stone4/5
- The Daily Telegraph4/5
- Pitchfork7.7/10
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- The Guardian3/5
- Metacriticaggregate80/100
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About
“Blue Banisters” is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on October 22, 2021 as the follow-up to her seventh studio album “Chemtrails Over The Country Club” (2021), and was published through Interscope and Polydor Records. The album was produced by Del Rey, Zachary Dawes, Loren Humphrey, Mike Dean, Barrie-James O'Neill, and Rick Nowels. The album artwork that includes 2 alternate covers includes photos shot by previous collaborator, Neil Krug. It was preceded by four songs: Wildflower Wildfire, Text Book, Blue Banisters and Arcadia , and is composed of 15 different tracks. The album contains a handful of unreleased tracks from previous records, namely Nectar of the Gods (fka Color Blue/Wild on You), Living Legend, and Cherry Blossom. Thunder and Dealer were made in collaboration with The Last Shadow Puppets. “Blue Banisters” is seen as a folk, pop, jazz, and americana record. People also associate this as a “break-up” album.
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In brief
- Is Blue Banisters good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Blue Banisters 4.1/5 from 539 ratings.
- When was Blue Banisters released?
- Blue Banisters was released in 2021 on Polydor.
- How many tracks are on Blue Banisters?
- Blue Banisters has 15 tracks, with a runtime of 62 minutes.
- What genre is Blue Banisters?
- Blue Banisters is catalogued under Alternative Pop, Folk, Singer-Songwriter.
- What BPM is Blue Banisters?
- Blue Banisters runs at a median tempo of 114 BPM across its tracks, most often in F major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Blue Banisters?
- Listeners of Blue Banisters also rate Starboy by The Weeknd, Melodrama by Lorde, Midnights by Taylor Swift.
- Who produced Blue Banisters?
- Blue Banisters was produced by Lana Del Rey, Drew Erickson, Barrie‐James and Dean Reid, among 12 credited in total. Lana Del Rey produced 14 of them.
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Mike Dean
Owen PallettAndrew BulbrookBlake CooperDan ForneroDaniel RosenboomDarren WeissDean ReidGabe SimonGriffin GoldsmithJacob BraunWayne BergeronWynton GrantZach DellingerCian RiordanEvan WeissGreg LeiszRick NowelsRob GrantTyler Parkford
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Táta Vega
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