Lana Del Rey: Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (2LP, 180g) [INTERSCOPE]

Why you'll love it

Ocean Blvd went to No. 1 in the UK, earned Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Alternative Music Album, and made just about every best-of-2023 list. Jon Batiste, Father John Misty and Bleachers all guest.

This edition

• 2LP set on 180g vinyl
• 16 tracks
• Produced with Jack Antonoff, Drew Erickson and Zach Dawes

About the album

Nine albums into a hugely successful and widely celebrated career, Lana Del Rey can basically do whatever she wants. And she kinda did on Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, spewing lyrics spontaneously into her phone rather than labouring long over them as she usually does, and encouraging her producers (Jack Antonoff, Last Shadow Puppets/Mini Mansions bassist Zach Dawes and sometime Angel Olsen and Mitski collaborator Drew Erickson) to push her trademark film-noir sound in new directions embracing everything from trap to gospel to psych.

The record is a sprawl, and that's the point. It was her fastest-selling record since 2015's Honeymoon, went to No. 1 on the U.K. albums chart and No. 3 in the U.S. and Canada, and picked up an Album of the Year nomination at the Grammys. Which ain't bad at all for a record that does its best to distance itself from conventional pop music.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Interscope, first out in 2023.