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8.0
48717
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The new tracks work to complement the character, fully exposing the dark underbelly of the music
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8.0
49452
8.0 |
The Irish Times
The new songs on The Paradise Edition disc are actually just as good, and not yet so familiar that they pass you by
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7.3
48556
7.3 |
PlayGround
If there is nothing else new about them, in these eight songs, there is at least a brilliant cohesion of sound and of the concept of intrinsic torture running through her veins
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7.0
49455
7.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
If you've liked anything about her up to this point, there's no reason why Paradise isn't worth a shout
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7.0
48796
7.0 |
PopMatters
Ultimately, Paradise is best enjoyed as a follow-up EP of b-sides and bonus material, equally poignant as its main predecessor, but a separate project altogether
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6.5
50541
6.5 |
Tone Deaf
Her collection of powerful tracks, although beautiful and engaging, become an anti-climax, never reaching that dangerous peak, leaving the album seeming drawn out, tame, and typical
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6.0
48901
6.0 |
State
With Paradise she’s bought herself more time but at some point you wish that the real Lana Del Rey would stand up and be counted
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6.0
48553
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Del 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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5.0
48554
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
Nothing here is on the same level as Born to Die, with only a few tracks attaining a similar degree of snappy, mesmerizing languorousness
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5.0
48555
5.0 |
All Music
There's really only one difference between Born to Die and Paradise, but it's a big one. Instead of acting the softcore, submissive, '60s-era plaything, here she's a hardcore, wasted, post-millennial plaything
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