Lana Del Rey – Born To Die

Ran my copy through the cleaner twice before playing. Minimal to no crackles. Don’t hear distortion on video games. Overall sounds great and one of the better GZ pressings I own.

Warned by other reviews, I ran mine through my record cleaning machine before playing, and was pleasantly surprised. There is still baked in crackle lasting for about 5 seconds of Video Games, otherwise, my copy is pretty immaculate: clean, flat, and centred, as one would hope.

I have the single LP version, but the SQ on this copy is notably superior. It obviously falls short of being a sonic marvel, but the dynamics are more expansive, and the tone richer than the streamed version... At least on my system.

And Summertime Sadness is a perfect pop song.

Sound is overall good, lots of crackling sadly, especially on D side even though I brushed it more than once.
But, in the end, that's the magic of vinyl I guess. Girlfriend is happy as it was a V-Day gift.
I recommend switching from the paper inner sleeves and adding an outer sleeve asap. Tonar ones worked great for me.

Way too much bass... Video Games is ripped apart, a pity...

packaging is beautiful! records are nice heavyweight and sound great 😊

definitely not the brilliant pressing.
but not the worst at the same time.
Lana's voice fits on vinyl perfectly.
but, for sure, it deserve better release quality, than You get here.
I didn't listen other versions of this album. And also I can see a lot of positive s here, so You may like it too.

lovely pressing, great dynamic range, good clarity, deep and tight bass.

This is a good pressing. I bought a copy used and while it was very dirty at first, deep cleaning it helped massively. It was probably dirty out of the factory from those darn paper sleeves, which I immediately replaced with plastic ones after cleaning and you should too.

Sound quality is good. I think there's some clarity on the vinyl (mostly vocals) that's lacking in the CD. Though the CD does some of the thundering lows better (like in Summertime Sadness).

I do not have the US vinyl to compare to; I can imagine how cramming this album into a single LP would negatively affect the sound. The bonus songs on side D are nice. I would like it if more artists had their music pressed onto 3 sides with the 4th side containing bonus songs.

Bought this version Last Year (Its only been 2017 for a day, so i still forget its 2017 lol) only because when i first got into collecting vinyl records, i didn't know shit & thought the bonus tracks weren't listed on the US release, & that they were hidden. I payed $20 for the standard US version in 2014 & it sounded pretty good, but i knew i was gonna get this one day & sell the old copy. Well this year i found it for only $15 & freaked out. They have This release & The Standard sold for the same price, because i don't think they saw what was different about it. Everywhere that carries it around me has both versions for the same price. Now this copy did have a lot more popping, but i think its because it had paper on it fro the sleeve. Now it sounds just as great as the old copy i owned, plus its nice to have the bonus tracks now. I would get this if you are a fan of hers (I mean probably every fan owns this by now, i mean we all know how her fans are). Now we get into why i got this, because people ether love her or hate her & i know some people will think I'm just some kid praising her, which is not what i do. I found Lana when paradise had just came out. She was kind of the first indie/alternative music i had actually listened to/picked out myself & it was something different for me back then. Would i probably freak over her now?.....No. I think she makes good music & i buy all her albums, but its not as great as a lot of people make it seem. TBH i probably pick out like a few songs i like from the album & play those mostly. I will say Born To Die had a lot on that album, but i still didn't like a few of the songs on it. I do put it in my record collection starter kit, when people ask me what to start out with. Do i think there is better albums by different artist to buy first on vinyl? yeah i do. Examples are Erotica by Madonna, Back to Black or anything else by Amy Winehouse (I would personally start with Back to Black Tho, its only $12), Pom Pom or Before Today by Ariel Pink, The velvet Underground & Nico Album, i mean i could go on & on about it, but you get my point.

I've owned the US pressing for a couple years now. This blows it out of the water. Absolutely night and day. There is dynamic range, clarity, the highs are luscious, the bass is tight. I'm so damn happy with it. If there's surface noise, clean it. No it's not ideal but it fixes the problem.