Norman Fucking Rockwell – Song Ranking

When Lana Del Rey’s fifth album, Norman Fucking Rockwell, dropped, I decided to rank its 14 songs shortly after my first listen.

My initial impressions of any work are always subject to change quite a bit with repeated exposure, but I stand by most of these opinions — if not the exact order — all these years later.

Here, I call Norman Fucking Rockwell “possibly her best” album, an opinion that has certainly solidified since — I believe this masterpiece is not only her finest effort (to date) but one of the greatest albums by anybody, ever.

Here’s now I ranked NFW‘s tracks out of the gate (with links to my thoughts on each):

14. ‘Doin’ Time‘

13. ‘Cinnamon Girl‘

12. ‘Fuck it I Love You‘

11. ‘The Next Best American Record‘

10. ‘Bartender’

9. ‘hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but i have it’

8. ‘Venice Bitch‘

7. ‘Love Song‘

6. ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell‘

5. ‘Mariners Apartment Complex‘

4. ‘Happiness is a Butterfly‘

3. ‘California‘

2. ‘How to Disappear‘

1. ‘The Greatest‘

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