Lana Del Rey | Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass | Vinyl

Released July 28, 2020 through Interscope and Polydor, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass pairs fourteen of Lana Del Rey’s poems — drawn from her companion book of the same name, published alongside the record — with sparse, atmospheric instrumental production by Jack Antonoff, who had previously helmed her acclaimed Norman F***ing Rockwell! and would go on to produce her subsequent albums. The record leans into free-verse imagery and California scene-setting rather than traditional song structure, with pieces like “LA Who Am I to Love You” and the title track functioning as mood pieces rather than singles. It arrived after a planned early-2020 release was delayed, and drew a mixed but engaged critical response, with reviewers split on whether the collection worked as a listening experience outside its book format. Commercially it still charted, reaching the top 20 of Billboard’s US Top Album Sales chart and the top 5 on the Vinyl Albums chart, reflecting the strength of Del Rey’s fan base even for a non-traditional release.

Track List

Side A

1. LA Who Am I to Love You
2. The Land of 1,000 Fires
3. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
4. Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving
5. Salamander
6. Never to Heaven

Side B

1. SportCruiser
2. Tessa DiPietro
3. Quiet Waiter Blue Forever
4. What Happened When I Left You
5. Happy
6. My Bedroom Is a Sacred Place Now – There Are Children at the Foot of My Bed
7. Paradise Is Very Fragile
8. Bare Feet on Linoleum

Release Details

• UPC: 0602507429805
• Label: INTERSCOPE/GEFFEN/A&M
• Format: LP Vinyl — 180G
• Genre: Spoken Word
• Release Date: 10/2/2020