Born to Die

by Lana Del Rey

Overview

Lana Del Rey is a femme fatale with a smoky voice, a languorous image, and a modeling contract. Not coincidentally, she didn't lack for attention leading up to the release of her Interscope debut, Born to Die. The hype began in mid-2011 with a stunning song and video for "Video Games," and it kept on rising, right up to her January 2012 performance on Saturday Night Live (making her the first artist since Natalie Imbruglia in 1998 to perform on SNL without an album available). Although it's easy to see why Del Rey got her contract, it's also easy to hear: her songwriting skills and her bewitching voice. "Video Games" is a beautiful song, calling to mind Fiona Apple to Anna Calvi as she recounts another variation on the age-old trope of female-as-sex-object. Her vacant, tired reading of the song rescues it from any hint of exploitation, making it a winner. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	01/31/2012
Label:	Polydor
UPC:	0602527870915

Tracks

1. Born to Die
2. Off to the Races
3. Blue Jeans
4. Video Games
5. Diet Mountain Dew
6. National Anthem
7. Dark Paradise
8. Radio
9. Carmen
10. Million Dollar Man
11. Summertime Sadness
12. This is What Makes Us Girls

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lana Del Rey   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Hannah Robinson   Vocals (Background)
Zac Rae   Piano,Keyboards
James Gadson   Drums
Larry Gold   Conductor,String Conductor
Rick Nowels   Juno,Drums,Piano,Guitar,Strings,Keyboards,Mellotron,Co-Producer,Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic)
Jeff Bhasker   Guitar,Strings,Keyboards,Co-Producer
Erik Holm   Viola,Viola
Ken Lewis   Drums,Noise,Drums,Vocals (Background)
Patrick Warren   Piano,Guitar,Optigan,Strings,Dulcitone,Bells,Brass,Organ,Keyboards,Mellotron,Chamberlin,Synthesizer,Glockenspiel,Moog Synthesizer,Guitar (Electric)
Jason Lader   Bass
Tim Lacombe   Drums,Guitar,Keyboards
Chris Braide   Piano,Guitar,Strings
Maria Vidal   Vocals
Dean Reid   Synthesizer Pads
Songa Lee   Violin
Sacha Skarbek   Omnichord
Liam Howe   Keyboards,Co-Producer
Patrik Berger   Bass,Guitar,Sampling,Percussion,Synthesizer,Guitar (Bass)
Fredrik Syberg   Violin
The Larry Gold Orchestra   Strings
Tim Larcombe   Drums,Keyboards
Kathleen Sloan   Violin
Steve Tirpak   Strings
Emile Haynie   Drums,Guitar,Keyboards,Co-Producer,Vocals (Background)
Pelle Hansen   Cello
Al Shux   Bass,Guitar,Keyboards
James Bauer-Mein   Vocals (Background)
Dan Heath   Horn,Flute,Piano,Strings,Conductor,Keyboards,Orchestra,Percussion,String Conductor
David Sneddon   Vocals (Background)
Devrim "DK" Karaoglu   Drums,Co-Producer,Synthesizer,Synthesizer Pads
Tim Pierce   Slide Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Patrick Berger   Guitar,Sampling,Percussion,Synthesizer,Guitar (Bass)
Dan Reid   Steel Pads
Brent Kolatalo   Drums
Lenha Labelle   Vocals
Emilie Bauer-Mein   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Bernie Wayne   Composer
Hannah Robinson   Composer
Larry Gold   String Arrangements
Lee Morris   Composer
Robert Orton   Mixing
Rick Nowels   Composer,Producer,Vocal Producer
Rick Rubin   Producer
Jeff Bhasker   Producer,Additional Production
David Sneddon   Vocal Producer
Eric Lynn   Assistant,Recording Assistant
Jason Lader   Engineer,Recording
Spencer Burgess   Assistant Engineer
Tim Lacombe   Composer,Producer
Chris Braide   Composer,Producer,Drum Programming
Jeff Rothschild   Mixing
DK   Producer
Tom Elmhirst   Mixing
Sacha Skarbek   Composer,Vocal Producer
Liam Howe   Composer,Producer,Programming
Erik Madrid   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Chris Galland   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Jim Irvin   Composer
Patrik Berger   Producer,Drum Programming
Tim Larcombe   Composer,Producer
Daniel Heath   Composer
Steve Tirpak   Assistant,String Arrangements,Instrument Assistant
Andrew Scheps   Mixing
Brent Kolatalo   Engineer,Recording
Emile Haynie   Sounds,Composer,Producer,Additional Production
Jordan Stilwell   Recording
Duncan Fuller   Mixing,Mixing Assistant
Sean Oakley   Assistant,Recording Assistant
Tom Elhirst   Mixing
Tucker Robinson   Engineer,Producer,String Engineer
Al Shux   Producer,Programming,Vocal Producer
Carl Bagge   String Arrangements
Peter Stanislaus   Mixing Engineer
Ben Baptie   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Lorenzo Cosi   Engineer
Elizabeth Grant   Composer
Lana Del Rey   Composer
James Bauer-Mein   Vocal Producer
Dan Grech-Marguerat   Mixing
Mike Daly   Composer,Vocal Producer
Kieron Menzies   Mixing,Engineer,Recording,Drum Programming
Devrim "DK" Karaoglu   Producer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
The Nexus   Composer,Vocal Producer
Jordan Stillwell   Engineer
Jeremy Cochise Bell   Mixing
Nikki Calvert   Engineer,Producer
Duncan Fullar   Mixing Assistant
Chris Garcia   Engineer,Recording
John Davis   Mastering
Graham Archer   Vocal Engineer
Patrick Berger   Producer,Drum Programming
Justin Parker   Composer,Vocal Producer,Additional Production
Robopop   Mixing,Producer
Dan Heath   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,String Arrangements,Orchestral Arrangements