LANA DEL RAY A.K.A LIZZY GRANT

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Gramma (Blue Ribbon Sparkler Trailer Heaven)

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Kill Kill

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Queen Of The Gas Station

***Lana Del Ray*** is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. The album was released by 5 Points Records on January 4, 2010, via the United States Amazon MP3 and iTunes Stores. The record was eventually pulled from retailers soon afterwards because, according to Del Rey, the label was unable to fund it. Del Rey ultimately bought back the rights to the album. After the release of her major-label debut, *Born to Die* (2012), under her stage name Lana Del Rey, she expressed her wish to re-release the album, though this never ended up happening. The album was never released physically, aside from the many bootleg vinyl pressings, CDs, and cassette tapes.

David Kahne recorded the album with Del Rey over a period of three months in 2008. "Yayo" would later be re-recorded and released again, on her 2012 extended play *Paradise*. Del Rey stated Kahne "is known as a producer with a lot of integrity and who had an interest in making music that wasn't just pop." Her father, Robert Grant, helped with the marketing of the album, which was available for purchase on iTunes for a brief period before being withdrawn. According to David Kahne, who produced Grant and Label owner David Nichtern, Grant bought the rights back from her label, 5 Points, as she wanted it out of circulation. In an interview, Nichtern stated: "Her and her new manager came in and said, 'We want to get this off the market. We’re going for a completely new deal. We’ll buy you out of the deal'. So we made a separation agreement". In January 2012, upon the release of her major-label album, *Born to Die*, Del Rey stated to the BBC that she recently bought back the rights of the album and was planning on re-releasing it in the Summer of 2012. In May 2012, she announced that the album would not be re-released that summer. Del Rey did however re-record and re-release "Yayo" on her *Paradise* EP.

On his official website, David Kahne wrote about the recording process and the story behind the song "Gramma" stating, "Lizzy's Gramma is so important in her life. While we were recording, Lizzy had a picture of her Gramma holding her on her lap" and "Lizzy was crying and her Gramma has such a sweet smile on her face, in the sun at the beach."

Del Rey and producer David Kahne recorded 13 tracks for the album throughout 2008. Instead of immediately releasing the full material, her label put out three of the tracks from the album sessions through a promotional EP titled *Kill Kill* on October 21, 2008, under the name Lizzy Grant. The EP was a critical success, with critics calling it poetic and elegant and the album led to Del Rey being featured as an emerging artist. Between the release of *Kill Kill* and the album, Del Rey expressed the desire to change her name. While on a trip to Miami, Del Rey was speaking Spanish with a few of her friends from Cuba, when they landed on "Lana Del Rey". Inspired by Lana Turner and the Ford Del Rey sedan, the name reminded Del Rey and her friends of what she called the glamour of the seaside. "It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue" she said. Del Rey at the time opted for the alternate spelling, by spelling it R-A-Y.

Critical reception for the album at the time was generally positive, Jessica Collier of *Adirondack Daily Enterprise* called the album "eerie" and pointed out how it is "heavy on Americana themes", but praised the modern elements on the album, mentioning "Gramma (Blue Ribbon Sparkler Trailer Heaven)" as one of the catchier songs. The album was hailed as "hypnotic" by writers at the *DN Journal*, praising it as unique, appealing and a record that would "stop people in their tracks" and complimenting the "inescapable hooks".