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Upon release, ''Ultraviolence'' was met with a positive reaction from most critics. According to Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album currently holds a score of 74/100 based on 35 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Writing in ''The Guardian'', Alexis Petridis wrote that "Every chorus clicks, the melodies are uniformly beautiful, and they soar and swoop, the better to demonstrate Del Rey's increased confidence in her voice. It's all so well done that the fact that the whole album proceeds at the same, somnambulant pace scarcely matters". Kyle Anderson of ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote about Del Rey's aesthetic, stating, "Kubrick would have loved Del Rey — a highly stylized vixen who romanticizes fatalism to near-pornographic levels, creating fantastically decadent moments of film-noir melodrama. It's an aesthetic that demands total commitment from both artist and listener, and it would be difficult to buy into if she didn't deliver such fully realized cinema." He also added, "''Ultraviolence'' masterfully melds those elements, and completes the redemption narrative of a singer whose breakout-to-backlash arc on 2012's ''[[Born to Die (album)|Born to Die]]'' made her a cautionary tale of music-industry hype." Tony Clayton-Lea of ''The Irish Times'' noted, "What seems certain is that whatever she really is, or whatever she does in her chosen milieu, Del Ray is the best at it." Jim Farber of ''New York Daily News'' wrote, "Ultimately, she's milking classic male fantasies of the sad Marilyn Monroe, the babe in distress who can only be saved by you - and your dollars." Critic Jamie Hamilton of ''DIY magazine'' reviewed the album on a positive note stating, "Most songs on ''Ultraviolence'' link up with a bluesy smoke of a sound. Whereas ‘[[Born to Die (album)|Born to Die]]’ flirted with gloss and glitz, this is the sound of Lana hitting the road. Producer [[Dan Auerbach]] in tow, most of the time the tempo doesn’t get any quicker than a Kolo Touré sprint." Justin Charity of ''Complex magazine'' noted, "''Ultraviolence'' is a blues affair, with moody innuendo spilling bloody and bold as the opening sequence to a vintage Bond saga." The critic also called it 'intimate', 'drunk driven'.<ref>{{cite web |last=Charity|first=Justin |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/06/ultraviolence-lana-del-rey |title=Lana Del Rey's Retro, Western, Death-Defying "Ultraviolence" |work=Complex Magazine |date=June 13, 2014 |accessdate=June 14, 2014}}</ref> Mike Diver for Clash Music commented, "For all its lows-inspired highs, ''Ultraviolence'' is not quite the complete picture. It goes so far as to reflect, albeit perhaps coincidentally, this era: black and white, the color has to come from the performance, not the film it’s captured on." The critic gave a bottom line for Del Rey—"A bruised beauty, just short of classic status..."<ref>{{cite web |last=Charity|first=Justin |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/lana-del-rey-ultraviolence |title=Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence|work=Clash Music|date=June 13, 2014 |accessdate=June 14, 2014}}</ref> According to Metacritic, ''Ultraviolence'' was the 13th most frequently mentioned album in critic's "year-end" lists.<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-10-albums-of-2014 "Music Critics Top 10 Lists - Best Albums of 2014". ''Metacritic''.]</ref> |
Upon release, ''Ultraviolence'' was met with a positive reaction from most critics. According to Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album currently holds a score of 74/100 based on 35 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Writing in ''The Guardian'', Alexis Petridis wrote that "Every chorus clicks, the melodies are uniformly beautiful, and they soar and swoop, the better to demonstrate Del Rey's increased confidence in her voice. It's all so well done that the fact that the whole album proceeds at the same, somnambulant pace scarcely matters". Kyle Anderson of ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote about Del Rey's aesthetic, stating, "Kubrick would have loved Del Rey — a highly stylized vixen who romanticizes fatalism to near-pornographic levels, creating fantastically decadent moments of film-noir melodrama. It's an aesthetic that demands total commitment from both artist and listener, and it would be difficult to buy into if she didn't deliver such fully realized cinema." He also added, "''Ultraviolence'' masterfully melds those elements, and completes the redemption narrative of a singer whose breakout-to-backlash arc on 2012's ''[[Born to Die (album)|Born to Die]]'' made her a cautionary tale of music-industry hype." Tony Clayton-Lea of ''The Irish Times'' noted, "What seems certain is that whatever she really is, or whatever she does in her chosen milieu, Del Ray is the best at it." Jim Farber of ''New York Daily News'' wrote, "Ultimately, she's milking classic male fantasies of the sad Marilyn Monroe, the babe in distress who can only be saved by you - and your dollars." Critic Jamie Hamilton of ''DIY magazine'' reviewed the album on a positive note stating, "Most songs on ''Ultraviolence'' link up with a bluesy smoke of a sound. Whereas ‘[[Born to Die (album)|Born to Die]]’ flirted with gloss and glitz, this is the sound of Lana hitting the road. Producer [[Dan Auerbach]] in tow, most of the time the tempo doesn’t get any quicker than a Kolo Touré sprint." Justin Charity of ''Complex magazine'' noted, "''Ultraviolence'' is a blues affair, with moody innuendo spilling bloody and bold as the opening sequence to a vintage Bond saga." The critic also called it 'intimate', 'drunk driven'.<ref>{{cite web |last=Charity|first=Justin |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/06/ultraviolence-lana-del-rey |title=Lana Del Rey's Retro, Western, Death-Defying "Ultraviolence" |work=Complex Magazine |date=June 13, 2014 |accessdate=June 14, 2014}}</ref> Mike Diver for Clash Music commented, "For all its lows-inspired highs, ''Ultraviolence'' is not quite the complete picture. It goes so far as to reflect, albeit perhaps coincidentally, this era: black and white, the color has to come from the performance, not the film it’s captured on." The critic gave a bottom line for Del Rey—"A bruised beauty, just short of classic status..."<ref>{{cite web |last=Charity|first=Justin |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/lana-del-rey-ultraviolence |title=Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence|work=Clash Music|date=June 13, 2014 |accessdate=June 14, 2014}}</ref> According to Metacritic, ''Ultraviolence'' was the 13th most frequently mentioned album in critic's "year-end" lists.<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-10-albums-of-2014 "Music Critics Top 10 Lists - Best Albums of 2014". ''Metacritic''.]</ref> |
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