Paradise (Lana Del Rey EP)

Paradise
Clad in a gold-colored one piece swimsuit from the waist up, a Caucasian female with red-painted lips and a long, brownish red hair stares forward before a tropical background with the words "Lana Del Rey" above her and the word "Paradise" below in all capital letters.
EP by
Lana Del Rey
ReleasedNovember 9, 2012 (2012-11-09)
Recorded2012
Studio
  • Electric Lemon
  • Sarm West (London)
  • Shangri-La (Malibu)
  • The Green Building (Santa Monica, California)
  • The Square (London)
  • Westlake (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length34:03
Label
Producer
Lana Del Rey chronology
Born to Die
(2012) 		Paradise
(2012) 		Born to Die: The Paradise Edition
(2012)
Singles from Paradise
  1. "Ride"
    Released: September 25, 2012

Paradise is the third extended play (EP) by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on November 9, 2012, in Australasia and November 11, 2012, worldwide by Polydor and Interscope. It was additionally packaged with the reissue of her second studio album, Born to Die (2012), titled Born to Die: The Paradise Edition. Grant enlisted collaborators including producers Rick Nowels, Justin Parker and Rick Rubin. The EP's sound has been described as baroque pop[1] and trip hop.[2]

Upon its release, Paradise received generally favorable reviews from music critics. The extended play debuted at No. 10 on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 67,000 copies. It also debuted at No. 10 on the Canadian Albums Chart and peaked within the top five of various other Billboard charts. In Europe, the EP charted within top 10 in Flanders and Poland as well as within the top 20 in Wallonia and the Netherlands.

The EP's lead single was the ballad "Ride", which became a modest hit in the United States, Switzerland, Ireland and France and reached the top 10 in Russia. "Blue Velvet" (a cover of the popular 1950s track) and "Burning Desire" were released as promotional singles. Music videos for "Ride", "Blue Velvet", "Bel Air" and "Burning Desire" were posted to Vevo and YouTube to help promote the EP.

In December 2013, Del Rey released the Anthony Mandler-directed Tropico, a short film that includes the songs "Body Electric", "Gods & Monsters" and "Bel Air". That same month, an EP of the same name was made available for digital purchase, containing the film along with the three aforementioned songs. In 2014, Paradise was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

  1. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (June 12, 2014). "Lizzy Grant – Ultraviolence". Slant Magazine. Retrieved December 16, 2014. ...the hip-hop-inflected baroque-pop of Born to Die and its follow-up EP, Paradise
  2. ^ "Review: Lana Del Rey's Born To Die – Paradise Edition". Global Comment. November 12, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2016.