CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
Menu
Research dossier · Arts & Letters

Lust for Life (Lana Del Rey album)

2017 studio album by Lana Del Rey

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
Arts and lettersInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ29051953 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lust for Life is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on July 21, 2017, through Polydor and Interscope Records worldwide and Urban Records in Germany. Marking a return to the "hip-hop inspired" sound of her major-label debut, Lust for Life features production from past collaborators Rick Nowels, Kieron Menzies, and Emile Haynie, while also working for the first time with producers Boi-1da, Max Martin, Benny Blanco, and Metro Boomin. Various guest appearances like the Weeknd, ASAP Rocky, Stevie Nicks, Sean Lennon, and Playboi Carti featured on the album.

Lust for Life received positive reviews from music critics and a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 60th Annual ceremony—becoming Del Rey's second nomination in the category. It also appeared on the 2017 year-end best-albums lists from various publications. The album was a global success, topping the charts in twelve countries including the United Kingdom, and the United States, while reaching the top five in fifteen territories.

The album was promoted by the release of four singles. The lead single, "Love" was released to critical acclaim and moderate success, peaking at number 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100, while the title track, featuring the Weeknd, peaked at number 64. "Summer Bummer" featuring ASAP Rocky and Playboi Carti; and "Groupie Love" also featuring ASAP Rocky were released as the third and fourth singles in the United Kingdom and Italy respectively.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Lust for Life (Lana Del Rey album)” as 2017 studio album by Lana Del Rey. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2017-07-21. The account is most persuasive where Lust, Life and Lana can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2017 studio album by Lana Del Rey. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q29051953. VIAF identifies the subject as 685150172698900180004. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2017.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

Best used for
  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
Verify next

The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Lust for Life (Lana Del Rey album)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Lust for Life (Lana Del Rey album) primary sources, Lust for Life (Lana Del Rey album) archive and Lust research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Lust for Life (Lana Del Rey album)”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Lust for Life (Lana Del Rey album)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.