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As it stands, it's a sprawling journey full of detours and flat landscapes. With a bit of editing - swap "Bejeweled" for "Glitch" and "Midnight Rain" for "The Great War," put "Would've Could've Should've" at track five where it belongs, give "Hits Different" the single treatment it deserves - "Midnights" could've been a versatile and well-paced pop album. The "Midnights" score was rescued by the eight extra songs that Swift tacked onto the original 13-track album. Skip: "A Place in This World," "Tied Together With a Smile," "Invisible" Worth listening to: "Tim McGraw," "Teardrops On My Guitar," "Cold As You," "The Outside," "Should've Said No," "Mary's Song (Oh My My My)," "I'm Only Me When I'm With You," "A Perfectly Good Heart" God-tier songs: "Picture to Burn," "Our Song" When "Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version)" is eventually unveiled, I won't be surprised if the album climbs a ton of rankings, both in and outside of Swift's existing fandom. ("You come away with a great little story / Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you." That one still stings.) Led by the memorable torch song "Tim McGraw" - cleverly named after an already-popular musician, long before others would use this strategy to game streaming numbers - the 14-track album also includes hits like "Teardrops on My Guitar" and "Should've Said No," which remain staples in Swift's discography.Īnd that's not to mention "Cold As You," the heart-wrenching ballad that set the bar for Swift's track-five tradition. That being said, "Taylor Swift" has more timeless tunes than you may realize. It did its job well, putting her on the map in Nashville and beyond, but the album wasn't designed to push any boundaries or set any trends. Released the same year Carrie Underwood was topping country charts with "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats," Swift's self-titled debut is archetypal banjo-pop with a girlish twang. Something has to be the "worst" - that's how rankings work - and "Taylor Swift" is often overlooked, being the singer's first and most rudimentary work. "Taylor Swift" is widely regarded as Swift's worst album, but that's only because all her albums are good. Skip: "Look What You Made Me Do," "Gorgeous," "King of My Heart," "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" Future and Ed Sheeran)," "I Did Something Bad," "Don't Blame Me," "Dancing With Our Hands Tied," "Dress," "Call It What You Want," "New Year's Day"
Worth listening to: ".Ready For It?," "End Game (feat. God-tier songs: "Delicate," "Getaway Car" Remembering that it was the tour's setlist closer sends a cold shiver down my spine. My final grade* for "Reputation" is actually quite generous considering "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" would fall dead last on my all-time ranking of Swift's songs, far beneath "Bad Blood" and every single one of her Christmas covers. Of course, all of Swift's albums have their comparative lows, but here we find the dregs - and the album's highs just aren't consistent enough to salvage the score. You may argue this effect is deliberate - camp, perhaps - but intentionality doesn't equal absolution. Swift's ever-sharp lyricism is too often overshadowed by the production, which tries to sound bold and maximalist but comes across instead as impersonal and heavy-handed. Her moments of sincerity, or even sincere badassery ("If a man talks shit then I owe him nothing"), are meager compared to spoonfuls of aggressive pop posturing. And despite glimmers of genius, the "Reputation" tracklist contains some of Swift's worst decisions to date.
Indeed, I challenge anyone to watch the Reputation Stadium Tour's concert film on Netflix and not come away with intensified respect for bangers like ".Ready For It?" and "Don't Blame Me."Įven "Dancing With Our Hands Tied," one of my least favorite tracks in terms of production, shines in concert with Swift's acoustic rendition.īut the reality is that outside of those clips, "Reputation" exists as an album, not a live show. It often indicates a user profile.Īny Swiftie will tell you that "Reputation" was made to be played live.
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