evermore

Inoffensive, no bangers

I’m not a Swifty, but I do appreciate Taylor’s lyricism and pop sensibilities and am familiar with many of her albums. While I was I initially surprised to see this pop up instead of its sister album folklore, I have to say that upon this relisten, I think evermore is the better of the two, and one of my favorite Swift albums in general (1989, will always be top for me though). Both of these albums take me right back to the uncertainty of 2020, but evermore feels more comforting.

Overall, great album. I know that there are better taytay albums that have more songs that are better, but I really like willow, champagne problems, and no body no crime, so I am giving it good rating. The rest of the songs are very nice for just leaving them in the background, but to be honest, even if you properly focus on them, they're quite nice. I am quite happy with the album.

I really really really do not like Taylor Swift. I tried, honestly did. But no. Nope. It's so boring??

I already know I'm gonna hate

She cured me 5 stars in memory

bruh its all the same song i swear

Fine but not for me

Nah

no bueno

Sorry Swifties but this just aint for me, kinda boring

This album is a whole mood. I think I could rate this album higher if I was feeling the same vibe, had I gotten this album in the dead of winter perhaps.

Ein ruhiges, fein verwobenes Folk‑Pop‑Album, das Taylor Swifts Erzähltalent klar in den Vordergrund stellt. Die Songs wirken introspektiv, melodisch stark und atmosphärisch dicht, auch wenn das Tempo oft sehr gleich bleibt. Ein stimmiges, reifes Werk mit nur wenigen Längen.

This was my first time listening to an entire Swift album, and although I didn’t love it, I’ll say it exceeded my expectations. There were some parts that I genuinely enjoyed, like the intro to “happiness” (although by the end of the track it started to feel like a more generic pop song). The quality of the songwriting varied a lot, but there were at least enough interesting vignettes to keep me engaged throughout the listen. This one’s right on the line, 2.5 stars.

I judged an album by its cover. I thought this would be like nails on a chalkboard. It wasn't. However, after the first 4 tracks the rest felt like they blended into this bland sameness that I expect from Taylor Swift. It's always cool when an artist can release two albums in one year, but part of me thinks the quick turn around between evermore's predecessor (Folklore, released in July 2020) and evermore itself (released in December of the same year) makes me think this is some kind of cash grab. Ok, taking off my tinfoil hat now...

Pretty good. I enjoyed reading the 1 star reviews. Especially the one where the guy says women are a musical genre and that he doesn't like them

Wow, this was very boring. Almost everything has some I - V - vi - IV chord progression, with "champagne problems" as the worst. They're not even trying to hide the piano 101 skill level.

One of my two favourite Taylor Swift albums, would give it 3.5 if I could but since I can’t and wouldn’t give it 4 stars I give it 3.

really nice vibes

Another dull swift album

I will be listening to the deluxe thank you very much. Baby I know dada. Like that's my brother. I fuckin know evermore. God this album is so fucking good. Taylor what happened. Just talk to me. Where did this go. God bring back folklore/evermore Taylor. It's so good. My god. Willow I love you. Like that's my man. You don't get it. The guitar. The production. The lyrics. The vocals to an extent. Oh god. Like I just don't even know what to say here it's a product of its time. You can't really help but appreciate it. I can't even appreciate it fully because I've listened to all these songs too much. God Taylor please come back from the dark side. Oh man I don't know if I have the mental fortitude to handle this right now. I remember what it was like to be 13 and listening to this. Similar to how it feels to be 17 and listening to this, I would imagine. God I wish it was a rainy Canadian fall. What must it be like to grow up that beautiful?? Not tis the damn season. Fuck. Taylor I don't think I can handle this right now actually. Fuck I don't think it's even. You can't be my babe for the weekend. Fuck man. This is my teenage angst distilled into an album. Oh kate. It's not even. Fuck offf why is this actually the tracklist from hell. You're really gonna look me in the eyes and make me tolerate it?? Hydrogen bomb album vs coughing baby track lowkey. I mean not a bad song but just completely out of place with the rest of the album. Like no one gaf. Go back to making me crash out. A skip if I'm honest. Happiness you deserve more. Past the blood and bruise. Haunted by the look in my eyes?? Would've loved you for a lifetime??? Fuck right off. You haven't met the new me yet. I feel like people always discount these albums because of all of her other ones but these are truly outliers like these are that girl trust me. Cute song but lacklustre compared to the others. You'll always know me. Oh Coney Island. I've never been but I'd like to think I have my own. Oh no not ivy. Sophie no. Dancing is a dangerous game. This is gonna be one of those things. Eyes full of stars. Closure you're something else. This is insane. And now of course Bon Iver is here fuck I'm not ready for this. This is such a weird album to listen to in a rainforest. Great album. Favourite: 'tis the damn season. Least favourite: no body, no crime

Creo que entré en depresión, pero joder, macho! Qué gran álbum, viva Taylor, viva la reina del pop!

I don't consider myself a Swifty by any means but I do enjoy her music and respect her as prolific singer/songwriter. Frankly, she deserves to have more than 2 albums when the October 2026 edition of the book comes out. I can't say for sure if I've listened to it in it's entirety before but this one was not that great and my 3 rating is generous....this could be a 2 almost x The production just feels a lot more different than her other albums. Maybe that was a result of being on lockdown but it's like a coffeehouse, moody/artsy vibe and just not really my thing. If anything, "Champagne Problems" is the only song I really liked on there.

Superbe voix. Mériterait d’être plus écouté

No entiendo por qué este album está acá. Realmente nada me parece se destaque. Quizás las letras que no entiendo, no se. Pero musicalmente es pop como siempre. En 2020 no estaba innovando. Qué se yo. Básico. Insulso. 3/10

Her ninth album. Pop. Totally inauthentic. For the real thing see Carole King, Joni Mitchell Stevie Nicks, Tracy Chqpman, Amy Winehouse even Alanis Morissette. All authentic at the very least. There are plenty of amazing female artists, not this algorithm driven mustard shit !

popero, bastante sad, reflexivo, pegadizo.

Not her best, but some really pretty songs on here

Good vocals. Fun album

I don't really get why she is so big. It is very bland pop to the point people need to remind me what she done. Even if I hated her music I would at least remember some of her track. This is not bad but it is not amazing or revolutionary. sure, she have a cultural impact but I don't really feel like the music is a part of that. her music was probably just played the right time for a lot of women who could relate to her and built a personality cult over her. Also this album came out 2020 it is not even her most recognised album... but Avicii's album that changed a whole genre and gave rise to the EDM era is not included. in Sweden we have a arena in his name even...

Music to commute to a suburban cubicle by.

Dislike: willow, gold rush, 'tis the damn season, tolerate it, no body, no crime, happiness, coney island, closure、evermore

4/5

Not my favorite Taylor album, but I did enjoy it-- it's VASTLY better than her most recent album (The Life of a Showgirl), but not as memorable as the album before this one (Folklore).

Slick pop

A Covid-era Taylor album, I think is one of her weaker ones Its stripped down arragement that can get a bit samey when working through the fifteen songs in this collection Champagne Problems is a real highlight for me, which takes it to two stars

Absolutely not, I refuse to listen to this woman. Worst thing to ever happen to music.

El disco como tal está bien, hay canciones que ya me sonaban, pero no es mi estilo.

i remain confused why they picked this album over folklore. ngl when this originally came out i didn’t really get into it (i was inundated with the seemingly never-ceasing cash-grabby version-ication of taylor’s music and got bored), BUT listening to this now, there are some undeniable bangers on this album. don’t get me wrong, the lows are low (happiness, closure, willow even), but the highs (champagne problems, cowboy like me, evermore, etc) are REALLY high. “now you hang from my lips like the gardens of babylon // with boots beneath my bed, forever is the sweetest taunt” is an absolute bar. i still think folklore is probably the more culturally significant album in terms of changing the music landscape and popularizing more indie-folk sensibilities in the cultural zeitgeist, but maybe evermore is the better album?? is this my frontal lobe developing?

this whole album blended together for me. not in a good or bad way, it just all sounds like the same song.

Not really my type of music, nothing wrong with the instrumentation/singing per se, just not the target audience, a little boring to me.

A sad dad album that circles her usual themes of growing up and romantic confusion, Evermore is an exercise in extremely wordy and too-clever navel gazing that overstays its welcome. When this came out in the midst of the pandemic, the story was that Folklore and Evermore were an exciting and brave creative pivot, but it's aged into a overstuffed double album that merely foreshadowed the over-saturation of Taylor we now live with. She’s a talented diarist but a far better at monetizing her brand reinventions.

Long Story Short, not a big fan of TS, but I am of Bon Iver and The National so I tolerated this album 😂

An unsettling definition of beige dressed as Americana.

#889. I said the other day that Beyonce makes music for people that don't like music, and that goes double for Taylor Swift. I honestly have no idea how she became so popular. This music is just nothingness set to some very basic tunes. 2/5: whatever.

I had just recently gone through her whole discography. I think that this is one of her best.

Definitely one of her best albums along with it’s sister album folklore.

I knew some of these songs from teaching them, but it was really enjoyable to listen to the whole thing! Beautiful production mostly by Aaron Dessner. Gonna go back and listen to Folklore and compare & contrast.

Bättre än förväntat. Tjatigt och tröttsamt med breakup-låtar. Coney Island gillade jag men vet inte om det var låten eller gästsångaren. Alla låtar låter typ likadant.

I knew I didn’t like Taylor Swifts music but after listening to this album, I’m sure I don’t like her music. It felt so repetitive.

This was a COVID album and in many respects it mirrored my experience of COVID. When I first learned that this would be the album, I was bummed but I decided to give it a shot. I was initially surprised by how much I enjoyed it, finding it warm and cozy. After a while, everything felt the same and blended together. Finally I wondered when it would ever end.

It's not my favorite -- that's got to be Red or 1989 -- but it is my daughter's, so I have heard it a *lot*. I'll rate it honestly if you promise never ever to tell her. 3.5 for intermittently good songwriting, weird scansion, and the lesser of her two duets with Bon Iver.

Not as good as Folklore, but pleasant. She doesn't have much range though.

I feel about Taylor Swift exactly as I do about Bruce Springsteen: I like everything about them except those damn songs. This is true nowhere more than here, where without benefit of elaborate orchestration, we are forced to confront the fact that they are basically sing-song chants. I tried, really I did, but if you ignore the lyrics (which I nearly always do) there's just no song there. And while I get why 1989 is on this list, this one is a total mystery.

I know a couple of these songs from when Claire forced us to watch the eras tour movie. I liked this album. Ive listened to her last two albums when they came out and they were truly dreadful, so this was a pleasant surprise. It's nice to hear her sing songs that actually work for her voice. A lot of the time it sounds like she's trying too hard, but here she sounds like she's in her element. Shame it didn't stick. 3.5

Good stuff. I don't know if I just like breakup albums, though. These songs still seem to be coming from genuine experiences and feelings, but I am reminded of the quote "The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made." Honest or not, this seems to be honest. Tolerate It is a good example song. It is fairly straightforward - "I do so much for you, I love you so much, but you don't appreciate my gestures, or our relationship, you tolerate them, I feel unloved and unhappy," but the presentation and simple juxtaposition works. It's only the nagging doubt that this song was workshopped within an inch of its life that means I can't fully enjoy its poetry. I also enjoyed Closure, its message is not something that we hear very much. I like this album, but I think a lot of the criticism from other users comes from a place of "This is popular, and it's the worst kind of popular, popular among young women whose opinions aren't important. Therefore it can't be good, it's not proper music, like Nirvana". But in my opinion I am glad that it is so popular among Taylor's fans, and looking at the comments on YouTube, etc., people are getting something, even a lot, out of the lyrics, and importantly, I think there is something to get out of them, double meanings, implications, subtext and the unsaid being as important as the unsaid. They are thinking about and engaging with these songs, and to dismiss this music is small-minded and snobbish. At the same time for me personally the hype around it means I can't enjoy it as a piece of personal art. Its manufactured nature is so baked-in that I can't ignore it. Still, my final word is that I engaged with and enjoyed this album far more than the vast majority on this list.

Not enjoyed a Taylor album since 2017's 'reputation' cause I like her poppier, livelier songs... if I want folky vibes I'm not listening to Taylor sorry lol. I like 'gold rush' & 'no body, no crime'. Taylor sounds 10000% better when she sings in lower register, I usually like high-pitch female vocals but she just doesn't have the voice for it. Worked well as mindless background music ig??

My first Taylor Swift album on this list, and it's more folk and introspection than pop. She writes and delivers lyrics well and is obviously a talented performer and artist, though her vocal range is somewhat limited.

this a joke?

I’m starting to think that Taylor Swift is actually AI generated. Her melodies seem manufactured with no phrasing, no aim and no purpose, and they’re instantly forgettable. Listening to her songs is like staring at the soulless eyes of the animated kids in The Polar Express. Just creepy.

I've never listened much of any of Taylor Swift's music, let alone any whole albums. I don't know where this stands with the rest of her stuff. The music wasn't bad, but it didn't do anything for me.

nevermore. As toxic to the culture as kanye.

I don’t hate Taylor Swift but I certainly hate the Boob Dylan version of her

When there is an artist as ubiquitous as Starbucks, it takes an effort to ignore all the surrounding noise and form an objective opinion. A surprisingly mature and introspective album, Taylor proves that she not just a one-trick pony.

So, as I was listening to "tolerate it," I scrolled down on Spotify to check out the lyrics -- mostly to see if they really were as banal as it seemed like they were. That's when I see this analysis from TIME MAGAZINE: "tolerate it holds the fifth track position...a spot Swift often reserves for her most emotionally vulnerable songs. This tradition began unintentionally but became a conscious choice after fans noticed the pattern." In other words... 1. Taylor Swift pumps out mindless garbage 2. Swifties hunt for and fabricate meaning wherever they can 3. Taylor Swift leans into the bullshit 4. Swifties take this as having found the new messiah In my humble opinion, Taylor Swift is everything wrong with modern music. So basic and predictable, it feels like getting spoon-fed in a high chair; so unimaginative, it encourages everyone else to chase a hit instead of true art. And don't get me started on this woman's carbon footprint. Indie folk/pop is certainly nice, and it probably was groundbreaking in the 90s. Why exactly are we getting excited when Taylor is the last one to the party? And she doesn't even do it well? The nail in the coffin here are those damn lower case letters. fuuuuuuuuuuck you.

I mean, like any teenage girl I throughly enjoyed evermore back in 2020. In hindsight it’s not the album for me. I do know most of the lyrics tho…

Not my jam, as they say. But it was interesting as I've never listened to Taylor Swift before. Songs of heartbreak, nostalgia, homecoming, breakups, murder, longing... quite dark in places. A bit haunting. She has a pleasant voice and I'd much rather hear this than 90% of the dance pop that is currently trendy. At least here we have actual songwriting. Better than expected.

The best Taylor Swift has to offer. Still think Taylor Swift is painfully mediocre.

It's ok.

First Swift album that I have listened to. I am a sucker for good story songs and she can certainly write and sing them well. This album was more country than today’s pop, which made it very enjoyable. It could have been about three or four songs shorter as a few felt out of place on this album. Regardless, it was solid.

As a white man, we do not need to have the more recent albums on here be white girl music which is the worst kind of pop music

While I may be white, I am not a high school girl so this album does nothing for me. It is as bland and uninteresting as its cover art. All the songs are about relationships and they all sound the same. This is a prime example of the argument that pop music is garbage.

ok, today I listened to my very first Taylor Swift album. until today had only heard various singles. and I came away enjoying this listen. enjoyed the more stripped down sound, darker/more melancholy lyrics. and I will give her credit-she can tell a story. not sure I'd seek this out again, but would be ok hearing it in background.

listened to again i mean, it's good

meh. Same old stuff.

Alt-pop, chamber rock, folk-pop, indie folk, indie rock.

Like it better than I thought, but still lean more towards her more pop-driven albums.

Favorite track: champagne problems other picks: willow, evermore

Probably her best album.

I remember when this came out and I liked it. It seemed like Taylor was listening to some of the same artists I was listening to, Lana Del Rey, Phoebe Bridgers, etc... While I do think that Bridgers should be on here instead of this album, Taylor certainly got a lot of eyes on this genre. It was very in the moment at a time where people were free to do a lot of introspection and sitting around. I think the album is good, it's a relatively bold effort from her and she sticks it. Maybe it would feel like a more important moment for her if she didn't fall back into more generic pop with the work that has come since.

This is an easy listening (not genre, descriptive) album of minorly edgy pop songs. Her voice is nice and smooth as always and whoever produces her albums did a good job of hiding any auto-tune (if there ever really was any to begin with, despite what people are constantly harping on), but none of the songs really grabbed me like they did with her more radio oriented stuff. There's nothing on here that's an earworm I think. I think that ultimately this an album that she wanted to make vs her record label wanted her to make, and that's a good thing. I just don't really think it's great or noteworthy. It's perfectly fine, music for every day stuff that can easily fade in to the background. Lyrically it says a lot more than the average pop album, on the strength of telling a story and literally the amount of words. It's a bit melancholy and not abrasive despite having plenty of swear words, which I found pretty funny given her reputation. That's a lot of words from an old man about an album for young women. It's fine, it's pleasant musically, it has nothing to do with me really.

I found this rather gloomy and dragging during a bright, sunny day but, driving home in the dark later, it clicked and made more sense. It's a downer but there's a certain richness to it.

My least favourite TS album. I like the alt version of willow but not from this album 1/15 liked

A pretty good pop album with a little bit of an indie feel. The interesting thing to me is that of the two indie-adjacent albums that she released in 2020, I think Folklore is much better than this. Oh well, not my list I guess.

Listening to this again and paying attention to her lyrics, I realized this is a great breakup album. It’s easy to dismiss her work because there’s not a lot of melodic or musical hooks to draw you in. She forces you to really work, but once you really hear the song as a whole, the discovery is very rewarding. This would be a five star album if she could write melodies like McCartney. But she’s more of a Leonard Cohen.

Slower and folkier than her other work that I've heard. Not a huge fan of that style of music, but songwriting made this palatable.

A wonderful capsule of calmness and intrigue from a time we were all staying at home. I didn't listen then but I wish I had. I like the variety, the gentle lyricism, it met the moment and it's cool to live through an album that does that.

Not for me…

Ikke dårlig. Ikke spennende.

This has a lot of beauty, and some great great songs like Tis the damn season, Marjorie, Cowboy Like Me. The album is long, and not everything in on the same level, sometimes it's a bit of a miss for me (Dorothea, No Body No crime) but I respect the ambition of having many many ideas packed, and that the sound of it still remains cohesive. It's cozy, wintery, it's beautiful at times, and the sexism ain't going to get me.

Both Taylor and her fans can be a bit much, but we're here to judge music, not people. Taylor is capable of writing great pop music (see Red and 1989). And then the year 2020 happened. She released two very good albums that year (and I think the COVID seclusion probably helped.) Set aside whatever you think of Taylor or the fanbase: this is a good album. The predecessor, Folklore, is better, however ....aaaand I see that Folklore is not on the 1001 list. Boooo. It's Taylor's best album, and it didn't even make the list. SMH. I'm almost tempted to round this album up to 4 stars to cover the omission of Folklore.

Boring

I'm not sure if anyone has ever made this comment before, but these songs all kind of sound the same. They sound fine, and maybe if I was paying attention to the lyrics, I'd be having a lot of melancholy thoughts about all my celebrity ex-boyfriends. There were a couple fine songs on here, particularly the last one. But Taylor without the hooks just ain't doing it for me.

I happily listened to it once. evermore is quite pretty and was arranged, produced, and recorded very well. I've always had more respect for Taylor Swift than a lot of other pop stars. As popular as her music is, ultimately, she's a very accessible and marketable singer-songwriter. Also, I'm not the audience for this music, but I feel like Swift is authentic and sincerely connects with her audience despite her almost untouchable stardom. This album, I read, was the second of two albums that represented a pivot for Swift into acoustic production. It sounds to me like she had something to say that needed a different, more mature approach, so she sought that out. That was the courageous move. I'd never listened to a Taylor Swift album before this. I've already deleted this one from my library, but I'm glad to have heard it, and I get why so many other people connect with it. Three stars.

Fuck no. I will not listen to the billionaire white woman sing.

I thought I loved this album from start to finish, but I realize now that the version I have saved omits “no body, no crime”, “coney island”, closure”, and “evermore.” Without those, it’s close to perfect. However, this might be one of the ultra-rare occasions where the rest of the album makes up for it, aka 4.5 gets bumped up to a 5.

Girls loved this breakfast and reading Great background album

perfect

Thoughtful, pensive, soft Swifty is not my favorite Swifty. I like scorned angry pop rocking Swifty.

Songs are pretty catchy. They all kinda sound the same though.

It’s not bad, but it’s not particularly good. Had some nice arrangements but some of the lyrics are very shallow. Biggest pop star in the world??

I'm far from a swiftie, but my sisters love her and this was the album I never minded being played.

Like a Lindt chocolate ad. White chocolate.

She’s better when she’s mad at Matty. This is just sophomore year poetry with some music.

Ladde faktiskt ner syskonskivan till den här (Folklore) som också är producerad av Bon Iver, men det kunde lika gärna varit den här, jag hör ingen skillnad. Det är egentligen aldrig dåligt bara helt ospännande och jag hör inte vad hon sjunger om för röstem vill iingenstans. Kanske finns det bra låtar här men man har så vansinnigt tråkigt att man aldrig får en chans att upptäcka det i så fall. Anledningen till att jag tänker så är Ryan Adams. Han tog ju och gjorde en hel coverskiva på hennes album "1989" för dryga tio år sen och fyllde den med temperament, grus, skavanker, spelglädje och personlighet. På det viset visade han vilka bra låtar det faktiskt var i grunden. Jag hade den skyhögt på årslistan. Det gör ju att jag nånstans vill tro att det finns bra låtar även här, det är bara så utslätat och intetsägande att det inte når fram. Jag inser att jag babblar på om inte specifikt detta album, vilket också är talande. Ta vilket Swifts album som helst och du kan skriva ungefär samma generiska recension till det, det är väl ungefär vad jag håller på med. Det är den svagaste tvåan som nånsin delats ut, men det är aldrig dåligt bara oförargligt och intetsägande, men jag vill verkligen tro på att det finns bra låtar i botten

Middle of the road-folkpop. Nedtonat, avskalat jämfört med annan musik jag hört från senare Swift. Finns egentligen inte något att klaga på. Låtarna är välskrivna. Framförandet inte superspännande. Bäst när The National-sångaren Matt Berninger kommer in, vilket kanske säger något. Svag trea.

Inledande Willow är fin med skön r&b-känsla. Överhuvudtaget är det ett trivsamt album med välskrivna sånger. Emellertid Blir lite enahanda. Låtarna kommer sällan igång ordentligt, vilket drar ner helhetsintrycket. Känns som ett ganska vanligt fenomen för covid-album. Att inte kunna träffas och jamma tillsammans bör ta ut sin rätt. Med sagt får Swift utan några som helst problem godkänt.

Jag har försökt ta mig an Taylor Swift tidigare, men jag lyckas inte. Det är genomgående rätt trist. Andra halvan är något bättre från och med coney island. Men det blir aldrig bättre än när The National är som tråkigast. Swift må vara en tekniskt duktig sångerska men hennes röst och sångstil är verkligen anonym. Godkänt tack vara att Hole är färskt i minnet.

It gets three stars, if you include the bonus track Right Where You Left Me.

The description would have us believe that this is a radical departure from her other work - indie alternative with a folkie sound. Or something like that. And it is more stripped down, to a degree. But the reality is that it’s still a Taylor Swift pop album and the lyrics are still dreck. Instrumentally it is marginally better than the Swift album I had to listen to last week, but it still sounds like I’m listening to the poetry of a tween girl’s diary. Which is why I assume she’s so popular; her fan base easily relates to not only the sentiment of her lyrics but the way they’re written. So, good for them. But can the rest of us please not have to listen to this drivel again?

I only know Taylor Swift’s music from the handful of popular hit songs that would’ve come across my radar, and even that is minimal. One of the rare newer albums on this list and a reason I wanted to do this, to discover things I would never put on myself. That drum machine beat on a lot of it makes it sound generic pop music sometimes. Early on and Champagne Problems is one I particularly liked. That’s a really good ballad. It all feels somewhat generic soft rock/singer songwriter/or pop style of music. But there’s a catchiness to a lot of this, even though it’s a slower album. Some lyrically interesting songs. And it seems deeper than typical “pop” music. There’s certainly a sound behind a lot of the slower songs too where it works well. But something about the sound makes me wish it was less produced and more raw. They’re interesting songs though! I can’t say I really dislike it all. One gripe is a lot of it is slower and doesn’t seem to have a lot of variety in the sound. It’s also a few songs too long. It doesn’t feel like it needs to be 15 songs and an hour long. Overall, I’m somewhere between a 2 and 3. I don’t think it does enough to get me excited to make it a 3. Cut the bloat, make it 40 minutes long and this is probably an easy 3 from me. Feeling generous today so went up.

I'm not the target audience for this

This entire album could pass for an album generated on Suno. Seems everything HAS TO RHYME.

Imo, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 the best Taylor Swift album. A lot folksier and personal than her other works I'm familiar with. I love "Champaign Problems" in particular.

I’ve always said I’m more of a folklore girly but honestly there are some songs on evermore that I would rate higher than folklore. I actually think I gravitate towards folklore more often because the songs I love on this album are heartbreakingly sad (marjorie, tolerate it, champagne problems). Anyways I love this album. I think it’s one of the few albums I would actually listen the whole way through if in the right mood because obviously it’s not one that’s perfect for any occasion but my point is that there isn’t a song I dislike at all. Currently one of my top rated albums on AOTY and I don’t really see that changing any time soon! 88/100

Not my favourite Taylor Swift album, but there are a few beautiful yet wistful songs.

More Taylor Swift. Shoot me now. Plenty of slow piano whining with that whispy voice. Surprisingly I didn't hate the first track and one other I didn't bother to check. But not so much that I'd say I liked it. 2/5

2026.01.21-22.

White Toast with No Butter

I’m bored!!!!!!

Not for me. 1/5

I enjoyed the album. I like the diversity of the songs. I just wish Taylor's voice wasn't so thin. It's pleasant enough, it just doesn't have that full-bodied sound that often comes from those who sing on Broadway.

Wow. I am monumentally disappointed. At best its a series of almost good songs but not quite. Each song has such a similar boring progression that this really just becomes a test of patience. I expected better from the most popular pop star of today. Awful

breathy vocals, simple guitar—rinse and repeat—evermore top tracks: “willow,” “coney island”

I like folklore better, and I like 1989, Red, Lover, Fearless, and Midnights better than both of the pandemic albums tbh. That being said, both the pandemy albums have grown on me a bit. When this came out, we were in the throngs of the pandemy and looking for anything happy and this one was all droning sad songs (shit, she brought Bon Iver on the first one (in a song I love) and then Haim and The National into this album, how much sadder can you get?). They have absolutely aged well. But I need bops from her, personally. Anyway. 3.

Final thoughts: I thought this was okay, but it's way too early to say that this is an album I need to hear before I die, in my humble opinion. Maybe let's give albums at least 5-10 years before saying they are or aren't part of the canon? declaring this LP a "must listen" just one year after its release (2021 edition) does no one any favors; including Taylor Swift. I guess we'll see if this is still included in the 2026 update ******************************************************************************* --willow...pleasant but it's pretty much Target shopping music --champagne problems...more niceties. I like these lyrics more than "willow" --gold rush...a great baroque pop feel to this one --'tis the damn season...I'm a little bored at the lack of dynamics but some great hooks so far --tolerate it...melodrama --no body, no crime...kind of a Bad Seeds' Murder Ballads/Dixie Chicks "Earle" vibe. I like it --happiness...melo is the drama --dorothea...ugh, things are getting tedious --coney island...I appreciate the guest stars but they aren't enough to diversify the vibe this record keeps hammering. This would be a decent closer but we're only slightly over halfway through --ivy...a "g-d" and an f bomb on the same album? tay tay growin' up, y'all --cowboy like me...just. end. it. --long story short...the synths divvy things up a bit. it's good --marjorie...whatever --closure...she's trying something in the background scratchiness here but it's still the same oppressive vibe that permeates the entire LP --evermore...sleepy

Calculated cringe for commerce

YAWN

5/10… melancholy / sad pop / *2020

not a swifty

I think my biggest issue with Taylor Swift is how she’s ALMOST a good writer, but she tends to get in her own way with really clunky or even BAD lyrics. I come back stronger than a 90’s trend in the same song that starts with a strained metaphor about like…a clipper carrying wine? I really like Champagne Problems! The song is nice, the topic is unique! Why is the a One For the Money and an out of place fucking crazy?!!!? It’s not! Good! Why does Gold Rush! A wonderful song! Mention an Eagles shirt and use the phrase contrarian shit! It just detracts from what could be WAY better. And I think that’s part of her appeal? Like she’s heady and cool but occasionally dips into more relatable quirks, and I can totally see and understand that! I just…don’t like it. I think it’s crazy she has as many explicit tags as fucking Slipknot. Anyway I like the Haim song. The National song was good until she shits the bed with a simile that’s comparing their love to the mall before the internet.

Most overrated trash ever

Not sure which of her boyfriends she broke up with for the inspiration of this album but the dude must have been a real downer. The music was ok but there was a hollowness to some of the vocals that had me wanting to grab her by the shoulders and shake her out of the funk. Then again, maybe that was what she was going for. Or maybe I'm just a 70 year old white guy that doesn't understand kids these days. Either way, I've got just over 100 more albums to go before I die. Please let those that remain be better than this.

yeahhhh

This is deadass a Good Taylor Swift Album, we owe Aaron Dessner a lot of credit for that.

I am happy for people who enjoy her stuff because there's so much of it. I've tried so many times but I think it's just not for me. Solid production and arrangements.

Not the best of its kind, but pleasant... Preferred folklore

2.13

willow 3/5 champagne problems 3/5 gold rush 3/5 'tis the damn season 2/5 tolerate it 2/5 no body, no crime (feat. HAIM) 2/5 happiness 3/5 dorothea 3/5 coney island (feat. The National) 3/5 ivy 3/5 cowboy like me 3/5 long story short 3/5 marjorie 3/5 closure 3/5 evermore (feat. Bon Iver) 2/5 Overall Album 2.73

no

I said it in the previous Taylor Swift album review (Red) that it led me to discover Folklore and Evermore. These I think are Swift’s best albums. Introspective, slightly melancholic, organic instrumentation. Can’t believe this mature artist is the same one that released Life of a Showgirl 5 years later.

Not my favorite Tay Tay but she is still a pop legend.

Not bad. Not my favorite by her by any stretch.

No Body, No Crime is as close to Before He Cheats as we are going to get during this project, isn't it? That's a shame... I was surprised how slow, boring and long this album is. Isn't Taylor Swift the undisputed top pop star for this generation? And this is what her music sounds like? At least there isn't a song about Travis Kelce's member though. also, is she the reason kids these days don't know how what words are supposed to start with a capital?

I like Willow and Champagne Problem but the rest is meh. I do see how this could be an amazing album if you are going through a break-up, one of those ones where you sing along while crying and driving in your car. However I’m not in that frame of mind. I will say this Taylor has just got better since this album

Truly criminal to include evermore, but not Fearless on the list. Not a bad album overall, but kinda meh and longer than it needs to be. There are some decent songs on here, but they struggle to make up for the lackluster tracks that fill the album.

I was not familiar with any of these songs. Nice album, nice scaled back instrumentals. 4*

this album meant so much to me when it first came out. although i don’t listen to taylor anymore, it’s certainly nostalgic, and i do believe this is her best album by far. it’ll always have a special place in my heart.

DNF

Expected to dislike this but I really thought it was good. Expected the production to be good but the actual tune- smithery was excellent, it had more depth than I expected so if this is what teenage girls are listening to nowadays it’s way better than the boyzone of the 90s and 00’s in my day. I wouldn’t seek it out but if it was put in I would be perfectly happy. 3.3

This type of music isn't really made for me. But there's no doubting the talent here. I much prefer her songs when things are a bit more stripped back without so many layers. The duet at the end was a highlight.

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3.5 stars. Downbeat alt-pop with a much more atmospheric folk style than her synth-pop heavy previous work. Vocals are softer with more layering and backing than her bigger, louder pop albums. Enjoyed the collaboration choices of Bon Iver and The National lead singers. For me it does well as an album as opposed to track vs track standouts and duds.

Meu problema com folk com tendências pop é que ele é por definição bem produzido demais pro próprio benefício. As composições são bem executadas e algumas musicas são realmente muito boas, mas no geral não é um álbum pro meus gosto.

Very close to listenable.

-the second Taylor album i’ve gotten on here and very different from 1989. idk why she abandoned this direction for the corporate slop she’s been producing today, it was some of her best work. surprised they included this one instead of Folklore though -some very cringy songwriting moments as expected but overall this was decent, i like the production and instrumentation too -Favorites: gold rush, no body, no crime

Well produced and easy to listen to, but it doesn’t really do anything for me.

There are moments in this where I almost get it. I can almost understand why people like Taylor Swift. It’s kind of pleasant sounding and moves along nicely. But if I give it even half a thought, then that goes away. It almost instantly becomes grating. The lyrics sound like they come from a high school girl’s diary. The music truly is bland and gives you nothing. I had to skip most songs after like 30 seconds because I just couldn’t do it

Quite good

I can hear that super casual billionaire vibe, for sure.

Hmmmm, so this is what norm-core girls are into....

This is a good album no matter your opinion on TS.

I went into evermore expecting to confirm my long-held indifference toward Taylor Swift. Her music is intensely emotional in a way that feels narrow. Fixated on romantic turmoil, rendered in glossy pop slop that left little room for ambiguity. Popular, yes, but not compelling. Evermore is an unusual entry in Swift’s discography. It is not overtly autobiographical, yet it is intimate. Most striking is the writing. It is the most thoughtful and disciplined lyricism of her career. Tracks like “willow” and “gold rush” wouldn’t feel out of place as modern indie standards. Their incorporation of folk and chamber-pop textures gives the songs a depth and patience absent in her commercial work. The album’s centerpiece is “coney island,” a collaboration with The National and arguably Swift’s most mature song to date. The lyrics favor regret and restraint over melodrama, choosing subtlety where Swift often opts for excess. For any musician, evermore would be a career-defining album. That it exists alongside and is eclipsed by albums that are inferior in quality and thematically shallow is baffling. The preference for those records feels like a collective failure of taste. Because in this album, I glimpsed an artist.

Like, it’s okay. My favourite of her music but I’ll really only listen to it on one specific August morning.

I just have to accept that Taylor isn't for me. I find her melodies very repetitive. To me this album is to overproduced and clean cut to really hit that folk vibe, but it's not fun enough to be addictive as good pop can be. I liked the tracks featuring other artists the only memorable ones, and that says it all.

Evermore and folkore are taylors best albums for sure!! with that said, folkore is much better than this one. RIP pre-NFL taylor

Leggero

she makes good stuff

Slow country pop songs. Not offensive but nothing interesting

I came in with an open mind and I didn't hate it. But certainly didn't like it

A loving folk twist in the pandemic that expanded and reinvented Taylor.

Wonderful album - I like the vibe, just like her other album from this period, Folklore, which I might like a little better than this. The three collab songs on here are especially good

I knew I was right when I said this was pronabky the best of Swift

Honestly hate when people think this chick is the best songwriter of this generation, she is trash and this a trash album

I'm somewhat confused about why this was included instead of Folklore. But I can't complain. This is my favorite Swift album. This was the first time I listened to Evermore in full in quite a while. I almost forgot just how good it is. 5/5.

Taylor Swift amazes me. Her music crosses many genre lines.

Taylor's Covid era.

No

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Best Track - "Coney Island"

I liked Coney Island but on checking the track listing I realised that was because I like The National more than I thought I did. Overall .. didn’t hate it, didn’t like it.

I am a Taylor Swift fan, so that obviously means I'm biased; and also because Folklore and Evermore were the albums that made me a fan in the first place. But this is a great record. One of, if not her best album regarding songwriting. Of course, we cannot overlook Aaron Desserner's huge contribution towards production and composition. I'd say he's been her best collaborator so far. Although it's not among my favourites anymore, "willow" was the first song that got me hooked on Taylor Swift. The second track, "champagne problems" is probably one of the greatest gems in Swift's discography, containing arguably one of the best bridges she's ever written (and any fan will tell you that bridges are her strong suit). Over the years, I think "'tis the damn season" is the song from Evermore that has grown on me the most. I love how the guitar sounds almost cold, as it's setting the tone for the winter season when the narrator spends the holidays with her old flame. "tolerate it" has to be another one of the undeniable gems in the album. The 5/4 meter allows for unusually long lines within the lyrics. The instrumentation and songwriting make for a beautiful use of the odd meter. "marjorie" might not stand out on a not very attentive listen, but it has another great bridge and it's one of those songs that really tug at your heartstrings, written about Swift's grandmother. "closure" is another track composed in 5/4. I know this song is not well-liked inside the fandom, which I've always found crazy as it's one of the best in Evermore for me. Finally, "evermore" is easily one of the most underrated Taylor Swift songs. A hopeful ending after all the pain and reflection. Bon Iver and Taylor Swift's voice fit together so well, and he elevates the song to another level. To be honest, although "evermore" is an amazing closer, I've always seen the standard edition of the album as a shortened version of the album, while the deluxe edition actually feels complete. There are two extra tracks. "right where you left me" almost sounds almost cheerful, but is probably one of the saddest songs she's ever written. Swift cheekily decided to end Evermore with a song called "it's time to go", which is about moving on from the hardships of life. I'm surprised that Evermore was the album chosen for this list instead of Folklore. Not that I believe that Evermore is not up to Folklore (although I do prefer Folklore), but the latter was much more commercially successful, popular, and I'd say more critically acclaimed. So Evermore has always lived in the shadow of Folklore, considering it came out roughly 5 months later, and Folklore had already been the "big surprise" during the pandemic. That alone makes me happy that they chose Evermore for this list instead.

It's not awful, but it's just so bland. It actually made me feel bad because it was inspiring nothing, ironically. Pop doesn't have to be so rote, but that's what this is.

I’m right where you left me

I enjoyed Willow specifically and am a fan of the storytelling lyricism miss Tay implores. She slays the harmonies on any track. However - the album does not reach my personal needed level of overstimulation to warrant further listens. Sorry miss Tay.

My first time ever(more) listening to a Taylor Swift album all the way through. This was a very pretty album. I would love for a Swiftie to explain the lore behind each song to me. Willow, gold rush, and champagne problems were some notable hits. Although sometimes Taylor’s lyrics and metaphors are a miss for me, I can appreciate her musical talent and its showcased in this album for sure

After learning about what Taylor decided to do in relation to not owning her music and re recording her first 6 albums I gained a massive amount of respect for her and decided to start giving her music a listen. There are some albums I really like like Red and there are some I can pass on, the debut and speak now to name a couple. The 2 lockdown albums, this one and folklore are brilliant. I think folklore just edges it but this is a close second. This is great!

Probably the best taylor swift album

This album hovering at a 3 just shows that people are rating a name and not the album itself. It is not Taylor’s best work, but it probably in her top five.

tay tay

didn't relisten, just dont love the vibe

Not my favorite of hers, but there are some solid lyrics here and there. “Tolerate It” has haunted me from the first time I heard it.

1001 albuns you must die before you hear

“Everything popular is wrong.” - Oscar Wilde

Taylor Swift, 2 eme album =>1/5 Pop générique sans aucun intérêt, album looooong et ennuyeux.

I tried my best to give this a fair shot, but I just find her music so bland. I'm not sayings it's bad, it's just not my thing.

Pleasant sounding and a nice vibe, but I never found any song particularly interesting or catchy.

be real

I just find it so boring

Honestly, I listened to this album twice, mainly because I have friends who are huge fans of this body of work and of TS herself. And I've listened to the Deluxe version to gather everything, no songs for forgotten nor anything. It already pained me a bit whenever I saw someone saying Taylor is a great lyricist. And if she is it's symptomatic of how shallow and badly written songs are nowadays. From all of the 16 songs in what's regarded as one of her best albums I "liked" 6 - "Champagne Problems" (I fan favorite) has it's highlight in an interpolation of Blue Suede Shoes, and we can discuss if it is the best use of it in songs, as Lana Del Rey has also used the same sentence in one of her songs. "Happiness" may be a highlight from the album, good storytelling, lyrics that could be used to justify the 'lyrics genius' status. "Cowboy like me" sounded fun but nothing more, and the last three songs - Evermore, Right where you left me and It's time to go - are good songs! Evermore gains a lot from the collab with Bon Iver, It's time to go and Right where you left me are well produced. "Willow", the lead single and biggest song on the album is boring and repetitive, "Gold rush" is forgettable, "No body, no crime" flirts with a song that could've been a disstrack (as far as Taylor Swift disstracks can go) but doesn't go all the way. "'tis the damn season" is also repetitive and childish. "Dorothea" is a cute song, nothing more. "Ivy" and "Coney Island" are forgettable songs, Coney Island having a collab that was wrongly chosen imo. "long story short" is another song where she plays the victim, this time in a song that was written for tiktok before it was even a thing, lines seeking impact but if you're moved by it... "Marjorie" talks about grief in the most literal way I've ever seen - I'm amazed at how she could translate something so complex into simplicity. Not in a good way. "Happiness" has bigger depth than Marjorie when it comes to the confusing sensations we have when we lose someone. Left them for last so I can criticize properly - I've never seen such badly produced song-that-wants-to-try-something-different as "Closure", it's an immediate skip and the feeling I got was: Taylor sat down with her producers and they all went through the "what if we bring a new rhythm into this one?" and that's a hard no - there are so many avantgarde albums, songs and artists that they could've listened to in an attempt to create a song that's unsettling but good. This is a disaster. And finally - "tolerate it" is incredibly shallow, superficial and childish. That's what yoou get when you want to play the victim but you don't have enough arguments to do so.

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LETS FUCKING GOOO Track 1. (willow) Fucking magical, whimsical, and a total encapsulation of what this album is and sounds like. 10/10 Track 2. (champagne problems) Incredible lyricism, one of her best in my opinion. 10/10 Track 3. (gold rush) An underrated banger if I do say so myself. 9/10 Track 4. ('tis the damn season) Incredible lyrics again, so fucking perfect. 10/10 Track 5. (tolerate it) Just a great all-rounder song; getting to see this masterpiece live is my biggest brag. 10/10 Track 6. (no body, no crime) So cool and unique, such a great listen. 9.5/10 Track 7. (happiness) Just shoot me in the head, why don't you? So fucking devastating and beautiful. 9/10 Track 8. (dorothea) Just so good, nothing to complain about. I love her incredible storytelling abilities. Ive watched too many sad edits to this song. 9.3/10 Track 9. (coney island) Sigh, I remember going to Sydney, and they had a ride at an amusement park called Coney Island, and they had a photo-op that was taylor swift theme, and it was so magical. 9/10 Track 10. (ivy) This is fucking personal to me. 10/10 Track 11. (cowboy like me) Don't even get me started. Not only is this Taylor's best song, but my all-time favourite song ever. Taylor wouldn't even qualify for my top 5 artists, but this song has such a personal meaning to me that I couldn't even fully explain it to anyone else. This is the most beautiful love song, and such a great metaphor and incredible storytelling. My all-time favourite lyrics are "Now you hang from my lips like the gardens of Babylon." The way this song is literally a part of my bloodstream its not even funny. I will always love and cherish this song for getting me through some fucking tough ass shit. Thankyou. 10/10 Track 12. (long story short) Not my favourite instrumental to be so honest. Probably my least favourite on the album. 7/10 Track 13. (marjorie) This song... fuck its so beautiful and raw and powerful all at once. I cried an ungodly amount when I heard this song live in concert. 10/10 Track 14. (closer) Just great. 9/10 Track 15. (evermore) The best outro of an album one could ask for. Bon Iver just takes the cake. So devastating. 10/10 Note: This is honestly so unbiased because I rarely listen to Taylor anymore since my old obsession in 2022 ish. But it's just universally good, and you'd be a fool not think so. I miss this Taylor, Travis, please let her free. Overall Score: 9.4/10

dog shit. idk how anyone listens to this garbage

"Evermore" is your typical modern pop album. It's definitely overrated, in my opinion. I'm not sure how this album has changed music as a whole in 5 years. The songs on "Evermore" are pretty good, hidden from the radio stations. It's not as bad as others say it is. 3 stars for "Evermore".

It’s fine. No better, no worse. A lot of the songs sound the same. I think we are supposed to feel that this woman who has attained Arnold Schwarzenegger/Beatles level fame has written this “oh so intimate” album to express her deepest feelings, but it’s hard to see this as more than a vanity project. Some of the songs contain nice melodies and the backing music is not offensive (a little repetitive though), so I can’t give too low a score. Yeah, as I said, it’s fine. Not the best album I have heard recently, but far from the worst.

Not my favorite of her album kindof boring. Fav songs willow gold rush no body no crime

wanna preface this by saying that I don’t like taylor swift at all. still went into it with an open mindset but I wasn’t proven wrong… while there were a couple songs I though were pretty okay, the overall project was below my standard (which rlly isn’t high). I don’t like her voice and singing style and found the lyrics to be too literal. the production was the best part of this album, with closure being super interesting and other tracks having nice guitar + harmonies. everyone seems to love her but I still haven’t found out why after listening to this full-length album. -favourite tracks: ‘TIS THE DAMN SEASON and IVY and CONEY ISLAND

36. ok

👎🏻

As someone who has never been a fan of Taylor Swift really at all, besides a few of her songs here and there, I was surprised by how much I liked this album. When she doesn't insist on charting or having the biggest pop song in the world, she can actually write some great folk/alt songs, as she proved on this and Folklore. I think the album is a bit too long and the songs start to blend together in the back half, but some really standout songs on here that I would listen to again. Top Songs: willow, no body, no crime, evermore

The first T-Swift to come across my 1001 journey and sadly, not the last. When I moved to Nashville it was to the same suburb she moved to with her incredibly wealthy parents to find success in the county music biz. The playground next to the dog park we frequented featured her branding, a stone’s throw from HHS, local girl made good. Not that she was really around town anymore, having long since fled to the big city and/or her palatial estates. Eventually hooking up with a pair of fellow affluent transplants to NY (are there ever any other kind), we get this collection of “indie” albums where Taylor gets in touch with her melancholy. Or something. But does she really? Most of the song structures could be swapped over from the hit-making factory, right down to the pre-chorus builds and gentle sharing of just anonymous enough personal details. It’s the singer-songwriter equivalent of telling, not showing. There’s no real pathos or even ennui here, just a facsimile.

I don’t think I was even supposed to listen to deluxe but it’s too long. how much can we beat on the same themes. Some songs kind of big bops though. Like the one about revenge. I remember listening to this during the pandemic. Woah how much time has passed. Some of these words have more meaning to me now, for better or for worse.

taylor's last full dessner paradise until ts13 has her returning to country (i dont have enough money to bet on that but u know im right). harmonizes with folklore to a degree that i dont think gets praised Enough...folklore's antonoff-dominated tracks are Dreamscapes and Ghosts Of History with the most layers of removal that have ever been placed on a taylor album...narratively but also Sensuously. evermore, then, isnt ghostly at all...its flesh and blood and Immediate Surroundings in a very grounding and earthy way. its hard not to note the obsession with infidelity on here in particular, and general separation between parties in het relationships (the gender separation rly Matters) with varying degrees of drama and/or violence, but the details of how that slots into the unrolling thread of taylor's art as a Safe place to self-conceptualize will have to wait til whenever i finally get around to doing those big writeups on her whole discography ive been meaning to do. also a jawdroppingly gorgeous bundle of songs but u already knew that. not a bad tally for maybe my 8th or 9th fave taylor record...its been very Unfun and Unpleasant to be here since showgirl dropped but she truly is the defining artist of the emotional stages of the past year and a half of my life....and this record demonstrates more than most the productive distance between her intentional controlled attempts to capture herself in art, and how they only Truly start to make full sense with greater and greater hindsight. the past is the future. its a shame she's fucked in the head.

3.2

Not what I expected when a Taylor Swift album showed up. I was expecting the pop hits we know from the radio, not this. I was pleasantly surprised though and really liked seeing this different side of her that I didn't know of Standouts willow 'tis the damn season evermore 4/5

This is the newest album I've had so far. It is way better than I expected, but I didn't expect much from one of the most overrated artists of all time. She's a good singer, and the lyrics are surprisingly good, if slightly one-note(seriously, Taylor, the whole forlorn love thing is a bit played out at this point). The album's subdued, melancholy vibe works surprisingly well. It's far less annoying and awful than pre-1989 Taylor is, which is something that I'm very thankful for. It's not flawless; no album needs to be an hour long, and the repeated lyrical content grows tiresome despite their general quality being surprisingly high for Taylor. I have listened and will listen to better albums and worse albums, but perhaps none will have changed my perspective on an artist as much as this one. If you had told me a year ago that I would listen to and enjoy a Taylor Swift album, I would have laughed in your face and called you insane. Now, here I am, enjoying one and thinking it's a good record.

I don't know much Taylor Swift, I'm not the target audience, and I have no idea how this ranks amongst her other stuff. But it sounds great throughout, she obviously puts everything into her songs, with the result that each one comes across as an event in itself - exactly how music should be. As someone very wise once said, "we're all Swifties now".

I'm sorry. I've tried my best and I just don't understand the hype around Taylor Swift. The plot of every single lyric being a broadly old fashioned take on pining after a man. The grab at some kind of "artful" with the all lower case. The attempt to reference otherart and culture but the insistence on misunderstanding the meaning of the road less travelled! Lol. The melodies and vocals are fine but not "most powerful artist currently on planet earth" good. I just don't get it. Sidebar: is this the only bon iver entry on the list? A tragedy if so. 😭

Favorite Track: Evermore

not good

Great Taylor album, average in world ranking

Cringe oh no. I knew this was coming. After the last couple of nfl seasons and her giant 2024-25 eras tour America had Taylor overload. But I’ll listen. Damn. I liked it. It was very chill. I was expecting all the shake it off and poppy stuff. This felt mature. Pleasantly surprised. I’ll even give it 4 stars.

Get the fuck out of here. I would give this shit zero if I could.

I have nothing against her, she's clearly very talented, highly respected and deserving of all her success, but I find her music to be incredibly generic. It does very little for me. It's easy to listen to but there's nothing in this album, nor her entire catalogue, that strikes me as being anything beyond a 3/5.

No ha manera, por más que lo intente, de que la Swift me entre por el oído derecho. Pensé que este álbum de folk, acústico sería otra cosa, pero no. Apenas distingo un tema de otro, su voz y el patrón compositivo de los mismos me resultan anodinos. Esto es todo muy subjetivo, lógicamente, pero es que sigo considerando a esta artista súper-híper-sobrevalorada. Veo mucha autocomplacencia y, sinceramente, no veo qué aporta al panorama musical actual. Solo veo un producto de consumo y fácil que se olvida exactamente un minuto después de escucharlo. Como alternativa a Taylor, apuntad este nombre: Blondshell. Este álbum, aburridísimo.

Not gonna lie, I like this album. Not her best, but solid.

This project has caused me to pay more attention to Taylor Swift than ever before. Shame on me! And evermore is a damn significant improvement on 1989, the album I previously knew best. The songs are far better, and the delivery—less-frothy, more indie-folk—is more compelling. Faves, among others: “willow,” “coney island,” and “no body, no crime.” Super-solid stuff. Do I owe Swift an apology?

While I enjoyed Taylor when she first started out, this entire album was depressing and I wish I could take back the decision of listening to this. Not the worst thing in the world, but most of the songs here sounded the same. Not fully a 3 and I'm not rounded up.

for at least 2 years, "1989" didn't leave a girlfriend's car radio. I'm not sure I know anything off this album. "willow" has over a billion streams, so that's something. Im not sure I agree with the "experimental" praise of the Wikipedia review, given the producers and features on this record. That being said, im enjoying this album.

Unless you like feeling like a cold wet day I wouldn’t listen.

Not the most interesting to listen to but nice as background music. Many songs in the same ballad style...

Favourites: 1. No Body, No Crime 2. Willow 3. Champagne Problems Least Favourite: Cowboy Like Me

Sounds a lot like a national album. Which I like. But with all the experimentation and risk removed. All becomes a bit of a bland mush, probably because for some reason they decided it needed to be an hour long. The lyrics and songwriting don’t work for me. But clearly I’m not the target audience. And like all massive pop artists, this is an album made with a target audience very much in mind.

My wife’s favourite band is The National. My daughter’s favourite singer is Taylor Swift. Imagine how pleased I was to pull this on the day we had a long drive. Finally, something we can all get behind and enjoy together as a family. Except we didn’t. This was so damn boring I had to open the windows in December to keep us awake.

No, never, never, ever, ever. Why is there no way to give negative stars?

The blandest of music. I disliked this one a bit more than the previous one. I wonder who copied who, taylor or lana del rey..

5/10

Not the best, definitely not the worst Taylor

""Hi ChatGPT, could you make me an album to show that I, the world's least relatable human, get sad too?" [Harbinger of Doom activates] "OK, but could you make the voice less sincere and more cloying please?" [Harbinger of Doom intensifies] "Thanks, that's almost perfect, but it would be good if you could also make it a little bit more soporific? Maybe get rid of capitals from the song titles so people know that I'm a serious artist?" [Harbinger of Doom whirrs uncontrollably] "Perfect, now my marketing people have said that we need to have three respected folky artists to collaborate with, could you add them in. I don't care who they are." [Harbinger of Doom produces Evermore by Taylor Swift] Those are the prompts that make this solid gold stinker. It's sad that Matt Berninger, HAIM and Bon Iver, each of whom I like and respect, are part of this charade.

Pleasant enough but can't understand from this how she's the biggest star in the world and ruined the Kansas City Chiefs in the process.

Sound is very boring, from production, instrumentation to the vocal performance. I think the lyrics are very generic singer-songwriter, and lacking in subtlety.

2/10 This was the musical equivalent of milk. Everything about this album was so bland, album cover, the fully lowercase titles, the boring acoustic and piano. Not my cup of tea :)

Joder, la Taylor... Es un disco sobrio. La producción tan pulcra me pone un poco nervioso, creo que le quita autenticidad. No obstante, que una estrella de su calibre saque este tipo de discos serenos es algo muy de agradecer y conecta s la Swift con la tradición musical americana.

There’s not much here that we haven’t heard already from the likes of Fiona Apple or Tori Amos. But I actually mean that as a compliment, even though her voice doesn’t have the range of those other two. On the whole I liked this more than I thought I would. But I would have liked it better had it been 20 minutes shorter. Because after a while each track sounded like the one before it. Rounding down for overstaying its welcome.

The music is pleasant to listen to, but there is something cookie-cutter about the songs. Less dance music than 1989, yet that sound is still embedded in this one.

Such lament! She's a good singer, not sure of her range, though, on this album. The songs seem rather formulaic, loaded with what seems like faux sincerity to me. But I'm clearly not the target demographic.

I was under the impression that Folklore and Evermore were the albums that made the music snobs go "I always thought Taylor Swift was a vacuous pop star, but now I know she's heard of The National, I guess it's ok to listen to her", but you lot are clearly a tougher crowd. Luckily, I've always been uncool enough to really like this album, with the caveat that I'm surprised it made the cut above Folklore.

Dogshit

Pretty, but bland

With as much as Tswift has been shoved down our throats the past decade, I'd never heard of this album. There were probably other more important things happening that year. Is this an all time great though? This album? Out of all of her stuff? Why? (Side note, this is my first Tswift encounter in this project and now I'm sure that her entire discography will be on this list because if this album is, surely all her others will be, right?) Anyway, these songs are mostly Taylor monologing to some quiet music. It's not really folky, it sounds incredibly produced. Calling any of this "indie" is just laughable, but sadly this is apparently what indie means these days. Songs themselves are all just... fine. All slow with spoken lyrics that always felt to me like Swift was trying to cram as many words into each song as allowable to still stay somewhat in time with the music. Sometimes less is more. Swift sticks to her breakup/love/longing for home/nostalgia shtick. There's just nothing new or particularly exciting here. I dont really enjoy wallowing in self pity or bad memories, but maybe that's just me? I have an incredibly hard time empathizing with Taylor on any level. The length of the Wikipedia article on this album shows how much smoke we collectively blow up Taylor's ass. I didn't identify with any of these songs, and thats kinda important if the main focus of your album is the lyricism. Standout songs on this listen were "long story short," "marjorie," "evermore" and my favorite was "closure" - the only really musically intriguing track I came across; I really liked that discordant drum machine. I actually think the back half of this album is much stronger than the front. I'm not the target audience for this album. It's purely fine, easy listening. It's got some nice lyrics and some nice arrangements, but that's it. Let's not pretend it's groundbreaking or influential. I do like a lot of Swifts older stuff, but this isn't really something I'd put on again. Evermore hovers somewhere in the 2-3 star range. Nothing's wrong with it, it's just not exciting.

C'mon, do I have to?

"no body no crime" is a banger. The rest is...fine? Nothing jumps out to me but perfectly fine production, writing, composition, etc

Probably Taylor's best album she's ever made. And that's completely un-ironic, this is a good album. It's got some of her best and most thoughtful songwriting and a very atmospheric instrumentation. Especially along with Folklore, it's a lovely listen. Honestly it makes most of the rest of her output a bit disappointing, knowing she can do work this good when she really wants to. But for what it is, it's a good pop folk album.

The instrumentals are very good, but the lyrics are just so corny and awful.

I quite like Taylor Swift but this is pretty bland stuff on the whole Not bad at all but not memorable either Can’t hate it but a long way from loving it A generous 3

While I’ve enjoyed some of Taylor’s hits along the way, I’m not an album by album listener. This is a really pleasing record with some funny and clever lyrics and songs that definitely want to be heard again. I find it difficult to enjoy listening to people who for whatever reason are overexposed, analyzed and everywhere all the time. The less I know about Taylor and most artists, the more I’m free to just enjoy their music

Somewhat sombre record for Taylor Swift. Songs are as catchy as usual, but the album goes too long in my opinion.

#Swiftie Taylor's 1st COVID-era release is her best album, and it's not even close. One of my favorite albums ever. Listened to it twice while out walking today.

In the “don’t get it camp”. I respect the hustle, definitely impressed by the volume of songs, impressed all around! That said, gun to my head it’s all pretty mediocre and predictable. The cadence of her melodies and the subject matter mostly. I think Tim Dillon said it best “Taylor Swift is a incredibly mediocre talent… she’s the perfect talent for our dying country because we’re not great. We thrive on mediocre bullshit, we all love nostalgia because we pray every day for a comet to wipe us out because we know it’s over.”

TPE => SEA Series: A three album binge on a 11 hour flight (Evermore, Kind Of Blue and Transformer). 3 yuge albums for VERY different crowds A bit of context. I dont hate the Taylor machine, but I find the themes of its songs to be overly repetitive. Im the cliche, I suppose? Beyond what this is sonically, this represents modern insecurity & melancholic nostalgia (dorothea) from the American, small town millennial woman. In that way, I can appreciate this like something that I would marvel at in a museum for a moment. Because this is so long and spread over different backdrops, my brain loses its interest in the lyrics. In that way, this feels like 15 singles and not an album. What I liked: ivy was a good song. Aaron from the national. 2.5 and rounding down because Im cool

I definitely don't get the Taylor Swift mania, but I also don't think she's terrible. This is pretty good, but feels pretty forgettable. I could also think of plenty of music of this genre that I prefer (e.g. the Bon Iver feature is my favorite part of this album). This also might be an album of hers that's closest to my taste, so I'll consider this my TSwift ceiling. Not a ringing endorsement

I like a lot of Taylor Swift music, would consider myself a casual fan, and that’s amplified by the fact that my wife loves her music and is her go-to when she has the aux - and I just like tunes, man, so have at it. That said, I live in reality and find the celebrity fanfare and the general sense amongst her fan base that all of her music is above criticism - and I think she’s been really testing that generosity in her recent releases. But, I also think a lot of people write her off only because od the fanfare and how mainstream she is. Evermore and Folklore are objectively great pop albums, and they feel like the last time - pre Eras-tour coronation - that Taylor was making music like she had to earn the praise. I was also a big National fan back in the day, so was fun to see some crossover in sit-ins and Dessner doing the production. The live recording of Folklore (Long Pond Sessions) is pretty charming. I was lucky enough to attend the Eras tour with my wife and two of her girl friends (a real ladies night) and we’ll never get to live through Beatle mania but looking around in the crowd throughout the show and seeing women, girls - and some men - shrieking and weeping left a mark. It’s just fun to see music bring that kind of joy to people.

Folklore bedre

På papiret burde den være lisså god som Folklore, men sangene sidder bare ikke helt lige så meget fast. Stadig en virkelig lækker Bryce Dessner plade, men nok ikke helt på top 10 over bedste Bryce Dessner plader.

It's not that I don't like this record, but I think it's worse than Folklore and doesn't have as much to say as some of her other records. The style is a great continuation of folklore, but it feels like a B-side. 3+

eh

5/10 Er, it's ok? It's a mediocre pop album - I guess it's inclusion will be an interesting curio in 20 years when people will think, "Hmm, so this was what it took to be the biggest star in the world - how odd".

This was better than I expected to be, this was just a solid modern pop album.

4/5

so bland and over produced

I was honestly expecting not to enjoy this, or at the very least find it boring, however Taylor Swift proves that she has the writing chops to produce an album that has genuine moments of brilliance. Whilst it dips at times, the overall package is one that's quite enjoyable.

not listening. I will not give her the time of day

Álbum incrível! Champagne Problems muda vidas! Melhor Música: Champagne Problems Pior Música: Closure Nota: 9

Eh

++: gold rush, tolerate it, no body, no crime, happiness, Coney Island, marjorie, closure +: willow, champagne problems, 'tis the damn season, ivy, cowboy like me, evermore +-: dorothea, long story short 7,6/10

Crap

I wanted to like it but was very bored after the hour as they all sounded the same. Diary entries with added music

I never really got Taytay? It's all fine and easy to listen to, but it all feels so...shallow when you read the lyrics. It's been heavily tailored to GCSE English students.

Ok c'était globalement pas ouf du tout, mais je m'attendais à 100 fois pire.

4.6 // pretty good

Ended up listening twice and enjoyed it more on the second listening. There are some vocal patterns frequently used (not sure if she can call them a trademark though) that get a bit repetitive and the lyrics dance a line of being too silly and too specific to the time it was written, but sometimes that is it's strength in being memorable. I can't decide where "I'll come back stronger than a 90s trend" sits for example. No body, no crime is catchy, but not one I enjoyed. Same goes for Dorothea. I'll probably still hum along though.

It’s nice, but just that. Low 3/5

Singer good songwriting but I find her voice irritating.

On Evermore Swift and Dessner deliver a second helping of sensitive, twee folk pop. Lyrically it is not as strong as Folklore, with some of the more overt efforts at memorable storytelling resulting in lyrics declared cringe at birth. However its successful in capturing that same breathy, patient, passionate approach. Its a gentle hour that moves at a reasonable pace with some welcome features. I do find it surprising that this album ranks so highly among beard stroking music fans in comparison to forward thinking and impactful records like the lesser rated 1989. While I prefer my Taylor Swift a bit more pop-tastic, especially considering how oversubscribed the field of folk pop is, I like that this duo of LPs contribute to the fact that her career successfully spans country rock, folk and synthpop. Its this variety that keeps fans coming back.

Yeah it’s a 2 for me for Evermore, I like when she leans into the indie folk with her vocals and really dislike it when she sings pop vocals over these tracks which she can’t seem to resist for long The instrumentals and production is like the worst music by The National, who are one of my favourite bands, so is still strong but I’d rather have this instrumental or with Taylor fully committing rather than half committing.

I was a Swift hater for a long time. Didn't want to conform to the ways of music. But I have to say after listening to it... I can't be anymore. I will say, definitely a lot of boring songs on here, but with willow, champagne problems, evermore, right where you left me, and it's time to go, it's hard to hate on this album. I WILL say it's not perfect which is why it's not getting a 5. I think maybe if I relistened to it and listened to the lyrics which I know is what people say makes this album great may change my perspective. Really enjoyed it more than I thought I would though.

A really good album

This album feels like yesterday when I ate too much rocky road now I feel ill!!!

My first Taylor Swift album. I guess I get it. I can see where lots of sad girls would be really into this. It's pleasant enough to listen to. But that lilting cadence of hers does wear thin after awhile -- and then once you get into "contemporary female singer-songwriter" mode when the album finishes....let's just say you won't be confusing any of this with Joni Mitchell...

tegen alle verwachtingen in, begon dit plaatje zeer goed... maar na een tijdje werd het me toch wat te flauw... er mocht wat meer pit in haar stem zitten

I hope this is good because I sincerely don't want to listen to TS right now:/ It was fine, very not offensive. 3/5

I've always been pretty indifferent to Taylor Swift. This album was pleasant enough, but what shocked me was the fact that I've never heard any of these songs. I feel like Taylor Swift is popular enough that I would hear her everywhere, and yet all of these were new to me. It's got me wondering why this album in particular is on this list.

I have nothing against Taylor Swift but I prefer her more upbeat songs as opposed to this slow melodic album. 3.5

not my favourite taylor but still good

If one album reminds me of Covid and which I associate the pandemic with, it’s this one and the subsequent release of Folklore. Just why I’m at a loss to say but maybe it was because I had a lot of time isolated I was able to give more attention to all sorts of music I would not normally go near. Taylor Swift was on my list to avoid as I thought she was purely manufactured pop. But the album cover spoke to me of earthiness and all things pure, clean and free from disease which we were all trying to avoid. So I did listen back then and found that the album did not contain those things in abundance but I was nevertheless not disappointed. I began to learn about what Taylor is famous for but was at that time ignorant about. That each song was a short story of various experiences she had encountered with lyrics which were both poetic and poignant. As we all returned to normal my dalliance with Taylor faded and laid dormant. That is until the release of The Dead Poets Department (Midnights had again passed me by) which came with a fanfare and massive publicity about the song story telling angle. This is when I became a Swifty so naturally returned to her previous releases. It was therefore very easy to to reunite with this album and once again enjoy its delights and find others missed first time around. I’m in my 70’s now and my main musical love has always been Prog Rock. The fact that I regularly play this album and others is testament to how Taylor does extend across all genres. I know primarily her audience is young females so where I fit in I don’t know. I am just happy to listen to her stories and admire her superb musicianship. 5/5 27/11/25

The lyrics are pretty cheesy, but there’s a few solemn and sincere moments throughout. The production’s pretty good for the most part, and I really enjoyed the instrumentation. It sets a tone that’s fairly consistent throughout. I think my favorite track was actually one of the bonus songs. The rest didn’t really get me. I was excited to hear Bon Iver on evermore, but somehow his appearance was what ruined the song for me. Okay album.

Of all the swift albums this is an interesting choice to be on the list. Pretty blah

This has to be one of the worst albums I’ve ever heard. I don’t get the obsession with her

‘tis the damn season, tolerate it, happiness, coney island, evermore.

Enjoyed this one, really nice. Better than expected