evermore

good songs, pretty mellow. Not really the kind of music I was in the mood for today

An album of slow sad ballads, during a time when she's in a slow sad mood due to all her burgeoning legal disputes with the bloke who just purchased her original back catalogue and resulting in her rerecording all her Big Machine albums to create new masters she controlled. So at least studio engineers had steady work for a few months.

Unremarkable and instantly forgettable. It made so little impact that if I listened to it again, I don't think I'd recognise a single track. It's not that it's offensive, it's just so bland that I'm not even certain I heard it. It was like eating a lettuce for dinner. You don't recoil at every bite but you do wonder why you're not eating something with a bit more flavour, variety or both.

Uninspiring, not her best

é melhor do que a maioria do pop atual mas nada novo, certamente tem 1001 albuns melhores

Женский вокал под пианинку конечно круто, но, блять, какая же это нудятина. Прослушал в 3 подхода. 2+

Not unpleasant as background music, but also not interesting in any way. Swift is a good singer, but the songwriting on this album (the only songs by Taylor Swift I've ever heard, apart from 2-3 radio hits) is pretty vapid and meaningless. I don't mind it, but have no reason to listen to it. Why is it on here?

Like a lot of modern pop music it feels bland

kinda surprised she only has 2 albums on here just not a real big fan this was kinda boring

This is the musical equivalent of Kelly Hoppen design. It’s all magnolia with a hint of buttermilk. It’s innocuous and easy to listen to. I must confess I’d never listened to a Taylor Swift album in its entirety until now. I quite like the singles, but I think I got bored of every song being an exposé of a past boyfriend. I like the fact that these are little vignettes and poetic stories that are not always about her. But every one seems to blend into the last. A couple stood out: Marjorie and Tis the Damn Season, also Tolerate It. These are clever ditties but I’m not sure how soon I’ll ever want to return to them. I know her songwriting is celebrated, but I just tolerate it.

Well - this was a new thing. Never listened to the T Schwizzle. Pop music is made differently. Vocals are right on top of the mix - it's Taylor and her backing band - though in this case the backing band includes some indie superstars rather than a hit factory. She's telling a story with all her heart, but it all sounds very contrived. Like a Big Mac but on a nicer plate, it's an album for easy consumption and mass market. I could happily put it on whilst cleaning the house just to drown out the sound of the vacuum cleaner.

She seems like she's able to do better, but she doesn't, instead she goes for a bland, commercial sound.

Boring, white girl music.

This record is definitely not a disaster, but it feels so fake to me.

I have listened to one other Taylor Swift album, also because of this project, and I didn't enjoy it, indeed the immaturity of the lyrics really irritated me. I find I am liking evermore somewhat more. There are some emotions and lessons that take me back to my college days. I don't think this album is as deep as it thinks it is, but it does have flashes of genuine truth and pathos, but certainly stopping shot of revelatory. I do appreciate the more meditative and (mostly) less retributive tone. That said it does go on and on, saying the same thing pretty much the same way over and over. I didn't mind listening once but I'm quite sure I won't be back. I will say the album cover art really nails the feel of the album which is nice. Middle of the road 2.5. I was leaning towards rounding up but after evermore was done spotify played some other songs from some other artists and THEY ALL SOUND THE SAME. Good lord. I haven't listened to the radio in a while. What's happened to pop music?

not my cup of tea

Not my fav from swift.

Pop pop pop, not as catchy or energetic as the last one we listened to. Pop has gone a bit introvert and melancholic which is no bad thing but is this a bad thing?

I'm really not the target demographic

Listenable but it's got a very commercial pop sound. I enjoyed the quiz, "Swift or Shakespeare" though.

My trouble with Taylor Swift is that she's got a few very catchy good pop songs, but her albums are gushingly overrated by the media, which is a turn off. The lyrics on this one feel that they came straight from the inside of Hallmark cards. I don't hate it, but nothing excited me here.

I'm not the target demographic for this...

Sum up the current state of modern music, completely inoffensive and so, so bland. Can't even bring myself to hate it, it's just such a nothing.

A long way from being a bad album, but just too bland. I put it on and it just disappeared into the background. I forgot it was even on. This kind of music is just not for me, I guess.

Better than I thought it'd be, would probably never listen again but it was alright in the background - probably why it's so popular among the masses

Had some moments

Confession time: Taylor Swift is one of my guilty pleasures, and while her albums are pretty hit and miss (with a higher-than-ideal proportion of misses) I genuinely enjoy "1989." Sadly, this is not "1989." She seems to be going back to her country roots a bit here, and with the exception of "Willow" and "Ivy," the album's pretty bland and uninteresting (and those two exceptions mostly get by on their earworm-y hooks). I also didn't care for the countrified male vocals when they popped up. TLDR; this album's further evidence that I prefer her more pop-oriented stuff. (Also, holy shit, "1989" is eight years old. I am old.)

Her vocals aren't terrible, but the lyrics are weak. Giving this two stars cause I hate most modern pop.

Taylor Swift is talented and she's terrific at making pop records but much like modern pop today it's somewhat bland. I don't think "evermore" belongs to the list of 1001 albums you have to listen to. I have the same problem with this album as with other singer-songwriters. There's so much focus on the lyrics and the song that everything else is an afterthought that doesn't get the same level of quality or uniqueness. The instrumentals becomes one homogeneous bland mix without any interesting distinction between the songs.

It’s a strange coincidence that I’m reviewing this album today because my next video review on YouTube will be T-Swivel’s newest album (you heard it here first!). My expectations for this album are very low from what I’ve heard so far of TayTay. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Willow, No Body No Crime I really expected this album to be bad and a chore to listen to. I’m quite happy to be proven wrong - it didn’t blow me away but there were some really good songs to be found here. SwifTay started strong with Willow which was a truly interesting song. The instrumentation was unusual but worked very well. No Body No Crime was again a different sound to the other tracks and told the story of getting away with murder. The problem lies in the fact that the majority of the songs on here were very boring! Having mostly bad songs with a few great ones unfortunately does not make a good album, but there are some redeeming songs that are fun. I’d say 30-40% was enjoyable, with the rest being skippable.

Really not my jam, but far from the unlistenable shite I had half expected

Boring

I don't really get this one.

I don't know what these songs are about. I cannot identify with them at all. Is there some Taylor Swift lore that I need some background on or are they purposely obtuse? The lyrics remind me of those AI-generated bro-country anthems from the radio. The duets sound artificial. This album is just bad.

she's literally just rhyming "hand" and "man" and "plan" this is the singer songwriter of a generation???

I’ve given it 2 because otherwise Scott will cry

Bare ballada jo

I like the cover photo

Long time lurker, first time listening to Taylor swift. It wasn’t that bad, but not very exciting either. She sounds like every other female pop/indie singer out there, particularly Del Rey. Don’t believe the hype.

Not much to elevate this above average

As a pretty big Taylor Swift fan, “evermore” isn’t one of my favorite albums. “Evermore” was released during quarantine with “folklore” which is considered to be its “sister album.” Something about these two albums are very different from the rest of those written by Taylor Swift, and I think part of this is because she was bored while locked up during COVID; and what better time is there to try something new? While most of Taylor Swift’s previous album genres slowly and smoothly phased from country to pop country to pop rock to straight up pop music, “evermore” takes a complete turn into very soft, folk-like music. I find it to be very poetic and it is clear that metaphors are well thought out throughout her tracks on the album and while this may be appealing to some, it is not to me. When I think of “evermore” I think of music which resembles that of a lullaby. There is an elaborate use of acoustic guitar and piano and it gives me a very delicate feel and although the songs have deeper meanings, the melody often bores me. Her other albums such as “reputation”, “Speak Now”, and even “Fearless” where there is a large incorporation of acoustic guitars (similarly to “evermore”) all exhibit a common trait of power; it is as if I can feel the music throughout my body. In contrast, “evermore” is very subtle, and I often associate it as background music and really the only time I listen to it is whilst I study, or if I need music to cry to. It is too soothing, if that is possible. I don’t think I am the only one who feels this way about “evermore,” considering the only popular songs from the album tend to be more pop-like such as “willow,” “no body, no crime,” and “tolerate it.” These are all tracks that are still soft, but convey more emotion like most music in the pop genre. Taylor Swift is still my number one favorite artist, but I would definitely recommend almost any of her other albums over this one if I were trying to persuade a friend into listening to her music. - Guest Review supplied by 14yo swiftie

This was boring. I'm not sure why this was even included in the list, maybe 1001 albums was just too many, but there was nothing exciting, groundbreaking or especially noteworthy about this album. The music was fine but it was just your standard singer songwriter stuff.

There's this thing that certain indie bands do where they'll play the last note of a third or a fifth wrong on purpose as some sort of deconstruction of musical theory(I suspect it's some sort of oedipus complex involving a music teacher). I don't think Taylor Swift is doing it on purpose. Beyoncé could hit those notes. The arrangements were good though.

Bland, samey, dull, with only a couple of songs worth remembering - the one about killing a guy, and maybe the one about going home for Christmas and dick. Other than that, it sounds pretty rushed and unfinished, like it was too soon after her last album and she hadn't properly thought through what songs would be on this record.

Fine, I guess.

Not my kind of thing, found it trite, by the numbers but well sung

Aurally I just didn't like it. Whiny. Champagne in particular was dreadful. Sounded very much like a 14 year old with some serious natural talent, but isn't ready yet and needs better advice. Music is nice though, better without the lyrics

A few of the songs seemed alright but the album isn't really for me

i like chill and acoustic music. this album did not stand out for me at all.

This lady sucks

Not much to redeem

Ok, but not a favourite

Y’a du bon dans cet album, mais ça ne va pas là.

La production est bonne mais je ne crois pas que cet album mérite d'être sur cette liste. 1989 est beaucoup plus intéressant en terme d'impact et de réinvention pour cette artiste qui vient du monde de la country. Je respecte cette artiste et tend tout de même une oreille à ce qu'elle produit comme albums, mais à part les pièces willow, no body, no crime, coney island et evermore le reste de cet album ne s'est pas vraiment démarqué en musique de fond.

How does one manage to sing placidly while fantasizing a murder? More fine radio pop that didn't move me an inch. Don't think I'm ever going to become a Swifty.

Lacks diversity and fails to distinguish itself from other generic albums of the current age.

I know Taylor Swift supposedly reinvented herself in lockdown, and I actually gave the other one (folklore) a listen (meh) - in the end despite its new shiny folk/indie jacket, it still just sounds like modern pop music with those chamber vocal motifs and whiny songwriting/lyrics. 30min would have made it a 3, but at an hour that's a 2/5.

A whole album of the lulls that a good artist would put between the bangers.

Found this pretty boring but some good ones?

Bearable.

So at first I was excited to see this album, because I knew it and because it was possibly the most recent album I've seen on this list. I didn't really know to expect the album either, because as far as I was aware the 1,001 stopped around 2015 and I had no idea that they added anything else. Guess there's some other things to look forward to. Then I realized that this was evermore a not folklore. Folklore was an album that came out at the perfect time in 2020 during the pandemic. It really turn me into a Taylor Swift then, and it made me go back through her catalog, not because of the pop and country but because of the solid songwriting. Folklore was an absolute home run, amazing, quiet, intimate, powerhouse showcase. And then I realized that this was evermore. I have no idea why evermore is on the list. It's possibly proof that folklore was lightning in a bottle, or that it was possible leftovers coming 6 months later. It's boring. I worked my way through this again after only having listened to it once, which is also interesting because it was an album I looked forward to for a long time. There's a few tracks on here that hold up, and the back half of the album finishes strong, but it's too long and too samey.

En følsom Taylor, pop uden at være irriterende, helt ok, lidt kedeligt

Taylor Swift on muuten ihan ok peruspoppista, mutta voisko se kaikkien näiden vuosien jälkeen tehdä muitakin biisejä ku nyyhkiä jonkun pojan perään? On maailmassa muitakin biisiaiheita. 2/5 ei oo poikaa kenen perään itkeä.

Ugh. I hate vocal effects.

Some good stuff here but it’s hidden in that god-awful contemporary pop production. I guess my beef is more with that then with Taylor. Oh well

I guess I'm not the one to judge of her work because I'm not part of her fanbase nor am I a fan of this kind of pop, but I found this album painfully linear. Well produced but very cold in her delivery. It's just not for me, at least I can confirm this now.

I have one question. Why is it on this list? I mean, it's not a bad album, but it's a very dull one. A full hour with the same rhythm, the same tone... And don't start me on the lyrics. A folk pop album amongst so many others of the same kind... Why this one in particular? There was so much more in the year 2020 alone... Anyway, next.

Aparte de lo que ponen en la radio solo había escuchado su album "folklore" y este parece una continuación o algo así de esa línea musical (por lo que he visto en Wikipedia es así). Acústico, tranquilo, me gusta como el anterior pero tampoco es que sea algo imprescindible en esta vida. Lo mejor creo que son las colaboraciones con The National (coney island) y Bon Iver (evermore).

In which domineering pop icon Taylor Swift co-opts and bastardizes the label of 'indie' to take up shelf space and sales that should've gone to actual indie artists Musically I can't add anything new to what's already been said here. The album is inoffensive and blandish, but not altogether unlistenable. What has always repulsed me from Swift's music is the blatant inauthenticity in her image and actions. From the time when she pulled her music from Spotify because she 'wasn't making enough' (when her net worth was already in the millions) to now, where she attempts to pass as a reformed indie artist in some sort of half-assed musical rebirth, everything has been a calculated play not in the interest of making music but money. Swift is a cultural chimera, adapting her image to whatever will sell the most albums actual musical content be damned. Her true artistry ended after she abandoned thoughtful songwriting and actually decent musicianship on the first two country albums and traded them in for the big bucks making soulless pop smashes that dominated the cultural zeitgeist for years. So no, Taylor, you don't get to claim to be an indie artist after topping the Billboard time and time again, no matter how many attempted soulful piano ballads and The National collabs you stick on one LP.

That was absolutely painful. Perhaps if I had a full frontal lobotomy then I might find it enjoyable.

Yawn

Maybe one song I enjoyed, the rest I tolerated. There are so many better albums that came out in 2020 that deserve to be on this list. 4/10

It’s not a terrible song. It’s just the same song over and over. Her phrasing is always the same, the melodies too simple and repetitive. Some songs are either outright or verge on boring. Her lyrics are occasionally pretty ok, but still feel tweeny trying to be grown up. The National was an interesting and ambitious choice for a combination, but ultimately I don’t think it works. Her voice and Matt Berninger’s don’t quite go together in my opinion. A 2.5 rounded down.

meh

She has objective talent but the "music" is drivel.

Interesting to start with but soon became almost soporifically boring. Just platitudes set to music.

Boring balladry…. Not a scratch on her more poppier output!

Although I respect her as an artist for rerecording her own material to reclaim ownership from her label, and even perhaps as a person for her acts of generosity to independent record stores, I can't say I enjoyed this. I have tried to listen to these two more recent albums of hers being touted as experimental and I had high hopes of being pleasantly surprised but I just don't hear it. This sounds very much like other pop music of the past 20 years or so. Granted, she herself has informed that sound for at least 3/4 of that time, but it is a sound that I generally dislike and that occasionally makes me cringe. The guest artists only seem to make it worse. I really tried to stay open minded and give this one a chance, but in the end it's just not for me. I'll write this off to me getting older and becoming a curmudgeon. Sorry TSwift fans.

I...can't. I just can't. I don't even care if it's 'incredible'. I just...nope. I won't give a 1-star because that's mean but 2 for simply existing seems fair.

Very unremarkable.

My wife listens to this while she’s driving all the time and I absolutely hate to admit I like the song about murder. 2/5

The best from this album IMO: - Willow - No Body, No Crime This album didn't catch my attention. I can recognize she has talent but her music just isn't for me. 2.0/5

I don't think such new albums should be on these lists. That being said, this was a very enjoyable album and I'd like to hear more of it. 2/5.

Meh

Who put this here

I tried. I really tried. My daughter loves it. My wife tells me the lyrics are incredible. But I cannot get over the blandness and samey-ness of the music. It's like eating dry couscous with no sauce. I recognise it must be great because so many people love it but it's just not for me.

Artisanal delivery system for white American hetero normative twaddle.

No.

Parte bene ma poi è tutto uguale. Noioso

Ugh. High School level poetry and the most bland possible background music. Why is she so popular again? Plus it's an hour long? Fuck off.

For some reason God took Dolly Parton from us and left us with this crappola. 0.5/5.0: Unlistenable

this isnt the normal taylor swift pop i was expecting. unfortunately this brand of trying too hard to be indie folk pop might legitimately be my least favorite genre. i was tolerating it but the collaboration with the national soured what little goodwill this had with me and the collaboration with bon iver at the end sealed the deal.

Perhaps this album was much needed during 2020, but 6 years on and it doesn't seem particularly relevant? I work in retail and I haven't heard a single one of these songs before, which can't be good. Plus, it sounds the same as all the other songs she's churned out in recent years. It's clearly just not my thing

Why is this even on the list..... 0 stars

i def don't like her records, but respect her hits

Len Houmous wrote 99% of Taylor’s tracks. There I said it, the secrets out. He did it by changing one note in each song and switching lyrics occasionally 1.4 6/15 No body, no crime

Give it 0

So this is my first time listening to a taylor swift record, and the first one it gave me was her covid record I guess. Absolutely nothing about this surprised me, it sounded exactly how I expected it to sound before listening to it (which I mean I already knew what she sounded like given her permanence in the top 40 for like nearly 20 years now). What about her has such a fucking stronghold on white women? I don't get it. This music is not made for me, and that's ok. Anyway way I could have hated this a lot more. It sucks really bad but I will not remember a single moment of this record so I guess it gets a point for not making me want to die. It's just really, really boring.

This felt like listening to someone I don't like yap for an hour and I don't want to experience it again

this music is embarrassing. it isn’t even good. cringe from top to bottom. she has all the writing chops of the best 7th grader in her English class. I liked her early work. why did she commit so hard to bland slop

could not finish. You will get better music from walking around in a Target. I feel in the pop scene there are much better options.

this album deserves to be on here, and i am glad to have listened to it for the same reason werner herzog proudly watches honey boo boo on TLC: “a poet must not avert his gaze.” its important to be informed on whatever is going on in the cultural zeitgeist (granted this thing is like 6 years old at this point, but pandemic time doesnt fucking count and if anything swift is even more in the zeitgeist). i have always been suspicious in a lot of the inherent misogyny in taylor swift criticism. it is often uninformed, reactionary, dismissing it not for what it is but for who it is for. i can confidently say this album is not vapid, it is not *solely* a corporate product. there are choices made of passion, this is a holistic work that builds towards an aesthetic. i just think that aesthetic sucks! sucks far too much for me to ever want to dig into what all of this astronomical success means for our culture. musically, this thing is white room torture. in isolation, each track is just fine. the lyrics are cheesy, the melodies competent but sometimes grating, the production is decent and atmospheric (possibly the only unique thing i think this has going on as a 2020s pop album), but combined into an hour-long onslaught it dulls the senses and turns to mush.

Although I’m sure I’ve heard Taylor Swift on the radio, I can’t name a single one of her songs. After listening to Evermore, I have nothing positive to say, I found the music bland and lifeless.

2 - this was awful. She’s, uh, not very good.

Enjoyment: 2 Replayability: 1 Cohesion: 2 Flow/Pacing: 1 Artistic Merit: 1 Weighted Average: 1.5 Review: I am a known Taylor Swift hater, but I promise I did my best to keep that in check while listening to this album and truly be as impartial as possible. So I challenged myself to answer some of the following questions with each new track. Why does this album deserve to be on this list? How does it push the envelope to earn the recognition as one of the greatest of all time? Are there any golden nuggets in here that will help distinguish this album from its counterparts 50 years from now? Is Tay-Tay truly the best at resonating the struggles of love through music? (I mean that's the majority of her discography's content, so she must be excellent at it by now.) And all of these questions lead me to a single answer: no. Her "stylized", lowercase letter titles are the extent of her creativity, which leaves behind the actual music as an untouched mass of concentrated, gentrified, pop-slop. I did not like nor dislike any of her songs because I genuinely could not tell them apart. I do not even remember what I listened to because they left no impression at all. So this album gets a low score from me not because I'm a hater, but because it's addition to this list tarnishes the reputation of the thousand others. Liked Song(s): (None) Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? No

Don’t think this generic trash pop is an album that anyone needs to hear

Interesting as phenomena but this album lost me after handful of tracks

Sounds like Ai.

My understanding of the criteria for inclusion on this project is to be influential of what follows, but maybe I am way off base. Given my understanding, I have no idea why this would ever be included. This is the exact opposite of influencing what follows. In fact, it is the ultimate end product of being influenced by others. On this album, she has taken all of the trends of late 2000s and 2010s indie and folk rock and appropriated them into this sterilized garbage. I am starting to think she has not had any original ideas but is the master of taking the trends started by other far more original artists and distilling them in a palatable way for suburban white folk. This doesn’t even deserve consideration for this project, let alone one star.

In a nutshell: "I haven't met the new me yet" Taylor Swift is the best example of the 21st century pop star- as their success grows, they become less of themselves and more of a product. Artists like Lana Del Rey, Delta Goodrem and perhaps Miley Cyrus have done a variation of what Taylor is presenting. The stripped back folk pop does suit her though. It's just a pity the synth beats and layered vocals are still kicking in the background. Overall: 2/10

blaaaaaaaaahnd

Never again

#396/1001. I tried to avoid listening to it. Finally I gave it a chance and wasn't disappointed - my initial fears were right. This is overproduced, overrated, underwhelming, uninteresting, overhyped, boring, too long, too safe, music. I have no idea why this would be the best music or artist or album in the world. I don't get it. I don't get her, and it is not the same as "not getting her music" since there is not really much to get.

Sad white girl music but I do not like the voice. I did not enjoy this

dici che sono critico e poi mi proponi taylor swift?

Boring monotone pop songs. Have a bunch of friends who love this album, but I just don’t get it.

Please put an end to this suffering. I came here to discover new music but instead I got 2020s taylor swift?? ALL songs were downright horrible. People say they are mid but they have obviously bad music taste. I couldn't even get past three songs even though I am comfortably able to FUCKING LISTEN TO EARRAPE FOR AN HOUR but not this shit. I don't know why swifties even exist. They are fucking NPCs like this music. 0/5 stars. never going to listen to ts again in my life. I swear if I get another taylor swift album I'm leaving this website

Nah

я не понимаю всеобщего обожания тейлор свифт музыка скучная и предсказуемая вокал тоже достаточно обычный нет ничего интересного я знаю, что ее фанаты, очень ценят ее текста и называю ее шекспиром нашего времени (прости господи) но в таком случае все равно вопрос зачем эта музыка? типо если у нее классные обороты речи какие-то, то достаточно сборник стихов выпустить, ведь в музыке тут нет ценности конечно это все нужно для лучшего продвижения, так как книжки не зарабатывают так много, как музыка но я говорю именно о ценности песен как самостоятельного произведения (чем песни тейлор свифт назвать не могу) по сути это просто непо бейби, которая захотела стать певицей и ей все оплатили а люди, которым плевать что слушать схавали опять таки тексты может и хорошие, но судить я их не буду, потому что при такой бездарной музыке даже вслушиваться нет желания ну короче да давно я уже не люблю эту исполнительницу

What!? This should be removed from the list, without a doubt. I instantly heard the influence of Lana del Ray from some 10 years previous. Why isn't that album on the list? Bland, uninteresting, and I'm no way influential.

Unless you care about some random white girl's teenage years, this album is extremely boring and way too long

No

I do not care for this artist due to their capitalistic exploits of their music, and suppression of other artists. Gross. Music would be a nice instrumental, however the lyrics focused on nostalgic romanticized self-focused narriative of lost love. Expectations of interpersonal relationships like they're side characters to her wants and there to fulfill personal narriatives; repetitive lyrics that provide little depth.

I now choose myself #selflove #wine #friday

Bad album. Boring album. Mid as fuck. Dull lyrics. Dull instrumentals. Uninspiring.

Seriously out of all the great pop albums released in the last decade, this is what we get on the list? It’s boring, uninventive, low energy slop pop Fav song: No Body, No Crime because she shouted out Olive Garden and I took my beautiful girlfriend there once and the lasagna was pretty good

rather kill myself

5/9 Really? I'd honestly rather listen to the Brittany Spears album that was chosen for me the other day. At least that album gave me nostalgia for the late 90s. This album is just more sappy woe is me BS from Taylor.

Usually, there is at least one TS song that I start to nod my head along to (regardless of lyrics). This album did not do it for me. She's perfected the genre for her demographic: straight, white women.

I know I'm likely in a minority considering her billionaire status - but I cannot get a handle on why people listen to Swift. Her songwriting is boring, at best, and repetitive at normal. Add to it the wannabe-normal-person whining about COVID lockdowns, while knowing she was still living it up in her mansion without any *real* care in the world, it's just so tone-deaf that she should be ashamed to have released this, and anyone listening to it without the 'oh, woe-is-me Taylor, I'm so sorry you had to suffer while the rest of us were watching the world be destroyed. Glad you got a good jersey out of the alignment with MAGA, bitch' is pathetic and worthless too.

I refuse to listen to this

Monothematic, repetitive, bland. Awful.

I know that I am not the target demographic for TSwift’s music and it show I’m just how long I was able to listen to the album. I got really bored after the first 3-4 songs and I moved on with my day.

Using one of my few vetos on Taylor Swift: an artist I am simply never going to like.

insincere, bland, formulaic

Best part of this album is when it ended.

Nope. Won't listen to the eternally overrated Taylor Swift.

close to torture

She cured me 5 stars in memory

bruh its all the same song i swear

no bueno

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 !

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

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

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 a joke?

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

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.

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

Not for me…

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

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?

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

Not for me. 1/5

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

Calculated cringe for commerce

not a swifty

Most overrated trash ever

no

DNF

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

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

No

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.

1001 albuns you must die before you hear

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.

be real

I just find it so boring

👎🏻

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

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

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 :)

Dogshit

C'mon, do I have to?

eh

so bland and over produced

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

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

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

I had a horrible day at work, and this genuinely made it so much worse. Unbelievably boring and it don’t really help it was made by a god-awful person…

This is my first time listening to Taylor Swift. This is some ultra-processed garbage. The faux-earnestness, the affectation of it all. It all just seems so soulless. Inoffensive. Beige, bland, and ready for mass consumption. no body, no crime is one of the worst songs I've ever heard. I don't buy any of this. Poor little billionaire. This is just so artificial.

Childish writing, bad metaphors, and an irritatingly smug delivery. Or maybe I’m just reading into the music with her backstory in mind because she’s made a career out of insisting that we do so. She usually has a couple of catchy tunes on each album. I liked 'Long Story Short'. Compared to other Tay-Tay albums, this is probably somewhere in the middle. Even at its worst, this isn’t as bad as Reputation or Showgirl. However, she's an idiot and I can't stand her. Probably two stars but rounding down to one.

I wince while listening to TS, like a face I'd make while tweezing a splinter out. Her lyrics are stupid and the way she phrases things is cheesy and obnoxious. She says shit like "I come back stronger than a 90's trend" like she's got bars. She swears she's clever, but she's corny. And she's so fucking white like all the time. The music is bland, soulless, overproduced. It all sounds like Disney music. The last track with Bon Iver is particularly awful. Holy shit. It's like an itchy rash or getting bit by mosquitoes or some other awful situation of all-encompassing irritation. Fuck no. Fuuuuuuck no.

You know I have to give it props. This album fully resembles the feeling of sitting in a car with sweatpants on when you get an itch on the cheek of your butt, but you have to drive straight so you are practically leaning out the window trying to scratch the itch on your right buttox, but no matter how hard you try it won't go away so you end up sitting back down in the seat and try to mind-over-matter the most annoying possible feeling in the entire world. There are potentially 10,001 albums that are better than this one, not just 1001. 0/10

I'm noping the nope out. Hard. Freaking. No. GFY, Taylor.

be fr this shouldnt be here, even for TS standards this is bad

Shite

No.

I'm not one to bash on what others enjoy, but she's the embodiment of just about every problem the modern music industry has, the upper class it benefits while other hardworking artists struggle to ever be heard. Just go listen to Bon Iver or The National, it'll blow your mind.

Good lord that was hard work. I feel as if I’ve been made to watch every single episode of Dawson’s Creek back to back without so much as a toilet break. I had to get ChatGPT to help me out on this one: This isn’t art — it’s lifestyle curation. The production gleams, the marketing purrs, and the result is music as self-care ritual: perfectly pleasant, perfectly empty. Evermore isn’t an album — it’s a product demo for emotional branding.

I don’t understand what does a 2020 album does in this list.

Well, call me a Taylor Swift hater. Not even The National and Bon Iver convinced me this was good, I just felt bad for them. “closure” made me physically cringe with “I-wanna-be-videotape” broken compass but BAD.

I'm joining the war on Taylor Swift on the side of Charli XCX

No thanks.

Very dreary, first couple of tracks ok but then each track sounds much the same

No

willow: “Came back harder than a 90’s trend” 😭 Ugh. champagne problems: sad girl music. But not emo. It’s like sad white girl vanilla music. It’s still quite folky. Surprising for her 9th album in 2020… Can't even finish it. It fucking sucks.

не понимаю феномена тейлор свифт - хоть обоссыте меня

taylor swift sucks

I will not be listening to this

Inoffensive but oh, so boring. 1.5/5

Elevator music.

Melodically and instrumentally surface level interesting at times (even if derivative), but lyrically and thematically absolutely abysmal. Honestly, while listening to this album I grew afraid of paying attention to what was being sung, because it made me roll my eyes so hard I feared I might lose them inside my head. Also, somehow, Swift's generic singing sounds the same throughout almost the entire album, leading to a feeling of monotony and/or being stuck in an endless, bland loop. 'tolerate it' and 'happiness' stand out, but they may just as well be considerably worse boygenius songs. There is no real emotion, only the petty grievances of an emotional 15 year old, and harmonizing with oneself is infinitely less interesting than doing so with others (at least in the way she does it). Just because Taylor Swift tried to make a pretentious concept album that wasn't strident pop for once, doesn't mean that it belongs in the 1001 best of all time - not even with a guest appearance by The National. Didn't hate it as much as I had expected to, though. As production is great overall it makes the album tolerable, I guess, just as long as you're not paying much attention.

I really gave this a go with an open mind but fuck, I really hated it. I think she’ll be fine though.

Absolutely not, no no no no no

You know, I thought I would enjoy this. I do have a weakness for "basic bitch pop music", despite it being poisonous hollow slop, but unfortunately this is just not doing it for me. Just incredibly dreary - where's the energy? Production is ass too, there's something up with the guitars and the vocals that just makes this genuinely unlistenable.

They’re not sending Taylor’s best! Honestly this album sucked. The most anodyne composition I’ve heard yet on this list. The lyrics are just fine but the singing is uninspiring. I definitely like the pop songs more than this

TSwizzle, forever searching for the answer to the age old question: how many men can one girl fall in love with? I’ve never listened to a full album of hers before, and expected the songs to not be to my liking, but well made. After listening, I don’t know man. Lyrically weak. Conceptually weak. Instrumentally okay, I guess? I understand it wasn’t written for me, I just can’t decipher what the appeal is. I wanted to not give this a 1, I really did. But god is it painfully disinteresting.

i think "no body no crime" might genuinely be one of the worst songs i've ever heard

Fuck this woman and fuck her fans and fuck everything she's ever made.

Not my cuppa

Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’ll let you finish, but this is not one of the 1,001 albums you must hear before you die.

Absolutely wank

No good reviews for billionaires.

This is what I imagine AI would generate it I asked it for an album that is the least offensive to the most people. It's easy to listen to but incredibly bland and lacking any stand-out features. It's hard to even tell the songs apart. It's not dog-shit bad so I was considering giving it 2 stars but I can't honestly rate something this mind-numbing any higher than 1.

I just can't. There are so many examples of good music (including pop) representing strong feminity that doesn't involve a team of ghost writers and producers... It feels fake. I'll stick with Phoebe Bridgers, Remi Wolf and Jay Som instead.

I’m sorry I can’t. Last song (title track w Bon Iver) was not bad but.. too little too late I’m afraid. I thought it was funny when she said “peculior” to rhyme with evermore

Niet mn ding, maar blij dat ik heb doorgezet

more like nevermore, am I right??? boo 0 stars

I thought this list ended before 2020. I am horrified that this is on here, but I suppose one of the biggest grossing artists ever, should appear on this trudge through hell (emphasis on gross!!! Got er’ already). While financial success does not mean you are listenable (hello U2), it probably does mean you turned some heads. I wonder if the person on the cover will turn their head, and it’ll be a skull having the last of its flesh pulled away by birds. I miss metal. Anyway. Taylor Swift ladies and gentlemen. Never thought I’d see the day. Let us begin. May god have mercy on my soul. All the song titles are lower case and it’s fall on the cover so this puppy is about to get “stripped back.” EXTRA EXTRA TAYLOR AT HER MOST INTIMATE, NOW ON SALE TO HIGHEST BIDDER. TRACK 1’S DEEP SENTIMENT BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHEVROLET. Jesus Christ. This sucks. Repetitive and overblown pop disguised as a folk song I guess? I hear quiet pop. Sensory inclusive radio pap. Have to give credit for use of the word “crestfallen.” Too sad for the radio, but of course this will be playing during the worst depressive episode of your life in a dentist’s waiting room. Yeah this vocal line sucks. Also, the “one for the money” riff made me want to die. Next. I don’t have the vocabulary or musical knowledge to describe how much I hate this. I can try by saying it sounds like a country tinged theme for an off-brand children’s movie. Whoa guys. DAMN???? In the song title? Man if I was a 16 year old daughter of a modern day plantation owner, this would go so incredibly hard. Crying in front of the marble pillars. I’ll see the world one day. You’ll see. Seeing as that is not me, I’m not enjoying this one. Don’t worry Becksleigh. It gets better. Report your father by the way. Errrm, my best colours?? Not beating the racism charges just yet. I don’t know if she’s racist. She just looks it. Anyway. Ugh. This is all so sappy. I could almost see enjoying the buzzy little close to this, if it wasn’t preceded by a People’s Jewelry commercial. I can’t. This is a great time to mention that country music in the modern age is the worst music to ever exist. It oozes light beer, commercialism, and sunburnt dopes prancing around in denim and cowboy hats, pretending to be Western/Southern. I do love the idea of cheaters getting murdered, but that’s where this ends. What is happening. This is spoken word. Not good spoken word. Nothing happening. The little videos that play during the songs are insufferable. She’s bowing in a millennial trenchcoat? Why? What have you done? Spoke another bad high school poem over a nothing instrumental? Not enough. You’re shattering me, Taylor. I’m getting hives. I’m going to try imagining the song “Centerfold” by the J. Geils Band. Not that it’s a good song, but it’s funny. It would be nice to smile. OH GOD NO. A representative for a conservative coffee company has stepped into the stu’. This sounds like a performance from the bullies at a high school talent show that all the teachers love. Six songs left. Six. Six. And so blew the horn of Gabriel. Bound by Euphrates no longer. The return of heavenly entities was to usher the end times. The revelations made by gods unknown. Lamentations through tears of blood, drenching alabaster robes. No purity in life can alleviate the pain in this death. God misinterpreted, demons deified, earth pillaged. The faithful razed as martyrs unremembered. Sound the horn. Convulsing to the sound of the final cracks of earth. Faith in vain. Anyway. This song was horrid. A cheating glorifying track!! She’s a cowboy. Perfect. Another stinker. Hey Taylor? This long story is VERY LONG. It’s not short at all. I wish it was, trust me. More bad poetry. At least we’re sisters in that regard. Please. End. Nothing is happening here. This is the music that plays before a timeshare seminar. I can see the folds in the projection screen. The shape of his name spells out pain? Well you see Taylor. Letters are shapes. So. The shape of a name is the letters of a name. Meaning the shape IS the name. Was her boyfriend named Payne? That guy sounds cool as hell. The robot beeps are fun. If she would disappear off of this track, it might be the best one. But for now, it remains at the bottom of the barrel with the rest of them. This one is quiet. Wow. Bon Iver sounds stupid. Rancid. Abysmal. Horrendous. Unpalatable. Revolting. Disgusting. Gross. Terrible. Awful. Cringeworthy. I ran out of time for more synonyms. This was another album NOT made for me. I’ve said a lot of stuff here. I didn’t think I could muster up the power to hate this as much as I did. This is disgustingly poppy garbage, BUT played quietly. You know. To feign depth. I don’t want to be the asshole who just hates the female pop star because she’s the female pop star. I would be this hard on any person who released this album. It was grossly commercial, and hellishly unbearable. I am spent. Music for your conveyor belt commute to work in a pop-up Amazon™️ city. Hey Siri™️, exclude this from my taste profile, oh and order me a refreshing glass of Coca-Cola™️; I have a popular NFL™️ matchup to attend. Long live our oligarchy. May it reign a thousand eons. 0 HIGHLIGHTS: IA IA, RISE FROM THE OOZE O ANCIENT ONE. THE DAY OF REUNION IS OUR DAWN.

i hate taylor swift

NO!

Yah this is not for me. It comes across as shallow and narcissistic. It’s so vein and yet also so “lowest common denominator” that I don’t understand how people could obsess over this music. It’s so lifeless and melodramatic. This is a nice reminder that maybe the deaf DO have it better.

Millions love her but it's lost on me.

Fuck this commercial hoe that makes music for teenagers.

I’m like the critic who writes in the night, in the night night night Tracing these verses in soft candlelight, light light light Evermore whispers, a forest of sound, But is it enchantment or lost to the ground? One for the playlist, one for the skip, Folk-tinted blandness, a nighty night grip Bridge after bridge, water is wet Singing of heartbreak, eating a raisen. I sit at this table, I write write with a pen pen Of metaphors metaphorming meta music You call it your magnum, a raincoat of big big But darling, I’ve heard this heartbreak before. I think I’ve seen this theme before, Poptart following along along Cottagecore dreams in a long wool coat, Album is poo poo doo doo

I saw this and immediately hoped the album was better than the cover. Nope. The music is just as generic dismissable. That country song is alright I guess, but it make me want to listen to Carrie Underwood.

The Good: ee cummings inspired title… The Bad: Most people don’t know E.E. Cummings The Ugly: How I wish they would not have used lower case on the title and soiled ee cummings memory… Never listened to a Taylor Swift album before in my life… can’t say that my life is better now that I have. Let me recap the experience: Hate Lo-Fi Don’t understand why many modern tunes feel like they need have lyrics as extensive as a short essay When did Indie music mutate into pop? I get that she’s the BIGGEST star ever; selling out stadium concerts like grandma’s apple pie. Yet I can’t but wonder why. Then again, it isn’t easy once you’ve reached the heights of popularity she has reached, having everything you do scrutinized by “experts” like me… So, here’s to Taylor Swift and her impressive career! 1*

I don't listen to trash!!

She's cosplaying someone kareoking a cover of a Joan Baez song.

1.5/5 and obviously does not belong to such a list. Someone has already written the review I'd like to write, so I will just copy it here: "... Essentially what I hate about "pop music" is this perfect vocal-style, I like my vocals with some grit or humanness. This just feels so manufactured and processed. Instrumentally it's all fine, it's just pop vocals ruin it for me 100%. I have nothing against Taylor Swift as she clearly is successful at what she's doing, but it's just not for me in any capacity. Furthermore my impression is she has no different lyrical content beyond relationship woes which gets old, but I get it... that's a huge market."

The musical equivalent of wet, grey cardboard.

My first Taylor album came on a day when I really didn’t feel in a Swifty mood. Reading the tracklistings put me off. Saying that though I’m a sucker for good harmonies. Simple melodies with no special performances. Not my wheelhouse especially in comparison to any other queen of the genre. Obviously I have preconceived notions of a Taylor album but I wouldn’t judge anyone for finding joy in these works. Just not for me

Boring, irredeemable drivel

1.5 Turns out I'm not a Swifty. Pretty bland stuff

Pretty weak Tay Tay....pretty weak. I did not expect such a soft album. I thought I was at least gonna get some of the poppy bullshit that made her so big and actually would have preferred it. Not impressed but I will give her an ounce of credit for at least having a somewhat pretty voice (ehhh). I'm struggling to understand how T Swizzle became such a phenom with work like this. Doesn't set her apart, not groundbreaking in any way, not a must listen...but better than Beyonce...0.73.

the piano playing in champagne problems sounds like it was made by an ai. this sounds like any 00's-early 10s indie folk polished to a perfect sheen, no seams, no missed notes, no raw performance that would make it sound human. which misses the entire point of that style of music. did her and antonoff keep aaron dessner shoved in a walk-in freezer, this does not sound like high violet. how did the haims get sucked in to this. why are bon iver and matt berninger here other than to lend her their credibility. need a palate cleanser after this.

If you're looking for some inoffensive background elevator muzak to play at Starbucks this is definitely up your alley. Wait, nevermind, she does some swears. How does the first track have almost a billion plays on Spotify?! Don't these people know there's good music out there? Don't get me wrong, there are Taylor Swift songs that I enjoy but they're not here. And it's an hour long. This album is so boooooooooooring. It's the same acoustic guitar and the same piano part on every song. Why do the songs all sound the same?

I liked the country stuff, but her Pop era stinks!!!!!

Can't stand her trashy crap

Sorry, this is just dogshit.

This is #day91 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... over 90 million monthly listens on Spotify prove the world is flat. After listening to this (yes, I did it... against every single fucking odd), I feel like putting on some Einstürzende Neubauten... Has to be the blandest shit I've ever heard. Don't be ridiculous, don't listen to Taylor Swift before you die. Fucking challenge yourself. This is a 1 out of 5. Looking forward to #day92.

terrible. terrible production, cookie cutter songs, non-existent instrumentals, basic bitch lyrics, zero creativity. this album does not deserve to be in the 1001. not unlistenable, so I'm not going with the nuclear option of 0 or 1 2/10

4 chord, 4 min songs, with no need of forethought. World class production, because well of course.

Crap. Total crap. And bland AF.

I'm not a 10 year old girl

Absolutely terrible.

I can see why people like Taylor Swift but it's just not for me at all.

Garbage.

Говно, слушал не предвзято, но всё равно очень пресная музыка, мб по текстам интересно

I didn't want to listen to this album. I just find this type of music bland. After waiting for my wife to leave for work, enabling a private session in Spotify, I went for it. My trepidation was not unwarranted. This music is bland and does nothing for me. 60 minutes is too long for this.

Taylor Swift is overrated.

This album is not for me. I don't want this review to come off as I hate all modern music. However, this album is also the epitome of all of my least favorite genres: post 2010 pop, acoustic indie, folk, and country. First off, I really hated the production, this is a personal preference but I just can't stand music that sounds too clean (to me it sounds almost soulless). There is very little dynamics, every song sounds very similar, and I really disliked the electronic drums (or house style drums or whatever) they really didn't blend with the piano ballads. Every song also had a very similar melody, vocal harmonies, and song structure that got really taxing as the album went on. I wasn't paying too much attention to the lyrics, but every now and then I would catchy a really cringy lyric. Objectively this album isn't bad, it does everything it aims to do, and I guess it does it well. However, this is my review, and I was bored out of my mind listening to this. This isn't the worst quality album on the list but it is my least favorite (so far), because it is just too boring. evermore, more like eversnore!

next time someome mentions Taylor Swift im just gonna say ‘i dont like mumble rap’ because she barely sang on this bitch as far as i can tell. jesus fucking christ this chick is a billionaire based on what, tho? her voice sounds like a cross section of every white girl out there. She just named dropped olive garden as i write this and she is unironically the Olive Garden of the music world. There are zero bops on here. The inclusion of TS on this 1001 list brings down the validity of the whole project - isnt this supposed to be put together by a group of critics? This seems like someone was like ‘we have to include swift for some stupid reason’ and they just picked one of her albums that was least stupid. It supposed to be her 11th album but it sounds like a debut album. I hope shes happy n shit but this world is crazy man.

Ok, so not a pop music fan, and can't name one Swift song. So about to dive in for the first time. First few songs are not to my preferred pacing. Her voice sounds consistently in tune, and the lyrics are clear. That's where my positive comments end. The music does not appeal to me as it sounds bland, and canned. Lovely though the voice may be, I prefer grit, like Winehouse grit. But I've half an album to go, so maybe something will change? Nothing changed. The mellow carried on, and on. I don't get it. Is there a back story to how something so dull was a pop smash? I do not not denigrate the singer's voice, and if you want a melancholy mood, I can see this being right up your alley. But it fails to hold my interest on any level.

Another bland offering from Miss Swift. I'm clearly not the target market here and while she's certainly extremely talented, as I said in my last T. Swizzy review, this is about as "written for the masses" as it gets. Nothing here appeals to me, which is fine. I can see why it's on the list given the impact to so many others but it's just not for me.

I’ve specifically avoided listening to any TSwift after 2016 because I knew I wouldn’t like it. I’m not going to listen to this album because I already know what to expect. I know she’s had a huge influence on popular culture, but that’s not what I’m looking for on this list.

Warum ist sie nur so erfolgreich? Immer wieder die gleichen Harmonien und Melodien. Einfältig.

hello everyone you can ask for more out of life please do

Hoewel het luisterbaar is, voelt dit toch als een broodje niks. Dat bestel je toch niet in de snackbar? Omdat het voor Taylor schijnbaar onmogelijk is om niet zoetsappige muziek zonder een thema er aan te hangen is, gok ik dat dit d’r ‘herfst-era’ is. En dat is ook hoe ik me erover voel. Je wilt dat het snel over is en je de winter in kunt gaan, met blauwe lucht, zonneschijn en ijs in de sloot. Herfst is kut, niemand heeft zin in herfst. En zo heb ik geen zin in dit album. Ik moet zeggen dat ik vrij mild was op het vorige Taylor album in de lijst, maar ik ben haar spuugzat want elke scheet die ze laat verdient een nieuwsartikel of instagrampost, waardoor ik de hele dag door ongewenst confronteert word met haar. Ik ben het zat, een dikke 1.

Never

A totally forgettable singer-songwriter album. Will not listen again.

Apart from a few moments near the end of this (couldn't say which songs) giving me slight Laurie Anderson vibes, this didn't do much for me. Slick pop with a few quirky twists and lyrics that really didn't speak to me.

Refused to listen.

Gear: Hifiman Arya Mische: Klingt zumindest teuer. Akustikgitarren interessant, Piano authentisch eingefangen, Bass sehr zahm, einlullende Multi-Layered Vocals Mugge: Softcore Folk-Pop. Nich meins. Also so gar nicht. Wertung: 1/5

Nooooope.

Nope. Same reason as before

Really?

Well, that's the last 3 albums that I have been pleasantly surprised by. Only heard the first 5 tracks so far, but am reminded of Suzanne Vega, but with out the je ne sais quoi.

Niet luisteren als je gaat rijden, oerend saai. En na 3 nummers over verbroken relaties heb je er schoon genoeg van.

No me pasa nada con Taylor. Nada de nada.

I just don't get the appeal of Taylor Swift.

I really enjoyed the voice of Matt Berninger on the Coney Island song. This guy has one of the most distinctive singing voices around and I was very happy to be introduced to The National because of this list. Since that time, I have quite a bit music downloaded from his group and frequently listen to a lot of their music. This was one my "new" bands from 2022. Good stuff. As for Taylor Swift, I find her music pretty annoying and just plain unbearable. I tried listening Friday, but had to quit to get into a good mood for the weekend. Probably wasn't the best idea to listen on a Monday morning either. Pretty brutal. I will give her credit in the fact she got shit load of parent's to pay way too much money to send their kids to see her in concert. As for a score, I'd put a step up from that Nazi band and Suicide, but not much. 1 for Matt and .5 for not throwing my phone out the window. 1.5 1.5

I made an honest effort, but I dont know about this. 1/5

Who?

A raging hangover in the form of what some people perceive to be music. I can't stand Taylor Swift. She's looks like a beaver trying to stifle a sneeze and she makes the worst eggs in the morning. Absolutely the worst shag I've ever had. She just lay there, lifeless. Needed to put a bit of minge around it.

There are 15 songs on this album but all of them sound the same, I can't remember any of them even if I have just finished listening the whole album. It's a bland record without any originality of songwriting, very simple music, bad lyrics, and overproduction. Her voice is okay, not bad, but that is way too little to save this album. And one thing I don't understand is that why this album is on the 1001 albums list - it is the second Taylor Swift album on my list even though I still haven't listened to 80 albums overall. I'm sure there are hundreds of other albums that could have made the list but it won't. I haven't given out a 1 out of 5 on any albums yet even if there were 3-4 albums that were really bad and I regretted not to give a 1 on some of them, but I'm giving this a 1. It just doesn't deserve more than that.

тоже нет

Shitebag

Let’s put things on the table: I’m the last person Swift thinks of when she creates her music. A clear case of agreeing to disagree.

So boring and terrible person. How can this be on this list ? Production is solid ad some songs are catchy but I could definitely have died without listening to this. I'm so tired of these multimillionaires complaining about how hard their life is...

She's not for me

Hell no!

vähön heikompi Taylor albumi KUIN EILISPÄIVÄNÄ.. ei kuitenkaan ansaitse tähtivähennystä... heh....

I gave it multiple chances, it's just not for me

Hoe music

I just couldn't suffer my way through the whole thing....

Not a fan.

It sounds all plain to me. Not really special.. Still well produced and sang.

Ledsen över att människor inte har förstånd att lyssna på något bra istället för den här dyngan. Inte knöldåligt egentligen men musiken är så tråkig.

Don't like any of the songs. It's just not my style.

Two tracks in and this is the quickest I've wanted to turn off an album from this list. Not even Arcade Fire made me this unengaged and irritated. Credit where it's due, she has a lovely, skilled voice. The lyrics are about as engaging as canned tomato soup straight from the can. It's so polished and studio perfect, there's no rawness or ugliness to it, and yet it's like 90% about heartbreak and I'm NOT connecting with emotions cuz its way too poppy No body, no crime is the best track so far, and it's the MOST country track so far I'll never get that time back. 1/5

This album is total trash. I knew of Swift but hadn't heard much of her music before this. I have no idea how this would end up on a list of greatest albums. There's nothing here of value.

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1/5 i just dont enjoy taylor swift

When I was 10 years old, I went through a phase of being a songwriter. I wrote like 15 songs, mostly about love I had never known and a lot about school. I even wrote one about school supplies. This is the level of lyrically talent I feel Taylor has. Her lyrics are filled with trite sayings like “if the shoe fits, wear it” and silly metaphors. Every song is exactly the same: I thought this guy was the one but he was too old/cheated on me/not who I thought he was and he did me wrong. Really hard to listen to. Also, this album is way too young to be on this list. We have no idea if it “defined a genre” or “influenced a generation”. It didn’t even chart that well.

Any one of these individual songs would be fine as a change of pace track on a more upbeat album. But when you have an entire album solely consisting of one anticlimactic song after the other, each comprised of the same breathy vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano, it becomes an exhaustingly dull slog. When did Swift become allergic to writing hooks? no body, no crime is the only track that comes close to being enjoyable for me. Everything else is just... nothingness.

Taylor has some tunes but not of them are on this album