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Great album: My favorite part was the hearing the great tunes that I was least familiar with. “Style” “Out of the woods” “I wish you would” Are all perfect pop songs. Blank space and shake it off I’ve heard a thousand times but they are still great. Least favorite: Bad blood New York Overall I’d say it’s a 5 album
I think this album has the best vocal production. My fave is I wish you would
I'm probably the last Millennial to hear this album. It was pretty good. I don't quite understand the level of hype for Taylor, but I acknowledge the songs are fun, poppy, and have a lot of replay value. Most tracks feel iconic and most fit into a nice movie soundtrack. Glad to have heard it. I'm not quite a Swifty but will add a couple to the playlist for sure. Favorite track "Blank Space"
Fire
This is the perfect pop album. The only thing that would make this better is if the 1001 albums had the Taylor’s Version of 1989 instead of the original (some bangers in the vault tracks and the Kendrick Lamar version of Bad Blood makes me feel like I could conquer the world). My “solid 5s” for this project so far are The Pogues, The Beatles, and this. I contain multitudes!
great album
It’s an unadulterated pop gem
cool
This album released during my first semester of college and I could not go anywhere without hearing Shake It Off, Blank Space, or Bad Blood. I grew sick of those songs quite quickly, but always had an appreciation for Style, Out of the Woods, and Wildest Dreams. This is the first time I've listened to it in 10 years, so I decided to check out Taylor's Version. I was expecting to like the songs I used to like, roll my eyes at the songs I used to roll my eyes at, and get bored of it all somewhere during the bonus tracks. But Taylor's Version really elevated this from a notable but played out pop album (probably a 3.5) to a 5 for me. The reimagined production breathes new life even into those songs I used to feel faint disdain for (just compare the toms on Bad Blood to the original). In the bonus tracks, Taylor re-embraces the chillwave influences that made Midnights an intriguing surprise a few years ago, and this section actually became a highlight for me instead of a drag.
4.5/5 album that I round up to a 5/5. Listened to Taylor's Version, don't think there are that many differences, though.
I swear to god I’ve never been so happy to see taylor swift in my life, finally something familiar!
Ever since I started taking antidepressants, I live for pop music. This is quintessential Taylor Swift pop. And god, I love a good breakup song. As someone who was a young teen when this album came out, some of the songs feel stale/overplayed. But I can’t deny how fun of a listen this is.
Love it, always have
I can’t say I’m that familiar with her work. I know a few of the really big singles. Love Blank Space, Style and Wildest Dream. Bad Blood and Shake It Off are fun. I know Taylor gets a lot of hate, but honestly this is a fun, enjoyable album, and she is talented. All of the songs were enjoyable and fun to an extent. This is a 5 - great example of a pop album.
Great album with lots of huge hits. Catchy tunes, not 100% my style but still a fun listen that’s massively popular. Can’t fault, 4.5/5
I wouldn’t consider myself a swifty but there are some bangers on here. She’s so multitalented it’s crazy. Oh what I would give to be a teenage girl again. 9/10
I've listened to this a lot over the years. A bunch of great pop songs. I think this was the first Taylor Swift record I listened to all of.
The best pop album in recent memory, and the one that made me begrudgingly admit Taylor's the reigning queen of pop. She just speaks to my inner 14-year-old girl, dude.
Listened to the original version. I don't know if this is my favorite Taylor Swift album but it's undoubtedly the one that launched her from stardom towards something beyond. No, I don't really need to listen to Shake it Off or Bad Blood every time but the section from Blank Space to Out of the Woods is pop perfection. The back end features some more subtle synth pop including the sleeper hit Clean to close proceedings. 13 songs, naturally.
I know TS had begun her journey away from her country beginnings before this album, but this one felt like a much more dramatic shift into pop diva territor, and highlighted the powerhouse she was becoming
If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known this was Taylor Swift's fifth studio album. The album where she sheds her country skin and reinvents herself as a pop icon. This album came out in 2013, before my daughter, who knows the words to every Taylor Swift song, was born. This may not be my cup of tea, but credit has to be given where credit is due, and I did find myself singing along to a song here and there. My six year-old knows her stuff.
Fresh and energizing; clever lyrics
Qué buena es en todo. 5/5.
This was Taylor's "graduation album," stepping away from her country/teen/love songs/romance/fantasy, announcing that she was a pop star to be taken seriously. And that she made a video for almost all of the songs is amazing. And the proceeds from "Wildest Dreams" went to wild life conservation. How wonderful. .
True story - my wife and I dressed up as Taylor and Kelce for a Halloween party but I was Taylor. I was so worried someone would ask me to sing something of hers that I listened to this album endlessly for about 2 weeks to learn some of her songs. I never got bored of it. It is damn good. I was well aware of it when it came out and it was then I really started to notice how talented she was. But now that I've listened to the album not just singles? Wow. And this was all to give a big middle finger to critics who said she wasn't country or pop. She showed she could do pop as good as or better than anyone. Just yesterday Bad Blood came on the radio while I was driving my 11 year old son and his buddy to hockey and his friend said Taylor is so over-rated. I told him nah, she's just rated...exactly right. She is the greatest music artist of our generation. If you still don't think she's that good, listen to the following songs and tell me those aren't super catchy, smartly written songs - Welcome to New York, Blank Space, Style, Out of the Woods, Shake it Off, I Wish You Would, Bad Blood, Wildest Dreams, How You Get the Girl. I pretty much named all of them on the album (9 of 13 and not just the singles). I also thought her softer songs (This Love, Clean) were really beautiful.
All hail the mighty queen of the earworm!! I'm not a huge pop fan, but there's no denying she's a clever songwriter and has a great voice. I initially listened to Taylor's Version for fear that my wife and daughter would disown me if I listened to the original release, but then I got their permission to listen to my wife's CD of the original, appropriately preventing Big Machine from earning additional streaming royalties (bow down to the Church of Taylor). The new version has a much fuller sound which I prefer. Anyway, even though I'm not a pop fan, there's no denying this is pretty much a perfect album and an easy 5. Favorite tracks: This may be lame, but the biggest hits are my favorites - Blank Space, Style, and Shake It Off.
Pure genius
So many hits. Great 80s sound. Easy to listen to and groove out to.
Really good modern pop album. All catchy tunes, hits and non-hits. I think this Taylor Swift is going to be pretty good.
Good production. This is her best no matter how esoteric the swifties try to get
One of the greatest pop albums ever written.
no comment
Great songs, so catchy and I was surprised I remember most of the lyrics of the hit songs
A winner!
I didn’t know they were allowed to put music people actually listen to on this list. It’s interesting comparing Taylor to the all time greats. In terms of ability to convey emotion, attention to detail in every aspect of the recording, and overall creativity she really is one of the best. And 1989 is Taylor at her best.
This is a solid, solid pop record. Great songwriting & production. Out of curiosity, I went and listened to the "Taylor's Version" re-recording of this and it's even better. This is one of a few 1k1 albums that has completely surprised me in a positive way; I never would have thought to give this album the time of day but am very glad I did.
As far as pop music goes, this album is a 10/10. Great production quality and a shocking number of bangers.
Wasn't sure how I'd be able to feel anything from this -- haven't been into this kind of pop since 7th grade. First... wonderful production. If this kind of pop is like candy, I felt like I was at the factory. Buzzing with ideas but disciplined enough to make it cohere. The emotions behind the songs are simple with a little twist, just enough of an ironic edge to balance out the sweet. Nice work, young lady. Sure you will go far.
Even the songs I haven’t heard were great
Me encanta Taylor Swift y en concreto, este disco, todo un acierto. Lo he disfrutado mucho!
One I already know I love. Listened to the Taylor's version option. One of the best TS
An upbeat, happy album with plenty of tunes that make you want to hop up and dance around. Taylor sprinkled in a few, more substantive songs to round out the album. I can see why this album is so popular.
The fact that I know most of the words to seven different songs on here and I wouldn’t even describe myself as a “Taylor swift fan” is all that needs to be said about this album. Extreme relistenability. Taylor fucks.
There’s so many hits that it’s hard to deny the relevance of this album. The biggest flaw, as we discussed, is that the finish of the album is weak. But when you have multiple top ten hits, is the album really that weak? The first two thirds of the album is perfect for a road trip. It’s a five on this rating system but I might give it a four and a half if given the opportunity.
Tay...lor... Yeah! Banger after banger. When a single album has this many hits how can you not give it 5 stars.
Album: 1989 Artist: Taylor Swift Year: 2014 (originally) later 2023 Genre: Pop Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Anyone that knows me will know that Taylor Swift is my favourite artist and 1989 is one of my favourite albums. I listened to 1989 (Taylor’s Version) because no stolen version in this house 🫡 Fave Song? You Are In Love Would I listen again? 100% without a question
Blank Space, Shake It Off.
Heard the album before and loved it, glad to listen to it again.
If you gave this anything less than five stars you’re a miserable killjoy with a small peepee.
Blank Space, Shake It Off.
Its a pop banger
It's a perfect pop album.
Taylor Swift just doesn’t miss does she!! I’m a huge Taylor fan and 1989 just doesn’t disappoint. Such a nostalgic sound to the Album I absolutely love it. It’s not Taylor’s best album but it’s for sure one of her best. An exceptional pop Album!
Tay Tay is the BEST!
Annoyingly good
Clean hit me just right. Perfect timing.
Nearly every song on here is a banger. This was her first pop album and it went number 1. I definitely understand why it did.
Her best album.
Great album. Listen to it almost weekly lately.
Perfect album is perfect
Dit is popmuziek zoals ik het graag heb, Taylor Swift is een van dé artiesten van mijn generatie. Alle nummers goed en met een typische Taylor Swift-pop sound.
I love good pop music! Blank Space, Style, Out of the Woods, and Wildest Dreams are all such great tracks. One of Taylor’s best
I like this one.
Damn solid pop album. Some white girl anthems, some white mom anthems, some sad white girl ballads, very good all round!
I hate that I like this, but I really like this. Which is good because my kids listen to it constantly, which really speaks to its quality since I'm not sick of it. I can't say I'll randomly turn it on one day but that's because my kids take care of that. 5 stars for me.
It's difficult for me to look at this album objectively, because during the last decade since its release, I've probably listened to it at least 100 times. That may speak to it most succinctly though. I'm 100% sure that rate won't likely change during the next decade, so I have to rate this a five. There's not a bad track on here, and there's only a few that aren't at least good. It's probably safe to safe to say that this album was the tipping point that guaranteed Taylor Swift has a place at the adult table at the music industry family dinner. Some childhood artists careers are like a fart in the wind, but her career seems like it's just getting started. Only time will tell.
All bangers. 5/5.
Yeah I can't find a reason to hate this album and don't think I ever could. Catchy, original, great lost of tracks and flow well. The fame and recognition of her music is well deserved.
Amy will kill me if I don't give this 5 stars
Bought this in 2015 at Kroger on a whim because it was in the mark down bin. So glad I did. Great album. Great production. I was listening to the album a bunch before I took Jen to NY for the first time. This album, especially the first track, always reminds me of her and that trip.
(Listened to Taylor’s version though cause vault tracks)
I was watching the 2015 NBA Finals, and as the game went to commercial, there was this song playing. The song had this amazing guitar riff, a sick bass line, and killer electronic drum beats. I kept rewinding the game and sitting as close as I could to the speaker, so I could catch some of the lyrics and google the song. I don't remember what lyrics I was able to discern, but I remember looking them up, and learning it was Taylor Swift's "Style." Huh? Wasn't she a country music artist? I listened to all of Style, and became obsessed. I started listening to other songs on the album, and immediately fell in love with it and bought a copy. I've been listening to this album regularly for eight years now, and I still love it. It's big, it's bold, and it somehow never feels derivative of the decade that inspired it. Each song has its own bold sound, and the music is fantastic, whether the song is peppy and upbeat, or slower and more thoughtful. The synthesizers and other electronic elements are absolutely fantastic, and I love that they're used in such a wide variety of ways. From the 'pseudo-strings' on "Welcome to New York" to the dreamy sounds of "Wildest Dreams," this album is crammed full of great synth sounds. The drum machines are fantastic too. The reverb on "Blank Space" calls back to eighties pop, while the booming drums of "I Wish You Would" and "Bad Blood" feel loud enough to make The Cult jealous. Lyrically and emotionally, this album covers a wide swath of territory from the highs of awe, optimism, and young love to the lows of dreams of escape and wrecked friendships. This album is a masterpiece from start to finish, and it's one of my favorite pop albums of all time. I always have a blast listening to it, and I firmly believe that it more than earns its place on this list.
Better than the Beatles
always been my favorite by taylor. so glad it made the list 🩵
biiiiiiitch you already know
I love her
Almost perfect. My only criticism is that it starts to tail off towards the end 4.5/5
A masterpiece in pop music crafting and execution. Every single song is full of massive hooks and earworms. This album is the reason I became a Swiftie
Good album. Warps me back to 2014 with Jen
Yeah, okay. I'm a pretty big fan of Taylor Swift, and 1989 is quite honestly (almost) pure pop perfection. The production is really solid, the songs are catchy as hell, and Taylor's vocals are awesome. I know she's not technically an amazing vocalist, but she sounds so relatable and believable. Favorites: Blank Space, Wildest Dreams, This Love, I Know Places, Clean
holyy fuck obviously i love this shit, but LMFAO THE TIMING OF IT, literally yesterday i watched hthaze react to 1989 and JAMMED to it, and in 2 days 1989 tv comes out and i cannot wait! it’s like they know, but i don’t care it is exactly what i’ve wanted to dance to since yesterday!! Pop bible for a reason!
Pop perfection
Arguably her best album and the one to cement her as the pop star of the century.
У меня день очень счастливый. И песенки веселые и большинство знакомые, под которые хочется танцевать. Так что оценка больше за свои эмоции, чем за музыку. Музыка скорее наслушанностью берет, чем чем-то еще
It's Taylor Swift.
Just looking at the list of tracks here was practically jaw dropping, as someone who has never sought out Taylor Swift's catalog. Sure enough, this album delivers pop hit after pop hit, despite a couple songs not quite living up to the rest towards the end of the list. Sure, some people may complain that the album feels too "safe" or something equivalent, but at the end of the day the songs are as catchy as heck and comfortably unambiguous to the point of near pop-perfection. Highlight: Wildest Dreams Lowlight: I Know Places Surprise Hit: Clean
i loved this album as a kid and it gives me so much nostalgia. not much a fan of her now but it's still a 5 for the catchy lyrics and instrumentals.
My favourite Taylor Swift album. Shake It Off is the only "meh" song.
My favorite Taylor Swift album, what a coincidence that this was the first album suggested to me
The fact that there is either 5 or 1 star reviews is so funny to me. I don't listen to Taylor regularly but this album is a 2010s classic.
Very few albums can be help up as a quintessential representation of their genre. Pop can hold up 1989 as of of those examples.
I love this record so very much. It's my 'get shit done' music. Very excited for the vault tracks on the rerecorded version!
Some of the reviews for this album are overtly misogynistic. If you're a woman using this site (as some of us are), you've probably noticed there's an extra level of vitriol in the reviews for the women who dared to make a record, and gasp, someone named Dimery dared to find it worth listening to. It's a hundred times worse when the woman on the album is (or was) young. I'm glad I married a man who likes this album as much as I do and doesn't crow about Taylor Swift's "tArGeT aUdIeNcE" as if the tastes of young women are somehow lesser than other demographics.
it's peak pop
I am not a Swiftie - My wife made me rate this album 5 stars.
Jaw-droppingly stunning.
Revolutionary
Yyyeeessssss
My favorite Taylor album. Style, Out of the Woods, Wildest Dreams, I Know Places, and Clean are all top tier for me and I still love them Blank Space, Shake It Off, and Bad Blood I am not as into anymore but I think that’s more due to how saturated the music world got with them on release.
A modern classic
Just a damn good pop album. Best track: Wildest Dreams
The nostalgia is too good for this album.So many good songs.I don’t like most of Taylor swifts songs but I don’t know man.I just love almost every song on this album.I can’t help but be basic sometimes.
Cool
Banger upon banger
One of the best pop-albums off XXI Century
As soon as I got this album, I thought I was going to for sure give it a 5; but now that I've finished it I'm not so sure. Shake it off, bad blood (I listened to the kendrick lamar version even though it's technically not on the album idc), and blank space were seminal songs for me when I was in middle school--especially shake it off--but I forgot how much this album drags in the last three tracks. They're not terrible I guess but they're not nearly as fun as the bulk of the tracks that came before it. However, I feel like I've given 5s to albums that have had worse tracks and this album almost deserves it off the strength of shake it off and blank space alone so I think a 5 is fine but comes with some qualifiers.
What an album. One of the greatest pop albums ever made, loved this growing up, still love it today. Absolutely buzzing for 1989 TV. Out of the woods, Wildest Dreams and Wonderland are my favs.
Slay
5/5 What an awesome album. It's not my favourite Swift album but that's probably only because it's not the first one I listened to thoroughly. I love Style, Out of the Woods, Shake it Off and obviously How You Get The Girl. I can relate to them so much. I love singing along to this album.
Bias is involved here as I have this album in my car CD player and have done for months. From the opening track to the end I enjoy this. I do sometimes skip Shake It Off but overall it's a great pop album. Yes her singing isn't great however her storytelling is. Plus her lack of vocal prowess makes it easier to sing along to haha.
5/5 Great pop album with great production.
I can't say I'm a fan of Taylor Swift, but that won't prevent me from giving credit where credit is due here. This album was (is?) HUGE. I think she released just about everything as a single off of this one. And, even though it's not her first album, it was really her breakout album into pop. And, admittedly, it's great.
This is the opposite of all my music, but I have to admit that Taylor Swift can write a song.
Boy, did I enjoy the hell out of this album... I've heard the hits over the years as the husband of a self-proclaimed "Swiftie", but the deeper cuts were almost as great, if not better.
- Catchy, very well produced pop music that throws me back to 2014 - Taylor's voice is incredible - Great lyrics especially for a pop album - Crazy how this isn’t even my favorite from her - Favorite songs: Style, Out Of The Woods, Wildest Dreams, I Wish You Would
Best album ever
I almost went with 4 stars because of Shake It Off and Bad Blood, but this is still just an undeniable pop masterpiece.
I spend most of my time listening to punk and metal genres, but I'm also a bit of a Swifty. I don't know exactly what it is but man does she know how to make super catchy songs. Long live the queen.
Not a Swiftie, but there is no denying this is an iconic pop album.
Taylor proving again and again and again that she's one of the best songwriters in the business. So many massive hits here, and they're great songs. I must admit that Ryan Adams's cover album converted me. I listened to it, and thought these songs are so good, to be fair I should go back to the original and honestly evaluate which one is better. I went song by song, and in the end, Taylor won. If I had to pick a few favorites I would say "Style" "Wildest Dreams" and "I Know Places."
I admit I only listened to the first few songs. Okay
How many hit songs can you fit on one record?
You can say there are some lulls or dips to this album, or just write it off because of the artist behind it, but that would be a mistake. As a Pop album, this is one of the greatest albums out there. It may lack in depth, but the heartbreak and joy of dealing with this catchy pop songs soars to incredible heights and is one of the biggest reasons that Taylor Swift is at the current level of fame she is at.
Perfect pop. 5 stars.
As much as I want to hate this one, there are more than a handful of undeniable jams. Taylor knocked it out of the park with a concise album that is the definition of songs that get white people turnt. The easy and catchy lyrics of most of these songs along with the actual music gives white girls all they need to be able to sing along after just one listen… and I guess all I need to as well. I like Track 3: Style and Track 9: Wildest Dreams the most.
I hate that I like this 5/5
low key true
:)
Perfect pop album, it's just great. And to anyone thinking that the lyrics might be bland, I really recommend the Miss Americana documentation on Netflix, where many songs, e.g. Clean, reveal a hidden and much deeper meaning. 5/5
After many years of being dismissive of pop music, this was the album mostly responsible for changing my mind. A great pop album is relatively rare but hard to beat for repeat listenability and sheer joy. I love the catchy songwriting, the tragi-uplifting moods, the retro-saturated music, and Taylor's voice which has moved fully (at least temporarily) from country starlet into pop industry force of nature. I have two small complaints: 1) the damage of the "loudness war" is noticeable on some tracks, where there isn't enough dynamic range to let the different elements sit comfortably; 2) on "Shake it Off", the bit where she says "THIS SICK BEAT" is cheesy as fuck. Otherwise, this is perfection from start to finish. Can't wait to hear the re-recorded version assuming it is still on the way. (Also if you've managed to read this far, check out Ryan Adams's cover of this whole album, which is a worthwhile listen.) 5*
I love this album❤️ Blank Space, Style, Out Of The Woods is a crazy three track run. I dont know why she didnt put Wonderland on the standard version but oh well.. probably my third favorite Taylor album ever, I think. 1989 IS THE POP BIBLE.
New believer over here. Swift can craft one helluva pop song and deliver it with crystal clarity, lyrical concreteness and a good dose of fun. I have no concept of Taylor Swift as a public persona, and neither am I at all interested in that. But her songs ring with melodic flawlessness and, to quote Jake Peralta, she makes you feel things
Well hell, boys. Haters gonna hate but damn the girl can write. Sure it's all heartbreaker/breakup/broken heart songs but there's not a stinker on here. Every song slaps. Every. Single. Song. Slaps. And that's something to celebrate. How many albums can that be said about? Not too damn many.
pop perfection. literal pop perfection. every single song is amazing. one of taylor’s best albums and one of the best albums of all time.
This is one of the best pop albums of all time. It reminds me of driving to high school in my friends car. Good times. This record has an obnoxious amount of hits. Blank space, style, shake it off, bad blood, and wildest dreams were all HUGE. Welcome to New York is a fantastic opener. Clean is a chill ass closing track. I know places might be my favorite song on here right now. Taylor's best 9/10
I was resistant to Taylor Swift for quite some time. She felt like the next Britney or Aguilera. She'll make a few good songs then disappear. I did not realize she was the next Madonna/Micheal Jackson. She continues to put out the best pop of the last 20 years. This particular album produced 7 singles. 4 of which are still radio staples. Super good.
Shits a banger, gotta give it to her
The best pop album of the 2010s. While not influential musically like Thriller was to the 80s or Lorde or Lana Del Ray were in the same decade, it led to countless singles and making TS an pop star for all audiences, not only teen girls. Super well produced, great run time, a soundtrack for a decade, and will stand the test of time.
This is the Taylor Swift album you've been looking for. Less strummy folk, more polished bubblegum pop, and "Shake It Off" has to be her best song. I do still wonder how Taylor's had her heart broken so many times without dying though.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAÁ literally mother
YASS
ставлю пятеру тэйлор, потому что рил кайфик, альбом сладкий, как чупачупс с жвачкой
I like it...I'm old now
I tried not buying in to the Taylor Swift hype, but this was a banger
lindo perfeito maravilhoso
okay - pretty great album
Almost every song is a coming of age tale and a scene from a light romantic comedy - love songs for the early 20s, care free yet surprisingly lucid - this album is well crafted, well written, restrained yet pumping throughout - stylishly and well produced. It’s also paced just right - and I enjoyed every minute of it. Never thought in my life I’d give a Taylor Swift album 5 stars but here we are.
Hay que aceptar el pop cuando es pop bueno y este es del mejor que hay. Taylor Swift (al menos en esta etapa) es tremendamente buena y si eso fuera poco tiene la mano de los suecos Max Martin y Shellback que lo que tocan lo hacen oro pop. Su voz es linda y bien cuidada, sus letras y tonadas tienen esos momentos pegajosos que se te quedan el día completo, totalmente relatable para su público (obviamente no para nosotros rayando los 40, pero sí para escuinclas de su edad para abajo) y con momentos altos y bajos para llenar todos los apetitos. Al César lo que es del César.
I mean… what do you want me to say? Just absolute pop heaters. Not my favorite version of Taylor, but to say that this album doesn’t pop off would be a lie. Wanted to give a 4 but think that’d be unfair.
Taylor’s music isn't always to my taste. But damn, this album is filled with bangers. There’s some filler that doesn’t get playtime and I was less familiar with, but the singles are good enough to carry the album. She’s extremely talented, and I’m glad she made it on the list in subsequent editions. 8/10 Most Excellent
Taylor Swift is a master of big hooks and earworms and her songs connect with her audience.
We all know it. It's a perfect pop album. I listened to it critically this time and it's still a great pop album. Slightly tales of in the mid so it doesn't get 5. But still a classic
I’m not a Swifty, but I get it. This is world class pop and Swift’s billionaire status proves it. I’ve heard these songs in dance parties, grocery stores, poolside…, any occasion suits them.
Taylor Swift describes a world I have never lived in. It's female sexual empowerment veiled through a monogamous lens which is honestly my biggest issue with the album. Taylor seems to want to celebrate women's sexual autonomy (great!) but still frame it in a way implying you're supposed to be in a relationship to enjoy it (why?). This album will either age extremely well or bad, but I'm not sure which way it will. There is a little bit too much of disdain for the men Swift pines for on the album, which comes out as a bit narcissistic, though I see it more as a defense mechanism than a genuine hatred. Either way, it's a time capsule into that cultural time a smidge before the Me Too movement. Shake It Off is a banger.
I admit I wasn't expecting this even if 1989's inclusion makes all the sense in the world since I've never been a serious Swiftie, but I enjoyed her singles. I don't have anything against her personally either, from what I've seen she always gives kudos to artists that deserve it and to her fans, ravenous as they are. The biggest gripe I have with her is bringing Paramore with her on the Eras tour and effectively pricing me out of seeing them live. Anyway, 1989 is a fine album, even a good album. I definitely enjoyed the singles I already knew (Blank Space, Shake it Off), and even found some new songs I enjoyed (All You Had To Do Was Stay, How You Get the Girl). The lyrics are broad and generic sappy love tales and Taylor really won't go down as one of the best singers ever as I'm sorry to say, but this album has energy and charisma the whole way through, which is something I really have to give props for.
No regrets, this was enjoyable. Not my favourite Taylor Swift album and kind of signifies a fall into more poppy stuff.
3/5, clearly im not the target audience
Honestly these are perfectly crafted pop songs. The mega hits still sound mostly fresh, even after hearing them too many times. And the non-hits were just as good. I especially enjoyed Out Of The Woods I can see why she is the icon that she is
The wiki entry for album mentions that this record is supposed to channel the pop synth sounds of the 80s. I don't hear any of that, this is all 2010s pop. This is the quintessential pop sound of the 2010s, built from the Swedish masterminds of the maximum pop sound. Taylor Swift is one of the biggest names in music in the last decade and a half, and this album shows why. The music is bright, loud, and easily accessible.
This album is terrific. The hits are outstanding, fun dance music, and heavy well utilized beats and lyrics. This is just a really good album.
I’m not usually a big Taylor Swift fan but this thing is an absolute hit parade. Beyond its 4 or 5 massive hits, most songs are still hugely recognisable, likely from this record’s complete dominance of the charts and for good reason. Probably Swift’s most consistent album with no real misses and one most could easily enjoy.
Goddamn it. I liked this.
Guys I liked it…
T swift can drop some heat (or at least she used it be able to before she started dating that FREAK from kansas city) But I do like this album a bit and it has so long of the t swift songs I would choose to listen to (blank space, style, shake it off, bad blood, wildest dreams, how you get the girl)
I fucking love this album I'm so sorry. It's really good. Without all the deluxe songs it's just a really tight well-crafted pop album with a lot of bangers, a lot of cringe of course, but an overall amazing vibe. I can't bring myself to give it a 5 so this will do.
Remember when Taylor Swift was making fun pop music and wasn't just phoning it in?
Welcome to New York is a top 5 pop song of all time.
Y'all, it's good. Four flat.
Probably my favorite Taylor Swift album? I like Style and Out of the Woods
Max Martin at it again.
This is Tay Sway's peak. "Shake It Off" is a millennial anthem. "Style" is my favorite from the album. There's some songs I don't like very much but you can easily understand the album's popularity. I could be wrong in my perception of it but this seems to me to be the last time she actually put herself out there as a /singer/. Her singing is a lot softer, a lot less bold, a lot less specific, and she very rarely belts on her later albums the way she used to. Stylistically there's nothing wrong with this. But her artistry seems to me to have become more about "I'm a huge star" than it is about "I'm an impressive singer," to the point where it would be almost startling to hear her do a vocal run today like she does in the lead in to the chorus after the bridge in "Shake It Off." (I have not listened to The Life of a Showgirl so I could be startled!) I'll end with my thoughts on "Wildest Dreams." "Say you'll remember me" is absolutely crushing. The sentiment that she hopes she's remembered by a former love is devastating and relatable. And immediately undermined by the next line and the rest of the chorus, where you realize that she wants him to remember her as hot and perfect and wants to be the star of his wildest dreams. It's so much more profound to admit and exclaim a fear of lost love, a fear you won't be remembered, than it is to dare an ex to realize they messed up by letting you go. And there's a good set of lyrics that can come out of the woman scorned story! Many great songs have come from that. Here, she disguises that desire within a line that evokes the more powerful, vulnerable sentiment of fear and love. For a moment, I hear that pain in the way she sings "Say you'll remember me." And for a moment, I could cry about it. And then it's gone. And that's the real tragedy.
Listening to this album makes me turn it over in my head a lot. I can hear the lyrics crisply, which is a distinct experience from most albums. I can hear several strains of familiar types of music in this album. I find traces of CCM in most of the tracks here, and my knee jerk reaction to label and dismiss this style is worth interrogating. Because this album challenges and engages me and also because it has familiar elements that are familiar to me from listening to popular music albums (as opposed to jazz and funk elements that are familiar to me from other genres) I am rating this album positively. It is Important to me in that way, yet by the end of the project I hope it’s no longer so conspicuous a bridge into the realm of popular music for me.
Ah, the album that changed pop music (semi-joking). I think it’s notable that it sits at this sound intersection of Taylor shifting to pop fully, with the experienced Max Martin and the fresh Jack Antonoff, which allows it to take in a whole bunch of other contemporary pop sounds (you would be hard pressed to not hear at least Robyn and Lana Del Rey merged in here, at minimum) and compress them into a new strain of hooky but writerly synth-pop sound that feels so distinctly Taylor in its own right (and is so big that many artists still owe something to being in its wake). But the key thing is that on this album at least, that strain works pretty much song after song, beat for beat and self-reflection bar for bar. The singles obviously stand as highlights (five singles certainly helps it highlight a lot) but also most of these could have been singles still for how bankably good they are. It’s not making it into my pop pantheon because I think it lacks that extra unique Thing and the lyrical sentiments and the written character of Taylor Swift don’t click for me like that, but revisiting has been a nice reminder that, yes, there was a good reason why I paid to listen to this and didn’t complain about it.
Svært at sætte en finger på den Max Martin produktion. Bad Blood er et lortenummer I will die on this hill, men udover den er det her album proppet med hooks
Banger parade! One of her best albums!
Incredible talent, catchy hooks x100
Gud
The world would be 10% better if everyone (snob-sogynists and swifties alike) agreed that Taylor’s music is immaculate pop (and nothing deeper)
my personal opinion of taylor swift has absolutely tanked over the years but i’d be lying to myself and others if i denied how perfect of a pop album this is
I recognized more of these songs than I expected to.
Some of these songs hold up beautifully, some don’t.
I don't seek Taylor out yet I knew a good chunk of this album. I think that speaks volumes. The only thing keeping it from a 5 for me is the lack of variety in the lyrics.
It’s a good, solid pop album. 4/5
So much pop perfection on here but 1) the deluxe edition is so much more full feeling and 2) "This Love" is on here too? Why. 4.5
Very earwormy and synthetic. I know thats what they were going for and they nailed it. Not my taste but the producers did exactly what the marketing engine told them
I’m not going to wade into the quagmire of the rating section on this one. Listen, pop isn’t for everyone. It’s not really even for me. But, if you take your own bias and particular taste out of it, you really have to admit this is an excellent pop album. It’s one of those cases where the album is better than my enjoyment of it. I’m not going to pretend there isn’t a small army of people writing and producing this album to make it completely optimized to slowly erode any edge this album might have had, but that’s what the genre is. It’s like saying I don’t like Dr Dre’s the Chronic on principle because all the beats came off a computer. Sorry that’s the genre.
Not a really Taylor fan but I cannot deny that this album has a ton of hits.
Another pop-y Taylor Swift album. Some really good hits and overall kept me interested.
Catchy, easy to listen to, some great hits but I feel like a good chunk of the songs are unnecessary filler.
Not my favourite Taylor Swift album, but this is still a great album.
Taylor swift is her own person and doesn’t care what others think about her. She seems to take care of the people around her. Her music is not for me but it’s since it’s geared to a younger audience.
I’m just a girl
She showed me incredible things
Very solid album. 5 stars if it would have had the Kendrick remix of Bad Blood
Skipping ahead to this one. Lower on my T-Swift rankings but I can't deny it's got more juice than not.
meh. its good but its 1989
This is my first Taylor Swift album. She is indeed the queen of pop - it’s remarkable how professional and assured these tracks are, when she was just 25. It’s clear why so many millions of young girls are besotted. But, the single topic of relationships - yearning for, happy, lost - grows wearisome. You long for the girl to grow up.
Fun
I don’t need to consider where this fits into pop culture, or Swift’s style development, or whether or not it borrows 80s production too much. I just need to listen to a quality pop album that, unlike most pop doesn’t seem to have much concept of the word filler and then think to myself “yep, she really has a way with melody”. It’s not just melody either, but I’m not gonna get into it much more because over-analysis is not the way to go. There were moments towards the end of “side one” when i had a minor quibble about a lack of variety, but “side two” delivered on that so, brief problem solved. True, the album would probably benefit from a couple more with the distinctive qualities shown on “Shake It Off” and “Bad Blood”, but it’s nitpicking. Not the finest pop record ever, but it gets a lot right.
El disco que la consagró como una artista. Éxito de crítica y públicó. Canciones como Blank Space o Shake it off, fueron y son temas que se han quedado en la memoria colectiva. Buenas melodías, buena producción con ciertos toque ochenteros pero sobre todo un conjunto que funciona perfectamente. No es Lana del Rey, ni Charlie XCX, es otra cosa, pero igualmente buena. ¿Su mejor disco? A revisar la versión íntegra del disco que hizo Ryan Adams.
I have not been living under a rock for fifteen years, meaning I'm already completely sick to death of these songs. Shake It Off has gotta be the song of the year however. She's got some pipes, hope she does well.
1989 by Taylor Swift is far better than I ever expected. It’s a proper pop masterclass. Not the kind of album I’d usually reach for, but I have to admit it’s a really enjoyable listen. There’s just hit after hit on here. Welcome to New York takes me straight back to one of my favourite places and some great trips, and I Know Places is another strong track. Lyrically, Swift is on point throughout, and the music and production is superb. She is polished. It’s one of those albums where you can see exactly why it’s so big. Even if it’s not my usual style, it’s hard not to respect how good it is. Favourite tracks: Style and Blank Space are both great songs. Least favourite tracks: Every track is a strong pop song, nothing feels out of place. Album artwork: Classic Swift cover.
I'm not sure I'd even call Swift a guilty pleasure, hard not to love her music!
It's cute, not what I usually listen to (except for the tracks played on the radio all the time) but I enjoy it
Very good quality pop, but frustratingly predictable and unchallenging. I guess that’s kind of the point though if you want to be a global megastar
As a guy who grew up in 80s metal and punk, I can't lie. This album is a lot more fun than I expected.
I really like Taylor Swift but this is not my fav record of hers. A solid album though.
A fun album that moves from happy, uptempo tracks to quiet laments, all accompanied by sharp and hilarious lyrics.
I'm sort of surprised to see this rated as high as it is on this site. I assumed that the majority of people doing this project were male and 35+ years old. I obviously have no basis for that, I just figured. And we are not exactly the target audience for this record. Or any of her records. Having said that, I have a weird soft spot for her music after she switched from country. I don't know what it is about it because it's most of the things that I hate about contemporary music - massive production, real instruments (few if any) overshadowed by programmed beats and synths, sappy lyrics. But damn if I don't love most of it. I can't explain why, maybe I'm sentimental in a cheesy nostalgic way. And regardless of your musical taste you can't deny her impact on the music industry over the past 15 years. Or the fact that she's an amazing performer and has a great voice and writes damn catchy songs. Plus, any woman who can make fragile conservative men so uncomfortable gets my vote. But I digress. This album is the one from her where I actually start to like her music. The previous albums she released are too country for my liking. I'm not big on dance/synth pop either but, like I said, Taylor Swift gets a pass for some reason. And while this isn't one of my favorite albums of hers, I still like it and will play it again for sure. 4/5
PRIMER ÁLBUM QUE YA ESCUCHÉ ANTES. Aunque hoy en día esté conflictuado con Taylor Swift y me oponga a su manera de manejarse en la industria, es imposible negar el impacto que este álbum generó. Sin sesgarme con fanatismos, puedo decir que es un álbum casi perfecto (dentro de su género obviamente), con algunas fallas en los últimos tracks, pero que son únicamente canciones que envejecieron si se tiene en cuenta que ya tiene 12 años de antigüedad. Destaco sobre todo la producción detrás de cada pieza y particularmente en Style.
You can’t go wrong with a Taylor Swift album! I have heard a few of these songs on the radio and my favorites from this album have always been Style, Shake It Off, and Wildest Dreams. I also liked I know Places. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 164/1089
Well, I guess eventually this had to happen given that there's more than a 1000 albums on this list. I don't like this and it's normally what I listen to. But I if have to be fair and ignore my own personal taste this is what I'll say: This is really well produced and well put together pop music. It doesn't pretend that it's not a product ready-made for consumption. But whatever the case, the people responsible for this knew what they were doing. The melodies are contagious and very catchy, it suits her voice well, there's some variation amongst the songs without losing its central theme. The lyrics mean nothing to me, not relatable, but I don't think I'm on the age demographics this was destined to to. This is very far from my type of music but I recognize that for a pop product this is really well made.
Her best work I dont think shake it off fits on this album But the rest all fits together really well Clean is the highlight But style is the best of the hits. Good to great 4
Hell yes
Finally, an artist known for inspiring reasonable opinions among those who love or hate her music. My biggest gripe with Taylor-mania is that her lyrics seem more intent on laying easter eggs for her fans to try and figure out instead of trying to write a good song. Finding your way to the universal from the specific is what great songwriters do but with Taylor the specific usually remains the specific which leads her to a lot of non-sequiturs. That being said, and in fairness to 1989, I think a lot of that comes from her later work as she moves from Taylor Swift the Musician and into Taylor Swift the Media Institution and an American Princess Diana worth more than the GDP of Samoa. The album itself is about as good a pop record as you'll find for the 2010s even if it is slightly overcooked.
i don’t like taylor swifts music but i loveee 1989 and reputation
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я не люблю поп и тейлор но на самом деле это впечетляюще
Fairs fair, this is a banging pop album. I've never intentionally listened to Tailor Swift, yet I knew all the words to more than half the songs - Blank Space, Style, Out of the Woods, Shake it Off, Bad Blood and Wildest Dreams are some of the biggest songs of the 10's and I never realised they were all on one album. I also got a lot out of the other 'non-megahit' songs including the final four tracks. Doubt i'll ever listen to it again but definitely appreciate the work - especially after all her most recent albums boring my tits off. 8/10
There’s a lot of great tunes on this album. Just the right kind of electro tinged pop.
It’s really good
Another banger from Taylor, I liked the tunes, the 80th synth undertones and production. Of this was released in 1989 by Stevie Knicks Davy McPhee would love it but he is not man enough to allow himself to like it now 3.6
I think I may be a Swifty. A few bangers I knew (everyone does) and a bunch of other really good songs. I'm in.
Pop done really well.
Great pop bangers, no notes
Bangers and talent
Taylor Swift is clearly the queen of teeny pop song writing but I gotta say she is a gifted pop writer. It's not an album I will listen to again but there are several catchy tunes in this collection.
Pretty excellent formulaic pop of its time music interesting but not that original.
Album #57 Taylor Swift:1989 I don’t know if I would consider myself a Taylor Swift hater, but I certainly do find her whole cult of personality and fandom to be extremely cringe and off-putting. I’ve never really been inclined to listen to her music, mostly because I don’t really listen to that much contemporary music, and also because I sort of just assume everything that gets played on the radio ad nauseam can’t have come from a decent album. Being a kid in the 2010s, I am well aware of more Taylor Swift songs than I’d care to admit, and due to the pure over-exposure that they had at the time, I certainly didn’t enjoy any of them. So when I got this album, firstly, I was quite dismissive that a Taylor Swift album would make a list like this; yes, it is popular, but this list should really prioritize musical credibility. Then I looked at the track list, and I noticed quite a few songs that would torment me on car rides home; growing up in a house of all women, I quickly became sick of a lot of pop music. Well, it is now 2026, over a decade on from when I first established my opinions on her music, I am now 21 and graduating from university, and it seems as though Taylor Swift did, in fact, bang the whole time. I really didn’t think I held any nostalgia for the era of 2010s pop music, but it turns out that after being removed from it for a while, it actually feels incredibly fresh and fun. Maybe I’m just out of touch, but I feel like there isn’t this type of music being made anymore. There used to be hundreds of pop acts churning out massive, cheesy, catchy bangers to play on the radio. I saw a video about Bruno Mars, another name who I would never associate myself with usually, where they played like ten of his songs that I recognized, and were all kind of bangers; the point of the video was that they were all from the same album, and proved that we are all bigger Bruno Mars fans than we thought we were, and I just had the same realization for Taylor Swift. I don’t think Taylor Swift will have many other projects that hit for me like this one, because frankly, her writing really doesn’t appeal to me. She is a good writer when it comes to making pop music that appeals to young women, but she never really matured from that, and now that she is almost 40, it really doesn’t have the same charm as when she was young. I have always been a fan of 80s music, even the cheesiest of synthpop and new wave I am a sucker for, so her making an album that attempts to replicate the sound of the 80s new romantic era also appeals to me, particularly. It is not very flattering for me to give a Swift album this high of a score, as I like to think I have somewhat decent taste; but the fact is, I can’t lie to what my brain perceives when hearing these songs, non-stop bangers the whole way through. Realistically could rate it higher, but I feel like this is an album that hits in small doses; it is like candy: eat a few, and it is magic; eat a pound, and you are vomiting. Best Songs: Style, Wildest Dreams, Blank Space Worst Song: I Know Places Score out of 10: 8.5
ykw fuck yeah growing up is realizing you're aren't above mainstream white girl pop music. i actually gave this an honest chance and enjoyed it. Probably would've liked it more if I haven't already heard half the songs on here a million times, but whatever. honestly impressive as fuck how many songs on here are hits. will admit tho this album gave me multiple flashbacks to be being terrorized by these songs constantly playing on repeat on the radio when it first came out. looking back these songs are actually very good. def the best taylor album
Look. This is a great album. Ryan Adams seemed to think so too. Helps to have a teenage daughter perhaps.
Son of a bitch… I wanted to hate this. I really wanted to hate this. But damn it, its so catchy. Almost every song is easy to listen to. Flows nicely between songs and isn’t too long. Standout Songs: Blank Space Style All You Had To Do Was Stay I Wish You Would Wildest Dreams How You Get The Girl This Love I Know Places *Note: Out Of The Woods is a good song, but the chorus is very repetitive, so it didn't make my list
Before starting this project I would’ve never given this a fair chance. I was slightly snobby about pop music. Luckily my mindset has changed cause this was a really fun listen
What an elite pop album. Some all time bangers here let down by the end of the album
i cant deny this isnt a solid album of hits that people love (even if i am not one of them)
Good bops, also some sleeper songs. Solid album but a few skips.
This album grew on me over time. Clean is one of the best songs ever, sorry
Surprisingly good album, got a few bangers in it. 7/10 - 4/5
Somehow there are songs on this album that I have managed to have not heard before. It’s what you would expect from a Taylor album. High quality production, mid lyrical content, pop music. Very few songs I would intentionally listen to, a couple more songs I wouldn’t skip if they came on. It’s tough to rate this one, personally I don’t like pop music but objectively it’s a well made album.
Det var faktisk fengande. Er eg på veg til å bli ein Swiftie?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hookigt och engagerande. Även om låtarna ofta handlar om knakande relationer är det konsekvent upplyftande. Här finns inget kvar av countryartisten Taylor, utan här är det elektroniskt kryddade poplåtar. Fullt av "radiohits" som faktiskt är bra. Lever upp till hajpen.
You know what, I like this album. I will listen again and add more details.
Figured I'd hate this, even disconnected my spotify from my discord so noone could see me listen to it, by the fourth song I realized I was actually liking a Taylor Swift album. Favourite songs: Blank Space, Out of the Woods, Wildest Dreams
I have to give it a strong score. I wish I could give it a 4.5/5. It was just too influential. Also every track was legitimately good, so the album is strong as a whole.
banger after banger after banger from taylore: "the pop bible. no skips. and not even her best." shoutout
As far as I know, this is the first time I have ever listened to a T-Swift album all the way through. They have been played for me before on long car rides but I definitely zoned out (sorry Depp). I really enjoyed it overall! Not a huge fan of her music in general, but this one has so many hits for a reason, even though a few tracks didn't hit quite as hard. 4-4.5
Nostalgia always makes me a bit wistful for this album, but relistening is never quite the same as it was in college. This listen-through really highlighted how dated some of the production is becoming, like it’s stamped by the mid-2010s. Incredibly infectious, though, I’ve been singing the choruses all day.
I become more of a Taylor Swift hater by the day but it’s got little to do with her music and more to do with the fact that she seeks to consume the world in a monoculture à la the orange goo from End of Evangelion. 1989 is, however, truly one of the great pop albums of the 21st century.
Oops! All bangers.
i mean there were only four good songs so one star for each
As a mid-50’s, married-with-no-children, male, I’m not Taylor Swift’s target demographic. Still, it’s obvious that this is more than Bubble Gum pop and that Swift is an excellent performer. This is a 3.5. Not sure I’ll ever spin it myself, but am glad I heard this refreshingly creative straight pop album. A 4.
Some hits, much love to T Swift
The best of the Taytay albums for me. Pop perfection
--Welcome to New York...it's a bop. like the synths --Blank Space...see above --Style...another strong track but the beats and choruses are already starting to meld together. hope she mixes it up soon --Out of the Woods...this one is different but it's boring. lyrics are a little labored --All You Had to Do Was Stay...a booty shaker. reminiscent of the first three tracks --Shake It Off...we got a new beat and it's a fun time. I could do without the rapping --I Wish You Would...we back to the beat and synth well. it's still good --Bad Blood...not a fan of this one. don't buy the attitude at all --Wildest Dreams...treacly --How You Get the Girl...serviceable pop --This Love...meh --I Know Places...another good song but the album's getting long and this doesn't reach the heights of the opening tracks --Clean...okay time to wrap it up
Fun pop! I could do without the overpowering keyboard and arena sound. But her songwriting and the hooks manage to shine through.
Worryingly listenable!
Taylor’s version of the two ghosts.
this has many bops and just a few flops ( looking at you shake it off)
Ganske bra, masse pop-bangers! Ville nok valgt ut Red som favoritt i stedet men.. Litt synd det hun driver med nå for tiden er så kjederlig.
Objectively impressive. Taylor can write a hook that others dream about, it’s that simple. Of course it’s naive, cliche, and a little silly. That’s the point. This album has hits.
I do think I kind of get it. This one more than the other Taylor Swift thats come up in this project. It's like candy pop but with some emotion. I'm not sure I'd want to listen to it more than once but if you're looking for something catchy and fun that feels a bit more mature than other basic pop, this could be for you.
With "1989", Taylor Swift completes a definitive pivot into pop. The album is full of programmed electronic rhythms and synth-pop textures, trading her country roots for a radio-friendly sheen. While the shift to digital instrumentation is absolute, the record remains grounded by a relentless commitment to infectious hooks. Throughout the track listing, Swift demonstrates an uncanny knack for crafting melodies that linger. She has a particular gift for the "momentary elevation" - those instances where a transcendent chorus rescues a standard pop song and transforms it into something better. Her mastery of dynamics is on full display here, as she builds tension in the verses before releasing it in euphoric payoffs. This is best heard on tracks like "Out of the Woods," "All You Had To Do Was Stay," and "How You Get The Girl." The sonic environment is unapologetically synthetic. From the opening notes of "Welcome to New York," the vocals are shimmering and heavily processed. Paired with exclusively programmed percussion, the album feels meticulously curated. Rather than a flaw, this processing suits the material perfectly. Even when the tempo drops for the album’s sole out-and-out ballad, "This Love", Swift refuses to abandon the formula. The song is anchored by a characteristically catchy chorus, preventing it from feeling adrift among its high-energy neighbours. Stand-out moments include: "Blank Space", "Shake It Off" , and "Wildest Dreams" - a atmospheric highlight that echoes the moody, sultry tones of Lana Del Rey. At its core, 1989 is a vibrant, accessible, and infectious pop record. It is the kind of album that is simply hard to dislike, even for the most cynical or curmudgeonly listener. Four stars. 1 "Welcome to New York" (4/5) 2 "Blank Space" (5/5) 3 "Style" (4/5) 4 "Out of the Woods" (3/5) 5 "All You Had to Do Was Stay" (3/5) 6 "Shake It Off" (5/5) 7 "I Wish You Would" (4/5) 8 "Bad Blood" (3/5) 9 "Wildest Dreams" (5/5) 10 "How You Get the Girl" (3/5) 11 "This Love" (4/5) 12 "I Know Places" (3/5) 13 "Clean" (4/5) Total - 50 Average - 3.85 193/1001 106/193 albums reviewed were new to me.
Traços sutis e cintilantes de sintetizadores forçando uma faux-nostalgia oitentista em uma faixa ou outra, especialmente na faixa inicial. De resto, há aquela produção típica e característica da década de 2010 (ahhh as cornetinhas de Shake It Off… eu poderia matar Jack Antonoff com minhas próprias mãos), onipresente no pop e rap igualmente. É um estilo de produção completamente imaculado, com uma precisão quase que cirúrgica. Sintética, vazia, manjada. (Sabe aquela cena que o Lula Molusco vai pro futuro e tudo é cromado?). Mas uma coisa nunca falta em 1989: Refrões magnânimos, memoráveis, brilhantemente compostos. É fácil odiar Taylor Swift. Muito fácil. O ódio emana de diversos poros, mas não desse disco. Não da pra odiar esse álbum. Há uma equivalência entre o quão fácil é odiar a Taylor e o quão fácil é amar ela a partir de produções como 1989. Quer dizer, após ouvir esse álbum inteiro, fica até que óbvio o super estrelato da cantora. Sabe aquele papinho de separar a arte do artista? Ele não se aplica apenas para pedófilos e nazistas, mas para a chatinha do momento também. É um álbum básico, pedestre, não muito imaginativo. E daí? Virado a paulista é um prato básico e nem por isso deixa de ser delicioso. A mulher tem o toque, e não desperdiça sequer uma ponte ou um pós-refrão… É tudo invejavelmente bom. Sou um esnobe inámavel? Sim! Tenho rugas de tanto que torço o nariz. Mas uma coisa que minhas aventuras musicais me ensinaram é apreciar e valorizar dotes melódicos e harmônicos, como o dela. E uma ótima voz, também. Não me alistei no exército Swiftie nem nada, mas 1989 é um ótimo álbum Pop. Faz o que tem que fazer. Prestativo. Agradável! Mas básico. Resume bem a Taylor, não? 4/5
Solid album. Favorite songs: Style, Bad Blood
Lots of classics here. Remember these very well
Hard to debate the talent here. And overall, a nice album with lots of different styles and rhythms.
J’ai écouté Félix et j’ai mis Taylor’s version. Sais pas si ça a changé quelque chose. C’est d’la bonne pop mais je pense pas que je deviendrai fan comme Félix peut l’être. Les single c’est quand même du gros jus.
Pleasantly surprised that the scores are as high as they are to be honest. Yes, there's a lot of 1-star hate here because of who she is or because it's pop and she's the biggest artist in the world. If I had one (small) criticism, it's that it's too clean, too produced but this is exactly what pop should be. Great writing, great tunes, great voice.
It’s a classic pop album for a reason. This is my first time listening to an album other than Folklore in full and it lived up to the hype. A track I really enjoyed was Wildest Dreams. It was a banger and the guitar tone in Style is very catchy. I enjoyed the 2 ending tracks in particular as I know places and Clean have lovely lyricism and production behind it. Looking forward to the next album to review!- GEMV (10.12.2025)
4/5
The hits are undeniable. 3.5 rounded up.
As far as essential pop albums go, this probably should be near the top of the list. I know people will make up their minds about this based on their opinions of Taylor Swift, and that’s a disservice either way. Whatever you come into this album expecting is probably what you’ll find. The album title is a reference to Taylor’s birth year, but also the musical era she was taking inspiration from. 80s music was having a moment in the 2010s, kickstarted in part by the Vaporwave heavy soundtrack to the movie Drive (2011). The opening track of 1989, “Welcome To New York” is heavy with vaporwave style synth and sets that 80s tone for the album. In fact, there are a lot of keyboard forward tracks here, which is a striking departure for an artist who had previously been known for writing her music on guitar. This album relaunched Taylor as a pop artist. It’s pretty close to being a “no skip” album, but not because I think all the songs are bangers. Instead, I think they’re mostly perfectly fine pop songs (“All You Had To Do Way Stay” stood out as a track that I could live without). I had to listen back to the non-singles a few times just to remind myself what they sounded like. This is a very good album, and I can’t fault anyone who says it’s their favorite TS record. I’m gonna hold back my rating a little bit as I think Reputation may actually represent Taylor’s peak career-to-date pop songwriting (even if it’s more hit-or-miss).
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AHHHHH ONE OF HER BEST WORKS!! i'm sorry taylor, i had to listen to the orginal but the TS version.... this album is just so cute ahh! and had wonderful lines that quotable, i remembered when this came out and it shocked everyone cause of the genre shift but i think she fits pop pretty nicely! my only qualm is bad blood still sucks LMAO
The first Taylor album I ever actually liked! Ah, summers on Cape Cod. Gotta love those Starbucks lovers.
Very good
Its taylor swift its not bad
I mean, it's really catchy.
Honestly the was really good, didn’t expect that from it but like it was kinda amazing. 4 stars
Simple songs produced to all hell. Catchy as fuck.
7/10
A really good pop record with a couple of fantastic tracks, and a couple of absolute stinkers (Shake it Off and Bad Blood, clearly). Can't deny she smashed this career pivot. 4 Stars.
This is the first time I’ve ever sat down and actually listened to a Taylor Swift album, and honestly, it's much better than I expected. This is just straight-up, well-crafted pop music. It’s fun, catchy, polished, and the hits hit for a reason. If I graded purely on execution, it’s a 5/5. But since this isn’t really my type of music, it lands just shy of that. Still… respect. This is a pop album done right.
ogólnie bardzo znany album przez bardzo znaną autorkę, pomimo osobistej niechęci do niej, niektóre piosenki są bardzo nostalgiczne więc chcąc czy jej chcą nie chcąc bawiłam się bardzo dobrze
Some of the best from T-Swizzle. Hit after hit on this album. Not my favorite album of hers - I much prefer some of her later ones, but this album has so many great songs that it would be a disservice to give it less than a 4
"Blank Space" is an all-time great song and was my "crossover" TS song where I went from being aware of her to being a fan. Love this album!!
It's fun, it's poppy, but doesn't land in my pantheon of great albums. Maybe in a decade or two when the over exposure has waned.
Decent pop
A fun album
Several songs I know and really liked (Blank Space, Bad Blood, Shake It Off). Discovered songs I didn’t know (Wildest Dreams, This Love, I Know Places, Clean). Upbeat, easy, boppy pop. But also, slower, more melancholic tunes as well.
i mean yeah thats her i think i enjoy it but no so a big fan of her but if its that album then its her best one
Great album lots of big hits! This was the album that made me think she wasn't a total lame person and she had some talent!
I've never gone out of my way to listen to Taylor Swift before. I'm aware of her popularity and brand (who isn't?), but I've never taken the time to sit down and listen to an album. While this music is definitely not to my taste, I can see why she is so popular.
Pure pop. I like the '80s synth and wished they had done a little more with it. I don't hate the vocals and not sure why the critics did. Processed sure but it works. Great producers help. I can't hate this. I'm a bit over the age range to truly enjoy it, but I hear why girls love her the world over.
fun album but i refuse to listen to tswift in 2025. get a GRIP YALL
I always thought it was Red, but this might be her peak
Man this is a tough one. I have listened to Ryan Adam's cover of this album more times than I am comfortable saying. Hearing these (well Taylor's version) songs fresh gave a new prospective. Best of all time, maybe not. But game recognized game. Great song writing. Great production.
Peak TS and an almost perfect pop album — there’s not a bad song on it.
Well. I guess is her best album (I cannot confirm that now), but it felt loooong. I like her, she was a good singer for my teen self. I like what she does now. However, I am no passionate about her. But that is not the point. The point is that this is pop. Heavy, rough, pure pop. I liked it. But it was a bit much. I don't know wether having listened to some of the songs so many times everywhere makes an impact. Anyway. Yeah. (Why did it feel sometimes like this album birthed k-pop?)
one of taylors better albums. This sound fits her extremely well and this album was also unironically the birth of MANY many many bangers. new romantics is also the greatest thing shes ever recorded. admittely not the biggest on ms swift myself but i think this album is pleasant.