Taylor Swift

[Silent Alarm]

Why are people angry she's using synths? I always found this fascination and defensiveness about her country origins to be bizarre. She has been a bonafide pop star for like five years. Red is basically a pop album despite it having a lot more 'normal' instrumentation but the fact is it makes no sense for her to do anything but out and out pop.

I do hope she one day makes a good alt-country album though, ala Miley Cyrus' new album. Such a shame that thing flopped and all publicity is being shut down. Younger Now and Malibu have a great sound and are pretty fresh for pop and her ability to weave in melancholy is amazing. It's a pity her eras are really good in terms of dedication to image (haircuts, clothes, colour palettes) and a great lead single that embodies it and then... the album just sucks. She has potential. Baby Talk is still up there for me.

 

[JG22]

ready for it over any of the other new ones

 

[JackNah_8]

I don't think she's releasing any new singles until the new album is out

 

[Cleavy]

I don't think she's releasing any new singles until the new album is out

that's not surprising, given it's out in just 4 MORE DAYS. Still no track listing yet.

 

[Cleavy]

 

[JackNah_8]

Interesting track list and a duet with Ed Sheeran

Also her album won't be available on streaming services for a week

https://www.hit.com.au/scoopla/musi...aming-services-for-a-week-and-i-m-bowing-down

 

[Silent Alarm]

* I hate Ed Sheeran, little goblin who just hangs around hot chicks. He's the pudgy, short ginger who is like the school kid who thinks being friends with all the girls is the way to sleeping with some of them.

 

[JackNah_8]

lol great way to describe Ed Sheeran. I can't stand him and his music, overrated.

Who is Future?

 

[Cleavy]

lol great way to describe Ed Sheeran. I can't stand him and his music, overrated.

Who is Future?

apparently a rapper

 

[Forward Press]

I admit at laughing at 'This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things'.

 

[Cleavy]

it appears that Volume 1 of the Deluxe Edition is no longer listed on the JB Hifi site for pre-order. might just be a temporary fault? (vol 2 is better anyway)

 

[JackNah_8]

Just noticed that Taylor Swift is listed as the solo executive producer? Is this the first time for her, usually she's the co-producer?

 

[Forward Press]

Just noticed that Taylor Swift is listed as the solo executive producer? Is this the first time for her, usually she's the co-producer?

I think so, either way it might be just a title, I am pretty sure Max Martin, Johan Shellback and Jack Antonoff had heavy involvement in this one. They are pop gurus, rightly or wrongly.

 

[Deep]

apparently a rapper

He was a nobody between 2010-2013 and still is one now but came out of his shell a bit in 2014. Think he has 2 good songs and they're atleast 5 years old now.

Anyway new Tay ain't good Tay. Hasn't had a good hit since Trouble

 

[DIG]

Anyway new Tay ain't good Tay. Hasn't had a good hit since Trouble

Those new songs she put out so far just sound like a thousand other overproduced female pop artists these days.

 

[peternorth]

**** I hate Ed Sheeran, little goblin who just hangs around hot chicks. He's the pudgy, short ginger who is like the school kid who thinks being friends with all the girls is the way to sleeping with some of them.

lol

not sure if this is relevant

 

[Forward Press]

A really solid album in the first listen through. I like this new Taylor so far, someone on Reddit called it 1989's sexier older sister. I wonder what repeat listens will do...

I admit at laughing at 'This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things'.

Turns out to be such a vindictive song, the lyrics and bridge especially are great. I like snarky Taylor.

 

[Xtreme]

I don't think she's releasing any new singles until the new album is out

At the rate she's released them thus far I thought the album is a turkey and she wants to get it over and done with to move on to the next.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I don't wanna buy it so I'll wait a week, pretty much looking forward to it but it's becoming obvious 1989 was her amazing zeitgeist album. And who cares? It was great.

 

[JackNah_8]

Album reviews are all positive.

http://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry...-reviews-positive_uk_5a05878fe4b0e37d2f36f480

Here's a review of each track

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-kanye/?sw_bypass=true&utm_term=.fa0dcb30bb1a

 

[Forward Press]

I don't wanna buy it so I'll wait a week, pretty much looking forward to it but it's becoming obvious 1989 was her amazing zeitgeist album. And who cares? It was great.

It was always going to be difficult to follow on from 1989. Lyrically deeper than 1989 imo and more meaningful but nowhere near as catchy.

We'll see how well it does commercially in the next few months...

 

[Cleavy]

I don't wanna buy it so I'll wait a week, pretty much looking forward to it but it's becoming obvious 1989 was her amazing zeitgeist album. And who cares? It was great.

JB Hifi has a 20% off cds sale today and tomorrow.

 

[Silent Alarm]

So I'll save like 4 bucks? Pretty sure they were charging 30 weren't they? Insane. If I'm going to spend 20 bucks on music it'll be a vinyl for a band who'd notice it. I give her enough for $150 tour ticket prices.

 

[Cleavy]

So I'll save like 4 bucks? Pretty sure they were charging 30 weren't they? Insane. If I'm going to spend 20 bucks on music it'll be a vinyl for a band who'd notice it. I give her enough for $150 tour ticket prices.

$22 when I bought yesterday at JB. ($40 for the deluxe version with the magazine that I couldn't find/was sold out.) I think it's $20 at Target.

 

[Cruyff14]

Can't preview the tracks on Amazon which is annoying, and stuff is limited on YT.

I like the song with Ed Sheeran, Call It What You Want is good too.

New Year's Day is fantastic - well the version I heard, anyway. Simple music, good lyrics.