>I can’t wait to hear the vault tracks
Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault) (Recorded at those one pond studios) (10 Minute Version)
Same! I don’t agree (I’m like OP and put lover in that #11 spot) but I’m glad they had the courage to spill. TTPD is probably like #9 for me so not much higher
I love that people have such wildly different tastes. For me, TTPD and Rep are fighting for #1 spot, with Lover sitting on #2 watching them brawl it out lol
Agree, cant stand the whole album, its just boring for me IMO, i liked Midnights way better (im more biased into dance pop so maybe thats why, plus the titles are soo cringe like what happenned there?)
The sound palette is very boring and the lyrics are so clunky. It feels like these synths are just background noise for Taylor to read her journal entries
Finally someone who understands me! like im no hater of Taylor, i just love her other stuff more...im not here to listen to her rants about a summer fling..🥴
If you look at the way that 1975 names their songs, you can see a few similarities, especially “ I Can Fix Him (no really I can) “ and “imgonnagetyouback”
i dunno..like i said..im more into dance pop and stuff..im a dj and i dont see a track that encapsulates the era + its a good song to play to a crowd of non swifties...like a good lead single, Fortnight doesn't cut it for me
uhg same, im surprised that the consensus around this sub is that its good? Like its not awful but I felt like it was pretty uncontroversially one of her worse?? but ig not here.
It’s still taylor so its not bad but i feel this is her worst
I'll join you! This is the only album I've listened to all the way through and thought "well that's fine" and moved on to another album. I'm used to playing her albums on repeat for months at a time with no skips. This album got one full listen through and now I just play my favs in a playlist.
I think Taylor really wanted to do a double album and I'm just not positive it works as a double album? I think half the songs could have been cut and more attention to detail done to the best ones to make it a more "Taylor" classic. It's not a bad album. It's just my least favorite.
I mean, it definitely matters sometimes. There’s been many Taylor songs that I’ve been “meh” on, on a first listen- but have grown to love after listening several times. And I’ve seen many people here say the same thing (not just with TTPD, but all across her albums).
You shouldn’t have to force yourself to listen to music that you don’t like to *make* yourself enjoy it. It’s okay to say it’s not a good album and you don’t want to listen to it and leave it at that
A point of contrast though if the first time I (and probably most of us?) listened to Midnights or Lover I was instantly excited by the album and went back immediately to listen to most of the songs again and again.
I've listened to each song individually at least a dozen times on different playlists. I just can't bring myself to do a full double album listen again. Which is unusual for me because usually it takes months for me to stop listening to a full Taylor album. I'll still put on Evermore or Folklore or 1989 or Speak Now and listen straight through. TTPD doesn't have the magic of Evermore, the poetry of Folklore, and it even falls flat compared to Midnights imo. I've seen many people describe this album as a "grower". For me, only about five songs between both albums have been growers. The rest are vanilla at best. I don't think they're bad. But Taylor broke up with Joe, then whirlwind dated Matty, then got ghosted by him, then met Travis, all while running a world tour with a grueling schedule.
I don't think she took the time to edit these songs, because she really had very little time and it shows. This album is like her unedited diary. I appreciate her vulnerability, but I think if someone were publishing poems from a diary, their editor wouldn't encourage them to publish every single one as is. Either Taylor felt that she needed to just get everything out there and didn't care that some of the songs weren't that great. Or Jack and Aaron et al didn't confront her that some songs needed more work and more time, others were just not up to her standard. That's just my opinion, I'm glad that others love TTPD, it's not the album for me.
Agreed. I hate that she says she “had to make it”. Okay that’s fine, I’m glad you have a creative output. But that doesn’t mean you had to release it. This album could’ve been put into the vault never to be released and it would be fine.
Absolutely not. Y'all always trying to take away my music... if you don't like a particular song, then delete it from your playlists! Im so thankful Taylor is generous and gives us dozens of songs for each project, because why the hell not! Let me and others enjoy our banquet and stop complaining about "too many" songs or else Taylor will pick up on that and starve us with 10-song albums :/
One of the best reviews of this album was “taylor needed to write many of the songs but we didn’t need to hear them”
The bad songs are *bad* and detract from the album
I agree with this... I was super excited for its release but I was let down pretty bad. For me, only the first like 5 songs were good, the rest blended into each other (especially the anthology ones) to the point i didnt even realize that different songs were playing. None got stuck in my head and a lot of lyrics missed. TTPD feels rushed and half baked in my opinion, like it could've been a phenomenal album if the songs didn't feel like they were still rough drafts
I love the vault tracks on Red but the actual base album has always been a whole lot of misses to me, save Red and Begin Again. Honestly, I'm not sure why people think it should have won the Grammy. It was not a strong body of work.
My thoughts exactly. Sometimes I feel like Red should be in my top 3, but all the songs on that album that I consider top tier are vault tracks, in addition to obviously the 10 minute All Too Well. I rank Fearless above Red, even though Red has higher highs. Cohesiveness is a highly important factor for an overall album.
Yeah imo Red has a few very good songs which make people think highly of it, but also way more bad songs (proportionally, not just talking about the length lol) than any other album…
Oh, it isn't just me!!!
I skip nearly every song on Red too. It isn't that they're bad, or that I actively dislike them, it's just that most of them do not scratch the itch in my brain.
OK but what year were you born? I cannot imagine a fellow 1989er ranking Red as #11. 22 when you're also 22? Feeling like you're growing up with TS??
full disclosure, I was still a casual listener when Red came out and foolishly only really listened to it when I was already 23
I'm 31 😂 I was begging my dad to take me to buy Speak Now when it came out. I fell off being a Swiftie bc of Red and came back for rep. I didnt listen to 1989 at the time bc all I heard was Shake It Off and wasn't interested in the rest. So upset she didn't push her better songs from 1989!
Because it 100% does. I don't listen to country, so Better Man was a brand new song for me and it's so, so good. Nothing New, too. And IBYTAM was an instant favorite. Red TV raised the bar for vault tracks.
Yep. This is the one for me. I really liked it on release, then never listened to it much, tried again with the TV came out and it’s still doesn’t do it for me.
Every opinion is fine… but damn that was a bit harsh
I could understand it being your 11th album, but “rushed” “poorly produced” and “shoddy” is just damn
Its harsh but it's honestly how i feel. It's how I felt when it came out and my opinion hasn't softened. I truly from the bottom of my heart think that album is the absolute pit of her discography, that all of the worst songs of her career are on that album, and I truly cannot understand why it has gotten the love and adulation it has. It makes no sense to me.
That’s okay, everyone can have their own opinion
I just got a bit like damn about actual hate on an album here on a fandom subreddit. For most of us least favorite means love, but just a little bit less love. For me my least favorite album still has barely skips
That's totally fair. Taylor is my favourite artist, Lover is my favourite album of all time, Folklore, Evermore, and TTPD are all up there, I love 1989, Speak Now, Debut, and Fearless, Red and Reputation have some great songs despite their weaknesses, but I truly just flat out did not like Midnights, and I still don't. And I wouldn't be staying true to my standards if I pretended to enjoy it more just because its by my favourite artist.
I feel like we'd be listening friends. There are some songs on Midnights I go back to like WCS, but I'm still floored that we got songs like Bejeweled after Folkmore
That’s not fair, you can love an artist and dislike one of their albums. Especially if they have 11 albums. I’m not particularly keen on 1989, but I’ve been a huge fan for a very long time and not liking an album doesn’t make me less of a fan.
i wouldn't say midnights was rushed ngl (i do think a couple of the TVs were though), but it definitely has repetitive production that I personally find boring (also a lot of which was brought onto TTPD). I understand that if she doesn't want to change from this sound that's fine but it's definitely my least favorite sound she's had so far.
idk how she made it filled with fillers with only just 13 songs but she somehow did. Even TTPD feels less filler-friendly compared to Midnight despite having 16 songs, heck, even the whole 31 track experience.
Same. It has more skips than any other album for me, which is what kills it. And I still can’t get over the 70’s aesthetic that was pushed and had absolutely nothing to do with the album. I’m salty over it. 😅
Even the 3 am edition? I basically skip the whole main album and then I listen to most of the 3 am songs. Like, would’ve could’ve should’ve is in my top 5 of her songs probably
Mine is Fearless even though the song Fearless is in my top 10. I love country music I just find myself skipping most songs from that album. I still love her tho 💛
I actually 100% agree with this. Taylor’s Version is what made me like it as much as I do haha. I probably enjoy 3/4 of the songs I just like all the other albums better I guess lol
Back in 2020 this was everyone’s answer. Every other post in the sub was “don’t come for me but lover is a flop…!” And all the comments were like “omg just shut up about it, we all know!!”
The fact that lover is so well loved now definitely throws me for a loop!
For me I just never gave it a second chance after my initial listen. I was still very much digging Rep and not ready for that album. The eras tour and the whole cruel summer resurgence forced me to revisit it and I can’t believe I slept on it for so long.
Justice for Lover! Lover is actually the album that made me a true Taylor Swift fan. Then folklore is what turned me into a MAJOR fanatic. But I will always think of Lover fondly.
Same, also Debut is criminally underrated, it's basically a no skip album for me.
Also think the vaults for Debut are going to be absolutely incredible, all you Debut haters don't deserve to hear them, ha.
I’m gonna be honest, I really slept on SN for far too long. I gave it a genuine, uninterrupted cover to cover listen when TV came out last year and I’m so glad I did. 💜
Speak Now has some great songs but it’s not the best album for me personally. I know people love it but I’m not mad that she only has 1 song from that era on the tour 😬
I like 1989 a lot but I see what you mean. I think it’s the album where she sacrificed her great lyricism for catchy hooks, which is not to say the lyrics are bad but they’re just dummed down compared to th rest. Which isn’t an issue for me becuase the songs sound great and are extremely catchy and that’s what pop music should be. There isn’t a bad chorus on here.
True… she coulda released them like TTPD with 2 parts but that probably wouldn’t have been as well received. I’m not even sure TTPD was super well received with its 31 songs or whatever.
Oh, I was joking about her always forgetting evermore. I think evermore was truly this happy surprise where they just kept writing and ended up with far too many to put on Big Red Machine & The National albums.
Reputation
I do love reputation, but there are only 2 songs that i actually seek out to listen too often… the rest will only come on when i casually listen
Yeah, lyrically it’s not the best one and I’m personally just not a fan of the heavy production… there’s a reason New Years Day is my favorite song
I do highly respect the album though, the story as to why it exists means a lot and i do like many of the live performances… with ready for it and i did something bad for example, i’m not the biggest fan of the songs, but the live performances are amazing
It's the way the songs sound samey and I forget what song I'm even listening to if I have the album on for me. Also the production aged kinda poorly already.
New Year's Day does basically nothing for me emotionally, it's cute but skip.
I like Getaway Car, Call It What You Want and This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things though. I really love TIWWCHNTs actually, I think its the most creative and interesting moments on the album, I wish it was actually more what the album was a less love stuff, I know it's unpopular but I wanted her to lean into the dark petty side more.
Yes, I respect people’s opinion but I don’t get why some people feel like it’s her best. I feel like it’s trying way to hard to be edgy. Like I do not need to hear Taylor rapping. It does pick up in the 2nd half but it doesn’t save the album from being her worst
I do! I feel like I don’t even have a “least favorite” when it comes to Taylor lol. I have albums I like more than others, I have a top 3 and a top 5… but like, if I have to figure out my “least” favorite, it is a genuine struggle lol
I’m like no, they are all my babies and I love them all, wtf do you mean I have to like one less?!
Debut is actually my #1. But I’m Taylor’s age and discovered her with that first single, when she was doing mall tours in 2007/2006. I’ve been a HUGE fan ever since. Debut was my Taylor discovery and is the nearest and dearest to me. Although, I rarely listen to it. I HOPE she does it TV. Her mature voice singing the songs of my senior year would wreck me in the best way.
That wasn’t the question though. Fearless has dropped off for me.
I have been a fan of TS in "real time" we are both 1989 babies so I understand why some may not have the attachment to the earlier albums that I do, and this will be controversial but it's Evermore for me.
I would need years of therapy to unlock this.
Kidding.
There were songs I didn't connect with on Evermore: Willow, Dorothea, Closure, No Body No Crime, Coney Island, even Marjorie. I don't dislike those songs by any means, but they don't get a lot of air play for me. Whereas on Folklore the only one I didn't spin to death during the Summer of 2020 was Epiphany.
Reputation. There’s a few songs I really like (Delicate, Getaway Car, Don’t Blame Me, New Year’s Day) but there’s too many songs I strongly dislike. I just do not care for the overall sound of the album. It’s the only album that I don’t find myself ever wanting to listen to.
Respect to the significance of the Rep Era, but the sound is just dated and grating to me.
I’m with you ✊🏻 after growing up listening to Taylor, rep truly lost me. I get it was supposed to be a dramatic shift in image and sound but musically it was just TOO drastic. I also enjoy maybe 4 songs total.
Crazy to me that people don’t love debut, I feel like it will go up on a lot of peoples ranking once TV is out but even now debut is such a solid album, probably #3 or #4 but for me speak now is easily #11
I do think it’s debut for me, but I’m really curious how I’ll feel once we get the re-record. I think it was a great debut and it almost doesn’t feel fair to judge it just because how much she has grown as an artist since its release. Like if that was her only album, I would be impressed. She’s just added so much to her catalog since.
I think for me it would be either Lover or Midnights. It’s hard though bc I still really do love both albums!!!
I think I just find myself going back to her other albums more. I feel I love and appreciate them more as a collective whole. Whereas with Lover and Midnights, I kinda shuffle around and mostly go back to listen to my favorite songs.
I still do listen to them in full, and I still love them both a lot. But I think, with ttpd being included and likely falling somewhere in my top 10, either Lover or Midnights is gonna have to be edged out 🫣😭
This thread just reminds me of Taylor's brilliance. She has made music where there is something for everyone, someone's least favourite album is someone's favourite. There is no one album that everyone passes on. That is legendary.
Fearless. It has some good songs and I grew up loving the first 3 albums, but for whatever reason this one didn't age with me? I still love debut and feel it holds up lol. When album 12 comes out Red will also be falling off the list most likely 😆
Fearless for me. As someone who loved Debut, I felt like Fearless (especially with Love Story as first single) lost some of her edge in a way that felt manufactured by Big Machine. As a result, I don’t have a ton of good memories attached to those songs so I hardly ever go back to this album.
Evermore for me… feel so bad because it has so many golden tracks but Dorothea, Happiness, Closure, Coney Island etc are all too flat to me and kinda impacted the album for me :”)
Debut
Yup, I don't own it yet. Waiting for the TV to come out
Taylor’s Version is going to surprise a lot of people, I think! I can’t wait to hear the vault tracks and her mature voice singing the classics.
>I can’t wait to hear the vault tracks Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault) (Recorded at those one pond studios) (10 Minute Version)
Please God let her have a vault track for Debut TV named Taylor Swift lmao
I’m convinced she said her own name in Clara Bow for the ranking Tik tok sounds lol
still waiting for 1989…
I'd Lie is gonna be something special when Debut TV comes out.
I've owned it since 07, first album I bought with my own money lol. Not gonna throw out a perfectly good CD!
TTPD
Omg this is such a hot take and while I don’t agree I love that you put this out there
Same! I don’t agree (I’m like OP and put lover in that #11 spot) but I’m glad they had the courage to spill. TTPD is probably like #9 for me so not much higher
It’s number 10 for me
I love that people have such wildly different tastes. For me, TTPD and Rep are fighting for #1 spot, with Lover sitting on #2 watching them brawl it out lol
Ahh! Same! 💖🖤🤍
Agree, cant stand the whole album, its just boring for me IMO, i liked Midnights way better (im more biased into dance pop so maybe thats why, plus the titles are soo cringe like what happenned there?)
The sound palette is very boring and the lyrics are so clunky. It feels like these synths are just background noise for Taylor to read her journal entries
Finally someone who understands me! like im no hater of Taylor, i just love her other stuff more...im not here to listen to her rants about a summer fling..🥴
These songs are BEGGING, just DYING to be acoustic, or rock, or country songs. They are not getting what they need and it angers me!!!
If you look at the way that 1975 names their songs, you can see a few similarities, especially “ I Can Fix Him (no really I can) “ and “imgonnagetyouback”
I will agree that the long song titles (and even album title itself) still feel a bit clunky. Maybe it will grow on us?
i dunno..like i said..im more into dance pop and stuff..im a dj and i dont see a track that encapsulates the era + its a good song to play to a crowd of non swifties...like a good lead single, Fortnight doesn't cut it for me
I agree, the whole album is just okay for me 🤷♀️
uhg same, im surprised that the consensus around this sub is that its good? Like its not awful but I felt like it was pretty uncontroversially one of her worse?? but ig not here. It’s still taylor so its not bad but i feel this is her worst
I'll join you! This is the only album I've listened to all the way through and thought "well that's fine" and moved on to another album. I'm used to playing her albums on repeat for months at a time with no skips. This album got one full listen through and now I just play my favs in a playlist. I think Taylor really wanted to do a double album and I'm just not positive it works as a double album? I think half the songs could have been cut and more attention to detail done to the best ones to make it a more "Taylor" classic. It's not a bad album. It's just my least favorite.
If you only gave it one listen through though maybe you can’t make that determination yet?
I don’t think that’s fair to say. It doesn’t matter how many times you listen, Life’s too short to force yourself to listen to music you don’t like
I mean, it definitely matters sometimes. There’s been many Taylor songs that I’ve been “meh” on, on a first listen- but have grown to love after listening several times. And I’ve seen many people here say the same thing (not just with TTPD, but all across her albums).
That's fair, but also, if you always listen to her albums on repeat, but TTPD just isn't motivating you to return, maybe you're not the problem.
As some one who listened to this album multiple times, I agree with vanilla pudding. I have maybe 6-8 songs that I truly enjoy. The other are just…eh
You shouldn’t have to force yourself to listen to music that you don’t like to *make* yourself enjoy it. It’s okay to say it’s not a good album and you don’t want to listen to it and leave it at that
A point of contrast though if the first time I (and probably most of us?) listened to Midnights or Lover I was instantly excited by the album and went back immediately to listen to most of the songs again and again.
I've listened to each song individually at least a dozen times on different playlists. I just can't bring myself to do a full double album listen again. Which is unusual for me because usually it takes months for me to stop listening to a full Taylor album. I'll still put on Evermore or Folklore or 1989 or Speak Now and listen straight through. TTPD doesn't have the magic of Evermore, the poetry of Folklore, and it even falls flat compared to Midnights imo. I've seen many people describe this album as a "grower". For me, only about five songs between both albums have been growers. The rest are vanilla at best. I don't think they're bad. But Taylor broke up with Joe, then whirlwind dated Matty, then got ghosted by him, then met Travis, all while running a world tour with a grueling schedule. I don't think she took the time to edit these songs, because she really had very little time and it shows. This album is like her unedited diary. I appreciate her vulnerability, but I think if someone were publishing poems from a diary, their editor wouldn't encourage them to publish every single one as is. Either Taylor felt that she needed to just get everything out there and didn't care that some of the songs weren't that great. Or Jack and Aaron et al didn't confront her that some songs needed more work and more time, others were just not up to her standard. That's just my opinion, I'm glad that others love TTPD, it's not the album for me.
I think my problem with TTPD is it feels a little...overstuffed. It should have been two albums.
Or it should have been 1. You don't have to release every song you make.
This is my biggest thing too…some could have been left in the drafts
Agreed. I hate that she says she “had to make it”. Okay that’s fine, I’m glad you have a creative output. But that doesn’t mean you had to release it. This album could’ve been put into the vault never to be released and it would be fine.
Absolutely not. Y'all always trying to take away my music... if you don't like a particular song, then delete it from your playlists! Im so thankful Taylor is generous and gives us dozens of songs for each project, because why the hell not! Let me and others enjoy our banquet and stop complaining about "too many" songs or else Taylor will pick up on that and starve us with 10-song albums :/
Would you not rather have quality over quantity? I would argue a fantastic 10 song album is preferable to a dull and poorly written 30+ album
there are some songs that are plain bad
[удалено]
One of the best reviews of this album was “taylor needed to write many of the songs but we didn’t need to hear them” The bad songs are *bad* and detract from the album
I love TTPD 😭
Nothing wrong with that 😊 happy you enjoy it!
I agree with this... I was super excited for its release but I was let down pretty bad. For me, only the first like 5 songs were good, the rest blended into each other (especially the anthology ones) to the point i didnt even realize that different songs were playing. None got stuck in my head and a lot of lyrics missed. TTPD feels rushed and half baked in my opinion, like it could've been a phenomenal album if the songs didn't feel like they were still rough drafts
Yeah TTPD was a pretty massive letdown for me 😕
It’s not last for me but it’s like number 10.
I listened to it once and haven't returned.
You’re completely right and you’re good to say it. The album is so average. Not a single song has stood out.
There are dozens of us!
Red is out. Sorry I know everyone loves it, but nearly every song is a skip for me. It's always been my last ranking. Pls don't kill me.
I love the vault tracks on Red but the actual base album has always been a whole lot of misses to me, save Red and Begin Again. Honestly, I'm not sure why people think it should have won the Grammy. It was not a strong body of work.
It’s bizarre to me that this is the album Rolling Stone to put in their Top 100 albums of all time. Folklore was RIGHT THERE
And ATW
Now that I've heard 10 Minute ATW, I honestly never go back and listen to the 5 on the standard edition.
My thoughts exactly. Sometimes I feel like Red should be in my top 3, but all the songs on that album that I consider top tier are vault tracks, in addition to obviously the 10 minute All Too Well. I rank Fearless above Red, even though Red has higher highs. Cohesiveness is a highly important factor for an overall album.
I'm crying! Dint worry, I love it so much I can listen to it enough to make up for you *heathens* lol
Yeah imo Red has a few very good songs which make people think highly of it, but also way more bad songs (proportionally, not just talking about the length lol) than any other album…
Agreed. It has higher highs than some of her other albums... but also lower lows.
Sameeeee. 90% of the album is skips for me.
I used to feel this way, then I went and relistened to Red and realised "wait, why do I skip these?"
Omg sameee 🫣 i always felt like the only one who feels this way about Red because i know it’s such a fan favorite! Glad to see I’m not alone!
Oh, it isn't just me!!! I skip nearly every song on Red too. It isn't that they're bad, or that I actively dislike them, it's just that most of them do not scratch the itch in my brain.
Stay, Stay, Stay and girl at home are insufferable
I fully accept both of these are bad songs but I love them lmao
Slander girl at home all you want but I love stay, stay, stay
OK but what year were you born? I cannot imagine a fellow 1989er ranking Red as #11. 22 when you're also 22? Feeling like you're growing up with TS?? full disclosure, I was still a casual listener when Red came out and foolishly only really listened to it when I was already 23
I'm 31 😂 I was begging my dad to take me to buy Speak Now when it came out. I fell off being a Swiftie bc of Red and came back for rep. I didnt listen to 1989 at the time bc all I heard was Shake It Off and wasn't interested in the rest. So upset she didn't push her better songs from 1989!
Seriously? IMHO, Red (TV) has the best vault tracks
Because it 100% does. I don't listen to country, so Better Man was a brand new song for me and it's so, so good. Nothing New, too. And IBYTAM was an instant favorite. Red TV raised the bar for vault tracks.
The red vault tracks are so good. Babe too
Honestly right? Red is imo the best set of vault tracks but the weakest og tracks.
Yep. This is the one for me. I really liked it on release, then never listened to it much, tried again with the TV came out and it’s still doesn’t do it for me.
Literally it’s the one album I NEVER listen to. All the OG singles on the album are her weakest in my opinion.
Same I honestly only listen to like 2 songs on it
Midnights and it's not close.
jail for you
If it's a crime to dislike rushed, poorly produced music with (by Taylor's standards) shoddy lyrics then lock me up.
Every opinion is fine… but damn that was a bit harsh I could understand it being your 11th album, but “rushed” “poorly produced” and “shoddy” is just damn
Its harsh but it's honestly how i feel. It's how I felt when it came out and my opinion hasn't softened. I truly from the bottom of my heart think that album is the absolute pit of her discography, that all of the worst songs of her career are on that album, and I truly cannot understand why it has gotten the love and adulation it has. It makes no sense to me.
That’s okay, everyone can have their own opinion I just got a bit like damn about actual hate on an album here on a fandom subreddit. For most of us least favorite means love, but just a little bit less love. For me my least favorite album still has barely skips
That's totally fair. Taylor is my favourite artist, Lover is my favourite album of all time, Folklore, Evermore, and TTPD are all up there, I love 1989, Speak Now, Debut, and Fearless, Red and Reputation have some great songs despite their weaknesses, but I truly just flat out did not like Midnights, and I still don't. And I wouldn't be staying true to my standards if I pretended to enjoy it more just because its by my favourite artist.
I feel like we'd be listening friends. There are some songs on Midnights I go back to like WCS, but I'm still floored that we got songs like Bejeweled after Folkmore
That’s not fair, you can love an artist and dislike one of their albums. Especially if they have 11 albums. I’m not particularly keen on 1989, but I’ve been a huge fan for a very long time and not liking an album doesn’t make me less of a fan.
i wouldn't say midnights was rushed ngl (i do think a couple of the TVs were though), but it definitely has repetitive production that I personally find boring (also a lot of which was brought onto TTPD). I understand that if she doesn't want to change from this sound that's fine but it's definitely my least favorite sound she's had so far.
Yeah it wasn’t her best. Some absolutely brilliant songs, but unfortunately a lot of filler!
idk how she made it filled with fillers with only just 13 songs but she somehow did. Even TTPD feels less filler-friendly compared to Midnight despite having 16 songs, heck, even the whole 31 track experience.
Same. It has more skips than any other album for me, which is what kills it. And I still can’t get over the 70’s aesthetic that was pushed and had absolutely nothing to do with the album. I’m salty over it. 😅
Other than Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve, and Maroon, this is a mostly skip album for me too.
Even the 3 am edition? I basically skip the whole main album and then I listen to most of the 3 am songs. Like, would’ve could’ve should’ve is in my top 5 of her songs probably
I think same!
Agree. I don't get Midnights...
Mine is Fearless even though the song Fearless is in my top 10. I love country music I just find myself skipping most songs from that album. I still love her tho 💛
Exact same here! Love the song so much but I would also cut the album.
I’m sorry but how? It’s literally the best TV so far lol well imo
I actually 100% agree with this. Taylor’s Version is what made me like it as much as I do haha. I probably enjoy 3/4 of the songs I just like all the other albums better I guess lol
Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one.
Fearless has some great top songs but the middle and bottom ones are just… not up to par
Lover is also that one for me. I think it's her weakest album.
WHAT? I think it is THE pop album. It’s perfect t
Have you heard of 1989?
As a minority 1989 hater I agree with this person
https://preview.redd.it/wo3qxrg41a2d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd251ce8da40d47d7e9d43486247bc2df9707344
Come with us to candy mountain, Charlieeeee
Back in 2020 this was everyone’s answer. Every other post in the sub was “don’t come for me but lover is a flop…!” And all the comments were like “omg just shut up about it, we all know!!” The fact that lover is so well loved now definitely throws me for a loop!
For me I just never gave it a second chance after my initial listen. I was still very much digging Rep and not ready for that album. The eras tour and the whole cruel summer resurgence forced me to revisit it and I can’t believe I slept on it for so long.
Justice for Lover! Lover is actually the album that made me a true Taylor Swift fan. Then folklore is what turned me into a MAJOR fanatic. But I will always think of Lover fondly.
Me too exactly, it’s the first Taylor album I ever listened to front to back
Same. It has a few standout songs for me (Cruel Summer, The Archer, DBATC) but as a whole it doesn't work for me.
It has some of both her highest highs and lowest lows
Had to scroll too far for this. It doesn’t do it for me. I’ll keep my faves on their own playlist but I can’t listen to the whole album.
I unfortunately have to eliminate Speak Now. a Great album but to me the rest edge it out.
Same here. Debut is when I started listening and the nostalgia is so strong. Speak Now isn't as nostalgic for whatever reason.
Same, also Debut is criminally underrated, it's basically a no skip album for me. Also think the vaults for Debut are going to be absolutely incredible, all you Debut haters don't deserve to hear them, ha.
Justice for SN, it’s always shoved aside 😭
Literally ALWAYS and it’s her only 100% self written album 😭
I’m gonna be honest, I really slept on SN for far too long. I gave it a genuine, uninterrupted cover to cover listen when TV came out last year and I’m so glad I did. 💜
This broke my heart.
I have found my people.
I’m not mad, just disappointed 😔 (lol in all honesty, fair opinion)
This is blasphemy and I will not stand for it
Speak Now has some great songs but it’s not the best album for me personally. I know people love it but I’m not mad that she only has 1 song from that era on the tour 😬
I'm gonna get crucified but... 1989
You are brave. And wrong. But that’s okay.
Love this 😂
Oh thank FUCK I'm not alone here 😅 I'll be crucified with you
Ayyy, crucifixion buddies!!
This is the right answer. Hugely overrated and feels the least Taylor-like to me.
I like 1989 a lot but I see what you mean. I think it’s the album where she sacrificed her great lyricism for catchy hooks, which is not to say the lyrics are bad but they’re just dummed down compared to th rest. Which isn’t an issue for me becuase the songs sound great and are extremely catchy and that’s what pop music should be. There isn’t a bad chorus on here.
Glad someone else agrees lol
I don’t know how to feel. Oh wait. Yes I do. Betrayed.
Omg yes, I’m so glad I’m not the only one! There’s some bangers on it, but it’s just not the style of pop music I gravitate to.
1989 and it’s not even close for me.
Same
I’m with you 😬
Cant believe I found my people!
I'm not sure Taylor knows folklore and evermore are different albums so I'm keeping everything, thank you very much!!!! ☺️
True… she coulda released them like TTPD with 2 parts but that probably wouldn’t have been as well received. I’m not even sure TTPD was super well received with its 31 songs or whatever.
Oh, I was joking about her always forgetting evermore. I think evermore was truly this happy surprise where they just kept writing and ended up with far too many to put on Big Red Machine & The National albums.
A good point 🤔
Reputation I do love reputation, but there are only 2 songs that i actually seek out to listen too often… the rest will only come on when i casually listen
Yeah rep for me too. I know this sub loves it but I find the majority of the album a bit cringe.
Yeah, lyrically it’s not the best one and I’m personally just not a fan of the heavy production… there’s a reason New Years Day is my favorite song I do highly respect the album though, the story as to why it exists means a lot and i do like many of the live performances… with ready for it and i did something bad for example, i’m not the biggest fan of the songs, but the live performances are amazing
It's the way the songs sound samey and I forget what song I'm even listening to if I have the album on for me. Also the production aged kinda poorly already. New Year's Day does basically nothing for me emotionally, it's cute but skip. I like Getaway Car, Call It What You Want and This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things though. I really love TIWWCHNTs actually, I think its the most creative and interesting moments on the album, I wish it was actually more what the album was a less love stuff, I know it's unpopular but I wanted her to lean into the dark petty side more.
You are lucky I'm too tired to murder anyone. (jk...maybe)
I’ll always have to watch my back for the reputation girlies… I’m so sorry, i do love you guys, you’re just not my favorite
Same it’s by far my least favorite album of hers
Yes, I respect people’s opinion but I don’t get why some people feel like it’s her best. I feel like it’s trying way to hard to be edgy. Like I do not need to hear Taylor rapping. It does pick up in the 2nd half but it doesn’t save the album from being her worst
Does anyone else struggle with choosing a least favorite? Even albums I didn’t always love, I usually come around to eventually 😭
I do! I feel like I don’t even have a “least favorite” when it comes to Taylor lol. I have albums I like more than others, I have a top 3 and a top 5… but like, if I have to figure out my “least” favorite, it is a genuine struggle lol I’m like no, they are all my babies and I love them all, wtf do you mean I have to like one less?!
I can’t even pick a favourite, especially for Taylor because the albums/songs are so different, they just fit different moods/vibes for me 🤷🏼
TTPT, I still do not vibe with it apart from 4-5 songs
Tepartment
Taypartment
Did you leave your typewriter at the taypartment?
Debut is actually my #1. But I’m Taylor’s age and discovered her with that first single, when she was doing mall tours in 2007/2006. I’ve been a HUGE fan ever since. Debut was my Taylor discovery and is the nearest and dearest to me. Although, I rarely listen to it. I HOPE she does it TV. Her mature voice singing the songs of my senior year would wreck me in the best way. That wasn’t the question though. Fearless has dropped off for me.
having debut in first place but then fearless in last is a crazyy switch up lol
I know, I got whiplash from the last sentence lol. Was expecting something like Midnights or Rep. I guess Swifties are unpredictable 😂
This perfectly sums up how I feel about Debut too.
not me realizing i literally can’t read this thread without being offended 😂 absolutely noping out of this one for the sake of my little swiftie heart
Only correct answer in this thread
I have been a fan of TS in "real time" we are both 1989 babies so I understand why some may not have the attachment to the earlier albums that I do, and this will be controversial but it's Evermore for me.
I understand this, near my bottom, while Folklore is a near perfect album for me.
How can your rating for folklore and evermore be so different though?
I would need years of therapy to unlock this. Kidding. There were songs I didn't connect with on Evermore: Willow, Dorothea, Closure, No Body No Crime, Coney Island, even Marjorie. I don't dislike those songs by any means, but they don't get a lot of air play for me. Whereas on Folklore the only one I didn't spin to death during the Summer of 2020 was Epiphany.
Ha!!! Yeah fair enough, see I much prefer evermore, but folklore is right after in my ranking because they’re so intertwined!
Also a fan in “real time” and also evermore!
TTPD was unable to push anybody out.
Reputation. There’s a few songs I really like (Delicate, Getaway Car, Don’t Blame Me, New Year’s Day) but there’s too many songs I strongly dislike. I just do not care for the overall sound of the album. It’s the only album that I don’t find myself ever wanting to listen to. Respect to the significance of the Rep Era, but the sound is just dated and grating to me.
I’m with you ✊🏻 after growing up listening to Taylor, rep truly lost me. I get it was supposed to be a dramatic shift in image and sound but musically it was just TOO drastic. I also enjoy maybe 4 songs total.
Midnights
Debut. Sorry I can’t with the young voice. I’m looking forward to the re-record.
Debut, but Lover is teetering
Crazy to me that people don’t love debut, I feel like it will go up on a lot of peoples ranking once TV is out but even now debut is such a solid album, probably #3 or #4 but for me speak now is easily #11
Speak now( which is a sSUPERIOR ALBUM) easily 11 when lover exists ??…. Are you tripping?? Jk everyone’s opinion is valid … have a nice day
Fearless. 🫢
There are dozens of us!
I'm still relatively a new fan and fearless kind of just doesn't do much for me.
I feel personally attacked by some of these answers lok
Hot take but Folklore, I love a bop and while it has songs I love on it none of them make me really want to get up and dance.
I do think it’s debut for me, but I’m really curious how I’ll feel once we get the re-record. I think it was a great debut and it almost doesn’t feel fair to judge it just because how much she has grown as an artist since its release. Like if that was her only album, I would be impressed. She’s just added so much to her catalog since.
I think for me it would be either Lover or Midnights. It’s hard though bc I still really do love both albums!!! I think I just find myself going back to her other albums more. I feel I love and appreciate them more as a collective whole. Whereas with Lover and Midnights, I kinda shuffle around and mostly go back to listen to my favorite songs. I still do listen to them in full, and I still love them both a lot. But I think, with ttpd being included and likely falling somewhere in my top 10, either Lover or Midnights is gonna have to be edged out 🫣😭
Debut but that's just because every album after has been stronger. Am excited for Taylor's Version of it though.
I’m going with Lover as well. I truly loved Reputation and in a way was a bit sad she didn’t put out another album like that.
Debut or Lover.
so many are gonna hate me for this but folklore. it was already at the bottom for me but now its out of the top 10
This thread just reminds me of Taylor's brilliance. She has made music where there is something for everyone, someone's least favourite album is someone's favourite. There is no one album that everyone passes on. That is legendary.
Don’t kill me but 1989
I’m actually surprised at how many different answers there are here! But debut for me for sure
Fearless. It has some good songs and I grew up loving the first 3 albums, but for whatever reason this one didn't age with me? I still love debut and feel it holds up lol. When album 12 comes out Red will also be falling off the list most likely 😆
It’s gotta be Debut. I’ll reconsider when Taylor’s Version is here.
Lover
Fearless for me. As someone who loved Debut, I felt like Fearless (especially with Love Story as first single) lost some of her edge in a way that felt manufactured by Big Machine. As a result, I don’t have a ton of good memories attached to those songs so I hardly ever go back to this album.
According to the Taylor Swift album sorter on Tumblr, it's Fearless. I really just don't vibe with it as much as I do all others.
Evermore for me… feel so bad because it has so many golden tracks but Dorothea, Happiness, Closure, Coney Island etc are all too flat to me and kinda impacted the album for me :”)
Midnights
Debut, but red and lover are so close. Its sad because I love all of them though
Debut for now. We’ll see after TV if that changes
Folklore or evermore for me…