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Post by franklin on Oct 29, 2014 22:04:38 GMT -5
1. Red 2. 1989 3. Speak Now 4. Fearless 5. Taylor Swift
for now. 1989 may surpass.
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Post by desertfloods on Oct 29, 2014 22:31:17 GMT -5
"Oh My God, look at that face, you look like my next mistake" and "Cause darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream" have been stuck in mind forever. SO GOOD.
Also, newfound love for Clean. Such a pretty, calming song. Perfect album closer.
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Post by Baby Spice on Oct 29, 2014 22:32:26 GMT -5
1. Speak Now 2. 1989 3. Taylor Swift 4. Red 5. Fearless
Her debut is pure nostalgia for me. All of them are damn good albums, though.
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Post by surfy on Oct 29, 2014 22:33:13 GMT -5
1. Fearless 2. 1989 3. Speak Now 4. Red 5. Taylor Swift
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Post by desertfloods on Oct 29, 2014 22:42:38 GMT -5
I realized most of Taylor's core fanbase have huge love for Speak Now. So you guys will probably throw rocks at this album ranking lol.
1. Fearless 2. 1989 3. Taylor Swift 4. Red 5. Speak Now
Speak Now gave me Enchanted, Last Kiss and Never Grow Up though. Some of my favorite Taylor songs ever.
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Post by SoMuchToSay on Oct 29, 2014 22:58:11 GMT -5
1. Speak Now 2. Fearless 3. 1989 4. Red 5. Taylor Swift
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Post by tsr on Oct 29, 2014 23:02:04 GMT -5
1. Speak Now 2. Red 3. 1989 4. Fearless 5. Taylor Swift
I stuck 1989 at #3 just because it's so new. Taylor Swift and Fearless are both excellent to this day but they fall just a little short of the others. It was tough to decide what to put at #1 and I switched Red and Speak Now around a couple times before I decided. Red has "All too Well" and I really admire everything Taylor did with that album, but it was a little more inconsistent than Speak Now, which still leaves me feeling nostalgic each time I listen to it. That and the way it was such a big change from Fearless imo.
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Post by 14887fan on Oct 29, 2014 23:20:21 GMT -5
1. Speak Now 2. 1989 3. Red 4. Fearless 5. Taylor Swift Correct.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 23:24:45 GMT -5
1. Speak Now 2. 1989 3. Fearless 4. Taylor Swift
5. Red
Red was the only one that I didn't care for.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Oct 29, 2014 23:48:50 GMT -5
1. Speak Now 2. 1989
I feel those two are close for me. Speak Now definitely houses her best work, but isn't void of its lackluster moments. 1989 may not contain anything as lyrically strong as "Dear John" or as emotionally raw and tangible as "Last Kiss", but I feel as if it is more consistent in terms of quality. Still, those few moments on Speak Now pull it ahead in the end.
3. Red 4. Fearless
Just like the previous two, this pair is close for me as well, with Fearless being the more consistent of the two (in terms of quality), but with the strongest bits of Red being enough to give it the edge.
5. Taylor Swift
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Post by CammyCan on Oct 30, 2014 0:08:45 GMT -5
I wonder what her worldwide total will be. Typically, I think of her as not being a worldwide phenom, but Red and the new album seem to have changed that a bit. I'd just like to point out that while it's true that percentage wise a lot of her sales are domestic, in raw numbers she sells about the same as the other big names. Red sold just as much (or more) outside the US as Beyoncé, Prism, Unapologetic, Artpop and Bangerz. Things really do seem to be taken a massive shift this go around though, she's pretty much (at least) doubling her debut sales in every country. Or in Japan's case, tripling. WANEGBT is still top 50 on iTunes over there.
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Post by CammyCan on Oct 30, 2014 0:20:09 GMT -5
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Post by Tylerjamesnerd on Oct 30, 2014 0:20:47 GMT -5
Taylor Swift will hit a million copies YAY! I bought the deluxe album 7 times and Im gifting them to friends or swifties. I absolutely think she can have multiple # 1 hits with this wonderful album. Single's wanted 1 shake it off 2 blank space - so happy my second pick is happening second. 3 bad blood - so catchy 4 all you had to do was stay - its stuck in my head like all the time :) 5 I know places - sexy masterpiece :)))))))) - perfect end of the era for me Swift is unstoppable Im predicting 5 # 1's MY FAVORITE ALBUMS 1 1989 2 Fearless 3 speak now 4 Taylor Swift 5 Red I work at TARGET and so many people are getting the deluxe album. Its so cheap tooo.
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Post by surfy on Oct 30, 2014 0:27:33 GMT -5
7 TIMES??!? #dedicated (I only bought it twice #flopstan)
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Post by Tylerjamesnerd on Oct 30, 2014 0:34:55 GMT -5
Haha - I have a employee discount so its cheap. And I LOOOVE taylor.....
Im ready for her to SMASH internationally! She can break Britney record #hopeful
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Oct 30, 2014 0:43:52 GMT -5
Target refunded my account because they fucked up the shipping so I got my deluxe for free lmao.
I bought the standard for my sister as a "congratulations you drive now" gift, she's so happy lol.
Gonna finally listen to this on Friday. I will let you all know my thoughts.
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Post by kanimal on Oct 30, 2014 0:58:14 GMT -5
I realized most of Taylor's core fanbase have huge love for Speak Now. So you guys will probably throw rocks at this album ranking lol. 1. Fearless 2. 1989 3. Taylor Swift 4. Red 5. Speak Now Speak Now gave me Enchanted, Last Kiss and Never Grow Up though. Some of my favorite Taylor songs ever. This is close to the correct one. Speak Now is so beyond overrated by people within the fan community, and it seems Fearless is somehow underrated. There's a reason Fearless won the Grammy and Speak Now wasn't even nominated...(and, yes, I know comparing albums released in different years isn't apples-to-apples, but the fact that Fearless and Red were nominated proves that Swift is indeed on the Grammy radar and thus seriously considered for nominations, so it's telling that Speak Now was overlooked. I also expect 1989 to be nominated and in competition with Adele's album at the 2016 awards)
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Post by Joe1240 on Oct 30, 2014 6:46:57 GMT -5
I usually agree with Kanimal but Speak Now,Taylor's worst album.Give me a break. It is actually Taylor's best album and yes we in the fan community love it.All because it didn't spawn any top 10 hits on CHR/Pop radio doesn't make it a bad album. The year Speak Now was supposed to be up for Grammys was a packed year. Rihanna's album "Loud" was even up for Album Of The Year in that period of 2012 and there is no way that it is a better album than Taylor's "Speak Now".
Other Nominees of "Speak Now" year for AOTY at the Grammys Adele-21[Winner] Rihanna-Loud Lady Gaga-Born This Way Foo Fighters-Wasting Light Bruno Mars-Doo Wops And Hooligans
Are you telling me Lady Gaga's album full of 70-80% filler is better than "Speak Now". I'm a Taylor fan just like you and everyone else here. How could you not like the masterpiece that is "Speak Now" over "Born This Way" and "Loud".
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Oct 30, 2014 6:52:31 GMT -5
Everybody has the right to their own opinion but to claim 'Speak Now' is inferior and to use the fact that it wasn't nominated for AOTY as an argument for your case.....idgi?
It's not like it was unrecognized, it was nominated for country AOTY.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 7:16:06 GMT -5
I usually agree with Kanimal but Speak Now,Taylor's worst album.Give me a break. It is actually Taylor's best album and yes we in the fan community love it.All because it didn't spawn any top 10 hits on CHR/Pop radio doesn't make it a bad album. The year Speak Now was supposed to be up for Grammys was a packed year. Rihanna's album "Loud" was even up for Album Of The Year in that period of 2012 and there is no way that it is a better album than Taylor's "Speak Now". Other Nominees of "Speak Now" year for AOTY at the Grammys Adele-21[Winner] Rihanna-Loud Lady Gaga-Born This Way Foo Fighters-Wasting Light Bruno Mars-Doo Wops And Hooligans Are you telling me Lady Gaga's album full of 70-80% filler is better than "Speak Now". I'm a Taylor fan just like you and everyone else here. How could you not like the masterpiece that is "Speak Now" over "Born This Way" and "Loud". Yeah, Joe makes a really good point about Speak Now getting snubbed - this was also the year Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was left out, after everyone figuring an AOTY nomination was a given. That was the year of 21 and much as I feel Adele's win was well deserved, I am convinced the Grammys (the committee, the nomination voters, whoever) purposely weakened this field to make a 21 win that much easier. A lot was said of Kanye getting left out but very little was said of the same with regard to Taylor, which is kind of curious. Anyway, at least Speak Now won two of the awards it was up for (Mean winning best country song and best country solo performance); Red/its singles pulled five nominations but won nothing. This isn't to take away from any particular opinion, I just wouldn't use the Grammys as a backup for one's argument. At the end of the day the Grammys are too subject to political whims and strange inconsistencies to be fully relied upon. Er, anyway, my own ranking probably stinks compared to everyone else's: 1989/Red Speak Now Fearless Taylor Swift I didn't check for Taylor much until Speak Now. Red was the first album I listened to in full, and while I think Fearless and Speak Now are strong albums, I just adore pop Taylor. I need to let the dust settle before I decide if I'd put 1989 over Red. I still haven't listened to the whole debut album but from what I've heard of it Taylor is like any other good artist - the debut is never the strongest of the bunch (and shouldn't be). There's something nice about the fact that so far I like every Taylor album more than the last one, because such a long stretch of progression like that really is not common for most artists.
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Post by countrygirl918 on Oct 30, 2014 7:23:38 GMT -5
"Oh My God, look at that face, you look like my next mistake" and "Cause darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream" have been stuck in mind forever. SO GOOD. Also, newfound love for Clean. Such a pretty, calming song. Perfect album closer. I've been surprised to see so little talk about "Clean". Perhaps it's less instant than some of the other songs on the album. I love it - it's got such fantastic lyrics, and I love how she doesn't hold back on her comparison of shedding this relationship with getting sober. There's very little "it's like" (i.e. "loving him was like driving a new Maserati..."). Instead of similes, she uses the sober metaphor much more directly ("10 months sober, I must admit, just because you're clean don't mean you don't miss it"). It really is the perfect album closer, and IMO one of the best songs she's ever written.
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Post by kanimal on Oct 30, 2014 8:20:48 GMT -5
I usually agree with Kanimal but Speak Now,Taylor's worst album.Give me a break. It is actually Taylor's best album and yes we in the fan community love it. All because it didn't spawn any top 10 hits on CHR/Pop radio doesn't make it a bad album. The year Speak Now was supposed to be up for Grammys was a packed year. Rihanna's album "Loud" was even up for Album Of The Year in that period of 2012 and there is no way that it is a better album than Taylor's "Speak Now". Other Nominees of "Speak Now" year for AOTY at the Grammys Adele-21[Winner] Rihanna-Loud Lady Gaga-Born This Way Foo Fighters-Wasting Light Bruno Mars-Doo Wops And Hooligans Are you telling me Lady Gaga's album full of 70-80% filler is better than "Speak Now". I'm a Taylor fan just like you and everyone else here. How could you not like the masterpiece that is "Speak Now" over "Born This Way" and "Loud". That's not it at all, because I don't really like he deep tracks as well. "Speak Now" is comically bad (and it's not just the dumb lyrics - it doesn't SOUND good), "Never Grow Up" is painfully corny, "Haunted" is a tonal mess, and several of the big ballads are meandering. However, the bold *is* important, because the song also featured what were at the time Swift's most shameless attempts to get pop airplay in "Mine" and "The Story of Us." That she couldn't smash on mainstream formats with those - when she was already so huge at the time and blatantly pandering to pop - speaks volumes. The only songs I'll go back and listen to at this point are Mean, Enchanted, Sparks Fly, Better Than Revenge and Dear John. Yes, any album that produces five lasting great songs is a good album, but that's light for a Taylor Swift record. I can listen to Taylor Swift and Fearless in their entirety (save for "A Place in this World" on Taylor Swift) and even Red, which gets some weird hate for some reason, produced more memorable ones in IKYWT, State of Grace, I Almost Do, All Too Well, Starlight, WANEGBT and 22. Your ripping of some of that year's Grammy nominees is precisely why I think it's telling that Speak Now didn't get nominated. And, while I agree with those who say using Grammy nominations is silly as a general rule, it's logical in the case of Swift since she's so on the voters' radar and such an asset as a nominee. That's what I'm saying. I feel like there is a huge disconnect between the fans and broader opinion on this one. -- But, in all honesty, my post was more about correcting the injustice that Fearless is appearing low on some peoples' lists. What is there not to like about *THAT* album? And wasn't debut album single (and her first country #1) "Our Song" the moment that everyone (including those who didn't like Tim McGraw and Teardrops) became a Taylor Swift fan?
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Post by Active Aggressive on Oct 30, 2014 9:12:43 GMT -5
Ranking: 1. Red 2. 1989 3. Speak Now 4. Fearless 5. Taylor Swift
Outside of Kumquats On My Sitar, I have never heard anything else off her debut and...I don't really care to? She annoyed the hell out of me back then. Things got a little better with Fearless because of Love Story and You Belong With Me and maybe White Horse.
Speak Now was my first Taylor purchase, after I swore I would NEVER invest in her. From that album, I LOVE: Mine, Enchanted, Speak Now, Dear John, Mean, Never Grow Up, and Last Kiss. That's only half of the album. Some of those other songs (Innocent, Long Live, Back To December) are OK but I have ZERO use for the rest, at this point. I listened to them when the album was still fresh but if I never heard them again, I'd be OK.
Red came along and blew me away. The pop singles were beyond incredible and hit so hard but All Too Well is indeed the masterpiece that everybody here crows about. That said, there is not ONE song I am not 100% onboard with, for the first time in her career. It's rare to find an album with zero filler. For me, Red was that album. I don't play I Almost Do, Sad Beautiful Tragic, and Begin Again that much but I would never skip them. Then, you have the masterpieces of State of Grace and Holy Ground. Nuff said.
I honestly don't know if 1989 will catch up to Red. Time will tell but I still feel the slightly lesser songs on Red are still better than those on 1989. Neither albums have filler, per se (unlike her previous albums) but...there you have it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 10:41:03 GMT -5
1. Speak Now ("Enchanted", "Last Kiss", "Dear John" are everything). 2. 1989 3. Fearless/Red 4. Taylor Swift
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Post by Taylor. on Oct 30, 2014 13:19:00 GMT -5
Honestly...
1. Red 2. 1989 3. Speak Now 4. Taylor Swift 5. Fearless
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Post by J'back on Oct 30, 2014 13:20:07 GMT -5
1. 1989 2. Red 3. Speak Now 4. Fearless 5. Taylor Swift
I'm here for Pop Taylor. Even though 1989 is so new it's the only Swift album where I don't skip anything...I even use "Welcome to NY"...
Her first album has some gems on it though.
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Post by hitseeker. on Oct 30, 2014 13:22:59 GMT -5
1. Speak Now 2. 1989 3. Red 4. Taylor Swift 5. Fearless
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Post by cause_for_celebration on Oct 30, 2014 13:25:27 GMT -5
Caved in and bought the album! After hearing so many positive reviews as well as hearing a few of the songs from her rooftop concert, plus the fact that it won't be on Spotify anytime soon, I couldn't resist! :)
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 30, 2014 13:28:31 GMT -5
I say keep the pattern going. One million in sales for Speak Now, 1.2 for Red, and 1.4 for 1989.
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Post by grandelf on Oct 30, 2014 13:29:41 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6304059/taylor-swift-1989-second-singleTaylor Swift’s Next ‘1989’ Single Is…By Jason Lipshutz, New York | October 30, 2014 2:16 PM EDT Taylor Swift’s lead single from 1989, “Shake It Off,” is still going strong at No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart as the album heads toward a million-plus sales debut. Now that everyone has heard the full album, though, we can collectively speculate: what will the official follow-up single to “Shake It Off” be? On Thursday, Swift’s label Big Machine/Republic gave us the answer: “Blank Space” is the second single from 1989. The song will officially impact Top 40/mainstream, Top 40/rhythm and Hot AC radio on Nov. 10. “Blank Space” is the second song on the 1989 track list, a Max Martin/Shellback collaboration (just like “Shake It Off”) that finds the pop superstar owning up to her dating record and talking candidly to her potential new beau. “Got a long list of ex-lovers/They’ll tell you I’m insane,” Swift shrugs on the chorus, “but I got a blank space baby/And I’ll write your name.” 1989 is now surging toward a 1.2 million sales debut, which would rival the 1.21 million bow of her last album, 2012’s Red. According to sources, 1989 moved more than 600,000 albums in its first day on sale on Monday (Oct. 27), mostly due to Target and iTunes Store purchases. “Shake It Off” became Swift’s second No. 1 single on the Hot 100 chart when it was released in August and debuted atop the chart. Prior to the release of 1989, she previewed her fifth full-length with the non-singles “Out Of The Woods” and “Welcome To New York.”
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