Early opinion of Midnights by Taylor Swift

[mikerivera]

I might start doing this for all major album releases. But for now, I’m really curious about what the reception is to Taylor Swift’s new album. For as crazy as the initial streaming and sales numbers are, the opinions I’ve seen seem to be a bit muted. The most common word I’ve heard used is boring. Which surprises me since I thought it was actually quite good. I will admit it didn’t have much sonic variation and there weren’t too many standout hooks, but the songwriting was on point, Swift is as good a singer as ever, and even if it’s mostly sticking to one sound, it’s a damn good sound. Anti-Hero is quickly becoming one of my favorite singles she’s ever released, and Lavender Haze, Mastermind, You’re On Your Own Kid and Bejeweled were also major highlights. It kinda feels like a spiritual successor to Lover, with not as many high points but WAY better low points. So as far as initial takeaways, I’d give it an 8. 

[M5AGTS]

I'm a Swiftie, but this a 4.

[Ling-Ling]

Good. It sags in the middle and "VS" is outright awful. I'd give it a B-.

[SabrinaFan]

9. A couple not so great tracks in the 3am version but otherwise this is flawless!

[Ernesto]

It's good.

[kimberly]

standard edition was a 6 (decent).

3 am edition brings it up to 7 (good) and it could potentially grow into an 8 (great).

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Oct 23, 2022 13:06:32 GMT -5 kimberly said:

standard edition was a 6 (decent).

3 am edition brings it up to 7 (good) and it could potentially grow into an 8 (great).

literally the same for me. I voted for 6 at first, and now changed it to 7 because of 3am.

[pancakes]

It’s really conflicting because I don’t hear any standouts other than Anti-Hero.
In that sense, this is her worst album.
But Anti-Hero might be her best song in more than a decade.

[Fire]

8/10

[JukeboxJacob]

Karma is the least boring

Anti-Hero might grow on me

[Ling-Ling]

Oct 22, 2022 7:57:37 GMT -5 Ling-Ling said:

Good. It sags in the middle and "VS" is outright awful. I'd give it a B-.

Downgraded to Decent. C+

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

So, based on 50 votes, Midnights has 6,96/10

I wonder who voted for 0/10 option...

[mikerivera]

Oct 28, 2022 13:27:05 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

So, based on 50 votes, Midnights has 6,96/10

I wonder who voted for 0/10 option...

I think the better way to measure this is the median rating. Which would be 7.5–half of the people said 8 or higher, the other half said 7 or lower. Which is actually a pretty good rating to have.

[Eloqueen™]

I would say a solid 7. I can't say I have Midnights in rotation anywhere near to the level of her last two albums (which IMO were both far superior), but it is a good body of work and I do like the fact she is revisiting that 80s-inspired pop sound.

[Wolfy]

8.5