Taylor Swift - "Speak Now [Taylor's Version]"

[.indulgecountry]

It's heeeeere! T-Swift's third re-recorded studio album has landed:

[3chords]

Mean sounds so COUNTRY! Of the unheard vault songs, I’m loving Timeless <3 Last Kiss bridge remains devastating.

[Rhythm Nation]

So many gems! All the vault tracks are great - Castles Crumbling is just WOW, possibly God-tier, and Timeless is classic storytelling Taylor.

Sparks Fly lost a bit of punch for me but the other rerecordings are really solid and some have even been elevated (Superman! Last Kiss!)

[zdm1998]

Yeah I echo that Sparks Fly doesn't exactly hit like the OG did. It also feels like some of the emotion isn't there in some of the songs like they were in the OG version.

My baby "Ours" sounds great on the rerecord though.  :)

[aldo01]

Other than Sparks Fly, the big issue I have is with Mean. The fiddle was turned down a bit compared to the original, which had it very loud. Also, the mandolin work is not as good as it was. Her vocals are way better now though, and I'm very happy she changed the lyrics to Better than Revenge as I always thought the mattress line was not classy at all, and quite inappropriate coming from a woman as smart as Taylor.

[onebuffalo]

Swift breaking records:

www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/229343/taylor-swift-s-speak-now-taylor-s-version-sets-two

[recordyear]

Preidcted to have 475k sales and 700k SPS first week. #1 overall.

[onebuffalo]

#1 country, #1 top 200 album with 716,000 SPS. Congratulations Taylor Swift.