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Taylor Swift - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 19, 2015, 7:26 pm
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Re: Taylor Swift - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 19, 2015, 7:26 pm
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[center][b]What's The Best Taylor Swift Album of All-Time?[/b]
Circa 2014
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Re: Taylor Swift - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 19, 2015, 7:29 pm
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[center]Taylor Swift (1989) 2014
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Just like everyone else on the planet, we all know who Taylor
Swift is in spite of never listening to single song of hers.
Well, personally I had never bothered to listen to anything she
did, especially when she was the biggest Country Star. I'm not a
fan of the music, so naturally I never had any desire to listen
to her stuff . Well, this all changed for me once a couple of
her songs (Shake It Off and Bad Blood) dropped as singles. I
knew that 1989 was suppose to be heavily influenced from the
80's, making this a true Pop album, far removed from Country.
Naturally I was curious to hear what the rest of the album would
be. I love the two songs I mentioned, but I was highly skeptical
an entire album would deliver. Very happy to say I was wrong.
1989 is a great album. It really exceeded my expectations and
yes, it's definitely a Pop album and draws heavily from the best
of the 80's. This just might be my new Party Album for the
future. She sounds great, but I was more enamored with how the
songs were crafted and arranged and how the songs worked in
relations with each other throughout the entire album. It was
fun to be able to pick up influences from 80's stuff.
A little fun fact about my Taylor Swift night tonight. I put my
request for 1989 with my Library over 3 months ago. It arrived
today and got to dive into the album tonight. In a twist of
fate, Taylor was performing at Petco Park tonight. Totally
forgot that she was even in town tonight. So, it was kind of an
odd (or preordained) that the album would arrive 3 months to the
day that she would be in town. Anyway, if you are looking for an
allbum full of catchy tunes that actually sound great and unique
from the tired old crap that passes for songs today, definitely
give this one a Rent. Personally I will be looking for a Used
Copy to Buy on eBay.
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This review is from August 29, 2015 over here
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Re: Taylor Swift - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 19, 2015, 7:30 pm
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[center]Taylor Swift D.L.X. Deluxe Edition(1989) 2014
Target Exclusive
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Okay, here's an update with the time I've spent with 1989. As
you know, like my boy Mac, I check out albums from my Library so
that I can check them out and make a determination if it's
something I want to add to my personal music library. I already
knew this was definitely a must-buy for me. Getting back to the
copy I had checked out from the Library, I am able to keep it
for 3 weeks before I have to return it if there is anyone on the
wait list for the album. I literally listened to the album
non-stop for 3 weeks and around the 2 week mark, I started
searching out my CD copy from eBay. There are a few different
versions floating around. I settled on getting the Deluxe
Edition (Target Exclusive) Brand New at a steal for $10 bucks.
Still shrinked wrapped. I was very skeptical that the [b]Deluxe
Edition[/b] with the bonus tracks would be anywhere near the
level of the other songs that I have been listening to for the
past 3 weeks. Figured they were going to be throwaway songs and
were cut from the album for a reason. Boy, was I ever wrong. I
will never doubt Taylor Swift again.
The 3 bonus tracks (Wonderland, You Are In Love and New
Romantics) are probably my favorite songs right now. They are
definitely songs that could and should be released as singles.
On top of the bonus tracks we also get 3 Songwriting Voice Memos
which break down her songwriting process. Each of the 3 memos is
preceded with [b]Taylor [/b]actually talking about how she
approaches that particular song. Very cool stuff. It's a mini
tutorial walk-through. The last bonus swag that comes with the
Deluxe Edition is a pack of Polaroids. All cool stuff. So, based
on the content of the music, I have to amend my rating to
reflect 10 Stars. Her lyrics are very clever and the
arrangements are damn good. The more I've listened to the album,
I have picked up more influences that were derived from the late
90's to early 2000's. I've picked up stuff from The Tubes to
Nelly Furtado to Timbaland to Avril Lavigne to Philip Steir to
Falco. The stuff is subtle but unmistakable. There are actually
a bunch of things I'm hearing from song to song that I know from
somewhere else. I've just not been able to place them...yet. It
will come to me eventually.
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Re: Taylor Swift - Discography
By: Mac Date: September 20, 2015, 5:41 am
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Very interesting review. I'm gonna pick it up. I've seen it at
the library, but I doubt they have the bonus material. I'll seek
those out on YouTube.
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Re: Taylor Swift - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 20, 2015, 8:45 am
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Really curious to hear your take on this given the fact that
this isn't in your wheelhouse.
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Re: Taylor Swift - Discography
By: Mac Date: September 20, 2015, 8:55 am
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I've been open to more pop of late, but it has to be good and
distinctive. As I've mentioned before, listening to those 'Now'
CD's, it all sounds the same.
Is Swift still considered country? Or is she pop, or some hybrid
Genre I've not heard about yet?
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Re: Taylor Swift - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 20, 2015, 10:00 am
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I don't think she can go back to Country for the time being. She
was big when she was a Country star. But since crossing over,
she has exploded because of 1989. Now if I were her manager, I
would keep her in the Pop world for the time being. I certainly
wouldn't allow her to go back to country if she intends to also
do the Pop thing. People would get confused and that translate
into fans looking elsewhere. She has to ride the wave and then
when she gets it out of her system (if she ever does), then and
only then let her go back to where she started. That's my
business 101. :) To answer your question, she is full-on pop.
No country to be found anywhere and for me that is a huge plus.
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Re: Taylor Swift - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 21, 2015, 6:24 pm
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[center]Taylor Swift Reacts to Ryan Adams's '1989' Cover Album
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I gotta get me a physical CD so that I can listen to this
properly. Not gonna listen via [b]YouTube[/b]. Gonna check the
Library and see if it's there. This looks to be a very
interesting take on 1989. It might be an iTunes only thing for
the time being.
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Re: Taylor Swift - Discography
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 15, 2015, 12:58 pm
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[center]Taylor Swift GQ Cover
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Nice.
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