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...Ready For It? Artist
End Game Artist
I Did Something Bad Artist
Don't Blame Me Artist
Delicate Artist
Look What You Made Me Do Swift, Taylor
So It Goes... Artist
Gorgeous Artist
Getaway Car Artist
King Of My Heart Artist
Dancing With Our Hands Tied Artist
Dress Artist
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Artist
Call It What You Want Artist
New Year's Day Artist
Taylor Swift never hesitated to place a veiled version of herself at the center of her songs, but reputation is her first record specifically about "Taylor Swift Superstar," not the singer/songwriter who grew up in public. reputation dispenses with the notion that Swift is a babe in the woods, swapping naivete for calculation, leaning hard into the idea that she plots her every move. In that light, it's difficult not to read reputation as Swift's first self-consciously "adult" record, one preoccupied with sex, betrayal, and the scars they leave behind. Appropriately, she dresses reputation in dark, moody sounds, dwelling on drum loops and synthesizers. Working with Jack Antonoff, Max Martin, and Shellback -- all veterans of 2014's 1989 -- her official pop makeover -- Swift achieves a steely, nocturnal sound, one that appears to exist on a gray scale: Apart from the delicate closer "New Year's Day," every song on reputation has a cool, gleaming patina that's designed to put an alluring distance between Swift and the listener. That sense of remove can highlight how clumsy Swift can be in regard to carnality -- whenever she writes about sex, she tends to be a bit on the nose -- and occasionally her attempts at villainy veer toward the absurd ("This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things"), an awkwardness that's distracting upon first listen but less so on revisits. Upon repeated plays, these lyrics fade, as does the monochromatic production, and what's left is a coming of age album anchored by some strong Swift songs, most of which are bunched at the end of the record. "Getaway Car," "Delicate," "Dress," and especially "New Year's Day" carry Swift's trademark blend of vulnerability, melody, and confidence, but they are deeply felt and complex, signs that all of the heavy-handed persona plays of reputation were a necessary exercise for her to mature as a singer/songwriter. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Author Taylor Swift
Artist Taylor Swift
Label Big Machine Records
Label Virgin EMI
Features Universal Music Taylor Swift - Reputation, CD. Genre: Pop, Media type: CD, Artist: Taylor Swift. Package type: Jewel case
DUIN 3NH41EC2DTR
GTIN 0843930033102
Release Date 10.11.2017
Amount of Discs 1
Language English
Product type CD
Track Count 15
Dimension 5.04 x 5.67 x 0.47 inches
Product Weight 4.52 ounces
Manufacturer Part Number 3003310
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