American Songwriter Magazine hails 1989, rates it as no 4 in it's Top 50 Albums of 2014
American Songwriter’s Top 50 Albums of 2014: Presented by D’Addario
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4. Taylor Swift: 1989
When Taylor Swift proclaimed that her fifth album, the follow up to her massively successful 2012 release RED, would be a full-on pop album, eyebrows were raised but the general reaction was not one of shock and awe. Swift had, after all, already laid the groundwork for a transition out of Nashville, one that began with crossover hits like “You Belong with Me” and ended with the decidedly banjo-free, EDM-leaning “I Knew You Were Trouble.” With her most recent offering, 1989, Swift not only made the best selling pop album of 2014, she also made the best sounding one. A slick, smart collection of songs that owes more to Peter Gabriel than it does Katy Perry, 1989 deftly satisfies the current vogue for nostalgia while managing to add something new to the current pop conversation. Haters gonna hate, sure, but with an album this good, their voices will be drowned out by everyone else too busy singing along to listen.
Taylor keeps on getting that acclaim, even with a pop album!
when the others
