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Discussion: 1989: Metacritic: 77/100 (25 critics)
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I tried, but your private sis.
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whats ur twitter
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I'm gonna miss songs like Love Story & Our Song 
Bye Countrylor Swift
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The Telegraph (UK) - Taylor Swift, 1989, review: 'full of American fizz'
Scratch beneath the shiny surface and you'll find Swift hasn’t moved so far from her country roots, says Neil McCormick
Scratch beneath the shiny surface, though, and Swift hasn’t moved so far from her roots. Amid the boom-clap drum patterns and digital hooks are songs that could conceivably be strummed on an acoustic guitar, with well-formed verses, rising bridges and catchy choruses. At the heart of country music is an engagement with the grit of real-life struggles, and this remains Swift’s lyrical terrain. Sharp observation and emotional engagement raise her material above the level of celebrity Twitter spat. They are not score-settling songs so much as emotional reckonings, revolving around the appeal and danger of reckless young love, with repeated motifs of memory and loss. The album ends with the understated, atmospheric Clean, a song of survival, evoking metaphors of the destructive yet cleansing force of a *******ial storm but also breaking clean of an addiction. “You’re still all over me,” Swift mourns, “like a wine-stained dress I can’t wear anymore.” It’s not quite blood on the tracks, perhaps, but it’s got a truth and power rare in commercialised pop.
RATING: 4/5, 80/100 on MetaCritic
Read Full Review: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...ican-fizz.html
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The Telegraph - Taylor Swift, 1989, review: 'full of American fizz'
Scratch beneath the shiny surface and you'll find Swift hasn’t moved so far from her country roots, says Neil McCormick
Scratch beneath the shiny surface, though, and Swift hasn’t moved so far from her roots. Amid the boom-clap drum patterns and digital hooks are songs that could conceivably be strummed on an acoustic guitar, with well-formed verses, rising bridges and catchy choruses. At the heart of country music is an engagement with the grit of real-life struggles, and this remains Swift’s lyrical terrain. Sharp observation and emotional engagement raise her material above the level of celebrity Twitter spat. They are not score-settling songs so much as emotional reckonings, revolving around the appeal and danger of reckless young love, with repeated motifs of memory and loss. The album ends with the understated, atmospheric Clean, a song of survival, evoking metaphors of the destructive yet cleansing force of a *******ial storm but also breaking clean of an addiction. “You’re still all over me,” Swift mourns, “like a wine-stained dress I can’t wear anymore.” It’s not quite blood on the tracks, perhaps, but it’s got a truth and power rare in commercialised pop.
RATING: 4/5, 80/100 on MetaCritic
Read Full Review: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...ican-fizz.html
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The Guardian (UK) - Taylor Swift: 1989 review – leagues ahead of the teen-pop competition
Why do people take Taylor Swift so much more seriously than her peers? Great songs, smart turns of phrase and a noticeable lack of the usual hollow pop platitudes all help
RATING: 4/5, 80/100 on MetaCritic
http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...ft-1989-review
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Wildest Dreams, Style, and Clean will be the trinity. Calling it now!
This Love, Blank Space, and All You Had to Do Was Stay will be the second trinity.
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The Independent (UK) - '1989' Review
Taylor Swift, 1989, album review: Pop star shows promising signs of maturity
But whether it’s adolescent exaggeration or an attempt to bring more intriguing strategies into pop lyricism is debatable.
RATING: 3/5, 60/100 on MetaCritic
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...y-9814620.html
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Originally posted by DG1
The Telegraph (UK) - Taylor Swift, 1989, review: 'full of American fizz'
Scratch beneath the shiny surface and you'll find Swift hasn’t moved so far from her country roots, says Neil McCormick
Scratch beneath the shiny surface, though, and Swift hasn’t moved so far from her roots. Amid the boom-clap drum patterns and digital hooks are songs that could conceivably be strummed on an acoustic guitar, with well-formed verses, rising bridges and catchy choruses. At the heart of country music is an engagement with the grit of real-life struggles, and this remains Swift’s lyrical terrain. Sharp observation and emotional engagement raise her material above the level of celebrity Twitter spat. They are not score-settling songs so much as emotional reckonings, revolving around the appeal and danger of reckless young love, with repeated motifs of memory and loss. The album ends with the understated, atmospheric Clean, a song of survival, evoking metaphors of the destructive yet cleansing force of a *******ial storm but also breaking clean of an addiction. “You’re still all over me,” Swift mourns, “like a wine-stained dress I can’t wear anymore.” It’s not quite blood on the tracks, perhaps, but it’s got a truth and power rare in commercialised pop.
RATING: 4/5, 80/100 on MetaCritic
Read Full Review: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...ican-fizz.html
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I am so ready 
I wonder if she'll get 77 again like Red and Speak Now 
The title of The Guardian's article though...
Taylor Swift: 1989 review – leagues ahead of the teen-pop competition
Why do people take Taylor Swift so much more seriously than her peers? Great songs, smart turns of phrase and a noticeable lack of the usual hollow pop platitudes all help
omg this got me like so hyped.
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The album ends with the understated, atmospheric Clean, a song of survival, evoking metaphors of the destructive yet cleansing force of a *******ial storm but also breaking clean of an addiction. “You’re still all over me,” Swift mourns, “like a wine-stained dress I can’t wear anymore.”
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OMFG!!!!!
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Fuming @ these 3/5 star reviews. The way the bring down the score is insane.
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OMG **** the independent 
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The telegraph won't even ****ing count. GOD.
EDIT: Wait NVM, it is.
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So hyped for this It's not even funny anymore
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The telegraph won't even ****ing count. GOD.
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It does count. 
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72.5, **** those 60s
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Let's hope none of the review scores fall below a 60.
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