1989
by Taylor Swift
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  1. Adrian14502
    Apr 14, 2017
    5
    Swift presenta un quinto trabajo discográfico totalmente alejado (o casi) de su característico country, y quizá no es el mejor camino que pudo tomar. 1989 es un álbum en su totalidad pop con muestras o influencias de subgéneros del mismo, como synthpop o teen pop; líricamente no va más allá que los típicos temas clichés del pop, como las relaciones amorosas o divertirse con amigos, y enSwift presenta un quinto trabajo discográfico totalmente alejado (o casi) de su característico country, y quizá no es el mejor camino que pudo tomar. 1989 es un álbum en su totalidad pop con muestras o influencias de subgéneros del mismo, como synthpop o teen pop; líricamente no va más allá que los típicos temas clichés del pop, como las relaciones amorosas o divertirse con amigos, y en algunos casos las letras son repetitivas o poco convencionales. Algunas canciones se sienten realmente vacías. Swift no se luce vocalmente en el álbum, no presenta grandes melodías, pero sí un montón de ganchos pegadizos. Lo que hace al álbum uno más del montón es el uso excesivo de clichés y sonidos teen pop, su producción es poco elaborada y está conformada por melodías simples. Temas como ''Bad Blood'' se sienten insípidos, mientras otros como ''Shake It Off'' son un poco irritantes. Y es que el álbum en su mayoría suena igual. Por otro lado temas como ''Clean'' o ''Style'' brillan completamente, muestran una Swift más segura y original. 1989 no es uno de los mejores álbumes del año, pero tampoco de los peores, Swift puede hacer algo mejor, y quizá incursionar en el mundo pop le haga perder la gracia y originalidad que tiene.

    Mejor track: Clean
    Peor track: Bad Blood    … Expand
  2. cryhardhumor
    Jul 18, 2015
    7
    There isn't anything particularly new or special to be found here, but it is a fun enough time and even has one or two tracks that actually have some emotion and hopeful sweetness to them. Aside from that, Taylor Swift's beautiful voice works surprisingly well with the pop beats. Anyone who is into fun and not horridly inappropriate pop music should give this one a listen.
  3. Elesh
    Dec 19, 2014
    10
    Best mainstream album of the year. It proves to show that a pop album can contain depth as well. Once again, Taylor set herself apart from all the other pop stars by creating a juggernaut album that took over the charts ever since its release.
  4. beygoldin
    Dec 27, 2014
    10
    I'm really in love with this Taylor's work , he really showed that she is not only Country , and he can do very well in other genres , an album where even the most boring songs are good, an album where no music can be characterized bad, this album does not contain so-called " farofas music " but songs with real lyrics, and prove that Taylor can get along without writing about relationshipsI'm really in love with this Taylor's work , he really showed that she is not only Country , and he can do very well in other genres , an album where even the most boring songs are good, an album where no music can be characterized bad, this album does not contain so-called " farofas music " but songs with real lyrics, and prove that Taylor can get along without writing about relationships ( with the exception of some songs ) . This album can be characterized one of the best of the year , not only for its quality but also for its sales, even in a year where the industry was " problems / difficulties " did very well with sales
    With this unique work in this genre can already say that Taylor was consecrated in Pop royalty
    This album is incredible
    Congratulations    … Expand
  5. etjulprou
    Feb 11, 2015
    10
    she was awesome in country style , but now she blows my mind in pop , she absolutely brings all the experience she got with country to another level in pop , those who criticize this album and put 0 to 3 are surely Katy Perry's fans ( who is Taylor's enemy ) ( personally both are great singer-writer-composer ) so don't let your allegiance disturb your judgement . she fully became matureshe was awesome in country style , but now she blows my mind in pop , she absolutely brings all the experience she got with country to another level in pop , those who criticize this album and put 0 to 3 are surely Katy Perry's fans ( who is Taylor's enemy ) ( personally both are great singer-writer-composer ) so don't let your allegiance disturb your judgement . she fully became mature vocally on this one , awesome Lyrics , Beats fit with each song , very nice sound mixing and some smooth songs to spiced it , this album deserves a 10 for me considering it is her 1st in this kind of music and how she did it . I love you my eternal teenager , stay as you are !!!… Expand
  6. Chlofa
    Feb 24, 2015
    10
    I've absolutely adored Taylor's previous albums and her whole country sound so when I heard she was releasing a full pop album I was quite disappointed.
    I bought it anyway, and I've got to say, it's her best album yet, in my opinion. It's been out for four months now and I've lost count of how many times I've listened to it since then. 'New Romantics', 'Blank Space', 'Wildest Dreams' and    I've absolutely adored Taylor's previous albums and her whole country sound so when I heard she was releasing a full pop album I was quite disappointed.
    I bought it anyway, and I've got to say, it's her best album yet, in my opinion. It's been out for four months now and I've lost count of how many times I've listened to it since then. 'New Romantics', 'Blank Space', 'Wildest Dreams' and 'All You Had To Do Was Stay' are the stand out songs for me, but they're all fantastical.
    I'm glad Taylor proved me, and everyone else who doubted the album before release, wrong.    … Expand
  7. IGa
    Jan 31, 2016
    4
    The fun theme suggested by "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space" unfortunately is discouraged by very similar beats and lyrics. Some melodies may even be tasty to hear, but the proposal of the album does not go much beyond music to ex-boyfriends or not very successful attempts to laugh at herself. With the exception of singles like "Shake It Off", "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood" (which can becomeThe fun theme suggested by "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space" unfortunately is discouraged by very similar beats and lyrics. Some melodies may even be tasty to hear, but the proposal of the album does not go much beyond music to ex-boyfriends or not very successful attempts to laugh at herself. With the exception of singles like "Shake It Off", "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood" (which can become extremely annoying without the participation of Kendrick Lamar), the album features tiring derivations of "Style".… Expand
  8. FionaMarie
    Apr 14, 2016
    10
    A flawless album from start to finish, 1989 is a high point in all of pop music. Taylor Swift has outdone herself time and again, and her first foray into pop is no exception. Her vocal abilities have vastly improved since her last album, and Swift uses her new power to its full extent, melding gorgeously with the upbeat, delightful tracks of each song. 1989 will make a Swiftie out of theA flawless album from start to finish, 1989 is a high point in all of pop music. Taylor Swift has outdone herself time and again, and her first foray into pop is no exception. Her vocal abilities have vastly improved since her last album, and Swift uses her new power to its full extent, melding gorgeously with the upbeat, delightful tracks of each song. 1989 will make a Swiftie out of the most pessimistic, jaded listeners!… Expand
  9. CriticMLT
    Jun 4, 2016
    6
    to be honest i prefer her as a country artist than a pop artist but she didn't do such a bad job either. 1989 Is a good album that you listen all day but then you get board with it and never listen to it again.
    my score:
    1.welcome to New York 7/10 2. Blank space 8/10 3. style 5/10 4. out of the woods 7/10 5. all you had to do was stay 6/10 6. shake it off 6/10 7. I wish you would    to be honest i prefer her as a country artist than a pop artist but she didn't do such a bad job either. 1989 Is a good album that you listen all day but then you get board with it and never listen to it again.
    my score:
    1.welcome to New York 7/10
    2. Blank space 8/10
    3. style 5/10
    4. out of the woods 7/10
    5. all you had to do was stay 6/10
    6. shake it off 6/10
    7. I wish you would 6/10
    8. bad blood 8/10
    9. wildest dreams 7/10
    10. How you get the girl 5/10
    11. this love 7/10
    12. I know places 8/10
    13. clean 7/10
    14. wonderland 7/10
    15.you are in love 7/10
    16. new romantics 8/10
    overall: 68    … Expand
  10. gagaeb12
    Oct 30, 2016
    10
    попса зачем такое слушать зис лав шедевр конечно но меня алеко попросил так что поставлю этому хрюку 10 баллов хоть она и спиздила стайл с шедевральных тру дизастер и джелоус
  11. RyanStan
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    Todo el álbum es perfecto, desde la primera hasta la última canción.
    .."Stay Hey, all you had to do was stay Had me in the palm of your hand Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in Stay, hey, now you say you want it Back now that it's just too late Well could've been easy All you had to do was stay.."
  12. AndyBarnaclei
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    The best! Oh My God!! Of course the best album of 2014!! I LOVE YOU TAYLOR! 13 13 13 FOREVER, and I'm so excited so buy the album in stores!! Kisses from Brazil!
  13. xoraphs
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    De longe, esse é o melhor álbum do ano. Não é a toa que é cogitado pra ser oque vai salvar a industria musical em 2014. Swift novamente surpreende todos com um álbum totalmente pop e inovador. Com sons que remetem aos anos 80, 1989 tem tudo pra ganhar o Grammy de Álbum Do Ano na edição de 2016. Ela vem se superando a cada Era, não tem ninguem que se possa comparar com Taylor Swift.
  14. BobiSwiftie
    Oct 28, 2014
    10
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  15. Wael
    Oct 27, 2014
    9
    Sonically, '1989' is very different than anything Taylor Swift has ever done, but when you stay faithful to your soul and your core, nothing you do will upset people. Her first 'official documented pop album' is just perfection made by the combination of catchy tunes, deep lyrics (as usual), great vocal performance, and confidence/sass kinda attitude. Here is every single track reviewed:Sonically, '1989' is very different than anything Taylor Swift has ever done, but when you stay faithful to your soul and your core, nothing you do will upset people. Her first 'official documented pop album' is just perfection made by the combination of catchy tunes, deep lyrics (as usual), great vocal performance, and confidence/sass kinda attitude. Here is every single track reviewed:
    1. Welcome to New York: This song, done with Ryan Tedder, serves its purpose with brilliance: Introducing Swift's most-sonically challenging album. Great track and New York Anthem.
    2. Blank Space: The first highlight of the album, produced by hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback, and written by Swift, this song offers everything there is: Love, Fun, Confidence, Dismissing what people say. EVERYTHING I tell ya!
    3. Style.: Another amazing song from amazing Mrs. Swift. I think what really shines on here are the reaaaally good lyrics (You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye/ And I got that red lip classic thing that you like.)
    4. Out of the Woods: The first promo single of the album, produced by Antonoff, sees Swift at her most experimental and adventurous yet. Really good song.
    5. All You Had To Do Was Stay: The verse emerges reminiscent of the Speak Now & Fearless eras (Lyrically speaking) and then the chorus hits and the world is slayed. I think what rings the most is the epic "Stay!"
    6. Shake It Off: Okay, if you still haven't heard this song, you must be living on Mars or something. A great haters-gonna-hate anthem, wisely chosen as the lead single.
    7. I Wish You Would: If you didn't like this track from the first listen, that's okay, I didn't either. But it really grew on me and realized the chorus is the most insane thing Taylor has ever done.
    8. Bad Blood: If it really is about Katy Perry, then I got bad news for her: Katy Perry, you are (unfortunately) very burned. Lyrically strong and great production. I mean, have you heard those beats?
    9. Wildest Dreams: Lana Del Rey, is that you? Taylor attempts a Lana-type-of-song, and she absolutely nails it. My second favourite off the album, after 'Blank Space'. Breathy vocals and production and dark lyrics, way to go!
    10. How You Get The Girl: The only song on '1989' that is not as memorable as the others. It's still good though, with typical Swift-lyrics, such as 'I want you for worse or for better/ I would wait forever and ever'.
    11. This Love: Written by Swift alone, this song is so much reminiscent of the Speak Now era, except it's pop. Breathy, dark and calm, this song is absolutely beautiful!
    12. I Know Places: The darkest song on the record. The lyrics hit too much, and the melodies will just sweep you off. Great attempt at change, Tay (especially with the 'They are the hunters, we are the foxes, and we run' line)!
    13. Clean: You like 'All Too Well'? Well this song is the closest to it on the record. Emotionally charged, this song serves as the perfect closer.

    Remember when Lorde said that Taylor is a "perfectionist"? Well, she wasn't wrong, folks! Great album Taylor. (Hoping you'd go country again for your 2016 release). This album proves that Mrs. Swift still has a long career ahead of her. 10/10.    … Expand
  16. Akhil_S
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    Its not the usual Taylor we knew and the music is very polished but the good thing is she's more confident and her new sound is so fresh unlike stale pop contemporaries.
  17. MartinR95
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    This album is pure pop perfection. From start to finish the melodies click and the lyrics work. I can't think of an other artist that has the same songwriting abilities as Swift, she tell stories with her song and its impossible not to see them.
  18. altoniolemos
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    Swift is writing the future of pop music. She is swimming against the current and bringing the golden days of originality in pop music back. '1989' is the coronation of the new queen of pop music.
  19. jaysonmolas
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    This album is exceptionally different from most pop album today. Comparing to her peers today (not to mention like Miley, Ariana, Katy, etc), her song lyrics are somewhat pretty obvious in here. It's not generic as what most pop hits today rather it's personal, affective and emotional. Shes way better from other pop stars.
  20. PulkitG
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    This new album of Taylor Swift is a big step outside country music which is very well handled. Songs like Blank Spaces, How you get the girl, I know Places are the AWESOMEST. Even the NYC anthem is the one to look out for.

    Lyrically best, sweet emotional, subtle sarcasm and life experiences makes it even more Special. Taylor has done it again.

    PS Taylor Please Come to India For A Concert.
  21. BenXu
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    Apprehension came along with astonishment when Shake It Off came out, a nearly outrageous deviation from the teenage girl country pop she used to sing. The pop smash, nonetheless, grew on me within several listens. The album is a tour de force as well. It is POP enough, but not generic in the slightest. The iconoclastic T.S.Style lyrics, rife with beautiful paradoxes and oxymorons, remainApprehension came along with astonishment when Shake It Off came out, a nearly outrageous deviation from the teenage girl country pop she used to sing. The pop smash, nonetheless, grew on me within several listens. The album is a tour de force as well. It is POP enough, but not generic in the slightest. The iconoclastic T.S.Style lyrics, rife with beautiful paradoxes and oxymorons, remain one of the most impressive parts in the album along with its resplendent production.

    Cut: Out of the Woods, Shake It Off, Welcome to New York, Blank Space, Style    … Expand
  22. dukongie
    Oct 31, 2014
    10
    1989 is simply one of the best pop albums in recent years. I'm impressed she managed to create a brilliant pop album without sacrificing the quality of her songwriting. I really really love this album and I enjoy listening to it. There's not one really bad song in the album imo although there are a few tracks that I think are weak compared to some songs from her previous albums. My most1989 is simply one of the best pop albums in recent years. I'm impressed she managed to create a brilliant pop album without sacrificing the quality of her songwriting. I really really love this album and I enjoy listening to it. There's not one really bad song in the album imo although there are a few tracks that I think are weak compared to some songs from her previous albums. My most fave track so far is Wildest Dreams. I hope it will become a single.… Expand
  23. CB3_Music
    Oct 28, 2014
    8
    '1989' is a very good pop album for Taylor Swift. Even though it doesn't have country production that her other albums have, but the elements that make Taylor Swift unique (like her writing style and personality) is there. Is it her best album, of course not, but it's good enough to be remember by fans and critics.
    Best Tracks: Blank Space, Style, Out of The Woods, Wildest Dreams. and I    '1989' is a very good pop album for Taylor Swift. Even though it doesn't have country production that her other albums have, but the elements that make Taylor Swift unique (like her writing style and personality) is there. Is it her best album, of course not, but it's good enough to be remember by fans and critics.
    Best Tracks: Blank Space, Style, Out of The Woods, Wildest Dreams. and I Know Places    … Expand
  24. Dennonyx
    Feb 18, 2015
    4
    Inconstant album with minimal instrumentals where the ballads are sleepy and the pop tracks are cloying and kind of stupid, showing another bit of the Swift's country essence has gone to **** off. The first track ('Welcome To New York') is very simple and fails out inductive album with his irritating repetition. 'Blank Space' and 'Style' are actually two quite good pop songs, wisely chosenInconstant album with minimal instrumentals where the ballads are sleepy and the pop tracks are cloying and kind of stupid, showing another bit of the Swift's country essence has gone to **** off. The first track ('Welcome To New York') is very simple and fails out inductive album with his irritating repetition. 'Blank Space' and 'Style' are actually two quite good pop songs, wisely chosen as singles, but spoiled by a trivial lyric. 'Out Of The Woods' and 'All You Had To Do Was Stay' sound both like a slightly better version of 'Welcome To New York', and the piano elements in them are appreciable. 'Shake It Off' is as catchy as stupid, and it completely disrupts the relaxing atmosphere barely created with previous tracks. Rest of the album is pretty boring, with 'Bad Blood' as the worst song.… Expand
  25. Michelyswift13
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album has really bringing new and amazing things for fans. With these new tunes and this new way of singing, Taylor excelled and broke all barriers, this pop is totally different and creative!… Expand
  26. alannahhealy
    Oct 29, 2014
    9
    This is not what I expected at all, but I really like the splashes that remind us that shes a 24 year old woman. It stays very close to being Taylor Swift-y but really shows growth and maturity that should be show in an artist that has grown up before our eyes. I can relate to it better as a woman, where as I would relate to Fearless when I was just a teenager, or Speak Now when I wasThis is not what I expected at all, but I really like the splashes that remind us that shes a 24 year old woman. It stays very close to being Taylor Swift-y but really shows growth and maturity that should be show in an artist that has grown up before our eyes. I can relate to it better as a woman, where as I would relate to Fearless when I was just a teenager, or Speak Now when I was maturing into an adult. It is a great transitional album and I am sure that the music style from Taylor Swift will continue to change. I enjoy this album because it is an easy listen but has a lot of depth to it.… Expand
  27. Giovana
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    Taylor Swift is an artist who innovates and grows with each album and in my opinion so far in 1989 has exceeded all expectations and became his best album, both in vocal quality, sound, composition ... I hope she stays that way to let your name growing in market
  28. electricprince
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    Taylor Swift delivers in a big way with her first pure pop effort, giving listeners a taste of pure pop confection with lyrical poetry, an oddity in pop music today. The album isn't Swift's strongest lyrically (see RED) but it certainly is, sonically.
  29. an180201
    Oct 27, 2014
    10
    Everything in this album is perfect. The songs are amazing, the cover of the album is really nice. She has elevated the music back in the 80s and the music now. This is truly one of the best albums I have ever heard.
  30. wesleywalrus
    Oct 28, 2014
    4
    With a couple songs, she progresses into a force to be reckoned with. However, the rest of the album feels like pop gone wrong, and with staying away from country music, pop perfection should've been her ultimate goal.
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  1. The Quietus
    Dec 1, 2014
    80
    With 1989 she has succeeded in leveraging the most cordial and familiar of pop music outpourings to something that feels like a statement, a work of note and the sinew of some kind of emotional connective tissue–binding tastemakers, rock critics, guys I work with and my 12 year old cousin; irrevocably and unexpectedly.
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  2. NOW Magazine
    Nov 6, 2014
    60
    What stands out more than the production is how consistently solid the album is, and how effective the lyrics and songwriting.
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  3. The 405
    Nov 6, 2014
    60
    1989 is full of cliches, but the truth is that we wouldn't expect them to not be present anyway.
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