folklore
by Taylor Swift
  • Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Jul 24, 2020
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9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 17537 Ratings

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  1. Alissa965
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Taylor did it again!! She released the best album she has ever written. folklore is a masterpiece and brings me joy every time I listening to the songs! 10/10 album of the year. August, Betty, and cardigan are my three top favorites!
  2. Maycet
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Folklore is an album full of emotion, during the entire album you can feel an intimacy and warming home sensation. I love it.
  3. Maryamshaaban
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    This album sounds like nothing she’s ever done before, simultaneously it sounds like all of her albums combined together. So far this is my favorite thing she’s ever done.

    It gets better with every listen, not a single skip.
  4. jessirchoc
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Beautiful storytelling. Taylor pulls back from her usual songwriting about her own life and embraces a wispy, romantic world of teen love. Every lyric is packed full of longing and imagery. A wonderful surprise and one of her best works.
  5. Jjuanfrank
    Jul 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un álbum muy básico , no hay nada nuevo ni innovador para la música y su cultura ninguna canción suena digna de un single… Expand
  6. biskvitka13
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    I love every single song! She really pulled off a whole new genre with an ease, fir sure best album ot 2020
  7. N1990
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    A stunning piece of work. The complexity of the lyrics mixed with the haunting melodies really bring the storytelling in the songs to life. You feel as though you’ve slipped into another world. It’s also really gratifying to also see this kind of growth in an artist. As someone who’s listened and enjoyed her music since her debut, with every album you can see the development of her skill -A stunning piece of work. The complexity of the lyrics mixed with the haunting melodies really bring the storytelling in the songs to life. You feel as though you’ve slipped into another world. It’s also really gratifying to also see this kind of growth in an artist. As someone who’s listened and enjoyed her music since her debut, with every album you can see the development of her skill - be it songwriting, vocally or experimentation with different genres - and it feels as though this is a culmination of all of that. It’s the most comprehensive work Taylor has put out thus far and the most glaringly joyful thing about it is that you can tell that it was made purely for herself because she wanted to create - not for big stadium tours or to get any awards / acclaim (though it deserves all of that too) but just because at the end of the day she’s a songwriter who writes amazing songs and uses them to tell stories - whether her own or others.… Expand
  8. thiagolop3s
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    álbum perfeito e muito tocante
    letras maravilhosas! taylor nunca decepciona como compositora
  9. Lalalove
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    An unexpected album! I’m shocked right now! It’s a Most beautiful Album she has ever made! My fav is exile and my tears ricochet
  10. bielucifer
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    melhor album da loirinha, conseguiu se reinventar era após era, ela merece essa nota!
  11. lilikka
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    incredible! this sound was made for her. my favorite album of hers. the storilines were captavating and the lyrics by far her best! might be my favorite album of all time
  12. Andreasierra420
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Amazing!!! The way she took some of the most known fairytale and took them and made an album about love and what it could be like in her mind and how she saw them. The folk pop aspect was something we had never really heard from her.
  13. Danielpa12
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    This sound like a masterpiece. The best álbum in this time. Perfect. ArTaylor.
  14. barthurbottino
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Um dos meus preferidos da carreira e do ano de 2020. Letra, produção, instrumental, estrutura, timing de lançamento, tudo muito bem feito. A qualidade dela como compositora é inegável. Perfeito, em muitas maneiras, perfeito.
  15. Muhammedys1989
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Taylor Swift proved very important two things with this album. the first one is that she can step into any genre and make a remarkable, stunning music in it. and the second one is that the greatest songwriter nowadays with her absolute amazing storytelling style, and her honest emotions that she poured them all through out the album.
  16. CriticoP3
    Jul 26, 2020
    6
    Taylor Swift ha tomado a más de uno por sorpresa con el inesperado lanzamiento de , su octavo álbum hasta la fecha. Con un interesante e inusual giro para su carrera que, sin embargo, se venía pidiendo por su tan empalagoso y abrumador trabajo posterior lanzado hace menos de once meses, Lover. Con este nuevo LP, Taylor pretende abandonar sus ya conocidas sobreproducciones pop clichésTaylor Swift ha tomado a más de uno por sorpresa con el inesperado lanzamiento de , su octavo álbum hasta la fecha. Con un interesante e inusual giro para su carrera que, sin embargo, se venía pidiendo por su tan empalagoso y abrumador trabajo posterior lanzado hace menos de once meses, Lover. Con este nuevo LP, Taylor pretende abandonar sus ya conocidas sobreproducciones pop clichés coloridas para tratar de escarbar más a fondo en un terreno fresco, pero sin dejar de arriesgarse del todo con un trabajo calculado y planeado en cada mínimo detalle -como es costumbre en la señorita Swift- para que le juegue a su favor.

    Folklore abre con “The 1” un inicio algo plano y que bien podría haber sido un bonus track de Lover; al igual que “My Tears Ricochet” y “The Last Great American Dynasty”, pero que sirve como puente para introducirnos a este nuevo proyecto. En “Cardigan”, Taylor muestra un crecimiento lirico exquisito, que no pierde la típica esencia Swift de joven poeta enamoradiza, pero embona a la perfección en la rica producción melancólica y sobria. Se puede apreciar la influencia de Normal F. Rockwell, mientras es acompaña por un suave piano a lo largo de la canción. “Y cuando sentí que era un viejo Cardigan debajo de la cama de alguien, me usaste y dijiste que era tu favorito”, recita Taylor.

    No es hasta “Mirrorball” que se encuentra a esta nueva Taylor tratando de emerger en este nuevo sonido “alternativo”. Las guitarras en el fondo, la producción poco cargada y brillante, es el verdadero punto de inicio y donde el álbum muestra cohesión verdadera. También se observa cierta versatilidad en la paleta de instrumentación sobria y atractiva, mientras Taylor conserva su elegancia pop usada en “August”, “Seven” y “This Is Me Trying”. Esta última siendo un punto fuerte en cuanto a producción pulida, es inmersiva, hipnotizante, ligera y muy orgánica. En “Epiphany”, Taylor nos invita a rememorar una sombría epifanía con tan solo veinte minutos para dormir. Con la nostálgica “Betsy” juguetea tenuemente con sus raíces country sin perder la compostura o dirección. “Illicit Affairs” e “Invisible Strings” se apoderan de las guitarras acústicas y entregan dos consistentes producciones elocuentes. Folklore finaliza con Hoax, la casi perfecta pista que nos recuerda el camino que Taylor ha tomado con este trabajo y que nos despide con un agradable final.

    Folklore es un tibio y fríamente calculado movimiento de Taylor queriendo tomar nuevas direcciones y quizás a futuro para poder terminar de sumergirse en este inexplorado terreno alternativo, que es un buen comienzo y el reset que necesitaba para su carrera. Luego tan ambiciosas y exitosas producciones agotadoras, Taylor estaba pronto a estancarse en un sonido pop bubble gum del que le sería difícil desprenderse de un día para el otro. Y afortunadamente, Folklore es el correcto casi primer paso. Y es que es evidente como todavía aun lucha para poder desprenderse del sonido que había adoptado como su nuevo territorio tras su partida del country. Las primeras cuatro canciones se sienten como una introducción algo innecesaria. Parece como si hubiera sacado Daylight, Afterflow, The Archer, It’s Nice to Have a Friend y las hubiera copiado y pegado para ponerlas primero. No es hasta la sexta o séptima pista donde realmente podemos ver como Taylor comienza a explotar y ejecutar de una forma magnifica y cautivante el concepto del álbum. Folklore es sin duda un crecimiento sólido para su carrera que ubica a Taylor en una posición cómoda para poder elegir con tranquilidad su siguiente movimiento sin la presión de tener que entregar otra producción pop que no la termine de ahogar en el repetitivo pop cliché que vislumbrada estar atorada.

    Puntaje: 62/100    … Expand
  17. QuiqeBocanegra
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    An unexpected change from what Swift had us used to, and it couldn't be more beautiful and perfect. Folklore is cozy, warm-ful, truthful with itself, and Swift at her best poetic moment ever. A masterpiece from the best songwriter of our time.
  18. ktSwiftie
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    this is album of the year material for sure, it has amazing lyrics and production.
  19. bonestis
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    O álbum é simplesmente incrivel, só pelo falo de ter sido lançado "do nada" e ter surpreendido a todos com a história proposta nas letras, o novo estilo em que a Taylor se lança combina muito mais com o estilo/voz dela dando mais prazer ao ouvir.
  20. blxcktreaclr
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Incredible album, full of fantasy and creativity! She delivered incredible songs!
  21. clofing
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    This album, from the production to the orchestration and songwriting is pure perfection. Taylor did it again to all of us... if you didn’t like her, listen again and you will, guaranteed. She’s been perfect since day 1.
  22. CosmicPaint
    Jul 26, 2020
    5
    Not much of a reinvention for Taylor. Dull melodies do this album a disservice despite some of the most mature lyrics I’ve heard from her. Exile and my tears ricochet are the only standouts from this otherwise forgettable album.
  23. Pppj6
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Increíble! Realmente nos dio un álbum con mucha narrativa y canciones increíbles. Cuando escucho esta nueva propuesta me siento muy tranquilo como en “Peace”. Felicitaciones Taylor Swift.
  24. erikkrase
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    her songwriting and storytelling is astonishing in this album. it's easily her best work yet.
  25. MickolDLK
    Jul 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A masterpiece she poured her heart into. The storytelling is beyond anything she’s ever done. An album we didn’t know we needed until we got it!… Expand
  26. ahmadreza_g_13
    Jul 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love it very much.i have no words to explain this its too good. This is probably the most beautiful album i’ve ever heard. WOW… Expand
  27. AGriffith
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    lyrical masterpiece.

    current of favs for me ( Just updated this)

    1. Mirrorball
    2. the last great American dynasty
    3. Exile
    4. the 1
    5. august
    6. mad woman
    7. this is me trying
    8. Betty
    9. illicit affairs
    10. my tears ricochet
    11. cardigan
    12. epiphany
    13. invisible string
    14. peace
    15. seven
    16. hoax
  28. celloferrero
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Being a fan since 2008-2009 until today, I basically grew up to her music. folklore is something completely different from debut album to Lover. Yes, there were a lot of parallelisms from her previous songs, but just proves how close her songs are to her heart. I was completely in awe of every since word she sang when I first listened to the whole album. The beat and tune of every song hadBeing a fan since 2008-2009 until today, I basically grew up to her music. folklore is something completely different from debut album to Lover. Yes, there were a lot of parallelisms from her previous songs, but just proves how close her songs are to her heart. I was completely in awe of every since word she sang when I first listened to the whole album. The beat and tune of every song had its own identity. Some were soothing, calming like a warm hug. Some brought me to my knees and left me crying. It was beautiful. It was painful. It was transcending. It was genuine.… Expand
  29. marcelogouveia
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Masterpiece. Masterpiece. Masterpiece. Masterpiece. Masterpiece. Masterpiece
  30. jjessief
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Está o meu top 5 dos albuns da Taylor Swift. A minha música favorita é Elixe .
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Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Uncut
    Aug 13, 2020
    90
    It's a sharp turn to the left for Swift and a fine reminder that she is more than just a gleaming pop phenomenon, but a remarkable songwriter too. [Oct 2020, p.36]
  2. DIY Magazine
    Aug 7, 2020
    90
    A modern-folk masterpiece which finds her moving from her previous pop bangers into stunningly simple yet sharp melodies, ‘folklore’ will be going down in Swiftie history as one of her most unexpected, and undoubtedly one of her best.
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Aug 3, 2020
    60
    These 16 tracks (17 on the deluxe version) play out quite pleasurably in their entirety, the joins between Swift, Dessner and Antonoff ultimately only of niche interest. But Swift’s powerful songs reach their climaxes with bittersweet orchestrations, rather than blows to the solar plexus or a ringing in the ears. Everything hovers; little truly lands.
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