• Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Aug 23, 2019
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  1. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This album has more different sounds than other artists whole catalog they hate to see it album of the year
  2. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    A brilliant album. This one probably the best in Taylor’s discography. It has it all. Imagery. Different emotional palette. Different sides of love.
  3. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Lover is her best album, talks about complexity of Love. Parental love with her tear jerker song ‘Soon You’ll Get Better’ featuring Dixie Chicks. Ms. Taylor brought her country roots again. Of course her song about cancel culture, women empowerment and Equality Act ‘You Need To Calm Down’ is here. ‘ME!’ her lead single that shocks many it’s new tone and tackles Self-Love it’s Brendon UrieLover is her best album, talks about complexity of Love. Parental love with her tear jerker song ‘Soon You’ll Get Better’ featuring Dixie Chicks. Ms. Taylor brought her country roots again. Of course her song about cancel culture, women empowerment and Equality Act ‘You Need To Calm Down’ is here. ‘ME!’ her lead single that shocks many it’s new tone and tackles Self-Love it’s Brendon Urie of Panic! at The Disco blends in the album. ‘Lover’ the track title is very heartfelt with her voice and the production that made you want to marry someone. Swift was right that this is the best option you’ll get. Expand
  4. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Honestly, as a swiftie, this is undoubtedly one of her best albums, haters will hate because they LOVE jumping on the ‘Taylor Swift bandwagon of hate’ but if you really understand and respect music, this is a really heartfelt exploration of intense love, politics, equality, sadness and friendship.
  5. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Love love love!!!! Wonderful lyrics, wonderful songs, brilliant album!!! So happy to have this album in my life! Was an hour of pure joy!!!
  6. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is so so sooo good one of the best album in the world and the best album in2019 Expand
  7. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Taylor Swift proves she can still write lyrically masterpiece album. This album is romantic and lovely that is uplifting. It's hard to choose my favorite because all of them are so good.
  8. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    it’s amazing, there’s a song for everyone and i love it, i hope it does very well because it deserves it, this is my favorite album ever❤️
  9. Sep 1, 2019
    10
    I love this Album. Whoever hate Taylor Swift & her Lover Album are tasteless rats. This is this most beautiful Album by her.... She is talented lyricist and her vocals are awesoME! Lover is my favorite track.
  10. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Pop perfectionist album.The queen of pop is back again to save the music industry.
  11. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Taylor Swift has once again proved to the world that she's one of the best songwriters of this generation! Lover's songs are filled with metaphors - subtle yet hitting hard - implying that her songwriting is definitely unique and magical like a storyteller's. It's her best album and best era yet! An inlove Taylor Swift surely is better than brokenhearted Taylor Swift.
  12. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, **** on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it.
  13. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    I stan Ariana but I admit Taylor did really well with Lover, only intellectuals would agree with this. Well done, Taylor!
  14. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Excellent album, meilleure artiste. Elle arrive toujours à se renouveler, vraie artiste
  15. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    It's a very well written and produced masterpiece that showcases Swift's ability to produce both catchy and emotional tracks.
  16. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its so peaceful and good, its one of her best albums for sure. I pove her so much and will always do. Expand
  17. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous
  18. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This is honestly the best album she has ever released. The production, the lyrics.. SO GOOD
  19. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Though Lana Del Rey, my personal favorite, is getting many backlash from fellow Taylor Swift fans, I am here not to hate on Taylor Swift, but to applaud her newest album, Lover. Pertaining to the issue with Taylor Swift’s ex record label, Lover does not focus on Taylor’s past relationships, but simply focuses on herself, and how she is also a good person, behind all the dramatic songsThough Lana Del Rey, my personal favorite, is getting many backlash from fellow Taylor Swift fans, I am here not to hate on Taylor Swift, but to applaud her newest album, Lover. Pertaining to the issue with Taylor Swift’s ex record label, Lover does not focus on Taylor’s past relationships, but simply focuses on herself, and how she is also a good person, behind all the dramatic songs about her exes. This album focuses on Swift’s personality and how she is not just one or the other, but that she can also be herself as Taylor Swift. The upbeat tone and colors of this new album marks a new beginning for Taylor Swift as she embarks on this new music journey. Expand
  20. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Her best project. Zero skips, amazing productions Jack Hantonof did again an amazing job. Taylor Swift’s storytelling remains one of the best in music industry.
  21. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Amazing Songwriting and turely a masterpiece. Lyrics are different and stays in heart longer
  22. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Some lyrics are very genius when you listen deeper to it. She suits her self well in music industry and keep above the level!
  23. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. With each track, Swift channels the quintessential story-teller qualities which have defined her multifaceted and stratospheric career - all the while encapsulating the very essences of love in its many forms. Any body of work able to transport you from love-struck romantic in a foreign land to heartbroken and desperate on the hospital room floor (see: Soon You’ll Get Better feat. Dixie Chicks) earns its place amongst the upper echelons of the music pantheon. With ‘Lover’, Taylor Swift cements herself as a legend of artistry and lyricism. Expand
  24. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Awesome. Masterpiece. Not a single skip. This is a lyrical treasure with an incredible production. Taylor Swift never disappoints.
  25. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    "Lover" is a one brilliant album!
    Taylor really went off with this album, compared to her 2017 record "reputation" which showed her edgier-side and fight amongst the media and the haters. This record showed the opposite; she showed growth as a person aswell as an artist, her being soooooo in-love with her current boyfriend "Joe Alwyn". This album in particular is a fun ride, with songs
    "Lover" is a one brilliant album!
    Taylor really went off with this album, compared to her 2017 record "reputation" which showed her edgier-side and fight amongst the media and the haters. This record showed the opposite; she showed growth as a person aswell as an artist, her being soooooo in-love with her current boyfriend "Joe Alwyn". This album in particular is a fun ride, with songs like Cruel Summer, Lover, Miss Americana... etc. You should go and listen it for yourself. 10/10 would recommend!!! Good Job miss Swift
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  26. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    I love it lover is taking about every love your love to your family your friends like it shows love in a super amazing way
  27. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This album shows how brilliant of a songwriter Taylor is and includes 18 masterpieces because there’s not a single skip here. It also features the best way to start and end an album. Daylight is just.... beautiful masterpiece really. Congratulations to Taylor are in order as she has outdone herself again.
  28. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No skips, bride city, amazing melodies, can’t stop listening to it. My favourites are Afterglow, False god, London boy and The man. Expand
  29. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    I haven’t heard anything like this album in a while. I love the variety of lyrics and beats and how catchy some songs are. Hands down one of my favorite albums this year.
  30. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    A career highlight from one of the greatest songwriters of our generation. A must hear for any music fan.
  31. Sep 1, 2019
    8
    A great pop album . Sets me in a good mood . Well produced . I wanna have a lover too :(
  32. Jun 6, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Album of the year hands down everything about this album is good from every single point Taylor is the beast song writer ever she knows how to make feel her feelings and Every emotion that she in that make you relate to in some type of way so that album was everything to me and she killed it with this one Expand
  33. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Love this album. Taylor once again treats us with superb lyrics and beats. Lover the song is one in the great.
  34. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Todo de este album es perfecto
    3 millones de copias en una semana y seguramente álbum del año
  35. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Lover is a perfect as you can get. Taylor is the only one who can outdo herself. 10/10
  36. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love you Taylor Expand
  37. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This album is a lyrical masterpiece. She sings of true love and heartbreak on the same record. In "Lover" Taylor Swift bares her soul, and tells the love story of her and current boyfriend of three years, Joe Alwin, through several songs. You can find both meaningless pop music (ME! Ft. Brendon Urie) as well as 60's inspired pop (Paper Rings) and of course, the love ballad (Lover). This isThis album is a lyrical masterpiece. She sings of true love and heartbreak on the same record. In "Lover" Taylor Swift bares her soul, and tells the love story of her and current boyfriend of three years, Joe Alwin, through several songs. You can find both meaningless pop music (ME! Ft. Brendon Urie) as well as 60's inspired pop (Paper Rings) and of course, the love ballad (Lover). This is without a doubt her best record to date, breaking album sales records that no other artist has reached since Taylor's own Album, Reputation, in 2017.Taylor shows a more adult side of her on this record, revealing several drunk nights and many uses of the word **** Expand
  38. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    One of the best albums i’ve ever heard! It’s one of my favorites! All songs got on my favorite playlist on apple music!
  39. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    I gave it 10 cuz it's such an iconic album All the songs there are such a powerful, beautiful songs, the MVs are iconic i love her from algeria
  40. jfr
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Every album, the sound of her songs evolve and change. It has such great lyrics. It wasn't what I expected, but I'm thankful that that was the album; it became everything I wanted it to be. It grows on you each time you listen to it. And I can't stop listening to this album. Such a great one!
  41. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    351/5000
    You sincerely deserve to become the album of the year, beating records. Those who say that it is not good for clear envy that their idol does not make the beauty that Queen Swift does know is because they have no musical criteria.

    Lover is amazing in absolutely everything, in his criticism, his lyrics, feelings, musical bases and blows of effect.

    Sorry not sorry.
  42. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Lover is so romantic so amazing am inspired by it probably it is the album of the year and it should be nominated for album of the year (Grammys) ✨❤️
  43. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    A masterfully crafted piece of art! There are really some real gems hidden in it!
  44. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Absolute perfection. This was a lyrical masterpiece. Cruel summer and The Man is everything I never knew I wanted.
  45. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Pop perfection! Her best album yet by far. The tracks I recommend are: Cruel Summer, The Man and Daylight.
  46. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This is an iconic, well written album. All melodies are super and Taylor knows perfectly how to write her lyrics !
  47. Aug 31, 2019
    10
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  48. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This album is soo good i loved it . Thanks taylor swift you did a great job i love you i really do
  49. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ITS **** AMAZING YOU BETTER RATE IT 10/10 **** !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Expand
  50. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Best pop album since reputation. She has done it again. Bow down to the queen
  51. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This is by far the best album ever released in 2019. , Lover gave us so much to enjoy and engage with — the lyrical pining, the bops vs. the skips, and the fantasy of love itself.
  52. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is amazing and fun love it so much this album it’s her best pop album ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Expand
  53. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This album is the perfect example of what it means to be an honest song writer - Taylor writes in a way that makes you feel like you lived through every lyric she's singing about, and in a way she's never done before. One monet you'd be crying, and next minute you'll be dancing like you've never danced before. She's writing in a much more mature way than ever before, but hasn't lost theThis album is the perfect example of what it means to be an honest song writer - Taylor writes in a way that makes you feel like you lived through every lyric she's singing about, and in a way she's never done before. One monet you'd be crying, and next minute you'll be dancing like you've never danced before. She's writing in a much more mature way than ever before, but hasn't lost the fun and personal feelings she always had. Expand
  54. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    It's amazing the lyrics are good and deep Taylor's voice sounds incredible and deep
  55. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is an Amazing Album i won't stop listening to this Masterpiece and believe me you will like it if you clean your mind and listen to it Expand
  56. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I just love this album i think all of the song is beautiful and full of love and miss americana is just woooow what a song Expand
  57. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    El álbum es genial, no hay un tema que no te pueda gustar. Cuando empieza decis este es mi favorito, pasa al otro y decis lo mismo, duramente la escucha del álbum decia todo el tiempo que todos los temas era mis favoritos.
  58. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love this album sooooo much. Her best work! Afterglow, Miss Americana&The Heartbreak Prince and False God are my top 3. Expand
  59. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Taylor’s new album is a representation of who she is. it’s very personal and meaningful to her, (see Soon You’ll Get Better) and is very different from her last studio album, reputation. The album is a message to her fans and everyone that the snakes are gone, the dark days are over, and she finally found her own happiness.
  60. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    her best album. a masterpiece album invented pop music that is dying in 2019 she saved that's on period luv.
  61. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. BEST ALBUM!!!! This is so great!!! My favorite track is Cruel Summer and The Man Expand
  62. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. daylight, afterglow e cornelia street pop perfection, lover best album of the 2019 Expand
  63. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Its a masterpiece and i love it so much she’s a legend and her album is so so so good
  64. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Music, production, lyrics .... Everything so perfect. 18 songs Taylor never disappoints. A hymn to love touching and delicate
  65. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This album is such a masterpiece, every single song is beautiful, you can conect perfectly with them
  66. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Lover is a whole journey from the dark place she was in 2016 - reputation era to this happy woman you hear on lover. My favourite tracks are afterglow and daylight. Thank you for this masterpiece, Taylor
  67. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Her best album yet. Lover shows off her creativity and talent. She is an incredible lyricist and this album truly tells a story from start to finish. Well done, Tay.
  68. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is what the artist herself said, a love letter to love. The most talked feeling is sung and narrated in every form it can show. From self empowerment anthems (such as ME! and The Man, which also underlined the current gap between women and men, especially in what's expected and what's accepted by the one and the other into modern society) to real love stories (It's Nice To Have A Friend, London Boy (which is a light hearted yet very nice song) and, of course, the self titled track). The album also goes kinda dark and shows Swift's mature side, which can be seen in Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince and False God. Swift hasn't forgotten about the minorities, and despite having put women's condition under the spotlight, she decided to give space to another important topic, the LGBT+ community. You Need To Calm Down is a anthem which tries to open people's eyes to the real condition on the LGBT+ community and tries to underline how ignorant discrimination is. The singer also opens her heart to the purest love that could ever exist, the love for mothers, telling her mom's story on the duet with Dixie Chicks, Soon You'll Get Better.  Love isn't always sunshine and puppy dogs. Swift analyses even this side of the ancient feeling in songs such as Cornelia Street, Cruel Summer and The Archer. Love ends and when it does it leaves scars (and we're all afraid of scars as shown in "Death By A Thousand Cuts"), but scars can go away. That's the case of "I Forgot That You Existed" in which Swift understands that getting over a relationship won't hurt at all, but will only make life better. Light pop with old vibes comes up on "I Think He Knows", sixth track of the album. Let's not forget of classics such as the outstanding kinda nostalgic "Afterglow" and the closing track "Daylight".
    "Lover" is the best album of 2019 so far. Lyrically Swift gave us a masterpiece, mixed with a trip to different sides of pop bases and beats. Her work with Antonoff only empowers the album appeal and the final result is an amazing album with an outstanding message to the fans which sums up the whole album: "Love is complexity, love is struggle, love is pain, love is joy, love is hope, love is equality".
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  69. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Beautifully written lyrics, powerful and uplifting production. She knows what she’s doing and she’s doing it well. Her best pop album yet!
  70. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    SPEAK NOW 2019 VERSION IT IS A SPEAK NOW 2019 VERSION BUT HAPPY I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE TOUR love Taylor Swift
  71. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. perfection pop wow OMG deserves AOTY Ended your favs
    .stream lover to have a great life thank you .
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  72. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Love all these songs. CORNELIA STREET, THE MAN, CRUEL SUMMER, MISS AMERICANA AND THE HEARTBREAK PRINCE, IT'S NICE TO HAVE A FRIEND. WE STAND A QUEEN
  73. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I like the album because the songs it's like my taib and she is like taylor soo much 10/10 Expand
  74. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Her best album up to date. Girlie just kept on improving and improving! Best tracks are Miss Americana and Daylight
  75. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    I love it so much I don't know why people hate it I listen to it all day long. It's such romantic album with great lyrics. It is a masterpiece
  76. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Pop perfection, lyrical excellence, emotional depth. 13 years into her career and she keeps growing and showing everyone that she is undoubtedly the artist of the decade.
  77. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This is more than gorgeous! This album deserve a grammys ! Also it deserves a Album of the Year and 10 ! If anyone doesn’t listen to Lover please go stream it , it beautiful and kind and nice and everything beautiful!
  78. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    The best album out this year. This is her first full owned album and you should respect that...
    Songs are so good and it literally has no skips.
  79. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Perfect album. I can't stop listening since its release. I love Taylor Swift so much.
  80. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    SO GOOD!!!!! Beautiful lyrics, amazing sound and maybe even Taylor’s best album yet!!
  81. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Tha album is incredible, I love it so much cuz remind me of my favorites kind of romances
  82. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Album of the year I LOVE LONDON BOY AND MS AMERICANA AND LITERALLY EVERY SONG TAYLOR WHAT A LEGEND
  83. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Amazing album. So raw and real. One of her best. Cruel Summer and London Boy are some of my favourites
  84. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Best Album. Such a masterpiece, lyrically and musically. I can’t stop listening it. I believe everyone should give it a try.
  85. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    The album is the best album of 2019 and it deserves better, so sad haters have to be rating something they don’t even listen to and give this piece of art a low rate! Imagine how tired we are. Keep on hating this album haters Because the quality is not going to change anyways! Haha album of the year goes to Lover “stay pressed”.
  86. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Perfect album! I love what she did here. There isn’t a single skip on this beautiful album.
  87. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Best album ever. I’m in love with “Lover”. It’s so touching !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  88. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Full of bops, more mature than reputation with bright, upbeat productions. Catchy hooks with smart lyrics. loved the album!
  89. Sep 1, 2019
    10
    Yet again, Taylor has proven her ability to make great music without losing her personal touch. She can still make you sob and bop to her songs, despite being from the same album. Her songwriting ability to make you picture everything she's singing about has only gotten better.
    I think it's too soon to say but Lover is on its way to becoming one of her best work to date.
  90. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Her best album up to date! Her competition is QUAKING in their sleep. No one is doing it like her!
  91. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    I love this album. It's a masterpiece. Thank you Taylor for this album. You never fail to impress me.
  92. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This is literally her best album EVER. I’ve been a long time Taylor Swift fan and my favorite album for the longest time was “Speak Now” her third studio album but now “Lover” has made its way through and I can’t get enough of it. The vibe it has is unlike anything she’s done and I couldn’t be more proud of Taylor!
  93. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Best album yet!!!! Love every song!!! Each song takes you through a range of emotions. The Archer in particular catches the anxiety I feel on a daily basis.
  94. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    QUEEN OF MUSIC DID WHAT SHE HAD TO DO THATS IT THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALk
  95. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    she hisses, bites, and rolls the dice. LOVER is a masterpiece. it is the first album she will own the masters of so support our queen of snakesss!
  96. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    It’s amazing i love it so much even my little sister like paper rings so much she even downloaded the song and she memorized the words she’s listening to it again and again and again without stopping I really love it Taylor always make an amazing things
  97. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Her best album by far!! To be honest, i didn't think taylor could ever top reputation but here we are!! Expand
  98. Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This is one of Taylor’s best albums!! I mean all of her albums are amazing but this one is so special and it’s the first one she fully owns, i’m so proud of her i really like. It’s a masterpiece truly.
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 26
  2. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Sep 9, 2019
    70
    It’s an album that screams out for an editor, but when it hits the right notes, it demonstrates just why Taylor Swift is one of the biggest pop stars in the world.
  2. Sep 3, 2019
    70
    Ultimately, Lover is overstuffed and meandering, but serves as a positive reprieve from her past struggles in the public eye, and represents an artist at the peak of her creativity, power, and—one hopes—continued romantic bliss.
  3. Sep 3, 2019
    80
    Lover is a fabulous record, full of super-fun standout pop hits that make your heart burst. It oozes with Swift’s much more palatable upbeat sass. She’s in love and also thinking about different kinds of love.