Taylor Swift - Lover (August 23, 2019) Album • Page 115

taylor finally turning in a carly-quality pop track

 

not this 22 erasure

 

lol fair

 

the head voice airy chorus is very CRJ

 

Yup. Enjoy the deep dive! Even her most bombastic album Reputation has some truly deep, vulnerable moments that this album lives in.

 

Yep, no lies detected here

 

Any tier breakdown that doesn't put "The Archer" in the top tier is just wrong. Legitimately my favorite post-Red song of hers.

Also, "I Forgot That You Existed" is such a relatable mood. Top tier fun Taylor song for me at the moment.

 

None of these are in any particular order, but if you split this album into thirds, this is how it goes for me.

Afterglow
Cruel Summer
Daylight
Death By A Thousand Cuts
Miss Americana
Soon You'll Get Better

Lover
The Archer
The Man
Paper Rings
Cornelia Street
I Think He Knows

You Need To Calm Down
I Forgot That You Existed
Me!
False God
It's Nice To Have A Friend
London Boy



My updated 13-track sequencing (totally realizing I never shared my initial draft with more than Anna and Craig) is:

The Archer
Cruel Summer
I Forgot That You Existed
The Man
Death By A Thousand Cuts
Afterglow
Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince
Cornelia Street
Lover
I Think He Knows
Paper Rings
Soon You'll Get Better
Daylight

 

Wow, people like "Afterglow" a lot more than I do. I think that song is kind of boring.

 

My general order of preference, though I could probably flip some of the rankings in tier 1.

Tier 1

Soon You'll Get Better
Lover
Cruel Summer
Cornelia Street
The Man
The Archer
Paper Rings
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Daylight

Tier 2

I Forgot That You Existed
Miss Americana
It's Nice to Have a Friend
False God
I Think He Knows
Afterglow

Tier 3

London Boy
You Need to Calm Down

Tier Garbage

ME!

 

Yayyyy ranking time.

Lover
Death By A Thousand Cuts
False God
Paper Rings
The Man

Soon You'll Get Better
Cruel Summer
Afterglow
Daylight
It's Nice To Have A Friend

The Archer
Cornelia Street

I Think He Knows
I Forgot That You Existed
Miss Americana And the Heartbreak Kid
You Need To Calm Down

Me!
London Boy

 

the chorus ruins it, ha.

 

Thanks @unbornwhiskey

 

Maybe I’ll try to rank later but Cruel Summer is probably my favorite just based on the number of listens, although I’m pretty sure I’ve had parts of every song (especially the opener) stuck in my head since this came out.

Me! is easily the worst on here. I don’t think London Boy is that bad aside from the lyrics. Afterglow is meh, at least where it sits in the sequencing.

 

that's... the best part of the song?!??!?!?!?!!

 

"afterglow" is pretty easily my favorite song on this at this point

hey!
it's all me!
in my head!
i'm the one who burnt this down!

 

her falsetto voice is nice in moderation, but not in an entire chorus.

 

Here's how the album looks for me now:
1. Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince
2. Cruel Summer
3. Lover
4. The Man
5. The Archer
6. Paper Hearts
7. Soon You'll Get Better
8. Cornelia Street
9. Death By A Thousand Cuts
10. False God
11. Afterglow
12. It's Nice To Have A Friend
13. Daylight

Leaves the remaining tracks as a cool little, very radio-friendly EP.
1. I Forgot That You Existed
2. I Think He Knows
3. London Boy
4. You Need To Calm Down
5. ME!

The only thing I don't like about this is that I think "I Forgot That You Existed" is a pretty awesome song, it just doesn't really fit this version of the album. "I Think He Knows" is pretty good too, but I don't miss the other 3 at all.

 

TIER 1
Cruel Summer
Cornelia Street
The Archer

TIER 2
Soon You'll Get Better
It's Nice to Have a Friend
Daylight
False God
Death By a Thousand Cuts
The Man
I Think He Knows
Lover
Paper Rings
Afterglow

TIER 3
You Need to Calm Down
Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince
London Boy
I Forgot That You Existed

I STILL SCREAM "HEY KIDS! SPELLING IS FUN!" EVERY TIME
ME!

 

I think the lyrics being really strong elevates it for some people. My girlfriend LOVES it for that reason. It's mid-tier for me.

 

Tier 1:
I Forgot That You Existed
Cruel Summer
False God
Death By a Thousand Cuts
Paper Rings
Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince
Lover
It's Nice to Have a Friend

Tier 2:
Cornelia Street
The Archer
Soon You'll Get Better
Daylight
I Think He Knows
You Need to Calm Down
The Man

Tier 3:
Afterglow
London Boy
ME!

I still like all of Tier 3 though. London Boy and Afterglow are just both songs that I kind of always forget how they go until I hear them. And Me! is fun and I don't want to be lumped in with the haters. I just do think compared to the rest of the album it's lacking. It's a song I'd really want to see live though because it's just so fun.

 

Agree wholeheartedly. Her falsetto there is well-sung AND allows a little break and humanity into it. One of the best examples of how this album has the best vocals of her career. Allowed to be a little naked and unvarnished, but more intentional and precise in how she actually sings it.

 

It just doesn’t really move me. I don’t love the melody in the verses and I don’t love the lyrics in the chorus. In general, it feels a little more “faceless pop” to me than Taylor’s stuff usually does.

 

This is the key difference I have found for people that like or dislike I Forgot That You Existed, I've found that most people who like it is because of the lyrics and the thematic elements, closing the reputation chapter. I don't really like it because musically it's extremely boring, nothing happens, I just don't like how it all comes together

 

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