Taylor Swift - Taylor's Versions (Re-Recordings Official Thread) Album • Page 51

so what I am saying is it's actually not mostly the same, I lie

 

I thought we were friends

 

I'm baffled by the notion of Paper Rings and Afterglow not being top tier

 

I was having a hard time deciding if Paper Rings should be top or middle. And because I had a hard time deciding, it made sense to make it middle. But that song is fun and I like it a lot. Reminds me of Stay Stay Stay a bit.

 

“i think he knows” is a fucking bop to end all bops

 

“Afterglow” is meh for me. Not bad, but one of the few songs of hers that I’d describe as feeling kind of anonymous and bland.

 

A fun thing to think about is that the rollout of fearless vs red is clearly a large scale A/B test

 

I liked paper rings a lot when it was released and added it to some playlists and I tired of it quickly. Didn't have a ton of replay for me despite liking it a lot initially

 

I’m wondering if the change in Billboard rules post-Folklore led to the way Red (TV) is being released vs Fearless (TV). The rule change being that sales for physical albums don’t count until they are shipped.

Have to imagine the Week 1 sales are going to be much higher than Evermore and Fearless (TV) by being released on all formats all at once. Although as we saw with Fearless (TV) there does seem to be a limit to how these new versions can perform vs Taylor’s brand new albums. Fearless (TV) fell quickly on the chart after each format release.

It’s just jarring looking at the week 1 sales for Lover/Folklore vs Evermore/Fearless (TV) because of the rule change. Outside of surprise releasing an album like Folklore/Evermore she’d probably prefer all platforms are released at once so the Week 1 sales look as robust as possible compared to the mega numbers for Speak Now through Folklore.

 

Yeah, and I just mean like we also got Love Story and two vault tracks before Fearless. We’ve gotten NOTHING from Red. I think she might be testing whether or not she has to do singles and such to get the sales she wants. She knows Red is a safe bet for a home run with her fans, so now she can test for the greater music landscape maybe.

 

I don’t remember what afterglow sounds like tbh

 

Totally. It’s been interesting seeing all the differences specifically between these two TV releases. Makes you wonder if she’ll try something different for 1989 (TV). I mean I guess she already has considering a song has been released without any album announcement.

That one she absolutely could drop at anytime without notice and I wouldn’t be surprised. It’ll kill it no matter what and debut at #1 with just downloads/streaming similar to Evermore.

 

I fucking love Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince and I simply don't understand how everyone else doesn't feel the same way.

 

My favorite country Taylor: Red
My favorite pop Taylor: Reputation
My favorite indie Taylor: Evermore

that’s how I classify her discography haha

 

Pop Taylor hassss to be 1989 for me.

 

1989 is such a close 2nd for me! I think some of it for me has to be that Reputation didn’t get overplayed for me. 1989 came out when I was 13, so I listened to the radio all the time and heard those singles constantly. Whereas with reputation, I was 16 and had a phone and Spotify haha. Plus, Dancing With Our Hands Tied, I Did Something Bad, and Call It What You Want are some of my favorite Taylor Swift songs.

 

Rock Hall 2021: Watch Taylor Swift Perform Carole King’s “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”

 

Reading “1989 came out when I was 13” is the reason I have back pain today.

 

I’m 20, I’m a baby on this website haha I’m sorry! If anything, I can’t believe 2014 was 7 years ago

 

Lover

God Tier
Cruel Summer
Death by a Thousand Cuts

Tier 1
I Forgot That You Existed
Cornelia Street
False God
Afterglow

Tier 2
Lover
I Think He Knows
Paper Rings
Soon You’ll Get Better
Daylight

Tier 3
The Archer
Miss Americana
It’s Nice to Have a Friend

Tier 4
The Man
London Boy
You Need to Calm Down

Tier Hot Pile of garbage
Me!

 

S Tier:
Afterglow
Paper Rings
Cruel Summer
The Archer

A Tier:
Cornelia Street
Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince
I Forgot That You Existed
Soon You'll Get Better

B Tier:
Lover
Daylight
London Boy

C Tier:
It's Nice To Have A Friend
Death By A Thousand Cuts

D Tier:
The Man
False God
You Need To Calm Down
I Think He Knows

F Tier:
ME!

 

Excellent:

The Archer
Lover
Cornelia Street
False God

Very Good:

I Think He Knows
Cruel Summer
I Forgot That You Existed

Good +:
Paper Rings
The Man
Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince
Death by a Thousand Cuts

Fine:

It’s Nice to Have a Friend
I think I’d put Daylight and Afterglow here but I have no idea what songs those are without relistening

Meh:

You Need to Calm Down
Soon You’ll Get Better

Legitimately Terrible:

ME!
London Boy

 

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