Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (October 3, 2025) • Page 7

"peace," too. Whole album is good but it might even be a little backloaded tbh

 

1. 1989
2. Folklore
3. Red
4. Speak Now
5. Reputation
6. Fearless
7. Lover
8. TTPD
9. Evermore
10. Midnights
11. Taylor Swift

 

You'll see me in hindsight
Tangled up with you all night
Burning it down

 

In honor 12/12, I'll do my top 12. I can stick to a theme, too, Tay.

1. All Too Well
2. Peace
3. Sparks Fly
4. Cruel Summer
5. Red
6. Getaway Car
7. Long Live
8. Style
9. Dancing With Our Hands Tied
10. August
11. Back To December
12. Tim McGraw

1. Red
2. Reputation
3. Folklore
4. Speak Now
5. 1989
6. Fearless
7. Midnights
8. Lover
9. Evermore
10. Taylor Swift
11. The Tortured Poets Department
12. (tbd)

 

I only began listening to her stuff once Folklore and Evermore dropped. Any albums released prior to that I've only heard the 'Taylor Version' of or none at all. So I haven't listened to self titled, Reputation, Lover, or the TV of Fearless yet. Of the albums I have listened to:

1) Red TV
2) 1989 TV
3) Midnights
4) Folklore
5) Evermore
6) Speak Now TV
7) Tortured Poet's Department

 

evermore looking quite a bit lower than folklore in folks' rankings

 

It’s worse by a pretty wide margin

 

on the contrary, folklore and evermore are 1 and 2 in my rankings, respectively. Red is 3. i have great memories of experiencing those first two at midnight as they dropped during COVID, and each one felt really fitting for the seasons they were released in.

 

1. The Tortured Poets Department
2. Midnights
3. Speak Now
4. Folklore
5. Fearless
6. Red
7. 1989
8. Lover
9. Evermore
10. Taylor Swift
11. Reputation
12. (tbd)

Including the Midnights bonus tracks in that.

1. loml
2. Hits Different
3. All Too Well
4. Enchanted
5. Red
6. Evermore
7. The Black Dog
8. State of Grace
9. Mine
10. But Daddy I Love Him
11. Death by a Thousand Cuts
12. Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

 

I admire people who can concretely rank Taylor’s catalog. I don’t think there’s another artist I can name where this becomes such a struggle for me. I think this is largely due to me becoming a fan over the pandemic and not having lived with the songs sufficiently long enough. If I pick my favorite song from each album, does that mean they are my favorite eleven songs of hers? I am just not sure that is the case. But then which album do I take 2 songs from, or maybe 3? It really is tough.

 

I’ll give my top 10 songs

1. august
2. Holy Ground
3. Cruel Summer
4. mirrorball
5. Dress
6. Blank Space
7. ivy
8. All Too Well
9. I Wish You Would
10. Hits Different

 

She would never admit it, but it's mostly folklore b sides

 

I have an easier time picking out highlights from Evermore but Folklore is a better full album experience.

 

well this was going to be my question - is it like a Kid A/Amnesiac thing? Same sessions?

 

Wooo, vinyl ordered.

 

Would really love "willow" if it weren't for the 90s trend line

 

Is this a Christmas album? Lol

 

more or less

 

i remember she mentioned some were leftovers but others were written after. i think i remember her saying after she, Aaron, and Jack did the Disney+ special, she presented tis the damn season to Aaron and they worked on it that night

 

Kind of. I don't think they're the same sessions but consider it more like an extension of her exploring that sound/collaboration style.

 

A little column A, a little column B.

 

I love Evermore but I significantly prefer the second half of it

 

Clean
Death By A Thousand Cuts
Holy Ground

 

Folklore
Evermore
1989

Those are my top three. I got into her with 1989, but didn’t love an album of hers until Folklore.