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This new version of Taylor Swift’s greatest album is 30 tracks–the original 16-song ‘Red’ tricked out with B-sides and vault outtakes, all redone with more boom and detail in the production.
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If the matte crimson lipstick she wore in the original artwork represented its sound, then imagine it now with an added touch of lipgloss and liner – perhaps that shade brighter, the jawline beneath it more determined.
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Red was already an aching portrait of a doomed relationship, but the singer embraces it with renewed confidence now.
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Almost a decade after its initial release, Taylor delivers a new and improved version of her iconic heartbreak album – and it’s everything that fans could have hoped for.
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Red (Taylor's Version) sees Swift delivered a package that balances fan service alongside an insightful documentation of one of modern pop’s best songwriters at a key juncture in her career.
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What is an indisputable truth is that this is now the definitive version of Red. It may also ensure that the good old boys who casually sold her music, seemingly out of a mixture of greed and spite, won’t get one red cent from Red, and it proves you can take a masterpiece and make it sound even better.
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It’s a pleasure to revisit one of Swift’s finest albums afresh.
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Red (Taylor’s Version) displays the snarky maturity and calm that comes from being a formerly precocious 22-year-old woman capable of juggling genres with ease.
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As narrative fiction and songwriting, it’s a masterpiece of construction and control. And having both the unabridged and the condensed versions of the song for direct comparisons testifies to Swift’s newfound capacity to revise herself.
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Red – both in its original form as well as with these welcome additions – is an absolute triumph.
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Familiar, comforting but at the same time, tinged with a little sadness now that you're grown up and life isn't as simple as it once seemed.
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Re-recorded in meticulous detail, along with a dozen songs cut from the 2012 original, Taylor Swift’s most pivotal album has still more to say about growing up and moving forward.
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Swift re-records the 2012 album on which she first embraced synth-pop, tweaking songs and adding others: a mix of saccharine fluff and superb keepers
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Red (Taylor’s Version) feels like two albums in one. That such a long play, which even ends with a ten-minute-long track is bearable and enjoyable, says a lot about the compelling artist that Swift is. It’s a powerful statement by a pop artist standing in a unique position in pop culture.
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For fans, it’s a treasure trove; a chance to appreciate a further insight into Swift’s musical world in the early 2010s.
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In re-recording some of her most emotionally fraught offerings, she somehow delivers even more powerful versions from a different phase of life.
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The highlight of these is a ten-minute version of "All Too Well," a bitter ballad that was already one of the peaks of Red and is now turned into an epic kiss-off. This, along with excavated songs, are reason enough for Swift to revisit Red and they, not the re-recordings, are the reason to return to Red [Taylor's Version].
Yo Kanye imma let you finish but Taylor Swift had one of the best albums of all time. OF ALL TIME
After taking time to listen to the 2 hour project, I’ve come to a general consensus that Taylor does improve the original project of Red on all fronts with her new version. With adding her new set style, Red’s ideas seemingly flourish with this refreshing look at it. The recreation of her older albums is an idea I can commend as she is using her resources wisely by bringing new ... read more
When Taylor Swift released “Red” in 2012, she not only solidified herself as one of the greatest songwriters in the mainstream sphere but she also established herself as one of the most popular artists in the world. Now in 2021, with the release of “Red (Taylor’s Version)”, not only it feels like she’s the biggest artist in the world (again), but it also seems like this record comes as a sort of reinforcement of the power and impact of her artistry. Listening ... read more
I saw someone say this is like soundtracks for the blind for white girls and that may be the funniest thing I have ever read
I will listen to this I will compare the two
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Total Length: 2 hours, 10 minutes
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her not calling max martin to redo the pop tracks was perhaps the biggest mistake of her career
Added on: June 18, 2021