After several plays I gets more and more tracks from the album, and I feel it features several best songs Taylor Swift have ever written, it grows on me a lot, which is astonishing.

First imressions.
The first half of the album is wonderful with warmer vibe than folklore, however the tracks from "happiness" to the end is weak. "closure" sounds like a leftover from Sufjan Stevens' album, nothing new and special, "evermore" has clam piano, but when Bon Iver's ... read more

Excellent string arrangements and wonderful vocal performance makes this album so pleasing to listen.

SOUTHSIDE is NOT a bad album, actually, it's quite good.
2016 is a solid country ballad full of vivid details about his relationship, Hard To Forget reminds me of some old country hit in 1950s, Downtown's Dead is a symbols of relationship between his career as a singer and his personal life, Drinkin' Too Much is an apology for his wife, which is a real hits to my hearts. Though, SOUTHSIDE has some bad singles like Body Like a Back Road, it's impressive as an album overall.