This album deals with contradictions - from the innocence of It's Nice To Have a Friend to the incredibly sensual False God, the carefree attitude of I Forgot That You Existed to the emotional Cornelia Street, the extremely personal The Archer to political and social protest songs such as Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince, You Need to Calm Down and The Man.
The production is the best I've seen on any of Taylor's albums post Speak Now. It takes everything wrong with the production ... read more
The production and vocals on this album work so well together, the Carly and synth-pop combination has more potential in it. It's fun as hell.
I can't relate to what Carly sings on the album, but her vocal delivery and lyricism along with the instrumentation forces you to at least attempt to relate, if you don't already.
This album lacks the conceptual and musical scope for it to be a ten for me. But even then, does that matter? No, it really doesn't.
This is one of the best albums of the ... read more
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I'll probably start with what I don't like. Yurameki in the Air overstays its welcome just a tiny bit, and the drum solo in Long Season too. These are the only tracks I'll attempt to criticise because of their song lengths.
That being said, this record is otherwise immaculate. Every song on this album contains so much emotion. It's recorded live, but it has this perfect mixture of high quality sound and airiness. ... read more