TAYLOR SCORE + Tortured Poets Anthology ALBUM REVIEW (Anthony's Version)

Cumulatively, TTPD and its anthology expansion makes for Taylor Swift's most aggravating and draining album cycle yet.

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Team: Anthony did this one. Blame everything on him.
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FAV TRACKS: THE MANUSCRIPT, ROBIN, THE BOLTER, PETER

LEAST FAV TRACK: THE BLACK DOG

TAYLOR SWIFT - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT / 2024 / TAYLOR'S LABEL / POP, SINGER-SONGWRITER

watch the video, silly... :-P

Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?

[FF-chnr]

little known fact is that Taylor wants to live specifically in 1830s to fight for Bosnian independence against the Ottoman Empire

[jdmtz_png]

you had the perfect opportunity to put (Anthony’s Version) at the end of the title, but you SQUANDERED IT

[matiasnelsoncapdevila]

Taylor is surrounded by yes people, same as Kanye. No one will stop her from releasing anything, no one will contradict her, no one will say "thats cringe", "You already made better a song about this", "This song is 3 minute way too long" no, thats not happening. And thats ultimately something bad for the artist.

[MasterEth]

I appreciate the satire with uploading the original review without a score and then uploading the "deluxe" review

[BillyCobbOfficial]

The “Just Divorced ❤️” sticker is great

[Jessicaknox]

gonna need her next breakup album to be about jack antonoff cause dude is overstaying his welcome

[MaazHamidPK]

"She's too big to fail"

Damn right. She could make the worst pop album ever and still be celebrated for it...

[YaleStewartArt]

I consider myself Taylor-neutral, but holy crap that "You know how to ball, I know Aristotle" line has gotta be one of the cringiest lyrics I've read in quite some time.

[thatcyanblur]

a 2 hr album with 31 tracks is
diabolical work

[dennissaucier]

Anthony been in his bag for his reviews the past couple months. The effort the creativity the takes are THERE.

[MSF]

I feel like you hit the nail on the head with the "feels like she is too big to fail" criticism. She has spent the past few years releasing vault tracks and deluxe editions that it's easy to see her thinking that her fans just want as much content as possible. I think there is a defensible album's worth of songs in here, but the bloat makes even the better songs feel redundant when listening to the whole thing.

[mountain_pth]

She has unfortunately started drinking her own koolaid and now shows no restraint in her lyrics. I still enjoy some of them, but then others come along in the same song and bring the experience down. That on top of the fact that there are 30 songs like this makes it disappointing. She needs a much more focused and brief project next time around with more experimental instrumentation, a step out of her comfort zone.

[mimibabbles]

i can't believe that taylor who made evermore and folklore (both 7's from fantano) is the same taylor who made the first part of this album. The songwriting in both evermore and folklore is graceful, witty and actually kind of poetic. I expected the same level of songwriting from this album because it was named "the tortured poets department" but i was greeted by "tattooed golden retriever" and "where's the trophy? he just comes runnin' over to me". The only songs i liked were "so long london, loml, guilty as sin?". I also liked the idea of clara bow, but the execution was not really good. there were a lot of potentially good songs that were just shot in the foot by either Taylor's corny lines or horrible beats by Jack like "fortnight." ALSO, wasting a FLORENCE WELCH feature on a tourism ad-sounding song should be criminal.

the songs sounded like scrapped songs from over the years piled into one album which would explain the reason why it feels all over the place and incomplete. I wish the anthology part + so long london, loml, guilty as sin? and clara bow was the album itself. the other songs shouldn't have seen the light of day. an album being bad is one thing but this was disappointing if you understand what i mean. aaron dessner is the sole hero of this album.

anyways it's just my opinion lol

[KOOL_AID_KID]

Cliffhanger Reviews gotta happen more often

[nkphstt]

clearly, the melon does not know Aristotle and would be living in the 1830s with the racists

[thefoxoverlord]

calling out ppl reading the description lmao

[UnicornRobotAttacker]

It been tough being a Taylor Swift fan (a sane one) and constantly defending her music against all the stereotypes and lazy criticism for years just for her to drop an entire album that literally highlighs all her worst traits and tendencies as an artist and kind of proves all the critics have a point. Not to mention she released at a time where everyone is so tired of seeing her and hearing about her all the time, really not a good move from someone who is so PR minded. Im mostly just dissapointed and annoyed by its exsistence... imagine another year and a track list half the size of actually amazing songs and instead we get the equivilent of 6 trays of mediocre cookies pulled too early out of the oven. Like gee, thanks. We just wanted Reputation.

[irrelevantwoman]

It's a real shame that there is such an intense and overreactive part of Taylor Swift's fanbase. I've listened to her consistently for 16 years and just have a deep relationship with her music. But never felt the need to dive into her life or decode or defend it, I just liked her and her lyrics. Also acknowledge that her music isn't technically as good as Phoebe Bridgers or Lana Del Rey or Laura marling or Adrianne Lenker, who's music I also love. I just wish the more extreme fans would accept the impossibility of her being enjoyable for everyone. This album was not her best at all, I know I'm gonna enjoy it anyway.

[asscancer]

I loved the part of the album where she said “THIS IS THE WORST VACATION EVER, I AM GOING TO CUT OPEN YOUR FOREHEAD WITH A ROOFING SHINGLE.” Really drove home the “Tortured Poet” thing, very cool!

[eliyarrows]

Can’t wait until he posts the “Taylor Swift Review Complete edition” next. And then the “Taylor Swift Deluxe Review”. And then “Taylor Swift Review (slowed with reverb)”.