- Welcome To New York [Taylor's Version]
- Blank Space [Taylor's Version]
- Style [Taylor's Version]
- Out Of The Woods [Taylor's Version]
- All You Had To Do Was Stay [Taylor's Version]
- Shake It Off [Taylor's Version]
- I Wish You Would [Taylor's Version]
- Bad Blood [Taylor's Version]
- Wildest Dreams [Taylor's Version]
- How You Get The Girl [Taylor's Version]
- This Love [Taylor's Version]
- I Know Places [Taylor's Version]
- Clean [Taylor's Version]
- Wonderland [Taylor's Version]
- You Are In Love [Taylor's Version]
- New Romantics [Taylor's Version]
- "Slut!" [Taylor's Version] [From The Vault]
- Say Don't Go [Taylor's Version] [From The Vault]
- Now That We Don't Talk [Taylor's Version] [From The Vault]
- Suburban Legends [Taylor's Version] [From The Vault]
- Is It Over Now [Taylor's Version] [From The Vault]
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Overview
While Taylor Swift transitioned cautiously from country to pop on 2012's Red, she became the face of mainstream pop music with the monumental synth-driven hit parade of her next album, 1989. Released in October of 2014, the album was named after Swift's birth year as well as the era of synth pop radio hits that provided partial inspiration for the dancy, hyper-produced material. 1989 [Taylor's Version] continues Swift's series of re-recording her albums for purposes related to licensing rights, and more than any of the revised versions that preceded it, illuminates the moment when she became a timeless songwriter. At the time of its original release, 1989 was a grand slam, moving platinum numbers, producing seven hit singles (three of which were number ones), and remaining in the charts internationally for more than a year. Returning to this material exactly nine years later, one would expect songs played to death on the radio for nearly a decade to feel a little dated, or for the Jack Antonoff or Max Martin and Shellback co-written tunes to sound especially formulaic in hindsight. Instead, the re-recorded versions (like all of Taylor's Versions, aiming for faithful re-creation of the originals more than artistic updating) sound fresh and vital, perhaps even more powerful in light of Swift's often-shifting artistic progress since. Songs that may have come across shallow or substanceless in 2014 (the cheerleader-y bounce of "Shake It Off" or Swift's PG-rated Lana Del Rey mirroring on "Wildest Dreams") now make more sense as part of the unfettered celebration of pop -- in all its self-indulgence and escapism -- that 1989 was intended as. The album's homage to the gated reverb and MIDI keyboard tones of late-'80s radio comes into full view on the five additional tracks that were kept in the vault from the time the album was initially made. There are echoes of the Outfield's 1986 hit "Your Love" in the verses of "Say Don't Go" before a decidedly 2010s chorus washes up on a cascade of bubbly synth notes, and both "Suburban Legends" and the magnetic hooks of "Slut!" offer a more subdued counterpoint to the overenthusiastic electro-pop exclamation Swift got into on "New Romantics." Fleshed out by these extra tracks, 1989 [Taylor's Version] confirms the lasting strength that Swift's songwriting was achieving in this one of many blooms, and serves as a lovely reminder of when she officially stepped into her place in the pop culture continuum. ~ Fred Thomas
Product Details
Release Date: | 10/27/2023 |
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Label: | Republic / Taylor Swift |
UPC: | 0602458375619 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Taylor Swift Primary Artist,Vocals,Clapping,Vocals (Background)Kendrick Lamar Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Imogen Heap Keyboards,Percussion,Vibraphone,Vocals (Background),Drums,Piano,Kalimba
Ryan Tedder Piano,Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Amos Heller Bass,Guitar (Bass),Synthesizer Bass
Noel Zancanella Bass,Synthesizer
Max Bernstein Guitar,Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Jack Antonoff Guitar,Mellotron,Percussion,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Bass,Drums
Peter Noos Johansson Tuba,Trombone
Mattias Bylund Synthesizer
Brian Pruitt Drums
Paul Sidoti Guitar,Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Matt Billingslea Drums,Percussion
Dan Burns Synthesizer,Synthesizer Bass
Mike Meadows Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Patrik Berger Bass,Guitar,Synthesizer
Tomas Jonsson Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Sean Hutchinson Drums,Percussion
Wojtek Goral Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Magnus Johansson Trumpet
Christopher Rowe Trumpet,Vocals (Background)
Mattias Johansson Violin
Evan Smith Guitar,Saxophone,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Janne Bjerger Trumpet
Zem Audu Synthesizer
David Bukovinszky Cello
Ilya Salmanzadeh Vocals (Background)
Michael Riddleberger Drums,Percussion
Mikey Freedom Hart Bass,Organ,Guitar,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Orion Meshorer Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Johan Schuster Drums,Sound Effects
Robert Allen Clapping,Vocals (Background)
Technical Credits
Imogen Heap Producer,Recording,Programming,ComposerJohn Hanes Engineer
Ryan Tedder Composer,Producer,Recording,Programming,Drum Programming
Max Martin Composer
Noel Zancanella Producer,Programming,Drum Programming
Taylor Swift Composer,Producer
Jack Antonoff Composer,Producer,Recording,Programming
Lowell Reynolds Editing,Engineer,Programming,Assistant Engineer
Diane Warren Composer
Mattias Bylund Editing,Arranger,Recording
Brian Pruitt Drum Programming
Matt Billingslea Drum Programming
Dan Burns Engineer,Programming,Drum Programming,Synthesizer Programming
Shellback Composer,Producer
Ali Payami Composer
Mike Meadows Synthesizer Programming
Patrik Berger Composer,Producer,Programming
Sean Hutchinson Recording,Programming
Derek Garten Editing,Engineer,Programming
Serban Ghenea Mixing
Joey Miller Assistant Engineer
Sam Holland Vocal Producer
Christopher Rowe Producer,Recording,Vocal Engineer
Randy Merrill Mastering Engineer
Ray Charles, Jr. Recording
Evan Smith Recording,Programming
Laura Sisk Recording
Zem Audu Recording
Kendrick Lamar Composer
Jon Sher Assistant Engineer
Michael Riddleberger Recording
Oli Jacobs Recording
Rich Rich Recording
Mikey Freedom Hart Recording,Programming
John Turner Assistant Engineer
David Hart Recording
Ryan Smith Mastering Engineer
Bryce Bordone Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Megan Searl Assistant Engineer
Jacob Spitzer Assistant Engineer
Jozef Caldwell Assistant Engineer
David Payne Recording
Jack Manning Assistant Engineer
Max Bernstein Synthesizer Programming
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