evermore [deluxe version]

by Taylor Swift

Overview

Appearing a mere five months after Folklore, Evermore is a direct sequel to its predecessor, recorded in a similar fashion during the 2020 quarantine, containing a similar supporting cast and exploring a familiar set of emotions. Evermore isn't quite a "Folklore, Vol. 2," though. Where Folklore was a controlled departure, an album where every element fell into exact place, Taylor Swift is quite a bit looser on Evermore, playing with narratives and texture, feeling so comfortable in her moody surroundings that she throws around profanities without hesitation. The explicit language serves as a signal to Swift's ongoing maturation as a songwriter -- more than ever, it's clear that she spins stories in a third character -- but Evermore benefits from a slight playfulness, a quality she deliberately suppressed on Folklore. It surfaces strongly on "No Body, No Crime," a murder revenge tale told with the assistance of HAIM, and flows through the insistent pulse of "Long Story Short" and the sweet sway of "Dorothea." Swift still leans into bittersweet settings, finding a sympathetic collaborator in Aaron Dessner, the co-leader of the National who produced and co-wrote the great majority of the record. The National themselves are featured on "Coney Island" -- Bryce Dessner's grave intonations provide a strikingly effective contrast to Swift's gentle phrasing -- but they, like Dessner on the rest of the album, work as expert support to Taylor, coaxing out the bittersweet complexities of her compositions. Evermore reaches something of a crescendo on "Marjorie," an ode to her late grandmother where the delicately shifting arrangement -- more electronic than acoustic, despite the album's rural imagery -- underscores instead of heightens Swift's open grieving. While "Marjorie" might veer toward the melancholy, Evermore as a whole doesn't play as a sad album. Swift enjoys playing with the new musical and emotional colors on her palette for Evermore to anything but a warm balm, a record suited for contemplation, not loneliness. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/12/2021
Label:	Republic
UPC:	0602435651293

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Taylor Swift   Primary Artist
The National   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
HAIM   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Bon Iver   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Evan Smith   Guitar Synth (Horns),Horn
Clarice Jensen   Cello
Dave Nelson   Trombone
CJ Camerieri   French Horn
Gabriel Cabezas   Cello
Alexandra Sopp   Flute
Aaron Dessner   Drums,Piano,Drones,Mandolin,Bass,Banjo,Keyboards,Percussion,Tambourine,Synthesizer,Drum Machine,Guitar (Bass),Synthesizer Bass,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Marcus Mumford   Vocals (Background)
Logan Coale   Double Bass,Bass (Upright)
Michael Riddleberger   Drums
Bobby Hawk   Violin
Mikey Freedom Hart   DX-7,Celeste,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes,Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background),Guitar (Nylon String)
JT Bates   Percussion,Drums
William Bowery   Piano
Marjorie Finlay   Vocals (Background)
Trevor Hagen   Trumpet,Synthesizer
James McAlister   Keyboards,Percussion,Synthesizer,Drum Machine,Drums
Carmen Camerieri   French Horn
Trever Hagen   Trumpet,Synthesizer
Yuki Numata Resnick   Violin,Trumpet
Josh Kaufman   Organ,Mandolin,Harmonica,Harmonium,Lap Steel Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Jack Antonoff   Mellotron,Percussion,Slide Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background),Bass,Drums,Piano
Thomas Bartlett   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Bryan Devendorf   Drums,Percussion,Drum Machine
Justin Vernon   Banjo,Drums,Triangle,Synthesizer,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Stuart Bogie   Flute,Clarinet,Clarinet (Alto)
Jason Treuting   Drums,Chords,Crotale,Percussion,Glockenspiel,Chapman Stick,Metal Percussion
Kyle Resnick   Trumpet
Jonathan Low   Drum Machine
Patrik Berger   Synthesizer
Benjamin Lanz   Trombone,Synthesizer
Sean Hutchinson   Drums
Ryan Olson   Drum Machine
Scott Devendorf   Piano,Guitar (Bass),Synthesizer Piano
Bryce Dessner   Piano,Recorder,Orchestra,Pulse Organ,Synthesizer,Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Kyle Resnick   Engineer
Dave Nelson   Engineer
CJ Camerieri   Engineer
Gabriel Cabezas   Engineer
Aaron Dessner   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming,Field Recording
Sean O'Brien   Vocal Engineer,Vocal Recording
BJ Burton   Producer,Additional Production
Laura Sisk   Engineer,Recording,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Recording
Jon Sher   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Mikey Freedom Hart   Engineer
JT Bates   Engineer
Matt Dimona   Vocal Engineer,Vocal Recording
Beth Garrabrant   Photography
William Bowery   Composer
Jon Gautier   Engineer
John Sher   Assistant Engineer
James McAlister   Producer,Programming,Additional Production,Engineer
Alexandra Sopp   Engineer
Carmen Camerieri   Engineer
Evan Smith   Engineer
Trever Hagen   Engineer
Josh Kaufman   Engineer
John Rooney   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Jack Antonoff   Producer,Composer
Ariel Rechtshaid   Vocal Engineer,Vocal Recording
Thomas Bartlett   Engineer
Bryan Devendorf   Programming
Justin Vernon   Composer,Engineer,Vocal Engineer,Field Recording
Steve Fallone   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Stuart Bogie   Engineer
Jonathan Low   Mixing,Engineer,Recording,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Recording
Greg Calbi   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Nick Lloyd   Engineer
Taylor Swift   Make-Up,Composer,Producer,Hair Stylist,Art Direction,Executive Producer,Creative Packaging Direction
Benjamin Lanz   Engineer,Horn Arrangements
Sean Hutchinson   Engineer
Robin Baynton   Engineer,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Recording
Ryan Olson   Engineer
Scott Devendorf   Engineer
Bryce Dessner   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Orchestration