Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor’s version)

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Ever since Swift announced she was dropping Red (Taylor’s Version), remaking her 2012 classic, anticipation has run high. And since she specializes in doing the impossible, here’s yet another insane idea she’s brought to life: the new Red is even bigger, glossier, deeper, casually crueler. It’s the ultimate version of her most gloriously ambitious mega-pop manifesto.

 

Though she is currently at her most creative peak and will release two of her biggest albums in 2020, Red is the second chapter of her Taylor’s Version project, following Fearless, which involved remixing her previous albums. This kind of endeavour has never been attempted before. Even coming from the gal who came up with the idea of Never Looking Down, this is a jump.

The challenge of Red (Taylor’s Version) was how to remake an unimprovable original. You could argue with the sequencing — the hard-rocking “Holy Ground” might have fit better in the Number Two spot behind “State of Grace,” where it sat on the Red Tour set-list, but that’s a quibble on such a preposterously perfect album. Hidden gems like “I Almost Do” or “Sad Beautiful Tragic” would be career highlights for nearly anyone else, but here they’re overshadowed by even loftier tunes. (Not even Swift seems to care for “Sad Beautiful Tragic,” which she’s barely ever done live, yet some of us will die on this sad, beautiful, and tragic little hill.) 

The wonderful thing about Red (Taylor’s Version), though, is that it not only celebrates her journey thus far but also piques your curiosity about her next destination. This is the heyday of all things true, decent, and admirable. And the golden period is actually just getting started for Swift.

 

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Taylor Swift’s Red (Taylor’s Version) Tracklist

1. State of Grace (Taylor’s Version)
2. Red (Taylor’s Version)
3. Treacherous (Taylor’s Version)
4. I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor’s Version)
5. All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)
6. 22 (Taylor’s Version)
7. I Almost Do (Taylor’s Version)
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Taylor’s Version)
9. Stay Stay Stay (Taylor’s Version)
10. The Last Time (Taylor’s Version)
11. Holy Ground (Taylor’s Version)
12. Sad Beautiful Tragic (Taylor’s Version)
13. The Lucky One (Taylor’s Version)
14. Everything Has Changed (Taylor’s Version)
15. Starlight (Taylor’s Version)
16. Begin Again (Taylor’s Version)
17. The Moment I Knew (Taylor’s Version)
18. Come Back… Be Here (Taylor’s Version)
19. Girl at Home (Taylor’s Version)
20. State of Grace (Acoustic Version) (Taylor’s Version)
21. Ronan (Taylor’s Version)
22. Better Man (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
23. Nothing New (Featuring Phoebe Bridgers) (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
24. Babe (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
25. Message in a Bottle (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
26. I Bet You Think About Me (Featuring Chris Stapleton) (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
27. Forever Winter (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
28. Run (Featuring Ed Sheeran) (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
29. The Very First Night (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
30. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)

 

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