Ok so, her new album. When Shake it Off came out, i was pleasantly surprised. The song is utterly different to any song off of her last album, Red; which again, i cherish. Yet i still ended up shaking my stuff around my bedroom. One point to Taylor for being versatile. She's scrapped the whole Country pop image and moved on to a more electro poppy 80's themed vibe. I'm totally game for this, who doesn't love a bit of 80's?Now i hate to say this but, listening to her full album the first time i was slightly disappointed *gasps in horror*.
I'm sad to say however,Welcome to New York, is slightly repetitive and lets her lyrically genius mind down. The main reason i love Taylor is the way she writes stories within her songs. So to listen to 'Welcome to New York' and 'Out of the Woods' where it is mainly the title repeated several times? It was very disappointing.
However. I'm probably now listening to the full album for the tenth time in a row and i have officially fallen in love. The songs are nothing like her last album, there aren't really any deep, emotional heart string pullers like 'Last Kiss'; it has more of a feel good, sing along, positive vibe about it. This, i guess, is a good sign for our Taylor; at least she isn't going through 12 songs of heartbreak this year.
On the Deluxe version, Taylor has added a few voice memo's which are basically her thoughts on particular songs and how they were initially created. I'm not in the slightest bit musically talented and know nothing about writing songs. But the little memo's are so cute and interesting that even i appreciated the song more after listening to her. It's a great little addition to the album (although i'm not going to lie, i would of preferred an acoustic ballad similar to her rendition of 'Haunted')
I am extremely upset i won't be attending her world tour, but unfortunately, i don't have a spare £70.00! It really is great album and i would suggest it to even the most unlikely Taylor Swift fan.
To conclude. Great Album. New sound. I love Taylor. You should too. The End.
TRACK LISTING:
1. Welcome to New York
2. Blank Space <----- #2
3. Style
4. Out of The Woods
5. All You Had To Do Was Stay
6. Shake it Off
7. I Wish You Would
8. Bad Blood
9. Wildest Dreams
10. How You Get The Girl <----- #1
11. This Love
12. I Know Places
13. Clean
14. Wonderland <----- #3
15. You Are In Love
16. New Romantics
