I'm writing this on my phone so ya gonna be all texts, in black, no bold, italic, underlined stuff. Enjoy my not-so-professional track-by-track review for RED. *JUST FOR FUN*
1. STATE OF GRACE
A grand opening for this album. Powerful, rock-n-roll love anthem. This song is the perfect intro for a love album like this one. It's like shouting, "WELCOME TO MY NEW CHAPTER OF LOVE MISADVENTURE."
2. RED
A mixed-genre title track. Perfect. Banjo intro, drums, electric guitar for the bridge and metaphor lyrical style. Melodically smooth.
3. TREACHEROUS
Acoustic, folky sounding. A very soothing tune. One of my favorites for no reason. (As I said, I'm not professional.)
4. I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE.
A stand-out song on this album. This song breaks down during the end of the chorus. Madly emotional-- way to conclude this song.
5. ALL TOO WELL
One of those songs that are supposed to be on the Fearless album. Written by Taylor's "Fearless" co-writer Liz Rose. Typical breakup anthem.
6. 22
Another collaboration with Max Martin & Shellback. The heart-pumping beat makes our body dance along to it automatically. However, it's not about clubbing nor those typical dance songs on the radio. Produces eargasm.
7. I ALMOST DO
One of my favorites. Her vocal in this song is incredible, not that she hits all the high notes, just that her voice contains the right amount of emotions and the chorus is perfectly arranged.
8. WE ARE NEVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER
I don't need to say anything about this song. Do I?
9. STAY STAY STAY
Cutest song ever written/sung/produced/made. The banjo strumming is adorable, her voice is flirty, and the lyrics are hilarious. It's the kind of song that makes you feel like eating rainbow cake.
10. THE LAST TIME (featuring Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol)
Musical masterpiece. The coda at the end will make you break down.
11. HOLY GROUND
Written with Jeff Bhasker. The drum beats are unique and the melody is something you don't hear often. Very refreshing and upbeat.
12. SAD BEAUTIFUL TRAGIC
Another typical breakup anthem. The intro brings us to another world and then when the lyrics begin, you start listening to the story of a dead love affair.
13. THE LUCKY ONE
Another Jeff Bhasker-produced song. The most unique song on this album for it's nothing about love. Plainly about the pain of a musician who finds out that making music is not what she desires the most. (evidently Joni Mitchell)
14. EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED (featuring Ed Sheeran)
Taylor blends in Ed's musical style-- acoustic folk. The repetitive chorus and the beautiful harmonization make the listeners fall in love. This song was the most anticipated one on the record so it might be a little disappointing.
15. STARLIGHT
Another one of my favorites. Hand-clapping and fist-in-the-air tune. A story about a long-time-ago love story, well 90% sure it's inspired by Ethel & Robert Kennedy. Love how the song flashes back to 1945.
16. BEGIN AGAIN
A perfect ending to an epic love-anthem-packed record. It's like saying, "STAY TUNED FOR MORE" at the end of a movie left-hanging.
So yeah that's the standard version and I'm just gonna write about the 3 extra songs on the deluxe :)
1. THE MOMENT I KNEW
Cello/piano intro leads to a breakdown chorus. Slightly similar to I Knew You Were Trouble. Favorite. Deserves to be on the standard CD.
2. COME BACK... BE HERE
A boy band-made song. Not sure why it reminds me of Westlife but it just does. Guitar-driven tune about an unfortunate long-distance relationship.
3. GIRL AT HOME
Catchy tunes and relatable for all ages of girls. Glee-made song. The intro is a vocal harmonization of the chorus, which sounds completely fantastic.
Come on. If you haven't bought this album yet you should totally do this as soon as possible man. I'm saying this as a HUGE FAN of Taylor but honestly it just sounds so good.
I didn't really talk about what each song is, lyrically, so you gotta listen to it to find out by yourself :)
CONCLUSION ABOUT RED:
This record is different as it's more than just telling stories by the lyrics, this time Taylor evolves her musical story-telling talent into the melody and proves to the world that she can evolve herself in all genres by working with musicians from all around the music industry and still sound good. Not many musicians can do that. Most of them only stick to the same thing for ten records and Taylor wants to try something different, so this album is like ten steps forward for Taylor.
Also, comparing her four albums is unnecessary, but I just like doing shit like this. So....
TAYLOR SWIFT (2006)
Mixed with all sorts of songs. Country as the only genre, but each song is about different things that she experienced since born to the age of 16-- something she doesn't write about in her new projects. Very precious and lovely.
FEARLESS (2008)
Teen album. A soft, tender album with the sweet, hopeful title track. Most of the songs sound melodically the same and are equally soft and sweet. With repeatedly used instruments. However, this album has a fixed theme unlike her other albums. This album marks her breakthrough in the music industry even though it's not her best.
SPEAK NOW (2010)
Pre-adult album. Listening to this album is almost feeling like you're a teenager but entering the era of real stuff, where what you used to own don't exist anymore. It's a world with 1/2 "I still believe in fairy tales and happy endings" and 1/2 "Things are about to change".
RED (2012)
Taylor's first real adult album. No fixed theme nor genre. Risky try but it ended up as her best work yet. Most of her fanatics are aged from like 7-25 so this album might cause her fans who only liked her old style to be disappointed. Huge change but this record is more realistic than her previous fairy tale albums; even though it's really pop-- which may or may not help her increase her fan base.
WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW HONEST I WAS IN THIS POST.
Let's be honest, after listening to Red, you feel like neither Speak Now nor Fearless are as epic as this one. Hopefully Taylor will not take a break like Adele does. Then maybe two years later, we'll have another record that might be better than Red, because this girl can only get better. She doesn't go backwards.
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