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staplezero12 on 02 November 2014

album was ok



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Ps3 on 02 November 2014
thelalaby said:
Taylor gets a lot of hate for being a dramatic person, but frankly she has turned that into the world's most successful career so kudos to her.

I love Taylor's music, Red being my favorite album for her... but I have to say, I am not enjoying 1989 at all. I find it dull and lyrically lacking in comparison to her previous efforts. I hope she does break Britney's record though! It's about time.


I loved Red, but I really hope you give 1989 another listen. I do like Red better, but I think 4 or 5 of the songs on 1989 are some of her strongest ever. I love the album..

And yes, it's finally time for Britney to lose that record. Love Brit, but it's time for Taylor to shine.



 

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mariofankev on 02 November 2014

Pretty good the market is bigger and do they count youtube views as album sales now I recall they do?



Ps3 on 02 November 2014
mariofankev said:
Pretty good the market is bigger and do they count youtube views as album sales now I recall they do?


No, they don't. lol They count it towards song placement on music charts. Like the songs on the radio, it counts towards a song being #1.. Not the album.



 

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thelalaby on 02 November 2014
Ps3 said:
thelalaby said:
Taylor gets a lot of hate for being a dramatic person, but frankly she has turned that into the world's most successful career so kudos to her.

I love Taylor's music, Red being my favorite album for her... but I have to say, I am not enjoying 1989 at all. I find it dull and lyrically lacking in comparison to her previous efforts. I hope she does break Britney's record though! It's about time.


I loved Red, but I really hope you give 1989 another listen. I do like Red better, but I think 4 or 5 of the songs on 1989 are some of her strongest ever. I love the album..

And yes, it's finally time for Britney to lose that record. Love Brit, but I'm astounded that the highest first week sales by a woman ever is only 1.319 million.

The only songs I'm REALLY enjoying are Blank Space and Style... This Love, I Know Places and Wildest Dreams are nice too, but I think the album contains more filler than previous albums; songs like I Wish You Would, How You Get The Girl and All You Had To Do Was Stay sound similar to each other and also to older Taylor songs. Maybe it's just me, I don't know. It's a solid pop album though, and I'm very glad that she took this risk of changing her sound completely even if the result is not what I had hoped for.



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Ps3 on 02 November 2014
thelalaby said:
Ps3 said:
thelalaby said:
Taylor gets a lot of hate for being a dramatic person, but frankly she has turned that into the world's most successful career so kudos to her.

I love Taylor's music, Red being my favorite album for her... but I have to say, I am not enjoying 1989 at all. I find it dull and lyrically lacking in comparison to her previous efforts. I hope she does break Britney's record though! It's about time.


I loved Red, but I really hope you give 1989 another listen. I do like Red better, but I think 4 or 5 of the songs on 1989 are some of her strongest ever. I love the album..

And yes, it's finally time for Britney to lose that record. Love Brit, but I'm astounded that the highest first week sales by a woman ever is only 1.319 million.

The only songs I'm REALLY enjoying are Blank Space and Style... This Love, I Know Places and Wildest Dreams are nice too, but I think the album contains more filler than previous albums; songs like I Wish You Would, How You Get The Girl and All You Had To Do Was Stay sound similar to each other and also to older Taylor songs. Maybe it's just me, I don't know. It's a solid pop album though, and I'm very glad that she took this risk of changing her sound completely even if the result is not what I had hoped for.

Blank Space is a good 2nd single choice, so I'm glad they picked it. That's funny actually lol I'm a little bit of the opposite, my favorites are How You Get The Girl, All You Had To Do Was Stay, This Love, and How You Get The Girl. I love Style and I Wish You Would, but I'd rank them on the bottom half.. I know everyone loves Style, but I just prefer other songs to it.

 

I also love Out Of The Woods.



 

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mariofankev on 02 November 2014

True Kyliedog endurance in sales is much harder to do today. I still enjoy 80s music more than todays even the best artists can not make today's music as a whole better than back then



Ps3 on 02 November 2014
mariofankev said:
True Kyliedog endurance in sales is much harder to do today. I still enjoy 80s music more than todays even the best artists can not make today's music as a whole better than back then


I love 80s music, so I'm glad Taylor made an 80s styled album.



 

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sundin13 on 02 November 2014
Ps3 said:

Country is just as good as it was back then. Country if anything is stronger now.


Check out the Foo Fighter's documentary's episode about Nashville (the HBO documentary). I just watched it last night, and while I have never been a big fan of country (besides Johnny Cash), it is still sad to see it in the state it is in today



Ps3 on 02 November 2014
axumblade said:
Ps3 said:
axumblade said:

You do realize that Shania Twain's Come On Over is the highest selling country album/highest selling female solo album of all time right? Also, The Woman In Me sold 12 million copies. Looks like Taylor Swifts highest is Fearless, which sold a little under 9 million copies. 

Okay, but that was in 1997 when sales were higher. Even Shania could NEVER EVER pull off the sales #1s in 1 week that Taylor Swift is doing.

I'm not denying that it's an accomplishment. I was honestly wasn't stunned when I saw the news myself. I knew the album would be huge. But it's kind of difficult arguing hypotheticals, especially considering the vast majority of those artists that were mentioned paved the way for Taylor to transcend to pop music. 

If it weren't for Shania and Faith Hill, pop radio wouldn't have been nearly as accepting of Taylor Swift as it currently is. Just as if it weren't for Reba and Dolly , It's possible Shania and Faith Hill wouldn't have had as much success as they were in the early 2000's/late 90's. It's not about disrespecting Taylor or anybody else. For me, it's moreso about knowing the roots of an artist and showing them the respect they deserve.

I completely understand where you're coming from. I just feel like Taylor was the first country artist in years that pop radio took under it's wing.



 

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