I guess the physical CD release could still have been today, I'm sure someone will have posted whether it was somewhere on the web.

I don't think so, the worldwide iTunes release date is October 28th - at least it is for Australia where it is yet to be released.

 

So so excited to listen to this album, 'Welcome To New York' is fantastic - the way Taylor sings the "dance to this beat forever more" lyric in the chorus in particular is just incredible.

 

 

It seems to be the 27th/28th everywhere despite the fact loads of countries (Australia for one) usually have their release dates on a Friday, hmm... So yes it does seem to have leaked in the "true" sense.

Oh right! Had no idea about this date being for everywhere! :o

I did see loads of stuff on twitter about a girl who apparently bought 1989 from a store who mistakenly released it early (didn't actually see her tweet, just people talking about it), if they did then other copies would have been sold obviously and it's not too far outside the realms of belief that someone would upload it online! I think this was in America but idk.

 

There could be physical copies released WW I guess given that so many countries have Friday as their release day.

Performance of 'Out Of The Woods' on Jimmy Kimmel...

 

 

Such a STAR *.*

Re. The release date, I'm fairly sure Red's release got held back until at least Monday everywhere!

But 1989 is out on Monday in America, so why isn't it out here on iTunes until Tuesday? :/

Struggling to see why Wonderland is only a bonus track, it is incredible.

 

Other favourites are I Know Places, Wildest Dreams and Style.

this album is so much fun. it's an invariable pastiche of other very blog friendly musicians but max martin as we all know writes an excellent chorus and produces excellent music. the best euphoric pop producer.

 

'out of the woods', 'all you had to do was stay', 'how you get the girl' and 'wonderland' are early favs.

 

NOT BEING FUNNY but 'bad blood' sounds like karaoke avril and 'wildest dreams' sounds like a lana tribute act.

Not heard the album yet, going to buy it. But 'Out Of The Woods' is FCUKING amazing. Anthem tbh.

Since I listened to the entire album, I will leave my two cents about it.

 

Her new album is great, even if it is pop. This isn't drastically different than Red, that album was more pop than country so I don't know why so many are shocked by her decision. There are songs like Wildest Dreams, This Love, Clean, How You Get The Girl and You Are In Love which could have easily been on Red, those songs aren't so different. However, even if the songs like Blank Space and I Know Places which are melodically very different, they are lyrically still very interesting and strong, especially Blank Spaces because she basically makes fun of the media and the image she has (writing about ex-boyfriends).

 

My point is, this is still Taylor, even if she changed her style because most of her songs are still lyrically interesting and strong - I mean, You Are In Love is a beautiful love song. In fact, ONLY Shake It Off is catchy fun pop song, the rest is more deeper than that.

 

Also, who cares if the songs are about Harry Styles? Some people are really too worked up about it. She always wrote songs about her ex-boyfriends, nothing new about that. I actually think only Out Of The Woods and Style are directly about him. However, I always hated that people analyzed her songs just so they could figure about who is the song about - it doesn't matter whom the song is about, not really.

 

Honestly, if people could just ignore the fact that she went from country to pop, they would see it is a very good album. It actually annoys me that many are acting like she did some crime just because she went pop. So what? She has the right to do so, its obviously something she wanted to do for a while since Red was more pop and country anyway. Artist has the right to do what he/she wants, who says she will never do country again? People are just exaggerating, she still is making good music even if it isn't country.

 

And you know what? I also commend her for truly embracing the 80s sound. Because when I heard Shake It Off, I was thinking she doesn't know what she is talking about if she thinks this represents 80s music. But truly, every other song in its melody is heavily influenced by 80s music. In fact, this album is more cohesive and consistent than Red, everything is put together nicely.

 

This is not country, BUT I will defend Taylor on her decision because she still made good music. At least this time she said she is going pop, unlike Red which was a mixture, but it was mostly pop.

Edited October 30, 201410 yr by zeze88

I listened to the album for the first time late Friday night and thought it was pretty good, although I was so tired at the time I couldn't really enjoy it as much as I wanted to as I'd just got back home after travelling all day on flights, buses and trains! :lol: Now I've finally had chance to listen to the album again and it is absolutely fantastic. Every song is so catchy, the production is just so full and interesting and I just want to keep listening to it. My stand-out track from my first (half-asleep :kink:) listen was 'How You Get The Girl', and that is still one of the stand-outs but there are so many good tracks its hard to choose. Can't wait to get the CD tomorrow (assuming the CD isn't held back till the 28th) so I can listen to that! :wub:

 

Also, the Voice Memo tracks are so so interesting - I'd love to listen to a whole album of the voice memos and Taylor talking about them - a fantastic unique idea from her.

Since I listened to the entire album, I will leave my two cents about it.

 

Her new album is great, even if it is pop. This that isn't drastically different than Red, that album was more pop than country so I don't know why so many are shocked by her decision. There are songs like Wildest Dreams, This Love, Clean, How You Get The Girl and You Are In Love which could have easily been on Red, those songs aren't so different. However, even if the songs like Blank Space and I Know Places which are melodically very different, they are lyrically still very interesting and strong, especially Blank Spaces because she basically makes fun of the media and the image she has (writing about ex-boyfriends).

 

My point is, this is still Taylor, even if she changed her style because most of her songs are still lyrically interesting and strong - I mean, You Are In Love is a beautiful love song. In fact, ONLY Shake It Off is catchy fun pop song, the rest is more deeper than that.

 

Also, who cares if the songs are about Harry Styles? Some people are really too worked up about it. She always wrote songs about her ex-boyfriends, nothing new about that. I actually think only Out Of The Woods and Style are directly about him. However, I always hated that people analyzed her songs just so they could figure about who is the song about - it doesn't matter whom the song is about, not really.

 

Honestly, if people could just ignore the fact that she went from country to pop, they would see it is a very good album. It actually annoys me that many are acting like she did some crime just because she went pop. So what? She has the right to do so, its obviously something she wanted to do for a while since Red was more pop and country anyway. Artist has the right to do what he/she wants, who says she will never do country again? People are just exaggerating, she still is making good music even if it isn't country.

 

And you know what? I also commend her for truly embracing the 80s sound. Because when I heard Shake It Off, I was thinking she doesn't know what she is talking about if she thinks this represents 80s music. But truly, every other song in its melody is heavily influenced by 80s music. In fact, this album is more cohesive and consistent than Red, everything is put together nicely.

 

This is not country, BUT I will defend Taylor on her decision because she still made good music. At least this time she said she is going pop, unlike Red which was a mixture, but it was mostly pop.

out of interest who has been questioning her for going pop? it's something that's popped up everywhere but i don't know who is leading this contingent? she's basically been a pop star for two records already.

 

nor would i say any of this is particularly deep. it's all rather lightweight pop with bog standard max martin production; which don't get me wrong is good quality pop but very sugar-spun and glossy.

 

i don't particularly see the 80s influences either, on a few tracks yes but if anything i get the sense that this record has been more influenced by blog-pop than anything else. pretty much every track reminds me of someone else 'blank space' is eerily similar to lorde, particularly 'team' splicing at six pence none the richer at the chorus, the intro into 'style' is very much a 'ain't nobody' riff, 'bad blood' sounds more like avril lavigne, 'wildest moments' is lana karaoke. these moments when few and far between are fine but when they build up across a record it feels like there isn't much sense of who the artist is.

 

for all that criticism it's a pleasant enough listen but not a great martin record in the ilk of perry etc

out of interest who has been questioning her for going pop? it's something that's popped up everywhere but i don't know who is leading this contingent? she's basically been a pop star for two records already.

 

nor would i say any of this is particularly deep. it's all rather lightweight pop with bog standard max martin production; which don't get me wrong is good quality pop but very sugar-spun and glossy.

 

i don't particularly see the 80s influences either, on a few tracks yes but if anything i get the sense that this record has been more influenced by blog-pop than anything else. pretty much every track reminds me of someone else 'blank space' is eerily similar to lorde, particularly 'team' splicing at six pence none the richer at the chorus, the intro into 'style' is very much a 'ain't nobody' riff, 'bad blood' sounds more like avril lavigne, 'wildest moments' is lana karaoke. these moments when few and far between are fine but when they build up across a record it feels like there isn't much sense of who the artist is.

 

for all that criticism it's a pleasant enough listen but not a great martin record in the ilk of perry etc

 

I have seen many comments from fans who are very bitter she went country. I agree she has been doing pop for a while so I don't get shock and anger some fans are feeling. When I said the songs are deeper, I meant they are a lot more mature than Shake It Off, thats all. The lyrics are all pretty much the same, she sings about love, heartbreak...

 

However, I definitely felt 80s vibe throughout the entire album, I don't know, maybe thats just me... Also, I definitely think this is better than what Katy Perry is doing.

 

 

To be fair she really has never been a country singer but a pop star with country influences.

Taylor's first album was definitely a country album, and she was definitely only a country singer then. 'Fearless' was still country but a couple of the singles did start to have pop influences. I'd also say 'Speak Now' was just about a full country album as well - probably more country than 'Fearless'. Only with 'Red' did the pop start to become a very significant influence in some of the tracks.

After a couple of listens I'd say this is a far stronger album than the mess that was 'Prism'.

 

'Welcome to New York', 'Out of the Woods', 'All You Had to Do Was Stay', 'Wildest Dreams' and 'I Know Places' are the standouts for me at the moment. A few duds in 'I Wish You Would', 'This Love' and 'You Are in Love' but I'd say it's a pretty strong album for what it is.

 

Still nothing as good as 'I Knew You Were Trouble' though!

I think this album is amazing <3

I dragged my mom to a US chain called Target (the only place to get the deluxe edition of 1989) right at opening and snagged the first copy available! The album is my favorite this year, by far.

It's been a strong year for albums actually, and this is another to add to the list. Really strong and I've just bought the standard (Sainsburys naturally didn't have the deluxe and I live near nothing else!)

This is probably my album of the year too after a few days of it sinking in <3 The holy trinity of 2014 is this, The New Classic and x tbh.