The album has been out for a few weeks now and is on streaming services now for ease of listening, so it is time to rate it and find Buzzjack's fave song from this era!

 

Usual rules apply:

- Rate every song from 1-10, I won't be accepting partial rates as it's an album rate.

- You may use ONE optional 11 and ONE optinal -1, no limits on other scores.

- I'll set the deadline as the 15th, two weeks should be long enough!

- Edits are fine (bc I'll probably have growers as I listen more this week on Apple Music so I'm giving everyone that chance) as long as you say because I'll probably add up in batches as I go along so obviously if I put it in and you edit without saying I'm not gonna know lmao

 

xx ...Ready For It?

xx End Game

xx I Did Something Bad

xx Don't Blame Me

xx Delicate

xx Look What You Made Me Do

xx So It Goes

xx Gorgeous

xx Getaway Car

xx King Of My Heart

xx Dancing With Our Hands Tied

xx Dress

xx This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

xx Call It What You Want

xx New Year's Day

11 ...Ready For It?

10 End Game

10 I Did Something Bad

10 Don't Blame Me

07 Delicate

10 Look What You Made Me Do

07.5 So It Goes

10 Gorgeous

09.5 Getaway Car

08 King Of My Heart

09 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

07Dress

09 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

09.5 Call It What You Want

08.5 New Year's Day

11 ...Ready For It?

10.0 End Game

10.0 I Did Something Bad

10.0 Don't Blame Me

09.5 Delicate

09.5 Look What You Made Me Do

07.5 So It Goes

09.5 Gorgeous

08.0 Getaway Car

06.5 King Of My Heart

06.0 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

08.0 Dress

06.5 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

08.0 Call It What You Want

08.5 New Year's Day

 

First half definitely overshadows the second :heart:

10.0 ...Ready For It?

09.0 End Game

08.5 I Did Something Bad

07.5 Don't Blame Me

09.0 Delicate

07.5 Look What You Made Me Do 

07.0 So It Goes

07.0 Gorgeous

11.0 Getaway Car

10.0 King Of My Heart

07.5 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

07.0 Dress

09.5 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

07.5 Call It What You Want

08.0 New Year's Day

 

A really solid album. Not as many highs as 1989, but just as cohesive and catchy. The thing that really lets this album down is the lyrics.

 

TIWECHNT is a banger (actually reminds me of 'C'mon Let Me Ride Your Bicycle' by Skylar Grey lol), but THAT middle 8/sentence... :(

10 ...Ready For It?

10 End Game

10 I Did Something Bad

08 Don't Blame Me

08 Delicate

11 Look What You Made Me Do

09 So It Goes

10 Gorgeous

08 Getaway Car

08 King Of My Heart

06 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

05 Dress

10 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

10 Call It What You Want

07 New Year's Day

9.0 - ...Ready For It?

8.5 - End Game

10.0 - I Did Something Bad

11.0 - Don't Blame Me

4.5 - Delicate

8.0 - Look What You Made Me Do

7.5 - So It Goes

6.0 - Gorgeous

4.5 - Getaway Car

8.5 - King Of My Heart

7.5 - Dancing With Our Hands Tied

5.5 - Dress

9.5 - This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

3.0 - Call It What You Want

4.0 - New Year's Day

It’s not an album I’ll go back to. The singles are strong though and listen to them all quite a bit.

 

Album average: 05.0

 

09 ...Ready For It?

-1 End Game

07 I Did Something Bad

04 Don't Blame Me

05 Delicate

11 Look What You Made Me Do

06 So It Goes

10 Gorgeous

00 Getaway Car

03 King Of My Heart

06 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

00 Dress

07 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

06 Call It What You Want

02 New Year's Day

10 ...Ready For It?

09 End Game

09 I Did Something Bad

07 Don't Blame Me

09.5 Delicate

11 Look What You Made Me Do

05 So It Goes

07 Gorgeous

10 Getaway Car

09 King Of My Heart

10 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

07.5 Dress

08.5 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

08 Call It What You Want

08.5 New Year's Day

10.0 ...Ready For It?

09.0 End Game

10.0 I Did Something Bad

08.5 Don't Blame Me

11.0 Delicate

07.0 Look What You Made Me Do

07.5 So It Goes

09.0 Gorgeous

09.0 Getaway Car

10.0 King Of My Heart

09.5 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

07.5 Dress

08.0 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

10.0 Call It What You Want

06.0 New Year's Day

Oops. :kink: So so close between DBM & LWYMMD for my 11!

 

10.0 ...Ready For It?

10.0 End Game

10.0 I Did Something Bad

11.0 Don't Blame Me

10.0 Delicate

10.0 Look What You Made Me Do

08.0 So It Goes

09.0 Gorgeous

10.0 Getaway Car

09.5 King Of My Heart

09.5 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

09.5 Dress

10.0 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

10.0 Call It What You Want

10.0 New Year's Day

Wtf do people really think LWYMMD is the best on the album? :wacko: I think it's one of the worst!

10 ...Ready For It?

08 End Game

10 I Did Something Bad

09 Don't Blame Me

09 Delicate

10 Look What You Made Me Do

11 So It Goes

08 Gorgeous

08 Getaway Car

08 King Of My Heart

10 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

07 Dress

08 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

10 Call It What You Want

09 New Year's Day

10 ...Ready For It?

07 End Game

07 I Did Something Bad

08 Don't Blame Me

10 Delicate

04 Look What You Made Me Do

06 So It Goes

05 Gorgeous

10 Getaway Car

05 King Of My Heart

08 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

10 Dress

-1 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

11 Call It What You Want

05 New Year's Day

10 ...Ready For It?

09 End Game

10 I Did Something Bad

10 Don't Blame Me

11 Delicate

09 Look What You Made Me Do

07 So It Goes

09 Gorgeous

08 Getaway Car

08 King Of My Heart

07 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

07 Dress

03 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

09 Call It What You Want

05 New Year's Day

08.0 ...Ready For It?

10.0 End Game

10.0 I Did Something Bad

09.0 Don't Blame Me

09.0 Delicate

11.0 Look What You Made Me Do

07.5 So It Goes

10.0 Gorgeous

07.0 Getaway Car

08.0 King Of My Heart

07.5 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

07.5 Dress

09.5 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

07.0 Call It What You Want

05.0 New Year's Day

 

04.0 ...Ready For It?

07.0 End Game

00.0 I Did Something Bad

06.0 Don't Blame Me

11.0 Delicate

02.5 Look What You Made Me Do

04.0 So It Goes

08.5 Gorgeous

09.0 Getaway Car

07.0 King Of My Heart

06.5 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

04.5 Dress

-01.0 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

06.0 Call It What You Want

04.0 New Year's Day

If bloody Delicate wins...

Not surprised at 'Delicate' doing so well! Such a great song. So subtle and different for Taylor and it's quite Selena/Britney - Just Luv Me which are forum faves iirc!

 

Edit: LWYMMD being the absolute best on the album is what you should be most concerned about :kink:

10 ...Ready For It?

10 End Game

09 I Did Something Bad

08 Don't Blame Me

10 Delicate

10 Look What You Made Me Do

07 So It Goes

10 Gorgeous

11 Getaway Car

10 King Of My Heart

09 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

10 Dress

10 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

09 Call It What You Want

08 New Year's Day

10.0 ...Ready For It?

10.0 End Game

11.0 I Did Something Bad

09.0 Don't Blame Me

09.5 Delicate

09.5 Look What You Made Me Do

06.0 So It Goes

08.5 Gorgeous

09.5 Getaway Car

08.0 King Of My Heart

10.0 Dancing With Our Hands Tied

09.0 Dress

07.0 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

08.5 Call It What You Want

08.0 New Year's Day

 

I mean the first three tracks really set the tone. Everything else is either standard Taylor (which is still pretty good) or made to be overtly malicious (TIWWCHNT). And then there’s So It Goes with is pretty much filler.

 

re: “Look” - it’s good when you look at it from the the perspective of the album and what Taylor was trying to convey with that. As a standalone song it’s nothing spectacular without all the novelty tied on it.