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1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023)
Where the lyrics of 1989 (Taylor's Version) take you, and where it was really made.
Fans had to solve word puzzles from a Google Search feature to reveal the vault track titles of this re-recording.
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Los Angeles recording studio linked to the album (2023)
Recording site Conway Recording Studios — The source links this album's recording to Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles. The point marks the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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New York studio used for recording (2023)
Recording site Electric Lady Studios — The source links this album's recording to Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The point marks the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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London studio linked to the recording (2023)
Recording site The Hideaway — The source links part of this album's recording to The Hideaway in London. The point marks the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Nashville studio used for recording (2023)
Recording site Prime Recording — The source links this album's recording to Prime Recording in Nashville. The point marks the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Brooklyn studio linked to the recording (2023)
Recording site Rough Customer — The source links this album's recording to Rough Costumer in Brooklyn. Only a city-center position is known, so the point is approximate. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- 1989 (Taylor's Version): fourth re-recorded album by Taylor Swift
- Re-recording of the 2014 album 1989, released 27 October 2023 on Republic Records
- Contains re-recorded versions of the 16 deluxe-edition songs plus five From the Vault tracks
- Extended editions add the re-recorded Sweeter than Fiction and the Kendrick Lamar remix of Bad Blood
- 1980s-inspired synth-pop with upbeat synthesizers and percussion
Background
- Original 1989 released 27 October 2014 under Big Machine Records
- Swift conceived it to move her artistry toward pop after promoting four albums to country radio
- 2019: Scooter Braun acquired Big Machine, and the masters of her first six albums were transferred to him
- Swift announced she would re-record her first six albums; the re-recording process began in November 2020
- Earlier single re-recordings: Wildest Dreams (September 2021) and This Love (May 2022)
- Announced at the final Los Angeles Eras Tour show at SoFi Stadium on 9 August 2023, exactly nine years after the original release
Recording
- Most re-recorded tracks produced by Swift and Christopher Rowe
- Remaining tracks co-produced by original producers Jack Antonoff, Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella, and Imogen Heap
- Shellback worked only on the re-recording of Wildest Dreams with Swift and Rowe
- Vault tracks written and produced by Swift and Antonoff, except Say Don't Go, co-written with Diane Warren
- Antonoff asked his Bleachers bandmates for help recreating some of the original sounds
Cover
- Standard cover: photograph of Swift in red lipstick against a blue sky with seagulls in the distance
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Welcome to New York (Taylor’s version) | 3:32 |
| 2 | Blank Space (Taylor’s version) | 3:51 |
| 3 | Style (Taylor’s version) | 3:51 |
| 4 | Out of the Woods (Taylor’s version) | 3:55 |
| 5 | All You Had to Do Was Stay (Taylor’s version) | 3:13 |
| 6 | Shake It Off (Taylor’s version) | 3:39 |
| 7 | I Wish You Would (Taylor’s version) | 3:27 |
| 8 | Bad Blood (Taylor’s version) | 3:31 |
| 9 | Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s version) | 3:40 |
| 10 | How You Get the Girl (Taylor’s version) | 4:07 |
| 11 | This Love (Taylor’s version) | 4:10 |
| 12 | I Know Places (Taylor’s version) | 3:15 |
| 13 | Clean (Taylor’s version) | 4:31 |
| 14 | Wonderland (Taylor’s version) | 4:05 |
| 15 | You Are in Love (Taylor’s version) | 4:27 |
| 16 | New Romantics (Taylor’s version) | 3:50 |
| 17 | “Slut!” (Taylor’s version) (from The Vault) | 3:00 |
| 18 | Say Don’t Go (Taylor’s version) (from The Vault) | 4:39 |
| 19 | Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s version) (from The Vault) | 2:26 |
| 20 | Suburban Legends (Taylor’s version) (from The Vault) | 2:51 |
| 21 | Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s version) (from The Vault) | 3:49 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Early life
- Born December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania.
- Named after singer-songwriter James Taylor.
- Moved to Nashville area at 14 to pursue a country music career.
- Signed with Big Machine Records in 2005.
Career
- Debut album Taylor Swift (2006) peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200.
- Fearless (2008) spent eleven weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and was the best-selling album of 2009 in the US.
- Shifted from country to pop with 1989 (2014), which spent eleven weeks at number one.
- Released Folklore and Evermore (2020), indie folk albums that debuted at number one.
- Re-recorded her first six albums after a dispute over her master recordings.
- The Eras Tour (2023–2024) became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time.
- Holds 14 Grammy Awards, including a record four Album of the Year wins.
- Named Time Person of the Year in 2023.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Metacritic: weighted mean score of 90 out of 100 from 15 reviews, indicating universal acclaim
- AnyDecentMusic?: 8.1 out of 10 from 14 reviews
- NME's Hollie Geraghty, The Daily Telegraph's Neil McCormick, and Financial Times' Ludovic Hunter-Tilney regarded it as Swift's best record
- The Times' Will Hodgkinson called it a pop masterclass; the i's Ed Power described it as bright, brash, smart and catchy
- Rolling Stone UK's Mark Sutherland said it could well be the greatest pop album of 2023
- Critics praised the production and Swift's vocals, and the vault tracks were called worthwhile additions
- Paste's Elizabeth Braaten said the vault tracks made it Swift's best re-recorded album yet
- The Independent's Adam White called it a diminished pop classic that was still untouchable greatness
- Slant Magazine's Jonathan Keefe found the vault tracks solid but not a true thematic extension
- Some professionals noted audible high-frequency buzzing at about 15.7kHz on some songs
Reappraisal
- Apple Music placed it at number 18 on its 2024 list of the 100 Best Albums
- Nominated for International Album of the Year at the Gaffa Awards and the Juno Awards
- Nominated for Top Billboard 200 Album at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards
Records
- Topped album charts in Australia, Canada, and European territories including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom
- US: Billboard 200 number one, Swift's 13th; sixth album to sell over one million copies in its first week
- Seven songs entered the Billboard Hot 100 top 10; Is It Over Now?, Now That We Don't Talk, and Slut! took the top three
- Spotify: 176 million single-day streams, the highest for an album in 2023
- UK: debuted at number one with 184,000 units
- Global sales of 2.8 million copies in 2023; best-selling vinyl album of 2023 with 1.4 million copies
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The vault tracks Is It Over Now?, Now That We Don't Talk, and Slut! took the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Google Search's word-puzzle feature needed 33 million puzzles solved before the vault track titles were revealed, and it reached that number in less than one day.
- The album was sold in 14 physical variants, including a Tangerine Edition that was a Target exclusive and contained the re-recorded Sweeter than Fiction.
- Exclaim! listed the album cover as the 15th worst of the year.
- Spotify recorded 176 million streams in one day, the highest single-day album total for 2023.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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