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Speak Now World Tour – Live (2011)

Where the lyrics of Speak Now World Tour – Live take you, and where it was really made.

Marketed as country music, this live album was described by critics as country pop and pop rock.

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Speak Now World Tour – Live: the first live album by Taylor Swift
Released 21 November 2011 through Big Machine Records
Physical copy: an audio CD plus a DVD and Blu-ray visual accompaniment
Recorded on the Speak Now World Tour, which supported the album Speak Now
Songs and performances drawn from various tour dates
CD: 16 tracks, covering all Speak Now standard-edition songs except "Never Grow Up" and "Innocent"
CD also includes a live version of "Ours" from the deluxe edition
CD includes covers of "Drops of Jupiter", "Bette Davis Eyes" and "I Want You Back"
"Back to December" is performed in a medley with "Apologize" and "You're Not Sorry"
DVD/Blu-ray: performances from the North American leg plus bonus content

The tour started in February 2011 and its North American leg ended in November 2011
Big Machine's management decided on a live album to accompany the tour
Announced with its cover artwork on 21 September 2011 via Swift's official website
Marketed as country music, in line with Swift's self-identity as a country-music artist
Released in Australia on 25 November and in other territories on 28 November

Many songs and performances were captured from various legs of the tour around the world
A promotional video said the show used for the recording was held in Foxborough on 25 and 26 June at Gillette Stadium

1	Sparks Fly	5:39
2	Mine	4:19
3	The Story of Us	4:50
4	Mean	4:10
5	Ours	4:06
6	Back to December / Apologize / You’re Not Sorry	6:02
7	Better Than Revenge	5:45
8	Speak Now	4:10
9	Last Kiss	6:12
10	Drops of Jupiter	5:08
11	Bette Davis Eyes	3:07
12	I Want You Back	1:22
13	Dear John	6:45
14	Enchanted	6:25
15	Haunted	4:50
16	Long Live	6:21

1	Sparks Fly
2	Mine
3	The Story of Us
4	Our Song
5	Mean
6	Back to December / Apologize / You’re Not Sorry
7	Better Than Revenge
8	Speak Now
9	Fearless / I’m Yours / Hey, Soul Sister
10	Last Kiss
11	Drops of Jupiter
12	You Belong With Me
13	Dear John
14	Enchanted
15	Haunted
16	Long Live
17	Fifteen
18	Love Story
19	Home Movies
20	Rehearsals of the Speak Now World Tour

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.

Music critics praised the live album for Swift's stage persona and showmanship
Critics found the album too long
Critics took issue with her live vocals, calling them weak and strained
Slant Magazine's Jonathan Keefe found the Train and OneRepublic covers awkward
Keefe criticized the live vocals as weak and off-key
The Straits Times' Yeow Kai Chai found the covers forgettable but praised Swift's stage persona
Daily Breeze's Sam Gnerre found the covers the highlights and the CD rather typical
Rolling Stone's Jon Dolan praised the DVD content but found the CD and behind-the-scenes material redundant
Music critics described the album as country pop and pop rock

US Billboard 200 debut at number 11 with 77,000 copies sold in the first week
Debuted at number 2 on the Top Country Albums chart
US sales reached 368,000 copies as of July 2019
Peaked at number 16 on the Australian albums chart
Its DVD peaked at number 5 in Australia and was certified triple platinum by ARIA in 2014
Entered the top 30 on albums charts in Canada and Japan
Initially peaked at number 14 on the UK Music Video Chart in 2011

The DVD opens with "Sparks Fly", performed in a fringed golden dress while aerialists hang from the rafters.
The CD runs 79 minutes and the DVD two hours, according to the Korean-language page's content listing.
The Brazilian single "Long Live" with Paula Fernandes reached the top 10 on the Brasil Hot 100 Airplay chart.
The live recording of "Drops of Jupiter" peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
A promotional video revealed the Foxborough show was used for the recording.