reputation
by Taylor Swift
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  1. NolanLundgaard
    Mar 25, 2020
    3
    reputation by Taylor Swift: 2.18

    ...Ready For It?: 0.5 End Game: 0.25 I Did Something Bad: 0.25 Don’t Blame Me: 0.75 Delicate: 0.5 Look What You Made Me Do: 0.5 So It Goes…: 0.25 Gorgeous: 0.25 Getaway Car: 1 :) King Of My Heart: 0 Dancing With Our Hands Tied: 0.5 Dress: 0.5 This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: 0.75 Call It What You Want: 0.25 New Year’s Day: 0.75    reputation by Taylor Swift: 2.18

    ...Ready For It?: 0.5
    End Game: 0.25
    I Did Something Bad: 0.25
    Don’t Blame Me: 0.75
    Delicate: 0.5
    Look What You Made Me Do: 0.5
    So It Goes…: 0.25
    Gorgeous: 0.25
    Getaway Car: 1 :)
    King Of My Heart: 0
    Dancing With Our Hands Tied: 0.5
    Dress: 0.5
    This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: 0.75
    Call It What You Want: 0.25
    New Year’s Day: 0.75

    7/15 ~ .467 -> 2.18

    Wow, what happened? Taylor Swift used to be one of my favorite artists, but now she has started to conform to the popular drum track and Autotune area. These generic tracks are in almost every song, but luckily Swift’s ability to write amazing lyrics has not been phased out (for the most part). A lot of these songs have potential to be amazing, but either the annoying drum tracks (...Ready For It, This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things) or the overpowering electronic synths (Dancing With Our Hands Tied, King Of My Heart) prevent the songs from getting to where I would enjoy it more (For instance, I really liked the music part of Look What You Made Me Do, but not during the choruses when the lyrics turned pretty monotone and the drums and synth kicked in). A lot of the songs sounded similar as well. I understand why Swift would want to go in this direction, since now it’s the “popular” thing, but hopefully she will return to using real instruments like in Red and Speak Now (Spoiler-alert: Lover is a huge improvement over reputation.). Highlight: Getaway Car.    … Expand
  2. theexquisitepop
    Aug 31, 2019
    0
    this album is very mediocre. the songs sound exactly the same. absolutely no uniqueness in all of this album.
  3. SamV1sion
    Mar 8, 2018
    2
    Most of the songs on this album are boring. That's all I have to say. Without End Game it would have no credit.
  4. ybrikperez
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    Too much drama! She can't make album without shading her ex or enemies. I guess that's her theme. I wonder what will be her next album be about? White girl privelege?
  5. Khira
    Mar 17, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Que pésimo album; todas las canciones suenan iguales tienen lo mismos ritmos de maldad y otras como 1989, y en las letras solo se puede diferenciar en la maldad y el egoísmo de taylor swift, sinceramente este es el peor album de taylor swift… Expand
  6. grigiohooker
    Dec 15, 2017
    1
    the worst album ever. one of this year's overrated highlight anticipated albums that is not really worth to wait. contains a lots of filler and autotune. the degrading of her journey in pop music is getting real.
  7. teddyass
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    The old Taylor always wore her heart on sleeve. However, the new Taylor sounds totally drunk, fake and super narcissistic.
    The lyrics went unprecedentedly awful. I can hardly believe they came from Taylor Swift, who used to be such a lyrics genius. Frankly speaking, "State Of Grace" or "Clean" is better than any song in Reputation. "Gorgeous" sounds like written by a 5 years old and    The old Taylor always wore her heart on sleeve. However, the new Taylor sounds totally drunk, fake and super narcissistic.
    The lyrics went unprecedentedly awful. I can hardly believe they came from Taylor Swift, who used to be such a lyrics genius. Frankly speaking, "State Of Grace" or "Clean" is better than any song in Reputation. "Gorgeous" sounds like written by a 5 years old and sentences like "My baby's fly like a jet stream/High above the whole scene" and "I'm so chill, but you make me jealous" are very ludicrous. The album is full of boring and unimaginative sex scenes. I can feel how hard Swift tried to sound sexy and mature. Unfortunately, she sounds more like a teenager who never had sex and thinks posting sex scenes on her Snapchat makes her cool, or an annoying woman who chatters without stop about her sex life in a club after a couple of drinks.
    Swift tried to make Reputation a dark album but her darkness is superficial. The theme of this album is shallow and uninspiring. Actually, there are only 2 things she keeps talking about, how other celebrities and the medias bullyed her and how perfect her current relationship is. Without delicate portrait or appealing love stories, the "angel boyfriend" figure in Reputation is plain and fake. The reflection on love and life in RED, the confidence, independence and self-awareness 1989 conveyed, all vanished in Reputation. Swift used the whole album to complain about being a celebrity. She is playing the victim all the time and trying to feed her fandom a utopian love story.
    Maybe she is too absorbed in her role playing. Maybe she paid too much attention to playing up to her fans. Maybe she ran out of her talents. Selling more than 1 million in a week won't change the fact that Reputation is a terrible album. People are buying it because she is Taylor Swift. She was the old Taylor. Watching critics and swifties praising "reputation" is like watching the real life "The Emperor's New Clothes". Everyone gets drunk by Taylor Swift's cheap spirits and tells each other it is nectar. Some of them are paid to drink, while others pay the drinks. And Taylor Swift individually instagramming each of the good reviews could be one of the biggest jokes in 2017. Who is she deceiving? The medias, the fans or herself? I'm afraid what will destroy her reputation is her weak music, instead of the medias, or any of her so-called enemies.
    Organized social media dramas won't make her a Bob Dylan or Beyonce. When it comes to music, people won't take the dramas more seriously than they take the Kardashians' butts. After reputation, I only have 2 questions. Where is the old Taylor and when will she come back?    … Expand
  8. 4idrab
    Nov 13, 2017
    0
    still wondering how TS became this overtly hyped pop star - bc let's be real, the woman doesn't have the vocals or stage presence to justify any of it. this collection of songs sounds uninspired and isn't going to be remembered in the long run. save your money, folks.
  9. Nervyh
    Nov 12, 2017
    0
    este álbum es una verdadera tragedia en la discográfica artística de Swift, la old Taylor a muerto y sus buenas letras y álbumes también, demasiado sobrevaloracion para tan poco xx
  10. Chakram
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    Ouch. Hugely frontloaded and overhyped album of 2017. At least 6 fillers. Sounds like songs rejected from 1989. Good lyrics tho but in general downgrade after 1989. Not much fun on this album. Darker in popish style but without character. It won’t be flop but #NotMyTaylorSwift. So do not count for songs like Shake it of or Blank Space. I like 5 songs on it - Look ..- Ready for it- So doesOuch. Hugely frontloaded and overhyped album of 2017. At least 6 fillers. Sounds like songs rejected from 1989. Good lyrics tho but in general downgrade after 1989. Not much fun on this album. Darker in popish style but without character. It won’t be flop but #NotMyTaylorSwift. So do not count for songs like Shake it of or Blank Space. I like 5 songs on it - Look ..- Ready for it- So does it - Gateway Car - Don’t Blame Me. She could basically release an EP not this full fillers compilation

    Probably the most frontloaded album this year. I can tell that tabloid reviewers are scared being sued by Taylor Swift or something because this album is far from 81 points at Metacritics... most of the songs sounds like a rejects from 1989. Only 4 songs are worthy attention and tbh nothing groundbreaking is on this album. All this hype is just too much. Recommending Look.. Ready for it .. So it does ... Don’t blame me...and maybe Getaway car which is basically copy of OOTW or Style.... No hits. No Shake it off or Blank Space like songs... good lyrics in some of the songs but that wil be it... Shame    … Expand
  11. dess211925
    Nov 16, 2017
    0
    A very bad production. It sounds so annoying. The same clichés lyrics and her vocal performance seems to be worse.
    It's Taylor's worst album
    Hope the old Taylor is not dead.
  12. FaxOnly
    Aug 30, 2018
    0
    Very desperate attempt to try and 'shade' Kim and Kanye, however the payoff is lyrically poor
    The few exceptions are Call It What You Want and New Years Day
  13. gustaqc
    Aug 31, 2018
    3
    Very disapointing work of art after 'Red' and '1989'. Every single song on the album sounds the same as the previous one. Just two stand out for me (New Year's day and LWYMMD)
  14. Jogas
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Asquerosidades, de canciones, Rango vocal pésimo. Aburrido, letra fea y repetitiva, mucho auto tune… Expand
  15. Anh_LeDuc
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    I tried to listen to her all new album's tracklist but finally I hafta say... This new album sucks. I dont like any songs at all. I bet she focused too much on her enemies like Kim, Katy, Kaney, Calvin Harris... and forgot about what the true music was. I used to be a loyal fan of her music, but now, Goodbye Taylor
  16. stayfrostyx
    Nov 13, 2017
    2
    Pop music's resident prostitute is at it again. Here are the two types of songs Taylor is capable of:

    1-Wah wah some celebs bullied me :(
    2-"My bby treats me so nice ;)"

    If you want an actual capable songwriter, go listen to Lorde's album.
  17. therealdrope
    Apr 19, 2018
    0
    Amontoado de bosta liquida, horrível em todos os sentidos, uma vergonha para a industria musical
  18. fredpasseri
    Feb 3, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Taylor Swift, I love you, but return to Country, please! Your pop is getting cloying.… Expand
  19. vusang711
    Nov 11, 2017
    0
    I was almost getting bored after listening to this album. Compared with 1989, Reputation is **** and dull af. Taylor keeps using the same materials and her songs are simply just about revenge. The catchy vibe of Taylor almost dies out as the songs sound just the same as others, making it so cheap and disappointing. Sorry but to anyone who says that "this is obviously the best pop album ofI was almost getting bored after listening to this album. Compared with 1989, Reputation is **** and dull af. Taylor keeps using the same materials and her songs are simply just about revenge. The catchy vibe of Taylor almost dies out as the songs sound just the same as others, making it so cheap and disappointing. Sorry but to anyone who says that "this is obviously the best pop album of the year", you guys are so biased. This is not even music anymore, this is more like a recyclable piece of trash.
    Sorry, but this is too disappointing. I really hoped for something better than Look What You Made Me Do but turns out it is even worse.
    0/10    … Expand
  20. lucasfreires94
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    Doesn't matter if it is selling more than 1 million in a week. the album is forgetable and cliche, it seems like any song of her last album "1989". Lyrics are hypocrates, keeps talking about what happened with Kanye West and it is so boring and with no inspiration.
  21. Edgarflores17
    Aug 29, 2020
    1
    Quiso copiar a KATY PERRY pero no pudo. un album lleno de rencor y malas vibras. y enerigia negativa por su letra.
  22. Zoey24
    Nov 11, 2017
    3
    This album is bad - much worse than I believe critics are making it out to be.

    Starting out, the subect material on this album is absolutely childish. Song titles such as "Look What You Made Me Do", "I Did Something Bad", "Don't Blame Me" and "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" are all juvenile names of songs written by a middle school pre-teen girl but instead are the titles of    This album is bad - much worse than I believe critics are making it out to be.

    Starting out, the subect material on this album is absolutely childish. Song titles such as "Look What You Made Me Do", "I Did Something Bad", "Don't Blame Me" and "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" are all juvenile names of songs written by a middle school pre-teen girl but instead are the titles of songs off of Taylor Swift's 6th studio album. Swift goes for a supposedly more mature lyrical content in these songs, but in doing so only makes her seem more childish and shallow in her songwriting prowess. The lyrical content here is absolutely her weakest yet, with no defining features, and laughably simplistic looks at mature topics - just showing how out of her depth she really is.

    On that subject, this album also eschews the more bright, poppy sound off of 1989, replacing it with a "rougher sound". However, this sound is worryingly close to the gross bass, synth heavy dirge of the late 2000's, being uncomfortable to listen to, and offering no unique or redeeming qualities. Not only this, but Swift's instrumental choices match the lyrics in the sense that they remain woefully mismatched with her songwriting strengths. With this album, Swift tries to sound like Rihanna, but fails in every single way. While I appreciate her for taking a new creative step, this does not fit her character, style, songwriting, or production capacities whatsoever.

    While this album is at the least, competent, the uncreative lyrics and composition make it that most songs on here will be ones that you won't want to go back to. Hopefully, Taylor can learn from this for her next album, and develop more of the mature pop sound demonstrated on 1989 hits like "Wildest Dreams" and "Style", rather than the muddy, convoluted songs of "Look What You Made Me Do" or "..Ready For It?".    … Expand
  23. delunac
    Nov 10, 2017
    3
    Some good songs don't save the album to become very predictable and repetitive both lyrically and sonically. Highlights on Don't Blame Me, the most risky track on the album, and on This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, one of the most annoying songs I have ver heard.
  24. 5453845558
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    This is definitely terrible, boring, useless, overrated album as always. I cant pretend it's a masterpiece, this is not art. She is trying to repair her bad reputation she has created herself and it's not convincing.
  25. EosBuddy
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    Just one word "trash" , she's trying too hard to be cool but end up sounds damn lame and tragic. I so regretted listening to it and totally wasted my precious time ..
  26. bailey0209
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    Some songs have a catchy beat, but the lyrics are garbage and the new taylor is very fake and narcissistic. I would rank this ahead of Red but behind every other album of hers.
  27. juniorey
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    depois desses singles... nem precisa ouvir pra saber que é bomba kkkkkk aiai, francamente so não dou 0 pq aparentemente o site não permite. não sei como vende tanto.. francamente... gosto é uma coisa estranha
  28. elpintor
    Nov 16, 2017
    2
    A total self-centered garbage fire. The lowest point in the Swift's career. As a mediocre trap/pop record, it lacks of soul. There's nothing much to say about Reputation.
  29. Jasiu
    Feb 4, 2018
    0
    The most overrated album of 2017. Very frontloaded. Very good lyrics tho but other than that This album has nothing special to offer.
  30. TiagoLibra
    Apr 6, 2018
    0
    This album sounds like a generic mess from the beginning to the end. 'reputation' has no personality and it could be recorded by any basic pop singer from the mainstream. Cloying!
  31. cesaret
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    She is a narcissist, arrogant, fake person. Her songs are repetitive and insincere I wonder how much she is paying to be successful. Only a few songs are ok and this album is really overrated.
  32. MaxwellLira
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    Unfortunately Taylor couldn't keep up the freshness of "1989" with this collection of the songs in the same vein with rehashed lyrics. Only "Read for It" and "End Game" sound fresh, the other songs are either attention seeker or boring.
  33. MasterofHeaarts
    Nov 10, 2017
    1
    OVERARRATED. OVERHYPED. UNDERPRODUCED.

    Most of the people here giving it 10/10 are just doing so because its Taylor Swift. There is nothing special or unique about this album. It sounds like 1989 but with blander lyrics and unfinished trap beats. Don't Blame Me is best song but it has the exact same arrangement as Take Me To Church. End Game sounds like a Drake Song. New Years Day is    OVERARRATED. OVERHYPED. UNDERPRODUCED.

    Most of the people here giving it 10/10 are just doing so because its Taylor Swift. There is nothing special or unique about this album. It sounds like 1989 but with blander lyrics and unfinished trap beats. Don't Blame Me is best song but it has the exact same arrangement as Take Me To Church. End Game sounds like a Drake Song. New Years Day is a cute ballad. Other highlights of the album are Dress, CIWYW, So it Goes.Most songs are just bland, boring and generic that sound like rejects from 1989. LWYMMD and TIWWCHNT is trash and annoying. For Taylor fans only    … Expand
  34. duvnfernando17
    Nov 13, 2017
    0
    Horrible, all is exactly the same to her last albums, same lyrics, same sounds, same topics & with a lot of auto tune, i see she made this album in a desperate attempt to sell.
  35. aisacrm
    Nov 12, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Reputation a dado mucho de que hablar, pero esta lleno de odio contra otros famosos se extraña a la de 1989, de Taylor Swift solo destaco de que pocos temas movido serán singles… Expand
  36. acupofcoffee
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    This is her album so far, the music is terrible and the lyrics are the worst, she has managed to write such amazing songs but it seems with this era she forgot how to write.
  37. thinhit
    Nov 11, 2017
    0
    Trash pop at its best. The most overrated artist ever. Don't buy good reviews please. "And the Grammy's ALBUM OF THE YEAR goes to..... DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar" please.
  38. ouestleguerre
    Nov 10, 2017
    3
    I don't understand how anyone could see the production or delivery on this album as an acceptable facsimile of rap and R&B. The songs more obliquely inspired by these genres feature an awkwardly delivered mishmash of talking, singing and rapping. The production in these songs are worse, oft sounding dated, clunky and uninspired. In an attempt to sound edgier she has effectively recycledI don't understand how anyone could see the production or delivery on this album as an acceptable facsimile of rap and R&B. The songs more obliquely inspired by these genres feature an awkwardly delivered mishmash of talking, singing and rapping. The production in these songs are worse, oft sounding dated, clunky and uninspired. In an attempt to sound edgier she has effectively recycled and reappropriated out-dated trap and electroclash clichés.

    Similarly, her lyrics employ clichéd metaphors and analogies about committing crimes and seeing herself and her new beau as the next Bonnie & Clyde. The thematic depth she explores is never past a surface interpretation of what a reputation is, or any criticism of anyone as always an open attempt to drag them through the mud.

    The songs on the album that fit a more melodic and synthpop direction feel more cohesive and work to the strengths of Taylor's voice and songwriting. However, in going in these directions she fails to set herself apart from her contemporaries and give a great sense of who she is as an artist.

    Overall the album is an out-of-touch, bland attempt at rebranding while using the same sounds her Top 40 peers have used before and venturing in 'edgier' genres like rap/trap/electroclash only to use their clichés as well.

    I really tried to like this album, I thought upon re-listening my opinion would change and she would be able to make the new sonic direction could work - unfortunately it's not well executed and sounds like her least fleshed-out and developed album to date.    … Expand
  39. CMoura
    Nov 24, 2017
    0
    Pior álbum do ano. A antiga Taylor de 'I Knew You Were Trouble', 'You Belong With Me' e 'Blank Space' realmente está morta, pela demora de lançar, esperava algo melhor. Sem contar com a falta de maturidade nesse álbum. Nota 0 sem dúvidas.
  40. Alexxxxxx
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    i used to be in love with you, you used to be the first thing on my mind. Sorry Taylor, you lost me forever. Y can't believe you became in this. Thats why I say stop taylor, start Katy, i woke up and put on witness, thats better than this xoxoSEctapOP
  41. andres6
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    Taylor siempre es lo mismo de siempre, ella no se reinventa, siempre escuchamos lo mismo de ella, canciones llenas de odio e indirectas a sus "enemigos", debería cambiar, ya que la mayoría estamos aburridos de sus temas rencorosos.
  42. Edwin_Leal
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    I think this album is a bit full of pure rancor and its lyrics are very repetitive, it has very repetitive rhythms, the only thing that can save the album are its lyrics. I prefer 'Witness' than this new Taylor Swift material.
  43. andreotaborda
    Nov 11, 2017
    1
    Eu não sou fã da Taylor mas adoro varias musicas dela, pelo o que eu vi em Look What You Made Me Do e Ready For It eu fiquei esperando muito mais, o album é bom, mas senti que muitas faixas são muito parecidas, eu ainda prefiro o 1989.
  44. diana553
    Nov 11, 2017
    1
    She either over did the production or did no production, the lyrics are very, very mediocre. Her lyrics are terrible, really. Only really liked like one song. I was very disappointed.
  45. rayjay
    Dec 18, 2017
    2
    At the risk of sounding like a crank, this artist is overrated. I hear shallow lyrics, formulaic music, and an average voice at best. But this apparently deemed great pop music of the time. Just not my time.
  46. Mekkalyn
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    I am very disappointed by this album. As someone who has followed her since the very first single release, I have adjusted to her switch from country to country-pop all the way up to 1989. Reputation is where I draw the line. Her album as a whole is less singing and more talking/rapping, very auto tuned, and the messages of the song are all about sex, getting drunk to have fun, and theyI am very disappointed by this album. As someone who has followed her since the very first single release, I have adjusted to her switch from country to country-pop all the way up to 1989. Reputation is where I draw the line. Her album as a whole is less singing and more talking/rapping, very auto tuned, and the messages of the song are all about sex, getting drunk to have fun, and they promote not taking responsibility for your own actions (instead blaming everyone else for your behavior). It makes it seem like having a bad reputation is actually a good thing. I just don't align with her message anymore as someone who has never drank or partied (there are lots of other ways to have fun). I love her singing voice! But alas you don't really hear it at all in these songs, but my rating is a one instead of a zero because there are parts in every song where I'm reminded of how wonderful her voice is, and some lines are very catchy. But there is not a single song that I love start to finish, and that is very sad for me. I never thought I'd see the day.… Expand
  47. osqui
    Nov 18, 2017
    3
    This album is (and I can't find any other word to describe it) lame, totally lame. You can literally put all the songs together and it would sound like one single track. Repetitive in rhythm and in lyrics, mostly empty and full of nothing more than attacks to media and her "enemies", this album doesn't go anywhere and shows a childish facet in Swift's music that tries its best to be asThis album is (and I can't find any other word to describe it) lame, totally lame. You can literally put all the songs together and it would sound like one single track. Repetitive in rhythm and in lyrics, mostly empty and full of nothing more than attacks to media and her "enemies", this album doesn't go anywhere and shows a childish facet in Swift's music that tries its best to be as "dark" and "new" as possible, but can't accomplish anything.… Expand
  48. Armandorg82
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    Malisimo es una cagada universal tridimensional xoxo secta pap coño que porqueria este album seria mejor que taylor lo descalificara y comience a trabajar en otro albuna
  49. 1984GL
    Nov 10, 2017
    1
    It's difficult to listen, there comes a time when is monotonous and boring. Has nice lyrics, but an uninteresting sound. At a certain moment I could say that I was listening to his old songs like: "Out Of The Woods" "Style" or "I Don't Wanna Live Forever". Look What You Made Me Do it's the most powerful song of the album.
  50. lagerfeld
    Nov 11, 2017
    0
    One of the worst albums I've ever heard. It's extremely overproduced (likely to distract from the fact that she is a horrible singer) and almost every song is a rip off of something someone else did better. Her lyrics are embarrassing and immature - you'd expect something beyond middle school cliches from a nearly-30-year-old woman, but somehow her songwriting was better when she was aOne of the worst albums I've ever heard. It's extremely overproduced (likely to distract from the fact that she is a horrible singer) and almost every song is a rip off of something someone else did better. Her lyrics are embarrassing and immature - you'd expect something beyond middle school cliches from a nearly-30-year-old woman, but somehow her songwriting was better when she was a teenager. she has zero self awareness and is completely self-obsessed and tone deaf, all of which is so obvious if you actually read the lyrics. they're cringe-worthy and frankly embarrassing. this album is so bland and lacks any character - something that used to set her apart from her peers. this album could be sung by anyone - it has none of the details or personal touches that used to make her interesting. the songs all blend together, which i guess is what people mean when they say the album is cohesive. there is not a single song on this that is objectively good - this is from someone who has seen her in concert multiple times and used to be a big fan. she has never been as talented a songwriter as people like to pretend (though when she first started, it was impressive for her age) but either she's completely lost it or the people she cowrote the songs with (she didn't write a single song on this by herself) are much worse than she is. the song she recently won a CMA for (better man) is lightyears better than anything on this horrible album - she should go back to that sound, because this is not working for her. no one will be listening to this a month from now. zero longevity or cultural relevance. her worst album by far, and the worst and most overhyped album of the year. some of the songs are so bad that it was literally painful listening to them all the way through. anyone praising this is deaf, delusional, 12 years old, or an obsessive stan unable to have a halfway objective opinion about anything taylor swift does. truly a horrible album.… Collapse
  51. longjetty7
    Dec 20, 2017
    3
    I genuinely don’t understand how critics keep praising everything Taylor Swift does. At best Reputation is a run-of-the-mill pop album. At this point the style of music she’s adopted is nothing unique or interesting. She’s clearly just pulling inspiration from everything else popular in 2017, leading to a collection of songs that’s both unoriginal and disjointed. I wouldn’t necessarilyI genuinely don’t understand how critics keep praising everything Taylor Swift does. At best Reputation is a run-of-the-mill pop album. At this point the style of music she’s adopted is nothing unique or interesting. She’s clearly just pulling inspiration from everything else popular in 2017, leading to a collection of songs that’s both unoriginal and disjointed. I wouldn’t necessarily have a problem with her going super mainstream though if the songs were actually good, but she seems to have this really strange ability to take almost good songs and ruin them with the most annoying hooks and lyrics. Examples include I Did Something Bad and Dancing With Our Hands Tied. And then there are some songs that are just completely cringeworthy and awful like This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things and Dress that make me question everything about Swift’s judgement. Anyway, this is a really disappointing and barely enjoyable album and I wish more critics would feel that way too.… Expand
  52. hassannafgre
    Nov 11, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. البوم سيء جدا .. فانز تايلور جدا خرة وكس امهم انيجهم نيج ولد الكحاب اشوف واحد يعترض ع كلامي انهي مسيرتكم خصوصا تاي1989 على الانستكرام انيجك نيج بب… Expand
  53. wkallao
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    I don’t know where to begin. Taylor is attempting to rebrand herself as dark and serious and mature with an album that sounds like 1989 on steroids. “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” is the biggest ear sore ever. The lyrics are childish and petty, with a song that sounds like Taylor let her cats bang around in the studio. “Get Away Car” rehashes Out of the Woods, and “I Did SomethingI don’t know where to begin. Taylor is attempting to rebrand herself as dark and serious and mature with an album that sounds like 1989 on steroids. “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” is the biggest ear sore ever. The lyrics are childish and petty, with a song that sounds like Taylor let her cats bang around in the studio. “Get Away Car” rehashes Out of the Woods, and “I Did Something Bad” is just a reworked “Ready for It...?”. The strongest track is the stripped down “New Years Day”. It’s unfortunate Swift decided not to add more intimate tracks like this that show her true talent and passion. She ultimately produced a mediocre pop album filled with poorly written choruses, electronic migraines and lyrics that a five year old could write. This isn’t mature or cool or inventive, it is a record that is seeping with the desperation of trying to be something you’re not. Taylor does it well. She continues her same vindictive love grazed pattern with no real show of depth or emotion. Is this a good record? Sure, it’s a pop record. It could be worse. For Taylor Swift, it is just a painful experiment gone wrong.… Expand
  54. rovert37
    Dec 7, 2018
    0
    This collective is musically and narratively unforgiving from an artist bias. Swift is respectfully credited writer and producer on this album, but to no degree of a focussed outcome. Songs lack appeal and the polish that is perceived seem very blindly committed. No advancements in sonics and boring aesthetic, very inspired by the target focus of the lead single. A very weird and bad album.
  55. JustAbraham
    Sep 5, 2019
    0
    Pobre taybasura pasando la ME!adoskkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk me taybazofia askerosa perr4
  56. Kirbypperez1
    Dec 18, 2019
    0
    An album dedicated to fighting and shading other artists? No thanks! She is a good songwriter but needs to improved her vocals and performance on stage.
  57. brehnrr
    Jan 11, 2020
    0
    O pior álbum da carreira dela. Músicas ruins, voz extremamente recheada de efeitos sonoros, o que polui a música. Esse álbum serve pra nada além de causar burburinho em fan base.
  58. KanyeStan
    Mar 27, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Probably one of the most god awful flops I’ve ever heard. Taylor can do better.… Expand
  59. jorgecaceres7
    Sep 16, 2020
    1
    Es un álbum que no tiene mucho sentido en sus letras no son unas entre otras una buena canción las demas no me gustaron.
  60. AlexSans
    Sep 16, 2020
    1
    Un album bueno pero lleno de vibras negativas no me gusto ni sus letras ni mensajes solo algunos sonidos y ritmos nada mas.
  61. danteri7
    Sep 30, 2020
    1
    No me gusto tiene letras bastante distorsionadas poco claras y otras que no tienen mucho sentido algo absurdas no me gusto el álbum.
  62. Niko18
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    All song so bad
    All Single horrible
    Look what you made me do is so bad Ready for it and end game made no noise
    Her worst album
  63. Mathyswaggy
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    Horrible album

    Horrible singles

    Sweetener grammy outsold

    Swish swish bish
  64. Wrong_Opinions
    Dec 18, 2020
    3
    Wow. This album is total and utter garbage. Most the songs are atrocious, the songwriting and production is easily some of Taylor’s worse, the lyrics are extremely corny and cringe worthy, and I could go on and on and on for hours but just to keep this review brief: this album is terrible and is her worst project by far.

    Least Favourites: Ready For It? End Game I Did Something Bad    Wow. This album is total and utter garbage. Most the songs are atrocious, the songwriting and production is easily some of Taylor’s worse, the lyrics are extremely corny and cringe worthy, and I could go on and on and on for hours but just to keep this review brief: this album is terrible and is her worst project by far.

    Least Favourites:
    Ready For It?
    End Game
    I Did Something Bad
    Look What You Made Me Do
    This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
    New Year’s Day    … Expand
  65. dave40
    Jun 9, 2019
    1
    El peor de 2017 Pretencioso queriendose hacer la muy perra, la misma producción genérica de Max Martin junto con Shellback y SOBREVALORADO al extremo, nada especial, un desastre total pero para sus fans es lo máximo que hay jajaja y me alegra que no ganará ell grammy ardan víboras
  66. lucascabbral
    Feb 15, 2019
    1
    Meu bem, tá horrível isso. Horrível, horrível, horrível, horrível, horrível, horrível, horrível. Horroroso. Um espanto. Me faz mal!
  67. MrThiago
    Oct 3, 2019
    3
    "Overall, 'Reputation' rescues elements of classic pop with an electronic coating that unscrupulously invades the synthpop . The suis generis' identifiable musical arrangement is already unmistakable with the first track - and one of the album's many singles - “ … Ready For It?” Once again, the singer returns as one of the top songwriters and seems to lose her hand once and for all"Overall, 'Reputation' rescues elements of classic pop with an electronic coating that unscrupulously invades the synthpop . The suis generis' identifiable musical arrangement is already unmistakable with the first track - and one of the album's many singles - “ … Ready For It?” Once again, the singer returns as one of the top songwriters and seems to lose her hand once and for all (purposely?) forgetting even the most basic lessons, including musical fluidity. The strong chords created from the mix between dubstep and trap music apparently work with the raw, compulsory linearity, but they get lost with a bizarre and fabulous entry that precedes the purely instrumental chorus - something that should never be repeated but seems to find fertile ground to rise."
    … Expand
  68. vinicekiss
    Aug 31, 2019
    0
    Pior álbum que eu já ouvi na minha vida
    Kanye pisa muito nessa put1nh4 Kacey maior e melhor
  69. TurkeyBoi
    Feb 8, 2019
    2
    This album sounds like finding out you have a terminal disease. Oh sure, yeah, it sounds horrible when you first hear it, but as time goes by, it slowly dawns on you how terrible it actually is, and that trumps the feeling you had first hearing it, because on this record, you are forced to hear Ed Sheeran rapping (already a punishment in it's own right), but you get second handThis album sounds like finding out you have a terminal disease. Oh sure, yeah, it sounds horrible when you first hear it, but as time goes by, it slowly dawns on you how terrible it actually is, and that trumps the feeling you had first hearing it, because on this record, you are forced to hear Ed Sheeran rapping (already a punishment in it's own right), but you get second hand embarassment from how utterly un-self aware Taylor Swift is. Just phone it in.… Expand
  70. bdu754
    Aug 10, 2018
    1
    I remember when Taylor Swift's music was passionate singing, where she sang her heart out. Songs like "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Blank Space", "Bad Blood", those were songs where Taylor's vocals were absolutely perfect.
    In this album, Taylor's focus is hardly on singing. Listen carefully to her vocals. Most of the time she is basically talking while a background beat plays in the    I remember when Taylor Swift's music was passionate singing, where she sang her heart out. Songs like "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Blank Space", "Bad Blood", those were songs where Taylor's vocals were absolutely perfect.
    In this album, Taylor's focus is hardly on singing. Listen carefully to her vocals. Most of the time she is basically talking while a background beat plays in the background. Songs like "Delicate", "Ready For It", and "Look What You Made Me Do" highlight this especially.
    The album is also quite weak lyrically, and Taylor's lyrics are mainly focused on referring to previous conflicts with other celebrities.
    While this album is still getting its praise, mainly because it's by Taylor Swift, this album is much more different from Taylor's previous ones.    … Expand
  71. emmaAS
    Aug 18, 2018
    3
    Making everything about revenge and herself gets boring. I understand her own experiences give her inspiration but it's impossible to to feel connected with most (or every) of her songs in this album.
  72. Ginaxhrist
    May 2, 2019
    1
    This was honestly disappointing. She didn’t even seem to be trying. For the most part this was just her arrogantly prancing on the stage while other people did all the work. I will not be listening to her in the future. She thinks she is on Lady Gaga’s level of talent but she isn’t. Lady Gaga is 100 times better
  73. Harol
    Aug 31, 2019
    0
    Horrible album and his message is mainly just negative. Really sucks........
  74. Souzafialho
    Jul 22, 2019
    0
    Pior lixo q já ouvi essa porcaria! Como que venda uma merda dessa! Deus é mais
  75. camszinha
    Aug 24, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O álbum mais fraco e desconexo da Swift, Reputation é apenas um mesclado de indiretas feitas para polemizar mesmo. Por muitas vezes, deixando sua voz se abafar e com MUITOS efeitos, Reputation é um péssimo exemplo de pop dessa década.
    Algumas faixas fazem jus ao título com This is why we can't have nice things (o nome é tão grande que dei ctrl c ctrl v), o famoso smash hit Look what you made do e I did something bad. Mas para nisso mesmo. O resto das músicas são um completo descarte e não diz em nada em sua temática principal. Gorgeous é um exemplo claro disso. Em um álbum completamente "dark" da Taylor, o que Gorgeous tem a ver??? Taylor, então, se perde e não CUMPRE a sua verdadeira temática e deixa a Taylor de 1989 reviver em MUITOS momentos.
    Além disso, algumas músicas são enjoativas demais pelo filtro mesmo da voz. Look é uma das piores desse álbum não pela composição, mas exatamente pela forma em que foi conduzida a sua produção no total: Uma voz abafada pelos instrumentais e uma sonoridade horrível. Por ser um dos álbuns mais aclamados de 2017, percebemos que não é difícil ter um álbum que chegue nas paradas hoje em dia.    … Expand
  76. larissajurca
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    One of the best pop albuns I've ever listened to, a body of art perfectly made and a rollercoaster of emotions that makes us feel a hint of what Taylor has been through on her lowest. Lyrics that connect people has always been Swift's specialty, and with this album she proves it one more time
  77. taysoty
    Aug 6, 2021
    0
    BOMBA! pior álbum da Taylor…eu como fã fiquei decepcionado espero nunca mais lance uma coisa dessa
  78. Onionrings2
    Aug 2, 2022
    1
    Without the one of the best song of taylor: delicate, this album gonna be worthless, 1989 outsold.
  79. earlgreyrelief
    Nov 19, 2021
    3
    such a drama and mediocre album. Sorry but reputation is one of the most overrated albums that year, and the worst by her so far.
  80. naed_luc
    Mar 5, 2023
    2
    Álbum com muitos descartes do 1989, e a única de presta é " Dancing with our hands tied "
  81. msteck
    Aug 31, 2022
    2
    Petty, dated, and repetitive. Does not achieve any artistic goals, being bogged down by substandard production. The lyrics attempt to add personal stakes from the artist into the sound, but they completely fall flat given the over-the-top mess they are sung over.
  82. omgrachel
    Oct 2, 2022
    0
    This album isn't honestly a 0, but it's just bad, the fact it has ratings this high is crazy, Taylor had a bad idea for an album, didn't execute it well and it was tried by someone who couldn't execute the idea of this album in the first. The songs on this are so bad and boring holy cow I can't get over that. Worst Taylor Swift album when she already gets way to high ratings due to herThis album isn't honestly a 0, but it's just bad, the fact it has ratings this high is crazy, Taylor had a bad idea for an album, didn't execute it well and it was tried by someone who couldn't execute the idea of this album in the first. The songs on this are so bad and boring holy cow I can't get over that. Worst Taylor Swift album when she already gets way to high ratings due to her boring and sometimes annoying but easily processible music for white girls.… Expand
  83. angelarixo
    Mar 17, 2023
    0
    TERRIBLE ALBUM, LAZY PRODUCTION, AND NO GOOD VOCALS! Can we mention how boring this album was? along with the rest of her discography? predominantly yt generic trash music. Horrible and boring, maybe if she wasn’t sleeping with so much men and being desperate she would’ve made better music! nasty woman
  84. apil
    Apr 19, 2023
    0
    No aporta nada, solo aburre. En Estados Unidos tienen diferente gusta a diferencia de todo el resto del mundo, ni idea porque querrán tanto a Taylor ahí.

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Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. Q Magazine
    Nov 22, 2017
    60
    Sometimes overly busy album. ... Swift soars when she is most herself. [Jan 2018, p.112]
  2. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Nov 22, 2017
    60
    Part rumination on engaging with the pop icon and part deep end even after eating the meal, Reputation keeps the ball in the air, argues for moving forward, even if it’s herky jerky.
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  3. Clash Music
    Nov 21, 2017
    60
    Swift’s unencumbered analysis of the tectonic shifts within her personal and public life are equal parts razor sharp and self-indulgent. But as a pop album, Reputation is never revolutionary, the adrenalin rush heady but ultimately short-lived.
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