Speak Now
by Taylor Swift
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  1. john1803
    Mar 4, 2017
    10
    Definitely Swift's best album. Excellent lyrics. Excellent production, this is so much better than her latest album - 1989. She should go back to this kind of music with meaningful lyrics, real instruments.
  2. AnalyDewa
    Jan 6, 2017
    10
    No seu terceiro disco de estúdio, "Speak Now", Taylor Swift que aos 20 anos e já ganhadora do mais concorrida categoria do Grammy Awards, o prêmio de 'Álbum do ano' com o seu antecessor "Fearless", vem aqui com a missão de calar os críticos que duvidavam do seu talento e da sua capacidade artística.
    A sonoridade do álbum ainda se mantém firme dentro do country pop como seus 2 primeiros    No seu terceiro disco de estúdio, "Speak Now", Taylor Swift que aos 20 anos e já ganhadora do mais concorrida categoria do Grammy Awards, o prêmio de 'Álbum do ano' com o seu antecessor "Fearless", vem aqui com a missão de calar os críticos que duvidavam do seu talento e da sua capacidade artística.
    A sonoridade do álbum ainda se mantém firme dentro do country pop como seus 2 primeiros álbuns, mas aqui ele também varia até o pop rock. O álbum é bastante pessoal e linear, com letras sobre relacionamentos, como um verdadeiro diário. A sonoridade optada pela cantora uma hora mais folk acústica, outra mais pesada com guitarras serve pra adentrar o ouvinte na atmosfera do álbum e sentir por alguns minutos a mesmo sentimento da cantora. O álbum é bastante extenso e Taylor parece não se preocupar com a duração de algumas faixas, como por exemplo "Dear John" que ultrapassa os 7 minutos e relata em um dos melhores momentos líricos da sua relação com o também cantor e ex-namorado, John Mayer. Assim como no título do álbum "Speak Now" (fale agora - em português), que também dá nome a uma das faixas, a cantora não hesita em dizer tudo o que precisa e sente. As letras são bem explícitas e demonstram aparentemente muita verdade e autenticidade, o que acaba por dar o toque pessoal da artista que nos seus discos sucessores ficaria ainda mais comentada pela sua capacidade de transformar situações cotidianas em versos e estrofes de canções bem sucedidas. "Speak Now" é um esforço significativo de maturidade e aqui a cantora e compositora de todas as faixas demonstra mais habilidade ainda, por também participar da produção por completo do álbum e da execução de alguns dos instrumentos.
    O álbum passeia por excelentes momentos, entre eles "Mean" - que fala sobre bullying e tem um som característico do banjo no álbum, "Innocent" onde a artista perdoa o rapper Kanye West pelo seu desrespeito no VMA de 2009, as orquestradas "Haunted", "Back to December" e "Enchanted", além da longa "Last Kiss" e da country rock "Long Live" que apresenta uma das melhores composições do álbum que no Brasil ficou famosa com a participação da sertaneja Paula Fernandes.    … Expand
  3. bloodofthevanir
    Oct 24, 2016
    10
    One of the best self-written albums no only in country but in the music industry itself. The songwriting skills are present in every single song. The different topic of each song are unique, simple, heartbreaking but amazing all together. The whole album is melodies to the ears and is one of the few albums released this decade that have a deep meaning and is just amazing how the artistOne of the best self-written albums no only in country but in the music industry itself. The songwriting skills are present in every single song. The different topic of each song are unique, simple, heartbreaking but amazing all together. The whole album is melodies to the ears and is one of the few albums released this decade that have a deep meaning and is just amazing how the artist transmits what she felt when writting the song. My congratulations to Miss Swift… Expand
  4. LuisaSantorio
    Oct 8, 2016
    10
    Amazing songs. Amazing lyrics. Amazing vocals. Amazing album. And the fact that she wrote this whole album with no co-writers and also produced it is something to appreciate, not everyone can do what she does. She is a living legend. AMAZING.
  5. longjetty7
    Jul 21, 2016
    4
    Speak Now is a step up from Taylor's previous two albums. There's a bit more creativity and the lyrics are sometimes pretty good (albeit still sappy), and for the most part it flows nicely. I guess if you're into country music this would be a decent enough album. That being said, this still really isn't my style of music. It's just so basic, so inoffensive, so corny. It's certainly aSpeak Now is a step up from Taylor's previous two albums. There's a bit more creativity and the lyrics are sometimes pretty good (albeit still sappy), and for the most part it flows nicely. I guess if you're into country music this would be a decent enough album. That being said, this still really isn't my style of music. It's just so basic, so inoffensive, so corny. It's certainly a pleasant and fairly consistent album, but I have absolutely no desire to listen to it again.… Expand
  6. Aldrin13
    Feb 9, 2016
    10
    One of the finest female albuns ever made. "Enchanted" and "Innocent" are the production highlights, but the whole album, exclusively "Mean", developed a succesful instrumental experiment. Taylor Swift has shown her poetry once again.
  7. CharlieBetterIs
    Jan 12, 2016
    8
    Speak Now é um ótimo álbum de country. Taylor Swift transparece todos os seus sentimentos de forma magnífica e apaixonante. Porém, eu ainda prefiro o 1989.

    Pontos Altos: The Story of Us, Mine, Long Live
    Pontos Baixos: Never Grown Up, Better Than Revenge, Last Kiss
  8. Fakebytswift
    Dec 23, 2015
    10
    It is Taylor's best album. In this one, Taylor show us personal experiences, like the broke up with Taylor Lautner, or the accident with Kanye West at the VMA's, bullying. The lyrics work in a way that only Taylor can do it. It's a masterpiece.

    Mine 10/10 Sparks Fly 10/10 Back to December 10/10 Speak Now 7/10 Dear John 10/10 Mean 10/10 The Story of Us 8/10 Never    It is Taylor's best album. In this one, Taylor show us personal experiences, like the broke up with Taylor Lautner, or the accident with Kanye West at the VMA's, bullying. The lyrics work in a way that only Taylor can do it. It's a masterpiece.

    Mine 10/10

    Sparks Fly 10/10

    Back to December 10/10

    Speak Now 7/10

    Dear John 10/10

    Mean 10/10

    The Story of Us 8/10

    Never Grow Up 9/10

    Enchanted 10/10

    Better than revenge 9/10

    Innocent 10/10

    Haunted 10/10

    Last Kiss 9/10

    Long Live 10/10    … Expand
  9. henriqueswiftie
    Oct 18, 2015
    10
    Speak Now is the best album of Taylor YES! (Red Poor), it shows her true side without 11 composers in a song (All The Single Ladies), or buy the almost complete composition of Bonnie (You make me feel like a ...), I think that if Taylor had taken "Innocent" album would be a true work of art.
  10. sameoldlove
    Oct 16, 2015
    10
    Speak Now is a masterpiece. It's Taylor's best record to date. Starting with (her probably best) lead single "Mine", Speak Now sets high expectations. Though the record stays perfect without fillers. Highlights include the top 10 smash "Back to December", the twice grammy award winning single "Mean" or the title track. Yet "Enchanted" might be the peak of Swift in everything: Lyrically,Speak Now is a masterpiece. It's Taylor's best record to date. Starting with (her probably best) lead single "Mine", Speak Now sets high expectations. Though the record stays perfect without fillers. Highlights include the top 10 smash "Back to December", the twice grammy award winning single "Mean" or the title track. Yet "Enchanted" might be the peak of Swift in everything: Lyrically, vocally, production wise. "Enchanted" alone would get this album 10/10.
    I suggest you to get this record asap if you haven't yet. It's vocally and lyrically her best one. And she wrote every single song by herself like when will your flop faves?!    … Expand
  11. Mannhorse
    Sep 30, 2015
    5
    This is not a very great album at all. The critics who say that Taylor has made a masterpiece with Speak Now are gravely mistaken. The lyricism in this album is quite childish and immature, and Taylor never strays from her safe pop tendencies. Her country songs are not special or unique in any way either.

    Do not buy this album if you are not a country fan or a Taylor Swift fan. It is    This is not a very great album at all. The critics who say that Taylor has made a masterpiece with Speak Now are gravely mistaken. The lyricism in this album is quite childish and immature, and Taylor never strays from her safe pop tendencies. Her country songs are not special or unique in any way either.

    Do not buy this album if you are not a country fan or a Taylor Swift fan. It is not worth the purchase, but maybe worth the torrent.    … Expand
  12. LudSpark
    Jun 11, 2015
    10
    this melody , the songs the way that each written word conveys the life of each one that yes is to be a true artist does not equal Katy perry which is a totally superficial artist and only think about marketing
  13. BabyJane
    Feb 5, 2015
    8
    Track by track review:
    1. Mine 10/10
    2. Sparks Fly 10/10 3. Back to December 5.5/10 4. Speak Now 10/10 5. Dear John 6/10 6. Mean 10/10 7. The Story of Us 3.5/10 8. Never Grow Up 9.5/10 9. Enchanted 10/10 10. Better Than Revenge 10/10 11. Innocent 10/10 12. Haunted 10/10 13. Last Kiss 5.5/10 14. Long Live 8/10 Highlights: Enchanted, Sparks Fly, Haunted, Mine. Potential    Track by track review:
    1. Mine 10/10
    2. Sparks Fly 10/10
    3. Back to December 5.5/10
    4. Speak Now 10/10
    5. Dear John 6/10
    6. Mean 10/10
    7. The Story of Us 3.5/10
    8. Never Grow Up 9.5/10
    9. Enchanted 10/10
    10. Better Than Revenge 10/10
    11. Innocent 10/10
    12. Haunted 10/10
    13. Last Kiss 5.5/10
    14. Long Live 8/10

    Highlights: Enchanted, Sparks Fly, Haunted, Mine.
    Potential singles: Mine, Sparks Fly, Better than Revenge, Speak Now, Mean/Haunted, Enchanted.    … Expand
  14. foryouidid
    Sep 27, 2014
    10
    Speak now is arguably Taylor's best album lyrically and musically. In this album she delved much deeper into her confessional approach to songwriting by writing solely all of the songs excluding "If This Was A Movie" which is a bonus track. Here we saw Taylor, experimenting with different genres. She plays with her root genres which are pop and country and expands to alternative rock. SheSpeak now is arguably Taylor's best album lyrically and musically. In this album she delved much deeper into her confessional approach to songwriting by writing solely all of the songs excluding "If This Was A Movie" which is a bonus track. Here we saw Taylor, experimenting with different genres. She plays with her root genres which are pop and country and expands to alternative rock. She never stayed in one genre for too long. she conquered new territories and the result was flawless. Another amazing thing about this album are the epic lyrics. Here she took the "Speak Now" phrase seriously and boy did she speak now. She calls out her critics in "Mean". The song was very cleverly written it won her 2 grammys. She wishes she didn't grow up while showing a mature side in "Never Grow Up" She apologizes to her ex in "Back to December" and explicitly gives reference to sex in "Sparks Fly". She reminisces a lost love in "Last Kiss", shows forgiveness in "Innocent" and bashes a girl who stole her bf in "Better Than Revenge". Taylor didn't fail in the lyrics department and gave us two of her most amazing lines ever. 'You made a rebel of a careless man’s carefull daughter’ from "Mine" and 'people throw rocks at things that shine' from "Ours" slays discographies. Another thing that one would notice about the album is how she pushes her voice. She shows how she has improved vocally in "Dear John" and "Haunted" where she belts out the climaxes while not losing her signature voice in "Speak Now" and in the intro of "Enchanted". What I like about this album is that she didn't make this album to be radio-friendly. She didn't compromise quality over having hits. Most of the songs are lengthy and those songs are the gems of the album. They are just too long and too good to be played on the radio. Another thing that Taylor made sure was to make the album relatable to her fans which she always delivers with her albums. This album is a manifestation of Taylor's growth as an artist, and if this album is any indication of what she will become in the future, I am excited to see what she has to offer her coming albums.

    This album is a manifestation of Taylor's growth as an artist, and if this album is any indication of what she will become in the future, I am excited to see what she has to offer with her coming albums.    … Expand
  15. Wael
    Sep 7, 2014
    10
    Hands down. This is the best album Taylor Swift has ever put out. Just the fact that she wrote, composed and produced every single track on it is extremely impressive. This album is everything you could ask for being a country-pop influenced album, but I think the most important thing about it is that its lyrics are so deep diverse. Swift goes from singing about love on 'Mine' to break-upHands down. This is the best album Taylor Swift has ever put out. Just the fact that she wrote, composed and produced every single track on it is extremely impressive. This album is everything you could ask for being a country-pop influenced album, but I think the most important thing about it is that its lyrics are so deep diverse. Swift goes from singing about love on 'Mine' to break-up on 'Haunted' to dismissing critics on 'Mean' to singing about her crew and her band on 'Long Live' to childhood about 'Never Grow Up' and lots more. I'm tellin' you: this album has everything. Love it. Every single track shines in its way and they're all standouts. This album is proof, again, that Taylor is a perfectionist and that she never misses.… Expand
  16. lennah
    Aug 25, 2014
    10
    Such an amazing album. Swift really knows how to do it and she did. She is still doing. Dear John, Last Kiss and Enchanted are those songs "song-so-long-but-so-good", they re so slow and long, but FREAKING GOOD! Better Than Revenge brings a pop rock thing, that really worked with Swift (Who knew?). Haunted is such an AMAZING music.
    All of the musics are connected, even with different    Such an amazing album. Swift really knows how to do it and she did. She is still doing. Dear John, Last Kiss and Enchanted are those songs "song-so-long-but-so-good", they re so slow and long, but FREAKING GOOD! Better Than Revenge brings a pop rock thing, that really worked with Swift (Who knew?). Haunted is such an AMAZING music.
    All of the musics are connected, even with different musics (like Haunted and Better Than Revenge) [about instrumental]. The lyrics are AMAZING, and so deep.

    Just a thing: Taylor rocks.    … Expand
  17. PvtJackson
    Jun 28, 2014
    10
    So far the only word i can say about this album is "WOW" ! This one is fantastic, inspirational, and emotionally deep as some of them really touch my heart - I almost cry after listening to "Long Live". No doubt she is a remarkable talent.
  18. lkaliba
    May 30, 2014
    10
    Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" proves why she is one of the best in the music industry. Staying true to her country-pop roots, this album has really good songs, even though it isn't that different from that of "Fearless".
  19. megavocalcritic
    Feb 23, 2014
    3
    I did not like this album. Besides the songs: Back to December, Mean and Mine, I did not like the other songs. They were not catchy and her range is not exactly helping her out. The lyrics are stupid and not inspirational at all. Too generic to be a good album.
  20. godwinkent888
    Jan 25, 2014
    8
    Best album by Taylor Swift. I liked how diverse are the songs. It's good musically but lyrically, something is bothering me. Songs like "Speak Now", "Dear John" and "Better than Revenge" made me wonder what Taylor really is inside. In my honest opinion, t's like at some point, she has a very narrow perspective at things. That's just what I think though.
  21. alyssao
    Sep 9, 2013
    10
    Amazing album, hands down the best Taylor Swift album in my opinion. Could listen to it on repeat for hours and hours. It has incorporates rock/pop sounds and also some country. This album is full of quite long songs and songs like Last Kiss and Dear John you can really feel her pain through the lyrics she sings. She is such a genius song writer.
  22. khutch
    Feb 16, 2013
    9
    Again repeating the fact that her previous album, Taylor presents the best pop album of 2010. From one track to a more vunerável that explores its most aggressive, this girl is another great and phenomenal gift to Pop And definitely do not want the guy who cheated on Taylor Swift.
  23. davomtz11
    Nov 28, 2012
    9
    What's the best with this album is that she wrote all the songs by herself. Here is where we can finally know Taylor. There's a lot of everything. We have country songs, country/pop songs, pop and something more. Lyrics are the best by far, and also the way she uses to express her own feelings. "Speak Now" is, by far, her most mature album yet.
  24. patchi
    Oct 31, 2012
    10
    Taylor Swift's third album is just as good as her second album, Fearless. I love how she wrote her songs with more maturity and affection. I especially liked the songs Enchanted, Superman, and Long Live. Her songs are longer than usual but it won't keep you bored. This album feels really personal as if she is letting us read her diary.
  25. ManilaCritic
    Jun 27, 2012
    10
    The best album of 2010 for sure, this album is one of the most spectacular pop/country albums that I've ever listened to. It is going to have a legacy on its own and its such a shame this wasn't the album that won Album Of The Year because it is shockingly better than her also amazing album Fearless. People who criticize this album have never even listened to it, the lyrical content aloneThe best album of 2010 for sure, this album is one of the most spectacular pop/country albums that I've ever listened to. It is going to have a legacy on its own and its such a shame this wasn't the album that won Album Of The Year because it is shockingly better than her also amazing album Fearless. People who criticize this album have never even listened to it, the lyrical content alone should be enough because there aren't any other popstars who are making fantastic music these days. this definitely has a place on Rolling Stones 50 Best Female albums of All Time.… Expand
  26. Nikz2710
    Jan 23, 2012
    10
    The third album from country/pop artist, Taylor Swift, is a combination of up-tempo country-pop songs, to slow, heart- wrenching love ballads. The album features 14 tracks on the U.S released edition, and is produced by Nathan Chapman, Swiftâ
  27. Patlilfish11
    Dec 3, 2011
    10
    I can not get over how wonderful this album is. To this day, every song is full of slightly autobiographical and very heartfelt songs. Despite a couple slow ones, I still love her divine, soothing voice. Good one Taylor!
  28. Bangkit20
    Nov 23, 2011
    9
    AMAZING. I love her third album and she can SPEAK NOW all over the world....... All the songs are consistently strong across the board with some standouts and some veritable masterpieces
    Go Taylor you can do the best than any other singers.
  29. Yoshipie
    Nov 14, 2011
    10
    Once again, she has truly outdone herself. Her songwriting skills are exceptional and her vocal abilities have improved. Songs that stood out to me were 'Back to December' and 'Sparks Fly'. Definitely her best album; can't wait for her next.
  30. VRossi
    Oct 13, 2011
    9
    Great improvement from Fearless. Most of the songs are beautifully written with touching lyrics and rhythm. Yet again so-easy-to-feel-related Taylor Swift's style. Some are just meh. But none I would call bad. Speak Now, Enchanted, Back To December, and Last Kiss are definite stars.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Expert Witness (MSN Music)
    Feb 4, 2011
    91
    Even in their overwork, however, they evince an effort that bears a remarkable resemblance to care‑-that is, to caring in the best, broadest, and most emotional sense.
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  2. Country Weekly
    Jan 11, 2011
    70
    While Taylor turns her wrath on a woman who steals her man on "Better Than Revenge," she turns that critical eye on herself in "Back to December," a thorough apology to a former lover she regrets having left behind. Other tunes, such as "Mean" and "Sparks Fly," suffer from generic and sometimes underdeveloped lyrics.
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  3. American Songwriter
    Dec 15, 2010
    70
    Because of the buzz behind it, Speak Now was destined to be a commercial success no matter what. Thankfully, the album succeeds on an artistic level as well.
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