1989
by Taylor Swift
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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 3333 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 435 out of 3333
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  1. nitneuq
    Oct 29, 2014
    6
    When listening to this album you have to keep in mind that it is a pop commercial album so you can't hope for a great album.
    I listened it that way and for a commercial album it's not bad, in the way that the beats are well produced and addicting, some songs do have really good "backing music".
    The negative part is that the construction of the songs are really really "cliché", it's    When listening to this album you have to keep in mind that it is a pop commercial album so you can't hope for a great album.
    I listened it that way and for a commercial album it's not bad, in the way that the beats are well produced and addicting, some songs do have really good "backing music".
    The negative part is that the construction of the songs are really really "cliché", it's commercial pop, there ain't no creativity, and for music it's kind of sad.
    This album does certainly not bring pop to a next level, it's just what people are used to listen.
    To conclude i'll just say that it's a good album considering why it was made, it's clearly more a cash machine than a piece of art, you have to consider it while listening to "1989".    … Expand
  2. Adrian14502
    Apr 14, 2017
    5
    Swift presenta un quinto trabajo discográfico totalmente alejado (o casi) de su característico country, y quizá no es el mejor camino que pudo tomar. 1989 es un álbum en su totalidad pop con muestras o influencias de subgéneros del mismo, como synthpop o teen pop; líricamente no va más allá que los típicos temas clichés del pop, como las relaciones amorosas o divertirse con amigos, y enSwift presenta un quinto trabajo discográfico totalmente alejado (o casi) de su característico country, y quizá no es el mejor camino que pudo tomar. 1989 es un álbum en su totalidad pop con muestras o influencias de subgéneros del mismo, como synthpop o teen pop; líricamente no va más allá que los típicos temas clichés del pop, como las relaciones amorosas o divertirse con amigos, y en algunos casos las letras son repetitivas o poco convencionales. Algunas canciones se sienten realmente vacías. Swift no se luce vocalmente en el álbum, no presenta grandes melodías, pero sí un montón de ganchos pegadizos. Lo que hace al álbum uno más del montón es el uso excesivo de clichés y sonidos teen pop, su producción es poco elaborada y está conformada por melodías simples. Temas como ''Bad Blood'' se sienten insípidos, mientras otros como ''Shake It Off'' son un poco irritantes. Y es que el álbum en su mayoría suena igual. Por otro lado temas como ''Clean'' o ''Style'' brillan completamente, muestran una Swift más segura y original. 1989 no es uno de los mejores álbumes del año, pero tampoco de los peores, Swift puede hacer algo mejor, y quizá incursionar en el mundo pop le haga perder la gracia y originalidad que tiene.

    Mejor track: Clean
    Peor track: Bad Blood    … Expand
  3. IGa
    Jan 31, 2016
    4
    The fun theme suggested by "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space" unfortunately is discouraged by very similar beats and lyrics. Some melodies may even be tasty to hear, but the proposal of the album does not go much beyond music to ex-boyfriends or not very successful attempts to laugh at herself. With the exception of singles like "Shake It Off", "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood" (which can becomeThe fun theme suggested by "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space" unfortunately is discouraged by very similar beats and lyrics. Some melodies may even be tasty to hear, but the proposal of the album does not go much beyond music to ex-boyfriends or not very successful attempts to laugh at herself. With the exception of singles like "Shake It Off", "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood" (which can become extremely annoying without the participation of Kendrick Lamar), the album features tiring derivations of "Style".… Expand
  4. CriticMLT
    Jun 4, 2016
    6
    to be honest i prefer her as a country artist than a pop artist but she didn't do such a bad job either. 1989 Is a good album that you listen all day but then you get board with it and never listen to it again.
    my score:
    1.welcome to New York 7/10 2. Blank space 8/10 3. style 5/10 4. out of the woods 7/10 5. all you had to do was stay 6/10 6. shake it off 6/10 7. I wish you would    to be honest i prefer her as a country artist than a pop artist but she didn't do such a bad job either. 1989 Is a good album that you listen all day but then you get board with it and never listen to it again.
    my score:
    1.welcome to New York 7/10
    2. Blank space 8/10
    3. style 5/10
    4. out of the woods 7/10
    5. all you had to do was stay 6/10
    6. shake it off 6/10
    7. I wish you would 6/10
    8. bad blood 8/10
    9. wildest dreams 7/10
    10. How you get the girl 5/10
    11. this love 7/10
    12. I know places 8/10
    13. clean 7/10
    14. wonderland 7/10
    15.you are in love 7/10
    16. new romantics 8/10
    overall: 68    … Expand
  5. Dennonyx
    Feb 18, 2015
    4
    Inconstant album with minimal instrumentals where the ballads are sleepy and the pop tracks are cloying and kind of stupid, showing another bit of the Swift's country essence has gone to **** off. The first track ('Welcome To New York') is very simple and fails out inductive album with his irritating repetition. 'Blank Space' and 'Style' are actually two quite good pop songs, wisely chosenInconstant album with minimal instrumentals where the ballads are sleepy and the pop tracks are cloying and kind of stupid, showing another bit of the Swift's country essence has gone to **** off. The first track ('Welcome To New York') is very simple and fails out inductive album with his irritating repetition. 'Blank Space' and 'Style' are actually two quite good pop songs, wisely chosen as singles, but spoiled by a trivial lyric. 'Out Of The Woods' and 'All You Had To Do Was Stay' sound both like a slightly better version of 'Welcome To New York', and the piano elements in them are appreciable. 'Shake It Off' is as catchy as stupid, and it completely disrupts the relaxing atmosphere barely created with previous tracks. Rest of the album is pretty boring, with 'Bad Blood' as the worst song.… Expand
  6. wesleywalrus
    Oct 28, 2014
    4
    With a couple songs, she progresses into a force to be reckoned with. However, the rest of the album feels like pop gone wrong, and with staying away from country music, pop perfection should've been her ultimate goal.
  7. ExeSpears
    Dec 12, 2014
    6
    It's ok, i like it, but i think that is too repetitive, it's not her best work, for sure, and some songs have a little too much auto-tune, she doesn't need that, Pop doesn't mean auto-tune, but it's not bad.
  8. ProudNoob
    Feb 22, 2016
    6
    I don't even like Taylor swift. But it's not a bad album that I would have expected. Of all the albums of hers that I've listened to with my sister and my girlfriend I dislike this one the least.
  9. luislemos
    Jun 25, 2015
    6
    Não pode ser considerado um álbum ruim, mas tem algumas músicas muito "ruins" para o nível Taylor Swift. Os destaques ficam para Blank Space, New Romantics e Wildest Dreams.
  10. WrongKlena
    Sep 7, 2015
    6
    Álbum mediano, apenas mais um no meio de um tanto de pop que temos agora, sem diferenciais.
    Swift se arrisca pela primeira vez no pop, mas se mirou em algo, não certou. O álbum é superestimado e com letras genéricas que vem do mesmo que Swift tem feito antes: romantismo meloso.
  11. adelinekimmey
    Nov 2, 2014
    5
    I don't think the songs of 1989 will last more than a year in my playlist unlike her other albums.
    And she'd better write songs on her own.. Max Martin and Shellback are minimizing Taylor's talent..
    This would be her biggest commercial success so far, but I must state that there was a shortage of showing her whole talent.
  12. Jiano74
    Jan 24, 2016
    6
    A solid album pretty good though it could be a little bit better I won't go into the songs lyrical content as you know before its released but my song pick would be Blank Space.
  13. PinkFriday
    Nov 13, 2014
    6
    1. Welcome To New York - ✩✩✩✩✩✩ (6 STARS)
    2. Blank Space - ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ (10 STARS)
    3. Style - ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ (9 STARS) 4. Out Of The Woods - ✩✩✩✩✩✩ (6 STARS) 5. All You Had To Do Was Stay - ✩✩✩✩ (4 STARS) 6. Shake It Off - ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ (7 STARS) 7. I Wish You Would - ✩✩✩ (3 STARS) 8. Bad Blood - ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ (8 STARS) 9. Wildest Dreams - ✩✩✩✩✩✩ (6 STARS) 10. How You Get The Girl - ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ (7    1. Welcome To New York - ✩✩✩✩✩✩ (6 STARS)
    2. Blank Space - ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ (10 STARS)
    3. Style - ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ (9 STARS)
    4. Out Of The Woods - ✩✩✩✩✩✩ (6 STARS)
    5. All You Had To Do Was Stay - ✩✩✩✩ (4 STARS)
    6. Shake It Off - ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ (7 STARS)
    7. I Wish You Would - ✩✩✩ (3 STARS)
    8. Bad Blood - ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ (8 STARS)
    9. Wildest Dreams - ✩✩✩✩✩✩ (6 STARS)
    10. How You Get The Girl - ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ (7 STARS)
    11. This Love - ✩✩✩✩✩✩ (6 STARS)
    12. I Know Places - ✩✩✩✩✩ (5 STARS)
    13. Clean - ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ (7 STARS)

    Final Grade - 6,4    … Expand
  14. Tarciofelolivei
    Oct 18, 2015
    5
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  15. diegonelli
    Oct 5, 2016
    5
    Yeah I just listened it completely. It was hard to find it.
    Uhm what I have to say..
    This album is soo **** basic. Yes. Basic. Typical pop cliche music. I think it's obvious that Taylor is doing this for money. Because that's all she cares about. Money and more money. That's why she took all her music from free platforms. It seems like she is a poor angel that has $0 so she needs to    Yeah I just listened it completely. It was hard to find it.
    Uhm what I have to say..
    This album is soo **** basic.
    Yes. Basic. Typical pop cliche music.
    I think it's obvious that Taylor is doing this for money. Because that's all she cares about. Money and more money. That's why she took all her music from free platforms. It seems like she is a poor angel that has $0 so she needs to get paid for her music. Oh, poor girl. She must be suffering. Please donate to her, she needs to buy herself another mansion.
    The only song I liked are Style and Out of the Woods.    … Expand
  16. kevinptztos
    Jun 6, 2016
    5
    [ENGLISH] This album has good songs like "Blank Space", "Style", "Shake it Off" and "Wildest Dreams". The others songs I think are boring.

    [ESPAÑOL] Este álbum tiene buenas canciones como "Blank Space", "Style", "Shake it Off" y "Wildest Dreams". Las otras canciones creo que son aburridas.
  17. samwich21
    Jun 9, 2017
    6
    1989 is nothing new or remarkable, it's merely a record full of safe, bland pop music. Taylor lost all of the character and beauty that she poured into Speak Now and Fearless. The production on the album version of "Bad Blood" is horrendous. I'm very pleased that Taylor decided to do a remix with Kendrick Lamar. The remix is a 10/10. the album isn't without its highlights, though. Shake It1989 is nothing new or remarkable, it's merely a record full of safe, bland pop music. Taylor lost all of the character and beauty that she poured into Speak Now and Fearless. The production on the album version of "Bad Blood" is horrendous. I'm very pleased that Taylor decided to do a remix with Kendrick Lamar. The remix is a 10/10. the album isn't without its highlights, though. Shake It Off, Out of the Woods and I Know Places are all wonderful standout tracks.… Expand
  18. kevindouglas
    Feb 25, 2017
    6
    Nova imagem, nova sonoridade, mesmos temas pop inofensivos de sempre. A única razão que vejo pra esse ter sido considerado o álbum do ano pelo Grammy é o brilhante marketing criado em cima, tornando-o um dos discos mais bem sucedidos da década, fora isso, nada contém relevância o suficiente para tornar o álbum acima da média do que se é produzido na música pop mainstream atual.

    Welcome    Nova imagem, nova sonoridade, mesmos temas pop inofensivos de sempre. A única razão que vejo pra esse ter sido considerado o álbum do ano pelo Grammy é o brilhante marketing criado em cima, tornando-o um dos discos mais bem sucedidos da década, fora isso, nada contém relevância o suficiente para tornar o álbum acima da média do que se é produzido na música pop mainstream atual.

    Welcome to New York: 7
    Blank Space: 7
    Style: 6
    Out of the Woods: 7
    All You Had to Do Was Stay: 5
    Shake It Off: 7
    I Wish You Would: 5
    Bad Blood: 8
    Wildest Dreams: 7
    How You Get the Girl: 5
    This Love: 6
    I Know Places: 5
    Clean: 5
    Wonderland: 5
    You Are In Love: 5
    New Romantics: 6

    Total: 6,0    … Expand
  19. Emmaloboo
    Sep 29, 2017
    5
    Original lyrics, but they songs are way repetitive, and the music is nothing original, it sounds like any other album these days. Just 3 tracks are redeemable, the rest sounds exactly the same. This is the perfect example of what a promotion could do.
  20. CriticSaul
    May 4, 2018
    6
    Muchos piensan que por las ventas este ha sido el mejor álbum de Taylor, pero creo que solamente los singles y otras 2 canciones son lo único bueno que trajo este disco.
  21. taylorswiftstan
    Nov 5, 2020
    6
    THIS IS NOT HER BEST ALBUM PLS I am a hundred percent sure that people love this record cause it contains Taylor's biggest hits like Blank Space, Shake It Off. Of course she went totally pop with that, then most people loved this switch. I have no thoughts about this changing. I just think that people always praise this record and it makes 1989 little bit overrated. Not a bad album butTHIS IS NOT HER BEST ALBUM PLS I am a hundred percent sure that people love this record cause it contains Taylor's biggest hits like Blank Space, Shake It Off. Of course she went totally pop with that, then most people loved this switch. I have no thoughts about this changing. I just think that people always praise this record and it makes 1989 little bit overrated. Not a bad album but instead of 1989, Scammys would have given AOTY to RED or reputation.… Expand
  22. LoveMeHarder
    Dec 15, 2014
    6
    1989 is a successful crossover from country to pop. The songs, produced by Shellback and Max Martin, are catchy, and the production overall is good. There are some very repetitive tracks like Out of the Woods and Shake It Off. Also, the opening track, Welcome To New York, has sparked much controversy and negative reviews. This Love is a snooze fest, and a lot of the songs blend1989 is a successful crossover from country to pop. The songs, produced by Shellback and Max Martin, are catchy, and the production overall is good. There are some very repetitive tracks like Out of the Woods and Shake It Off. Also, the opening track, Welcome To New York, has sparked much controversy and negative reviews. This Love is a snooze fest, and a lot of the songs blend together...but the overall sound of the album is nice anyway.… Expand
  23. cv0034
    Jan 22, 2015
    5
    A bit of a disappointment considering her last album was a breath of fresh air in the mainstream pop music. Many forgettable, "safe" and watered down synth beats crafted so that the appeal to the lowest common denominator. By leaving behind he minimal acoustic guitar tracks of the last record she sacrifices the feeling of intimacy and the direct storytelling she has established in herA bit of a disappointment considering her last album was a breath of fresh air in the mainstream pop music. Many forgettable, "safe" and watered down synth beats crafted so that the appeal to the lowest common denominator. By leaving behind he minimal acoustic guitar tracks of the last record she sacrifices the feeling of intimacy and the direct storytelling she has established in her career. The album has some decent tracks like "I know places" and "Style" with some interesting melody dynamics and a vibrant tempo. Adding to the feeling that this album was carefully and meticulously crafted so that the largest possible amount of people liked it is the song "Wildest Dreams", a shameless Lana Del-Rey rip off. Overall the album is mediocre at best… Expand
  24. thecriticboy
    Aug 2, 2015
    5
    "Pop commercial and nonsense" may be one of the words pretty immature, with quality that define this album half and an overvaluation on a large scale only by being part of a collection of good albums from the same artist as "Speak Now". According to my opinion, Swift did not give any effort in this work to really be looked with great quality. However, you have enough strong songs and with"Pop commercial and nonsense" may be one of the words pretty immature, with quality that define this album half and an overvaluation on a large scale only by being part of a collection of good albums from the same artist as "Speak Now". According to my opinion, Swift did not give any effort in this work to really be looked with great quality. However, you have enough strong songs and with a quality that manages to destroy all commercial trail that leaves "Shake It Off" or "Blank Space", these can be "Wonderland" or the same "Style"… Expand
  25. IlegalCharacter
    Feb 9, 2016
    4
    Taylor Swift's 1989 is an unfortunately generic affair whose likability is further poisoned by the artist's perniciously stubborn pursuit of dubious copyright infringements. The intimidatingly catchy nature of the pop singers tunes are sure to net a few guilty pleasures (Style is mine), but aside from one or two standouts, 1989 remains a dry ode to stagnant electropop, the likes of whichTaylor Swift's 1989 is an unfortunately generic affair whose likability is further poisoned by the artist's perniciously stubborn pursuit of dubious copyright infringements. The intimidatingly catchy nature of the pop singers tunes are sure to net a few guilty pleasures (Style is mine), but aside from one or two standouts, 1989 remains a dry ode to stagnant electropop, the likes of which one can visualize the old men of 2060 listening to while vigorously shouting at those damned kids to stop hoverboarding on his lawn. Lyrically, it's a dry affair, as well. I would give props for Swift's evolution in a new direction, but you can only be so happy about someone showing up to your party when all the guests are already there.… Expand
  26. dersinhok4
    Jun 19, 2017
    4
    HORRIVEL. NAO SEI COMO ESSE TROÇO GORENTO GANHOU O GRAMMY DE ALBUM DO ANO. ISSO MOSTRA CADA VEZ MAIS QUE ESSA É MAIS UMA PREMIAÇAO COMPRADA! NADA DE NOVO.
  27. Stefffan
    Aug 8, 2017
    6
    "1989" is overrated. There is nothing special about this album. "Blank Space" is the only song that shines. It's more like 5.5 for me, but 6 is fine. I think that is her best album and this score tells that i don't like her.
  28. karlak
    Jan 6, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the album is lyrically beautiful, the sounds are very relaxing and beautiful, really taylor made an effort to do something perfect and I achieve it… Expand
  29. kamisss
    Jan 10, 2020
    6
    Sí tiene bops, pero pronto te das cuenta que las mejores canciones son precisamente los singles y que a excepción de algunos, los side tracks son genéricos o repetitivos sin replay value.
  30. Wrong_Opinions
    Dec 25, 2020
    6
    This doesn’t even need a proper review because I only have one question.

    How did this win AOTY over To Pimp A Butterfly?
  31. naed_luc
    Mar 5, 2023
    4
    O melhorzinho dela, tem alguns e últimos hit memoráveis da carreira da mesma...
  32. jgbuttricksr
    Jul 11, 2023
    5
    My favorite album.
    And hard to argue it's not one of her best, if not the best.
    It's criminal it's rated so low!!

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76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. The Quietus
    Dec 1, 2014
    80
    With 1989 she has succeeded in leveraging the most cordial and familiar of pop music outpourings to something that feels like a statement, a work of note and the sinew of some kind of emotional connective tissue–binding tastemakers, rock critics, guys I work with and my 12 year old cousin; irrevocably and unexpectedly.
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  2. NOW Magazine
    Nov 6, 2014
    60
    What stands out more than the production is how consistently solid the album is, and how effective the lyrics and songwriting.
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  3. The 405
    Nov 6, 2014
    60
    1989 is full of cliches, but the truth is that we wouldn't expect them to not be present anyway.
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