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- Summary: The second surprise release from the singer-songwriter in 2020 features contributions from Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Haim, Marcus Mumford, The National, Justin Vernon, and William Bowery (aka Joe Alwyn).
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- Record Label: Republic
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 29
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Mixed: 3 out of 29
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Negative: 0 out of 29
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Dec 11, 2020Swift's lyric-writing abilities feel leveled-up on Evermore, its characters drawn in pointillistic detail. ... Similarly, the musical risks on Evermore are bigger, both in scope and in payoff. ... Freedom from expectations has, both with this album and its predecessor, led to Swift's leaps giving new heights to her already-pretty-skyscraping career.
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Dec 14, 2020evermore is even better than folklore, thanks to greater sonic cohesion (Antonoff only has one production credit, on the superlative “Gold Rush,” leaving the bulk of the music produced or co-produced by Aaron Dessner) and stronger songwriting.
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Dec 11, 2020Swift touches on so much more – nuanced acts of forgiveness, complex personal histories, the ability to visualize and know how a person can look in different shades of light. No doubt Swift is still the master of writing a spiteful kiss-off, but the songs of Evermore are a welcomed step in a more mature direction.
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Dec 11, 2020In all aspects has Swift built upon her work on Folklore, creating a vast soundscape of poetical stories, and it is only at the end of this album you realise that Folklore did leave you wanting. Evermore also does this, not because it doesn’t reach up to the pedestal of folklore – in contrast, it covers the more complex ground.
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Dec 14, 2020Swift has said she has no idea where she’s going from here. She doesn’t need to. But it’s a Christmas treat to hear her enjoy creating a whole magical, mystical world away from the spotlight. No reinvention required.
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Dec 14, 2020While folklore seemed to materialize from nowhere as a complete, cohesive vision, evermore is structurally akin to something like 2012’s Red, where the breadth of her songwriting is as important as the depth.
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Dec 12, 2020For all the razzle-dazzle of its surprise release, I’m struck by hard it is to draw a lasting overall impression from the record. It adds little to the reinvention established by Folklore and doesn’t deepen her work within this sound in particularly convincing terms. I want to credit her at least for keeping up an industrious streak, but this alone would seem patronising.
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Positive: 1,947 out of 2164
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Mixed: 17 out of 2164
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Negative: 200 out of 2164
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Dec 11, 2020I love it so much! A fine album. Perfect for these quarantine times. Such mild tones and everything.
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Dec 11, 2020Can I just say this album save my life? Yes, of course I can because it does. I highly recommend to everyone to listen to it.
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Dec 11, 2020
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Dec 11, 2020this is REALLY REALLY MASTERPIECE. EVERMORE >>>>> FOLKLORE. but, folklore is more lyrically. i'm obsessed with this
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Mar 20, 2021She did it again... I loved it so much. Especially cowboy like me and ivy and Dorothea too
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Dec 11, 2020she raised us all. stan my mom taylord swift she’s a living legend stream willow mv and buy the album
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Dec 13, 2020just the same thing every time. her talent is songwriting not singing she needs to stick
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