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  1. Jul 30, 2023
    6
    The album starts strong but becomes inconsistent as it progresses. Some tracks feel disconnected and like "fillers." However, standout tracks such as "I Did Something Bad" and "Getaway Car" are truly enjoyable. If the weaker tracks were removed, the album would have been more cohesive. My overall rating is a 6.
  2. Mar 24, 2023
    6
    After her monumental pop album, 1989, Taylor Swift leans into the realm of contemporary, bland pop melodies.
  3. Mar 24, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. vcs vão me desculpando mas eu não consigo gostar de nenhuma faixa desse álbum. por mais que foi o comeback dela nesse álbum, ele é mt superestimado. minha nota é essa Expand
  4. Sep 19, 2021
    4
    Taylor Swift has been one of the biggest pop stars, and has been consistently putting out great albums. However with all the drama that’s happened, maybe she thought releasing this album would prove something to prove the critics and all the haters wrong. The best way I could describe this is if a teenage girl with the same charm of Iggy Azalea tried to pretend to be Taylor Swift with theTaylor Swift has been one of the biggest pop stars, and has been consistently putting out great albums. However with all the drama that’s happened, maybe she thought releasing this album would prove something to prove the critics and all the haters wrong. The best way I could describe this is if a teenage girl with the same charm of Iggy Azalea tried to pretend to be Taylor Swift with the production made by the black eyed peas. The only songs that were ok were getaway car, and delicate. Expand
  5. Nov 2, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Muy mediocre el álbum, no tiene ningún chiste y no me refiero a que suene serio. Se toma muy mal el concepto de ser la chica ruda, y lo sobre explota. Delicate, Gorgeous, Dress son pocas de las que son rescatables, linda letra (ella es muy buena compositora), y suenan mejor. Los vídeo de estas épocas, están más o menos, pero LWYMMD la malogró, Delicate me gusta su sonido pop y ...Ready For it? (aunque no me gustó el vídeo) me gustó ese trap que sonaba, pero la otra ni es memorable. Expand
  6. Nov 2, 2019
    6
    The moody Taylor is an interesting exploration, but it overstays its length and doesn't receive any favors from her featured artists.
  7. Aug 24, 2019
    6
    This is the worst album from her . Where is the lyrics , where’s the sounds . THIS ALBUM NEEDED A SONG WRITTEN ONLY BY TAYLOR : Anger is not a good feeling to write an album
  8. Apr 19, 2019
    5
    This is a Pop Album undeserving of the Pop force that is Taylor Swift. I expected more to be honest. Her writing ability has never disappointed before. Also she has become a little too comfortable. Allowing other writers to do what she is capable of
  9. Mar 29, 2019
    4
    A disapointing album, badly-picked singles like 'Look what you made me do' and 'Ready for it', once again Taylor proves she's a self-centered person and full of herself, so annoying. The only good thing is her song-writing skill
  10. Nov 27, 2018
    5
    Not good as 1989. The melodies are not catchy and are forgettable. Experiments in some of the tracks are successful while others make no sense. The lyrical content doesn't progress. A little bit disappointed. She is better at country and synth-pop.
    ...Ready For It?-5/10(pre-chorus sounds good, but other parts are too dark and sound like no melody)
    End Game [ft. Ed Sheeran and
    Not good as 1989. The melodies are not catchy and are forgettable. Experiments in some of the tracks are successful while others make no sense. The lyrical content doesn't progress. A little bit disappointed. She is better at country and synth-pop.
    ...Ready For It?-5/10(pre-chorus sounds good, but other parts are too dark and sound like no melody)
    End Game [ft. Ed Sheeran and Future]-6/10(Ed's part is cool but kind of repetitive)
    I Did Something Bad-9.5/10(dark but cool, better than other dark songs)
    Don’t Blame Me-7.5/10(fair)
    Delicate-6/10(too flat)
    Look What You Made Me Do-5/10(horrible chorus and pre-chorus, love lyrics "The old Taylor is dead")
    So It Goes...-3/10(excuse me??why this is on the album??)
    Gorgeous-8/10(OK track)
    Getaway Car-9.5/10(melody and instrumental are great, the bridge and the last chorus are wonderful, a good vibe)
    King of My Heart-9/10(successful experiment)
    Dancing With Our Hands Tied-8/10(instrumental is good but the melody is generic)
    Dress-7.5/10(not a skip but kind of boring)
    This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things-3/10(shouldn't exist)
    Call It What You Want-7.5/10(as the song goes on it becomes better)
    New Year’s Day-9.5/10(good ballad)
    Hope she can be more positive and the music is brighter in the next album.
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  11. Jul 26, 2018
    6
    Although 'reputation' is glamorous and dark, it contains somewhat undeveloped production and lyrics. Songs like "Delicate" and "King Of My Heart" are generally useless in my opinion. Songs such as "...Ready For It?" and "So It Goes..." deliver unique messages and are, at the same time, very well-produced; and songs like "End Game", "Look What You Made Me Do", and "Dancing With Out HandsAlthough 'reputation' is glamorous and dark, it contains somewhat undeveloped production and lyrics. Songs like "Delicate" and "King Of My Heart" are generally useless in my opinion. Songs such as "...Ready For It?" and "So It Goes..." deliver unique messages and are, at the same time, very well-produced; and songs like "End Game", "Look What You Made Me Do", and "Dancing With Out Hands Tied" provide listeners an extremely powerful vibe and atmosphere.
    Strongest Tracks: "...Ready For It?", "End Game", "Don't Blame Me", "Dancing With Our Hands Tied"
    Weakest Tracks: "Delicate", "Dress", "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things"
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  12. Jul 19, 2018
    5
    This Album is awful But She Can Be Better In Future . Delicate & Call It What You Want are great song in this album & look what you made me do is an awful song in music career of taylor swift
  13. Jul 2, 2018
    6
    Taylor's worst album but that doesn't make this album bad. This album is kinda cool but some songs like "Look What You Made Me Do" or "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Thing" is kinda boring to me, and "End Game" was totally a bad song, featuring Ed Sheeran ruins the whole song. But still this is a good album and u should try "Delicate", "Gorgeous" or "Getaway Car". It's a shame that TaylorTaylor's worst album but that doesn't make this album bad. This album is kinda cool but some songs like "Look What You Made Me Do" or "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Thing" is kinda boring to me, and "End Game" was totally a bad song, featuring Ed Sheeran ruins the whole song. But still this is a good album and u should try "Delicate", "Gorgeous" or "Getaway Car". It's a shame that Taylor didn't choose "Call It What You Want" and "Gorgeous" to make a MV out of them Expand
  14. May 6, 2018
    4
    Reputation is lesser than the sum of its parts, unfortunately. It's weird to give it a 4 since over half the songs on here are very well-done (props for making Ed Sheeran actually tolerable), but the album doesn't do what it's trying to do: show Taylor in a positive light. It flips between petty bitterness and wistful melancholy so fast that it feels ingenuine. If this album had beenReputation is lesser than the sum of its parts, unfortunately. It's weird to give it a 4 since over half the songs on here are very well-done (props for making Ed Sheeran actually tolerable), but the album doesn't do what it's trying to do: show Taylor in a positive light. It flips between petty bitterness and wistful melancholy so fast that it feels ingenuine. If this album had been released a la "I Am Sasha Fierce" with the two aspects of the album split up? It would have been great. But instead, we get Taylor Swift trying to show herself as a real person, and managing to completely and utterly fail at that aspect. Expand
  15. Apr 11, 2018
    6
    In this record Taylor sounds like she's in a teenage crisis, even tho her intention was to look more mature. But even tho she's lost, and her concept came out sparse, there is a critic, that could have been made in a bolder way. Between her "look what you made me do"'s and "you're gorgeous"'s, she lets her songs fade into each other, and not even the production couldn't distract from it,In this record Taylor sounds like she's in a teenage crisis, even tho her intention was to look more mature. But even tho she's lost, and her concept came out sparse, there is a critic, that could have been made in a bolder way. Between her "look what you made me do"'s and "you're gorgeous"'s, she lets her songs fade into each other, and not even the production couldn't distract from it, like Katy Perry's Witness. But there's a thin difference: Katy's record was quite more intense while the polished production of Reputation couldn't hide her poor vocal performance, and sounds dated and forgettable right after the first listening.
    Okay, Taylor, you're a bold girl. But your work is not one, by far.
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  16. Apr 7, 2018
    6
    su peor album, no es tan malo pero si bajo en calidad respecto a sus predecesores
  17. Mar 6, 2018
    6
    Sin duda los singles no ayudaron en nada para la promoción del album. LWYMMD es sin duda una de las peores canciones del 2017, ready for it no ayudó mucho tampoco. Pero igual el disco se mantiene decentemente con temazos que algún que otro debería de haber sido utilizado para promocionar el disco.

    Lo mejor: Dont blame me, I did something bad, Delicate, Get away car.
  18. Feb 18, 2018
    4
    *sigh*

    Pop Music 2017 is horror, almost all of the songs are about love or are about Kanye

    This is cancerous content

    This is something worse than Witness and Witness is atrocious
  19. Jan 29, 2018
    6
    dar pra ouvir enquanto espera a fila do ticket no Shopping, mas nada lá muito em consideração.
  20. Jan 26, 2018
    6
    Good effort. She needs to go back to country though. Speak Now pt. 2 please!!!

    Best Song(s): I Did Something Bad, King of My Heart, Look What You Made Me Do, Delicate, End Game (without Ed).
    Worst Song(s): Ed Sheeran's feature on End Game, Getaway Car, This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
  21. Jan 20, 2018
    5
    Very boring, very monotone. I don't know why Taylor Swift didn't grow from her 1989 album. Honestly, it's a step backward.
  22. Jan 14, 2018
    5
    Its a good album but so repetitive, Taylor lyrics still great but the album is so boring sometimes
  23. Jan 2, 2018
    6
    Despite many great moments, Reputation fails to hold up to Swift's high standards. For every good moment, a bad seems to come. The album is definitely too long, clocking in at 55 minutes, which could be cut down by removing the poor songs. However, compared to a lot of current pop music, Swift remains strong and is a front runner in the game. Unfortunately, this album was extremelyDespite many great moments, Reputation fails to hold up to Swift's high standards. For every good moment, a bad seems to come. The album is definitely too long, clocking in at 55 minutes, which could be cut down by removing the poor songs. However, compared to a lot of current pop music, Swift remains strong and is a front runner in the game. Unfortunately, this album was extremely over-hyped and in the end wasn't very good. Expand
  24. Dec 22, 2017
    4
    For a pop album it's ok. Nothing special about this album though, wasn't a fan of the trap beats either. Same old Taylor, even though she's trying to act like this album is some sort of evolution for her.
  25. Dec 18, 2017
    4
    She should've stuck to country music. While the album isn't bad per se, quality took a hit from her previous work. 1989 was a brilliant pop record and "reputation" comes across as a childish album. From a girl who's experiencing her 20s, we shouldn't be hearing songs like Ready for It.
  26. Dec 16, 2017
    5
    Reputation is really a change in Taylor's music style. While she does leave the "bubblegum" pop field, she tries to expand her sound in more urban, RnB and Trap sounds. The thing is that half the album feels dull. Even though there are some great moments (call them "I Did Something Bad" and "...Ready For It"), a great number of the rest tracks falls flat. The collaboration with Ed andReputation is really a change in Taylor's music style. While she does leave the "bubblegum" pop field, she tries to expand her sound in more urban, RnB and Trap sounds. The thing is that half the album feels dull. Even though there are some great moments (call them "I Did Something Bad" and "...Ready For It"), a great number of the rest tracks falls flat. The collaboration with Ed and Future is unnecessary. The comeback single "Look What You Made Me Do" is just bad and the Europeen second single "Gorgeous" is clumsy as hell. If someone else released this album, it would have been good. But in Taylor's standards, it's just mediocre.

    Best tracks: "I Did Something Bad", "...Ready For It", "Call It What You Want" and "Delicate"
    Worst tracks: "So It Goes", "Gorgeous" and "Look What You Made Me Do"
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  27. Dec 10, 2017
    5
    tanto merchan p nada. dá pra salvar algumas faixas que ainda assim nem ficaram tão boas. outras dá até p excluir de tão ruins. o conceito ainda chega a ser fofo, mas o álbum...
  28. Dec 4, 2017
    4
    Absolutely appalling. There are a couple 'almost-good' songs here, but they are few and far between. The album gets really tiring fast. The songs start to start really similar, and Taylor seems to 'sing' in the same way in all of them- that talk-singy nasal voice with a hint of rap braggadocio. Overall, a terrible album that has been insanely over-hyped for, really, no reason at allAbsolutely appalling. There are a couple 'almost-good' songs here, but they are few and far between. The album gets really tiring fast. The songs start to start really similar, and Taylor seems to 'sing' in the same way in all of them- that talk-singy nasal voice with a hint of rap braggadocio. Overall, a terrible album that has been insanely over-hyped for, really, no reason at all except some people seem to believe Taylor Swift is an incarnation of musical excellence. Expand
  29. Dec 1, 2017
    5
    This wasn't as bad as I was expecting. As someone that was never into Taylor Swift, not when she became big making country pop tunes, and not when she reinvented herself and critics started calling her music "good" during the 1989-era (1989 was an okay album at best, but it did not deserve AotY at the Grammys), I had little to really gain from reputation. It's an album that is about howThis wasn't as bad as I was expecting. As someone that was never into Taylor Swift, not when she became big making country pop tunes, and not when she reinvented herself and critics started calling her music "good" during the 1989-era (1989 was an okay album at best, but it did not deserve AotY at the Grammys), I had little to really gain from reputation. It's an album that is about how the media views her and, at least to her, villifies her. Now while I will give Taylor this and find a lot of the gossip and criticism to be overblown, I do not really care about her life nor her epically messing up her image when Kim Kardasian shared that one video of Tay approving of Kanye's Famous line about her. Listening to this album without any context, it just raises question as to who is the machine and why is she raging against it. And even with context of the media and how it painted her, it doesn't really make a lot of sense, considering she's the one that lost the good girl narrative and her attempts at being the bad guy is just laughable. Look at What You Made Me Do is a prime example of this where I don't buy that she's taking the role of the villain, and her deflecting blame just does not work. It's much the same with other songs like I Did Something Bad and This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, but the big issue with this album is that this theme of media representation is unbalanced, as 40% of it is about the media and 60% of it is romance songs about some guy and how she's head over heels for him and it's just so uninteresting. And it's even worse when you add context to these love songs because knowing her history of dating men and writing breakup songs afterwords, I don't buy songs like King of My Heart, Gorgeous, and So It Goes... that are about "true love." I'll buy it when I see it, but right now I just don't! Then there is the production, which isn't bad honestly. Much like 1989, reputation is another pop album from Tay that has her going in more electronic sounds, but unlike the 80s synthpop on her last album, this album moves towards electropop. And it's...a mixed bag. With songs like Look What You Made Me Do, Ready for It?, and End Game (which has Ed Sheeran and Future of all people dropping lines here), Tay has anthemic electropop tunes, I'll give her that, but she feels super out of place behind these trap and aggressive sounds, or they sound extremely dated when they turn into leftover dubstep wubs and drops that Skrillex wouldn't even use (the worse offender of that being I Did Something Bad). And speaking of trap, there are gentle songs that are more atmospheric and minimal, somehting Lorde would use during the Pure Heroine-era of her career, but with those harsh trap elements thrown on, it ruins songs like Call It What You Want and Gorgeous. There are a few songs I do kind of like. Delicate is a relaxing tropical house type song that's very bubbly (although it reminds me of a leftover beat from Troye Sivan's Blue Neighbourhood album), Getaway Car would fit very well on 1989, both in terms of the sound and lyrical theme, but that's a compliment, Dancing With Our Hands Tied is a solid EDM and dance-pop tune with an energetic kick-drum rhythm, and New Year's Day is a solid piano ballad and a solid closer at that. But honestly this doesn't win me over as a Swiftie. At least with 1989 it had her going in a mature direction and sees her growing up (and I don't mean mature like the song Dress I did NOT want a sex song from Tay), but with reputation I just see this as a regression than progression. If I at least bought what she was singing about or have me understand where she is coming from, I would be more forgiving than I already am. Expand
  30. Dec 1, 2017
    4
    If you think this is a great album, please take the time to consider if you have enough self-respect; see my entire review on my website or YouTube channel for my thoughts, since I won’t attempt to summarize my entire in-depth analysis as to why this album is so bad. My Score: 72/180 (Bad) = 4/10
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 28
  2. 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. 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.
  3. 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.