Hobbes Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 Rightfully hated. It's her worst album easily. There's honestly not a single strong song on Lover in any capacity. Sure, it's got its bops (ITHK, YNTCD) and its 'emotional' songs (SYGB, Cornelia St) but I'm not moved by the latter whatsoever and the aforementioned bops aren't really standouts. Truthfully it's Taylor at her worst. Bland, vague, underproduced vanilla shite that Carly Rae Jepsen or hell some up-and-comer could have put out. Compared to Speak Now (where every song slaps), 1989 or even reputation, Lover has no identity or real punch. I forget that it exists, if you'll pardon the pun.
wastedpotential Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 It's a fine enough album if you cut out a few duds (IFTYE, The Man, and ME! in particular), but Taylor doesn't make fine enough albums when she actually tries. Lover is just so mediocre in comparison to the rest of her discography. It's not as emotionally soaring as Speak Now or Red, not as tight and perfect as 1989, not as brash or provocative as reputation, and not as good as folklore or evermore. It has always felt like Taylor Swift on autopilot to me, just coasting her career back to where it was pre-Famousgate, and Taylor Swift can do a lot better than autopilot. There aren't that many standout album tracks, and while it doesn't have duds as bad as Skip Skip Skip or Gargoylegous, it also has nothing near Enchanted, All Too Well, or all of folkmore. Songs like I Think He Knows and London Boy aren't bad, there's just not much good about them. However, Lover did give us a few diamonds in the rough that I still use regularly, namely the title track, The Archer, False God, Afterglow, and Daylight if you ignore the ugly voicemail message at the end. I consider it her worst album (well, tied for last place with reputation). My opinion between them flip flops depending on how angry or depressed I am. The more depressed and angry I get with life, the less I like Lover, and I'm pretty frustrated and stressed with life now sooo
Folklore89sm Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 Lover as a project really felt a bit half-arsed for someone who traditionally puts everything into her work.
Taylor fanboy Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 It’s overrated and underhated. It’s GP and playlist fodder, pandering, payola’d, over-promoted, incohesive, bloated, inconsistent, subpar production, vocals, and mixing, overall terrible as a Taylor Swift album. GP loves Mcdonald’s, and Loser is a big, fatty, carton box-meat, Big Mac, with stale fries covered in ketchup.
LaFlaca Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 8 hours ago, wastedpotential said: It's a fine enough album if you cut out a few duds (IFTYE, The Man, and ME! in particular), but Taylor doesn't make fine enough albums when she actually tries. Lover is just so mediocre in comparison to the rest of her discography. It's not as emotionally soaring as Speak Now or Red, not as tight and perfect as 1989, not as brash or provocative as reputation, and not as good as folklore or evermore. It has always felt like Taylor Swift on autopilot to me, just coasting her career back to where it was pre-Famousgate, and Taylor Swift can do a lot better than autopilot. There aren't that many standout album tracks, and while it doesn't have duds as bad as Skip Skip Skip or Gargoylegous, it also has nothing near Enchanted, All Too Well, or all of folkmore. Songs like I Think He Knows and London Boy aren't bad, there's just not much good about them. However, Lover did give us a few diamonds in the rough that I still use regularly, namely the title track, The Archer, False God, Afterglow, and Daylight if you ignore the ugly voicemail message at the end. I consider it her worst album (well, tied for last place with reputation). My opinion between them flip flops depending on how angry or depressed I am. The more depressed and angry I get with life, the less I like Lover, and I'm pretty frustrated and stressed with life now sooo agree with the first paragraph so much. I enjoy half the album
magicfever Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 There are a bunch of songs on Lover i adore, but there are also a few songs i cannot stand - ME! and YNTCD being the worst offenders. If she would‘ve cut 4-5 songs from the album it would be one of her strongest.
Homebrand Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 The album to me lacks direction and is a bit messy tbh, I'd say its probably her least cohesive album because I don't enjoy it in full. It has some great songs, but also some of her worst songs whereas I find pretty much all tracks on her other pop albums (1989 and Rep) enjoyable in their own way. Also as a few other users have said, her vocals/autotune on certain songs is a bit grating at times. Some of my favourite songs of hers are from this album (Miss Americana, The Archer, Cornelia Street, Afterglow) but yeah overall as a project its arguably her worst.
Hephaestus Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 Very overhated, a lot of album tracks are absolutely amazing and the main reason I come back to it
LastGreatBloodline Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 it's a million times worse than 1989, reputation and folklore
1989 Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 It’s completely underrated and overhated. It’s a great album, but it just happened that the biggest dud on the album was the lead single, which completely turned a lot of people off to the era from the beginning.
Goaty Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 On 5/2/2022 at 1:10 AM, Taylor fanboy said: It’s overrated and underhated. It’s GP and playlist fodder, pandering, payola’d, over-promoted, incohesive, bloated, inconsistent, subpar production, vocals, and mixing, overall terrible as a Taylor Swift album. GP loves Mcdonald’s, and Loser is a big, fatty, carton box-meat, Big Mac, with stale fries covered in ketchup. omg sis, go in
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