Speak Now Reviews Thread | Metacritic — 81 (=)

[Taylor fanboy]

@Ryan please merge, thank you!

 

 

[Taylor fanboy]

Variety track by track (Vault) review

 

Spoiler

Marjorie Finlay still manages to be a dominative force in the Vault Tracks for the newly released “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” by having her photos appear throughout the lyric video for the closing track, “Timeless,” and having her relationship with Taylor’s granddad be a focus of the inspirational ballad. Twenty-first-century pop-punk or emo can hardly compete with that emotional a capper.

 

[vale9001]

The Rock music magazine Riff Magazine gave 10/10 

 

The female Springsteen confirmed 

 

https://riffmagazine.com/album-reviews/taylor-swift-speak-now-taylors-version/

[liam13]

21 minutes ago, vale9001 said:

The Rock music magazine Riff Magazine gave 10/10 

 

The female Springsteen confirmed 

 

https://riffmagazine.com/album-reviews/taylor-swift-speak-now-taylors-version/

does it count? is countrism a word cause she doing exactly that

[vale9001]

2 minutes ago, liam13 said:

does it count? is countrism a word cause she doing exactly that

for metacritic? no. 

[Steve Johnson]

28 minutes ago, vale9001 said:

The Rock music magazine Riff Magazine gave 10/10 

 

The female Springsteen confirmed 

 

https://riffmagazine.com/album-reviews/taylor-swift-speak-now-taylors-version/

Acclaim 

[liam13]

2 minutes ago, vale9001 said:

for metacritic? no. 

well, at least its something

[Enrique523]

4 hours ago, vale9001 said:

for metacritic? no. 

Of course it doesn't 

[Dear Reader]

 

[Taylor fanboy]

1 minute ago, PopA911 said:

 

We need RS US 10/10 next. That first 7/10 was NOT it and is concerning.

Edited July 7, 2023 by Taylor fanboy

[Taylor fanboy]

Why are the critics SILENT? #SpeakUpNow

 

[Cloröx]

The Independent : 4/5

[Taylor fanboy]

The Independent - 4/5

Annabel Nugent

 

Spoiler

The past typically isn’t the most comfortable place to inhabit, but Swift embodies her younger self fully, imbuing these tracks with the same immediacy and emotional heft as she did all those years ago. Country twang or not.

 

[The Music Industry]

If this ends up below Fearless TV...

 

[Enrique523]

At this point i just want it to be in the 80s. 

[Disconnect]

On 7/6/2023 at 9:08 AM, =NEX= said:

Red 77 vs Red TV 91 💀

 

The extra tracks certainly didn't improve the overall quality. Taylor is the literal proof of poptimism's existence. 

Honestly most of Red TV's production and vocals are just better than the original without the exception of the pop tracks, which aren't the best on the record. 

Edited July 7, 2023 by Disconnect

[liam13]

all of them are 80s see when ya change the source material, its gon cost ya

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Why is nobody reviewing this? Where are NME, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork etc?

[Cloröx]

The Guardian : 3/5 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/07/taylor-swift-speak-now-taylors-version-review

[Cloröx]

Consequence of Sound: Kinda mixed I think, most critics prefer her to keep the iconic mattress lyrics 

 

https://consequence.net/2023/07/speak-now-taylors-version-review/

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Debuted with a 74/100 

 

The Guardian giving it a 6… YUCK

[Gui Blackout]

Ok yeah we all agree that changing that lyric was unnecessary but a bad review just because of it so extra

[gustavothehuman]

Not 74 

Considering how much she is loved by critics this is the equivalent of a 55-65 for other artists.

 

Edited July 7, 2023 by gustavothehuman

[Cruel Summer]

10 minutes ago, Gui Blackout said:

Ok yeah we all agree that changing that lyric was unnecessary but a bad review just because of it so extra

Right? And reading it, that was basically the whole problem they had with it, even making such a big deal to call the whole rerecording project pointless. What a whiner!

[nasa]

Swiftie emergency, critical FAILURE