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Paste magazine trying so hard to be "not like these Swifties" with that review

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But I thought Taylor didn't care about the reviews???Β :isudumblmao:

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2 hours ago, ttsmu said:

Why doesn't she retweet the Paste review?Β :coffee:

Why would she? :rip:Β 

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6.6 p4k

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3.5/5 from Slant Magazine

6.6 from P4K

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Acclaim remains intact despite attempts were made


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What's missing from Metacritic now?


80 - Observer

75 - AV Club

70 - Slant

66 - Pitchfork

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What else?

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13 minutes ago, Johnny said:

Q Magazine was closed in 2020 and just relaunched this year. It looks like TTPD is their first music review since, but I may be wrong / it may not be added since it's been a while since the closure

Beats Per Minutes and Glide used to stop reviewing music for years but still count after being active once again

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2 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

What's missing from Metacritic now?


80 - Observer

75 - AV Club

70 - Slant

66 - Pitchfork

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What else?

CoS

SputnikMusic

Under The Radar

American Songwriter (they have rating for album but I see none for TTPD?)

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Can the basement that they run Pitchfork out of just collapse already

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Not the score being lower for the Anthology version when that edition has the best songs!

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Overall will end up at 75

Lower than Lover

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Tells me everything I need to knowΒ :suburban:

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1 hour ago, ClorΓΆx said:

CoS

SputnikMusic

Under The Radar

American Songwriter (they have rating for album but I see none for TTPD?)

american songwriter is not a review is just an article

also i dont think sputinik will count since the reviewed the anthology

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1 hour ago, Sugden said:

american songwriter is not a review is just an article

also i dont think sputinik will count since the reviewed the anthology

No, it's listed under album review

And I think only when there's two separate reviews is when the anthology won't count

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Reads like a 6 or 7.Β 

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so adjusting for poptimism this may be her most PANNED work everΒ 

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I care about the critic's review. I really do.

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I am the one who would check on sites like AOTY every now and then to read what music fans and critics talk about a new album/single.

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But for the first time, I don't care about what they say about TTPD. I also realise that with the fast pace of music release (i.e. you see tons of new music every week), it is really hard to the listeners to really digest an album before providing their opinions. Most of the time, people only listen to an album once, or even half of the album or at worst skip the tracks which are not interesting to them halfway. They then quickly jump on the bandwagon to provide a review. In the world of hundreds of critics, it looks like the sooner they get their review out, the more it can dictate the following. That happens to the site AOTY (both fan and critic reviews).

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TBH, I didn't like this album after the first listen. It was a total letdown for me. The music was downtempo and subdued (even for the tracks that were produced by Jack). Some songs are unnecessarily verbose (Thank You, Aimee). But it really grew on me after the second, the third, etc. Now, I like it even more than her previous LP "Midnights".Β 

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I could have been one of those who criticise this album after the first listen, so I understand why those music fans have been panning it on social media. And yes, this album is probably made for fans only, who would spend time listening to it again and again, so that they can understand her storytelling, humming to her melody, dissecting her lyrics and appreciating her music way more than a casual music listener.Β 

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For someone called "The Music Industry" I expect the final score to be no less than a perfect 100.Β :sorry:
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If she doesn't then I'm afraid that title will be stripped from her.

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5 hours ago, MissedTheTrain said:

Not the score being lower for the Anthology version when that edition has the best songs!

It has the best songs and more "flavor" but it's not really an album and doesn't necessarily work as a standalone homogeneous album.Β 

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3 minutes ago, Burn said:

For someone called "The Music Industry" I expect the final score to be no less than a perfect 100.Β :sorry:
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If she doesn't then I'm afraid that title will be stripped from her.

Sis, that's try hard. What does this even mean?Β 

You know very well her fans call her so because of numbers, where she's pretty much unmatched. An album with a lower score or lower acclaim has never broken an artist's career so I don't understand why both sides are doing the most all over this thread.Β 

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Pitchfork was being generous.

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Not Taylor retweeting only the 100/100 reviews on twitterΒ 

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Its at 76 on AOTY now.Β 

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