base talk The Tortured Poets Department Review Thread | MC - 76

[Psycho]

Accurate score tbh 

 

The album is bloated and reductive of her previous works.

[RandomHooker]

7 minutes ago, Raspberries said:

 cultural power

 

OT: What's next for TS? A 90-track panned album named Finding My Checks for the Next Release? 

[kwek_kwek]

1 minute ago, More Than A Melody said:

A ton of albums get 10/10 reviews, almost none get 1/10s.

 

I'm often accused of being a hater, btw. I just think 1/10 is ridiculous.

it's not very common. I think the only time when a popgirl received below 1/10 score is Gaga and Lana if we consider her a popgirl. 

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

Remember when ARTPOP and PRISM both got an overall score of 61 right before Poptimism started 

[Raspberries]

7 minutes ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said:

You know what. What goes up will go down. The higher you climb the bigger fall you will take. Madonna had her long prime but still she had to step down. Everyone will and Taylor is not an exception.

Yall have been saying this since 2010  

[Lana Banana]

2 minutes ago, Stepfon said:

Didn't this just have a 92 the other day, the score going DOWN this much, oh my...

 

Is Taylor going to get shut out at the Grammys? 

LMAO came in this thread to say the same.

 

 

Imagine if this was in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame next to Blackout

 

 

[Taylor fanboy]

1 minute ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said:

Remember when ARTPOP and PRISM both got an overall score of 61 right before Poptimism started 

before?

[More Than A Melody]

33 minutes ago, Jay07 said:

Look the album is a 6.5-7/10. But if journalists buckle under the pressure of her celebrity and the fear of attacks from her fanbase and give her undeserved 10s, it makes sense that others would try to troll or fly in the face of her oppressive presence and give it a 1. It goes both ways but it will probably settle in the right range.

I can see this, but at the same time, it feels disingenuous to be harsher just because others are too up her ass. Maybe I'm being pedantic. In the end the album will end up with a higher score than it probably deserves because it probably won't go under 75 (once again, I haven't listened but consensus of non-fans who don't seem to hate her seems to be what you say). I think it also just fuels the victim narrative her fans seem to have, which makes no sense considering how gargantuan she is.

[Kristie Kuwa]

The moment the (musical) world moves on from Ms Swift, the industry and its creativity wins. Its literally just like with the MCU. While they both clearly boost the industry in terms of revenue, they completely derive it from quality and creativity.

[kwek_kwek]

4 minutes ago, Burn said:

I've been saying this but swiftys seem to be convinced that Taylor is exempt from a downfall, as if every artist from MJ to Madonna to Elvis didn't have a downfall. Taylor ain't special and the swiftys are about to learn the hard way.

They are thinking she's too big to fail.  
 

 

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

1 minute ago, Raspberries said:

Yall have been saying this since 2010  

She almost got hit with Lover. But she revived everything with folklore. That does not mean she is immune. Well we can only wait and see.

[Venice B]

4 minutes ago, Burn said:

I've been saying this but swiftys seem to be convinced that Taylor is exempt from a downfall, as if every artist from MJ to Madonna to Elvis didn't have a downfall. Taylor ain't special and the swiftys are about to learn the hard way.

You guys are so extra, one bad review doesn't equal a downfall 

 

Also, we were all there in 2016, that was a downfall. 

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

1 minute ago, Taylor fanboy said:

before?

What do you not understand?

[brazil]

1 hour ago, Sugden said:

sputinik also made a third review with 0.5 score 

 

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/88490/Taylor-Swift-The-Tortured-Poets-Department-Anthology/

It's like they got back to work on Monday and wanted to make up for the positive review the Swifitie intern made during the weekend 

[Blue Rose]

4 minutes ago, wantedyoutogrow said:

not gonna lie 1/10 is ridiculous cause Fortnight is at the very least an 8/10 song

okay but if Fortnight gets 8/10 and the other 30 songs get 1/10, the average score will still be 1/10

 

[WeFoundWill]

her Solar Power  but undeserved. This (minus anthology) and Midnights should switch scores but the latter should be even lower.

[Sugden]

2 minutes ago, Taylor fanboy said:

before?

lol poptmism was not a thing 2013

[Michael196]

9 minutes ago, wantedyoutogrow said:

some of y'all doing too much as usual… but on the positive side this means no grammys for shitlor, which means jack antonoff is getting FIRED, which also means there is 30% higher chance of eternal godshine winning BPVA

how old are you people, running around here throwing names thinking you're still at the dumbsterfire that is twitter...

[Kassi]

Just saw the new Sputnik reviews.

 

Maybe ATRL needs to get registered so we can designate multiple "Staff" to write reviews that count toward Metacritic. 
 

[katara]

1 minute ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

The moment the (musical) world moves on from Ms Swift, the industry and its creativity wins. Its literally just like with the MCU. While they both clearly boost the industry in terms of revenue, they completely derive it from quality and creativity.

Yeah exactly. Her and Drake have been plaguing the music industry for long enough.

 

Tired, repeated, insipid and dull.

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

I must admit that this thread is fun and reminds me of old Atrl. Atrl hasnt been like this for a long time.

 

Thank you Sputnik thank you Paste thank you RS thank you TSwift.

 

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[wantedyoutogrow]

2 minutes ago, Michael196 said:

how old are you people, running around here throwing names thinking you're still at the dumbsterfire that is twitter...

it's just a jokey joke, everything will be okay i promise

[Blue Rose]

18 minutes ago, sunbathinganimal said:

a second sputnikmusic review has hit the tortured poets department

 

[Aribiotch.]

Oh my…with the amount of acclaimed albums out right now and what's more to come(Billie), are we looking at a possible AOTY shutout for Ms. Swift? Tune in for more on this developing story 

[Raspberries]

6 minutes ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said:

She almost got hit with Lover. But she revived everything with folklore. That does not mean she is immune. Well we can only wait and see.

Lover debuted with over 800k copies and was like 4X Platinum eligible by the time folklore came out  Quit talking out of your ass