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

[DLW]

Paste Magazine 3.6/10

 

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-strikes-out-looking-on-the-tortured-poets-department

[Sugden]

14 minutes ago, DLW said:

Paste Magazine 3.6/10

 

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-strikes-out-looking-on-the-tortured-poets-department

finally an HONEST REVIEW 

[Sugden]

Between producer Jack Antonoff's atrocious backing instrumental and the Y2K-era, teen dramedy echo chamber of a vocal harmony provided by out-of-place guest performer Post Malone, "Fortnight" chokes on the vomit of its own opaqueness. "I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary," Swift muses, and it sounds like satire. This is your songwriter of the century? Open the schools.

 

[Bethenny Frankel]

A 90 is very generous for this album after a few listens. I'd put it somewhere between 70-80

[DLW]

38 minutes ago, DLW said:

Paste Magazine 3.6/10

 

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-strikes-out-looking-on-the-tortured-poets-department

In a recent interview with The Standard, Courtney Love said that Swift is "not interesting as an artist," and I think The Tortured Poets Department proves as much.

 

 

The Tortured Poets Departmentis the mark of an artist now interested in seeing how much their empire can atone for the sins of mediocrity.

 

 

Edited April 19 by DLW

[Machete]

I think this will stabilize in the mid 70s. A PAN for 20s MPG standards (critics give everything a near 90 now).

[Letemtalk]

Is it "Stop the Count" time yet?

[Shelter]

4 minutes ago, DLW said:

In a recent interview with The Standard, Courtney Love said that Swift is "not interesting as an artist," and I think The Tortured Poets Department proves as much.

 

 

The Tortured Poets Departmentis the mark of an artist now interested in seeing how much their empire can atone for the sins of mediocrity.

 

 

Jesus. That review is ruthless 

 

Does it count 

[Slamless]

PASTE

[kimberly]

41 minutes ago, DLW said:

Paste Magazine 3.6/10

 

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-strikes-out-looking-on-the-tortured-poets-department

added to MC. falls to 84.

 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

i just checked and paste counts for metacritic. 

[ttsmu]

42 minutes ago, DLW said:

Paste Magazine 3.6/10

 

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-strikes-out-looking-on-the-tortured-poets-department

Someone didn't get the paycheck on time. 

[GoatGly]

25 minutes ago, Sugden said:

Between producer Jack Antonoff's atrocious backing instrumental and the Y2K-era, teen dramedy echo chamber of a vocal harmony provided by out-of-place guest performer Post Malone, "Fortnight" chokes on the vomit of its own opaqueness. "I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary," Swift muses, and it sounds like satire. This is your songwriter of the century? Open the schools.

 

Ah yes cherry picking lyrics to make a point, I love modern critics

[ThousandMiles]

This album would be so much more impactful if it was 10-12 songs, not 2 full length albums.. listening to it in full feels like a chore

[Cameltoe Chariot]

4 minutes ago, GoatGly said:

Ah yes cherry picking lyrics to make a point, I love modern critics

Girl… it's a review of the album, and those lyrics are on the album
 

[Burn]

lay your scores DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN

 

[M.R.]

Wow at that Paste review.

[Blue Rose]

49 minutes ago, DLW said:

Paste Magazine 3.6/10

 

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-strikes-out-looking-on-the-tortured-poets-department

Is this the lowest score she has ever received from a critic? 

[ttsmu]

Someone change the tittle of this thread. The album has a score of 84 now.

[Aribiotch.]

Whew that score is going down basement! 

[Blue Rose]

1 hour ago, modern thing said:

I think Pitchfork might do separate reviews for both parts - and let me predict the main album will get 6.8

They always post their big reviews on Monday at 12:01am. But they've been extremely boring so I suspect they'll give her a 7.0 (not good, not bad)

[KatyPrismSpirit]

84 on Metacritic and Pitchfork + Sputnik Music are still pending

[Cameltoe Chariot]

 

[Sadie Saxton]

1 minute ago, Cameltoe Chariot said:

 

[ttsmu]

2 minutes ago, Cameltoe Chariot said:

 

Wait what?