Gladiator Posted April 22 Posted April 22 (edited) This is above median of what I predicted which was between a 6 and 7. seeing as how I'd rate the whole thing a 7 myself, I am not mad. Edited April 22 by Gladiator 1
M.R. Posted April 22 Posted April 22 3 minutes ago, CandleGuy said: Pretty much what I expected. Main album deserved more but P4K are too indie/hipster to give her a higher rating. This isn't 2004. They are owned by CN. 13 1
aesthetic bih Posted April 22 Posted April 22 So wrong. Okay, they give Tortured Poets 6.6, but Anthology which is OBJECTIVELY miles better gets a lower score? That just doesn't make any sense
Popular Post Lamb4life Posted April 22 Popular Post Posted April 22 (edited) 6.6 6. huh? Edited April 22 by Lamb4life 59
JoJo Posted April 22 Posted April 22 To be honest, I agree with the reviewer that Taylor is in desperate need of an editor. I love the build up in Who's Afraid of Little Old Me, but the lyrics are...clunky. She needs to stop mixing her metaphors so often. And as someone who prefers the first half of the album, I'm not surprised that the anthology got a lower score. I can't even remember half the songs because they're so unremarkable. 5
family.guy123 Posted April 22 Posted April 22 2 minutes ago, M.R. said: This isn't 2004. They are owned by CN. The train company?
Yog Posted April 22 Posted April 22 Very fair tbh, the album is too damn bloated for 31 TRACKS, even for an "double album" that's ridiculous… The review is even generous in highlighting what the album manages to accomplish! TTPD is gonna be seen as one of her rare misses, that fine.. it's not even remotely bad as reputation, it could've been much worse 2 3
Yog Posted April 22 Posted April 22 4 minutes ago, Machete said: They spilled with Standard being higher than Anthology. Hmm… I'm actually quite split of which side is better
GagaChina Posted April 22 Posted April 22 Just now, GagaChina said: it's time to switch producers let's say hire max martin back 2
Gladiator Posted April 22 Posted April 22 2 minutes ago, family.guy123 said: The train company? No. Cartoon Network. actually https://www.condenast.com/ they own like 99% of major web-based publications 5
Yog Posted April 22 Posted April 22 1 minute ago, GagaChina said: let's say hire max martin back Taylor needs a fresh new sound, she needs to make a rock album!!! 4
Popular Post Lady Claire Posted April 22 Popular Post Posted April 22 Ended those kiss-assing critics who are afraid to give her fair scores. This album is indeed a 6 at most, there's no way they would make us believe it's a 100 just bc it's by Taylor (looking at you Rolling Stone). She needs a break, switch her sound for a bit, and most of all ditch Jack AntonOFF + Aaron. And also stop adding every single song she recorded for an album on the tracklist for the sake of numbers. It's not even a conceptual thing, she literally gives the album and then the scraps along with a text with beautiful words so the fans think they're getting some high level art piece 58 4 3
ATRL Moderator MissedTheTrain Posted April 22 ATRL Moderator Posted April 22 Not the anthology getting a lower score when it has the best songs..... No but I do think their review is pretty fair even if I disagree. And I think they could have talked more about the part 2 songs, they barely touched on them at all. 3
georgechxng Posted April 22 Posted April 22 not them accusing her of stealing the "get him back" premisse but executing with less skills than olivia 3 3
duybeeGAshantiGA Posted April 22 Posted April 22 There are of course some publications/critics that 1. aren't afraid to tell the truth 2. doesnt let the bands come thru.
ATRL Moderator MissedTheTrain Posted April 22 ATRL Moderator Posted April 22 Just now, Lady Claire said: Ended those kiss-assing critics who are afraid to give her fair scores. This album is indeed a 6 at most, there's no way they would make us believe it's a 100 just bc it's by Taylor (looking at you Rolling Stone). She needs a break, switch her sound for a bit, and most of all ditch Jack AntonOFF + Aaron. And also stop adding every single song she recorded for an album on the tracklist for the sake of numbers. It's not even a conceptual thing, she literally gives the album and then the scraps along with a text with beautiful words so the fans think they're getting some high level art piece I don't know, I genuinely love getting to hear it all and would love to do so for all of my faves. It definitely is a lot at once and maybe it would go over better for a lot of people if she spaced them out by at least a week or so. Regardless, giving an album like this time to sink in is important (it's grown on me immensely after my first listen and I love it now). Part of me does feel like though....this album is exactly what it was meant to be, for better or worse. She wasn't aiming for a concise, pivotal, career cornerstone masterpiece here (especially since the era will be shortlived anyway, since she's on the same tour and has 2 more re-recorded albums to release in the near future) . She just wrote a ton of music about a crazy time in her life and wanted it out there. 3
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