1. State of Grace VS Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

2. Red VS The Tortured Poets Department
3. Treacherous VS My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4. I Knew You Were Trouble VS Down Bad
5. All Too Well VS So Long, London
6. 22 VS But Daddy I Love Him
7. I Almost Do VS Fresh Out the Slammer 
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together VS Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
9. Stay Stay Stay VS Guilty as Sin?
10. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol) VS Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
11. Holy Ground VS I Can Fix Him (No Really, I Can)
12. Sad Beautiful Tragic VS loml
13. The Lucky One VS I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
14. Everything Has Changed VS The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15. Starlight VS The Alchemy 
16. Begin Again VS Clara Bow

17. The Moment I Knew VS The Black Dog
18. Come Back... Be Here VS imgonnagetyouback
19. Girl at Home VS The Albatross 
20. State of Grace (Acoustic Version) VS Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
21. Ronan VS How Did It End?
22. Better Man VS So High School
23. Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) VS I Hate It Here
24. Babe VS thanK you aIMee 
25. Message In A Bottle VS I Look In People's Windows
26. I Bet You Think About Me (feat. Chris Stapleton) VS The Prophecy
27. Forever Winter VS Cassandra
28. Run (feat. Ed Sheeran) VS Peter
29. The Very First Night VS The Bolter 
30. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) VS Robin

Red is still her #3 album 

Spoiler

1. State of Grace VS Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

2. Red VS The Tortured Poets Department
3. Treacherous VS My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4. I Knew You Were Trouble VS Down Bad
5. All Too Well VS So Long, London
6. 22 VS But Daddy I Love Him
7. I Almost Do VS Fresh Out the Slammer 
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together VS Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
9. Stay Stay Stay VS Guilty as Sin?
10. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol) VS Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
11. Holy Ground VS I Can Fix Him (No Really, I Can)
12. Sad Beautiful Tragic VS loml
13. The Lucky One VS I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
14. Everything Has Changed VS The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15. Starlight VS The Alchemy 
16. Begin Again VS Clara Bow

17. The Moment I Knew VS The Black Dog
18. Come Back... Be Here VS imgonnagetyouback
19. Girl at Home VS The Albatross 
20. State of Grace (Acoustic Version) VS Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
21. Ronan VS How Did It End?
22. Better Man VS So High School
23. Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) VS I Hate It Here
24. Babe VS thanK you aIMee 
25. Message In A Bottle VS I Look In People's Windows
26. I Bet You Think About Me (feat. Chris Stapleton) VS The Prophecy
27. Forever Winter VS Cassandra
28. Run (feat. Ed Sheeran) VS Peter
29. The Very First Night VS The Bolter 
30. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) VS Robin

31. Safe & Sound (feat The Civil Wars VS The Manuscript 

 

8-9 for the standards

7-8 for the deluxes

= 15 vs 17

 

TTPD comes out on top, but it's extremely close. However, TTPD doesn't suffer from the low low lows of Red (Stay Stay Stay, Girl At Home, Message In A Bottle, Run) so it is not that close actually. 

 

 

Edited May 2, 20242 yr by Klein

Red might've had a fighting chance if we were comparing the 2012 versions of the pop singles and Holy Ground... 

Just now, wastedpotential said:

Red might've had a fighting chance if we were comparing the 2012 versions of the pop singles and Holy Ground... 

We rank using the better versions of each 

Just now, Diesel is Desire said:

We rank using the better versions of each 

I fear I'm a purist for these sorts of things, plus, I've never gotten over the godforsaken "WEEEE" 

 

1. State of Grace vs. Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

2. Red vs. The Tortured Poets Department
3. Treacherous vs. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4. I Knew You Were Trouble. vs. Down Bad
5. All Too Well vs. So Long, London
6. 22 vs. But Daddy, I Love Him
7. I Almost Do vs. Fresh Out the Slammer 
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together vs. Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
9. Stay, Stay, Stay vs. Guilty as Sin?
10. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody) vs. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
11. Holy Ground vs. I Can Fix Him (No Really, I Can)
12. Sad, Beautiful, Tragic vs. loml
13. The Lucky One vs. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
14. Everything Has Changed (feat. Ed Sheeran) vs. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15. Starlight vs. The Alchemy
16. Begin Again vs. Clara Bow

17. The Moment I Knew vs. The Black Dog
18. Come Back... Be Here vs. imgonnagetyouback
19. Girl at Home vs. The Albatross 
20. State of Grace (Acoustic) vs. Chloé or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
21. Ronan vs. How Did It End?
22. Better Man vs. So High School
23. Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) vs. I Hate It Here
24. Babe vs. thanK you aIMee
25. Message in a Bottle vs. I Look in People's Windows
26. I Bet You Think About Me (feat. Chris Stapleton) vs. The Prophecy
27. Forever Winter vs. Cassandra
28. Run (feat. Ed Sheeran) vs. Peter
29. The Very First Night vs. The Bolter 
30. All Too Well 10 vs. Robin

31. Safe & Sound (feat The Civil Wars) vs. Eyes Open vs. The Manuscript

 

12 vs. 18

Surprised it was as close as it was for me. I suppose it's because RED's vault tracks are quite strong while The Anthology's second half has a lot of sleepy duds

Edited May 2, 20242 yr by Ken Lee
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standard editions 

Red 9

TTPD 7

 

extended albums

RED TV 19

TTPD TA 11

 

The bonus tracks/vault tracks on Red body The Anthology
 

1. State of Grace VS Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

2. Red VS The Tortured Poets Department
3. Treacherous VS My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4. I Knew You Were Trouble VS Down Bad
5. All Too Well VS So Long, London
6. 22 VS But Daddy I Love Him
7. I Almost Do VS Fresh Out the Slammer 
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together VS Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
9. Stay Stay Stay VS Guilty as Sin?
10. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol) VS Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
11. Holy Ground VS I Can Fix Him (No Really, I Can)
12. Sad Beautiful Tragic VS loml
13. The Lucky One VS I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
14. Everything Has Changed VS The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15. Starlight VS The Alchemy 
16. Begin Again VS Clara Bow

17. The Moment I Knew VS The Black Dog
18. Come Back... Be Here VS imgonnagetyouback
19. Girl at Home VS The Albatross 
20. State of Grace (Acoustic Version) VS Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
21. Ronan VS How Did It End?
22. Better Man VS So High School
23. Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) VS I Hate It Here
24. Babe VS thanK you aIMee 
25. Message In A Bottle VS I Look In People's Windows
26. I Bet You Think About Me (feat. Chris Stapleton) VS The Prophecy
27. Forever Winter VS Cassandra
28. Run (feat. Ed Sheeran) VS Peter
29. The Very First Night VS The Bolter 
30. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) VS Robin

not my top 2 favorite albums from Taylor. This is gonna be so hard, but lets me try

 

1. State of Grace VS Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

2. Red VS The Tortured Poets Department
3. Treacherous VS My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4. I Knew You Were Trouble VS Down Bad
5. All Too Well VS So Long, London
6. 22 VS But Daddy I Love Him
7. I Almost Do VS Fresh Out the Slammer 
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together VS Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
9. Stay Stay Stay VS Guilty as Sin?
10. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol) VS Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
11. Holy Ground VS I Can Fix Him (No Really, I Can)
12. Sad Beautiful Tragic VS loml
13. The Lucky One VS I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
14. Everything Has Changed VS The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15. Starlight VS The Alchemy 
16. Begin Again VS Clara Bow

17. The Moment I Knew VS The Black Dog
18. Come Back... Be Here VS imgonnagetyouback
19. Girl at Home VS The Albatross 
20. State of Grace (Acoustic Version) VS Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
21. Ronan VS How Did It End?
22. Better Man VS So High School
23. Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) VS I Hate It Here
24. Babe VS thanK you aIMee 
25. Message In A Bottle VS I Look In People's Windows
26. I Bet You Think About Me (feat. Chris Stapleton) VS The Prophecy
27. Forever Winter VS Cassandra
28. Run (feat. Ed Sheeran) VS Peter
29. The Very First Night VS The Bolter 
30. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) VS Robin

31. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Sad Girl Autumn Version) [Recorded at Long Pond Studios) VS The Manuscript

 

OR 

Safe & Sound (feat The Civil Wars VS The Manuscript 

 

OR 

Eyes Open VS The Manuscript

 

 

They are pretty equal to me. Her two magnum opus. Two best album of all time

44 minutes ago, Klein said:

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1. State of Grace VS Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

2. Red VS The Tortured Poets Department
3. Treacherous VS My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4. I Knew You Were Trouble VS Down Bad
5. All Too Well VS So Long, London
6. 22 VS But Daddy I Love Him
7. I Almost Do VS Fresh Out the Slammer 
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together VS Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
9. Stay Stay Stay VS Guilty as Sin?
10. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol) VS Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
11. Holy Ground VS I Can Fix Him (No Really, I Can)
12. Sad Beautiful Tragic VS loml
13. The Lucky One VS I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
14. Everything Has Changed VS The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15. Starlight VS The Alchemy 
16. Begin Again VS Clara Bow

17. The Moment I Knew VS The Black Dog
18. Come Back... Be Here VS imgonnagetyouback
19. Girl at Home VS The Albatross 
20. State of Grace (Acoustic Version) VS Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
21. Ronan VS How Did It End?
22. Better Man VS So High School
23. Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) VS I Hate It Here
24. Babe VS thanK you aIMee 
25. Message In A Bottle VS I Look In People's Windows
26. I Bet You Think About Me (feat. Chris Stapleton) VS The Prophecy
27. Forever Winter VS Cassandra
28. Run (feat. Ed Sheeran) VS Peter
29. The Very First Night VS The Bolter 
30. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) VS Robin

31. Safe & Sound (feat The Civil Wars VS The Manuscript 

 

8-9 for the standards

7-8 for the deluxes

= 15 vs 17

 

TTPD comes out on top, but it's extremely close. However, TTPD doesn't suffer from the low low lows of Red (Stay Stay Stay, Girl At Home, Message In A Bottle, Run) so it is not that close actually. 

 

 

I think you're right about this being the biggest differentiator when comparing them, because otherwise it seems like they almost go head to head.

1. State of Grace VS Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

2. Red VS The Tortured Poets Department
3. Treacherous VS My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4. I Knew You Were Trouble VS Down Bad
5. All Too Well VS So Long, London
6. 22 VS But Daddy I Love Him
7. I Almost Do VS Fresh Out the Slammer 
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together VS Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
9. Stay Stay Stay VS Guilty as Sin?
10. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol) VS Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
11. Holy Ground VS I Can Fix Him (No Really, I Can)
12. Sad Beautiful Tragic VS loml
13. The Lucky One VS I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
14. Everything Has Changed VS The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15. Starlight VS The Alchemy 
16. Begin Again VS Clara Bow

17. The Moment I Knew VS The Black Dog
18. Come Back... Be Here VS imgonnagetyouback
19. Girl at Home VS The Albatross 
20. State of Grace (Acoustic Version) VS Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
21. Ronan VS How Did It End?
22. Better Man VS So High School
23. Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) VS I Hate It Here
24. Babe VS thanK you aIMee 
25. Message In A Bottle VS I Look In People's Windows
26. I Bet You Think About Me (feat. Chris Stapleton) VS The Prophecy
27. Forever Winter VS Cassandra
28. Run (feat. Ed Sheeran) VS Peter
29. The Very First Night VS The Bolter 
30. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) VS Robin

31. Safe & Sound, Eyes Open vs. The Manuscript

 

16 Red

12 TTPD
3 Tied

 

 

1. State of Grace VS Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

2. Red VS The Tortured Poets Department
3. Treacherous VS My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4. I Knew You Were Trouble VS Down Bad
5. All Too Well VS So Long, London
6. 22 VS But Daddy I Love Him
7. I Almost Do VS Fresh Out the Slammer 
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together VS Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
9. Stay Stay Stay VS Guilty as Sin?
10. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol) VS Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
11. Holy Ground VS I Can Fix Him (No Really, I Can)
12. Sad Beautiful Tragic VS loml
13. The Lucky One VS I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
14. Everything Has Changed VS The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15. Starlight VS The Alchemy 
16. Begin Again VS Clara Bow

17. The Moment I Knew VS The Black Dog
18. Come Back... Be Here VS imgonnagetyouback
19. Girl at Home VS The Albatross 
20. State of Grace (Acoustic Version) VS Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
21. Ronan VS How Did It End?
22. Better Man VS So High School
23. Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) VS I Hate It Here
24. Babe VS thanK you aIMee 
25. Message In A Bottle VS I Look In People's Windows
26. I Bet You Think About Me (feat. Chris Stapleton) VS The Prophecy
27. Forever Winter VS Cassandra
28. Run (feat. Ed Sheeran) VS Peter
29. The Very First Night VS The Bolter 
30. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) VS Robin
Bonus: Safe & Sound (feat The Civil Wars VS The Manuscript 

RED (used the stolen or rerecorded version, whichever i like better): 23
TTPD: 8

Red is my #1 album tho and TTPD is somewhere around #6-#8 so this isnt really a surprise But i still like a lot of songs that lost vs their Red counterparts for example The Prophecy, So Highschool but i didnt wanna have any ties
 

Edited May 2, 20242 yr by TaylenaStan

I usually don't like this track vs track comparison because one album may have higher highs but also lower lows. So I usually just plot the songs that I REALLY love from each album:

 

Red TV:

Red

Treacherous

I Knew You Were Trouble

All Too Well

22

The Last Time

Holy Ground

Everything Has Changed

Begin Again

Come Back... Be Here

Better Man

Nothing New

Message in a Bottle

The Very First Night

All Too Well (10 Minute Version)

Safe & Sound

Eyes Open

 

=17 songs

 

The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology:

Fortnight

The Tortured Poets Department

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

Down Bad

So Long, London

But Daddy I Love Him

Guilty as Sin?

Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

loml

I Can Do It with a Broken Heart

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

The Alchemy

imgonnagetyouback

The Albatross

So High School

I Hate It Here

I Look In People's Windows

Peter

The Bolter

Robin

The Manuscript

 

=21 songs

 

TTPD:TA wins  

Sorry Red TV, but you are still a masterpiece.

1. State of Grace VS Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) (These are like two of my favorite songs. Obviously time will tell but as of right now, I love them both equally) 

2. Red VS The Tortured Poets Department
3. Treacherous VS My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4. I Knew You Were Trouble VS Down Bad
5. All Too Well VS So Long, London
6. 22 VS But Daddy I Love Him
7. I Almost Do VS Fresh Out the Slammer 
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together VS Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
9. Stay Stay Stay VS Guilty as Sin?
10. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol) VS Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
11. Holy Ground VS I Can Fix Him (No Really, I Can)
12. Sad Beautiful Tragic VS loml
13. The Lucky One VS I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
14. Everything Has Changed VS The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15. Starlight VS The Alchemy 
16. Begin Again VS Clara Bow

17. The Moment I Knew VS The Black Dog
18. Come Back... Be Here VS imgonnagetyouback
19. Girl at Home VS The Albatross 
20. State of Grace (Acoustic Version) VS Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
21. Ronan VS How Did It End?
22. Better Man VS So High School
23. Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) VS I Hate It Here
24. Babe VS thanK you aIMee 
25. Message In A Bottle VS I Look In People's Windows
26. I Bet You Think About Me (feat. Chris Stapleton) VS The Prophecy
27. Forever Winter VS Cassandra
28. Run (feat. Ed Sheeran) VS Peter
29. The Very First Night VS The Bolter 
30. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) VS Robin

 

TTPD: 20

Red TV: 11

1. State of Grace VS Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

2. Red VS The Tortured Poets Department
3. Treacherous VS My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4. I Knew You Were Trouble VS Down Bad
5. All Too Well VS So Long, London
6. 22 VS But Daddy I Love Him
7. I Almost Do VS Fresh Out the Slammer 
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together VS Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
9. Stay Stay Stay VS Guilty as Sin?
10. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol) VS Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
11. Holy Ground VS I Can Fix Him (No Really, I Can)
12. Sad Beautiful Tragic VS loml
13. The Lucky One VS I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
14. Everything Has Changed VS The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15. Starlight VS The Alchemy 
16. Begin Again VS Clara Bow

17. The Moment I Knew VS The Black Dog
18. Come Back... Be Here VS imgonnagetyouback
19. Girl at Home VS The Albatross 
20. Eyes Open VS Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
21. Ronan VS How Did It End?
22. Better Man VS So High School
23. Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) VS I Hate It Here
24. Babe VS thanK you aIMee 
25. Message In A Bottle VS I Look In People's Windows
26. I Bet You Think About Me (feat. Chris Stapleton) VS The Prophecy
27. Forever Winter VS Cassandra
28. Run (feat. Ed Sheeran) VS Peter
29. The Very First Night VS The Bolter 
30. Safe & Sound VS Robin

31. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Sad Girl Autumn Version) [Recorded at Long Pond Studios) VS The Manuscript

Red for all except The Moment I Knew