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Do you agree that 'Sweetener' is a better album than 'Reputation' 5+ years later?


Better album quality wise?  

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  1. 1. Better album quality wise?

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  2. 2. Which album aged better?

    • Sweetener
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Remember the 2019 Grammy ceremony?Ā  Reputation and it's singles were N/A in all major categories and Taylor received only one nomination for 'Best Pop Vocal Album'. She ultimately lost the award to Ariana Grande's 'Sweetener', which caused some backlash back then.

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Do you agree 5+ years later that 'Sweetener' rightfully deserved to win over 'reputation' as the Best Pop Vocal Album?

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Yes without a doubt.

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has always been and will forever be

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Yes and I like both. But Sweetener definitely had better singles and album tracks.Ā 

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Of course. It always was.

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i don't, reputation is probably my fave taylor album while sweetener i have never thought was one of ariana's best (obvs this opinion will make everyone mad)

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Uhm, is the grass green?

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5 years later

Rep: currently charting at #61 (315woc) on the B200 & has over 8.6 billion streams on Spotify

Sweetener: n/a on B200 (90woc) & has 5.1 billion streams

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So i guess we know which one aged better for the GPĀ :gaycat4:

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Sweetener has retained its sweetness, yesĀ :clap3:Ā her best album

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Reputation is better

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Pharrell and Ariana weren't a good pair. The only good song they did together was REM. max and Tommy saved that album

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I don't even like Taylor and Ā she did her big one with 1989 and reputationĀ 

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Has always been the better album.Ā 

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Pharrell and Ariana did some cool experiments with the album.

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Haven't heard reputation since 2017 or 2018 and i always come back to sweetener so yeah it aged so much betterĀ 

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There's nothing on Reputation as discordant as theseĀ :deadbanana4:

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Maybe this just isn't my sound, and maybe there are people that really like this, but this just sounds like she and Pharrell were hitting random buttons in the studio for the sake of itĀ :deadbanana4:

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At the same time, I don't think there's anything on Sweetener as good as:

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And even for white girl rnb-adjacent songs, I think End Game clears, I'm sorryĀ :deadbanana4:

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I'm a well known obsessed reputation hater (I'd call it her second worst album, and with a giant gap to the next worst), but I've never been able to get into Sweetener outside of the less experimental tracks.Ā 

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slow sunday, huh:ahh:

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it has "Better Off" so yes.

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I don't think anyone actually thinks this in the real world.Ā 

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Ik in this site we're all tired of TS

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But reputation is a good album whereas shittener is ari's worst, and one of the worst pop records of the last decade (which is sad considering its 3 singles are among her best)

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I love sweetener and it is such an important turning point in Ariana's career as an artist, and showed an album of her coming to terms with trauma and looking on the sweetener side of life. I think sweetener and thank u next go together in a way. She was very open and honest, and this album means a lot to me personally.

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Rep is an amazing album, but I don't know why it was shut out in different categories? I think Rep could've won in different categories but this award definitely deserved sweetener, as I would have rather had TUN get AOTY and main categories! Rep for me should have been main category and won those awards, as I think TUN completes the sweetener era.

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yeah for sure it is, rep has some serious dudsĀ 

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There's nothing on Reputation as discordant as theseĀ :deadbanana4:

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Maybe this just isn't my sound, and maybe there are people that really like this, but this just sounds like she and Pharrell were hitting random buttons in the studio for the sake of itĀ :deadbanana4:

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At the same time, I don't think there's anything on Sweetener as good as:

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And even for white girl rnb-adjacent songs, I think End Game clears, I'm sorryĀ :deadbanana4:

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I'm a well known obsessed reputation hater (I'd call it her second worst album, and with a giant gap to the next worst), but I've never been able to get into Sweetener outside of the less experimental tracks.Ā 

Ya those songs are hard for a lot of ppl to really get into, so I understand why sweetener maybe considered her worst album. I think though it's important that she made them, just because it shows how willingly she could get out of her comfort zone. I like rep tbh, but I don't know why it was shut out completelyĀ 

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I'll be the honest one here and none of you will like the answer quality wise they are practically the sameĀ 

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yes i loved and still love sweetener, TLIC the only skip!

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reputation has some highlights (getaway car, don't blame me) but also some of my least favourite taylor songs like end game, RFI, LWYMMD, gorgeous, TIWWCHNT

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40 minutes ago, TayDuaStan said:

5 years later

Rep: currently charting at #61 (315woc) on the B200 & has over 8.6 billion streams on Spotify

Sweetener: n/a on B200 (90woc) & has 5.1 billion streams

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So i guess we know which one aged better for the GPĀ :gaycat4:

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Wow McDonalds sells better than elegantly prepared Japanese sushi made by decades long trained chefs, therefore we know it is better!Ā :giraffe:

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