poll Which album aged better: Radical Optimism or TTPD?

[Riverbank]

 

Both albums were met with mixed reception upon release. But as we're heading into 2025, which one do you think has stood the test of time over the past 9 months? Discuss

 

[CherryBay]

Houdini wins

[Bimbo]

Houdini is still superior to any of the 45 tracks of TTPD

 

[Shelter]

TTPD was stale on arrival. Houdini is one of my faves 

[Nico Robin]

Both aged pretty well IMO

 

Houdini and Training Season are the best songs by a mile though

[Burn]

I wasn't a fan of RO initially but the live album really gave it a new lease of life for me and I appreciate it a lot more now.

[Devin]

the one with happy for you 

[emailmyhearts]

I see I'm in the minority here because I still play TTPD daily and discover new things to love about this album. Recently I've been listening to Cassandra on loop and it was one of my least favorite songs on release 

[sugarysunflower]

Radical Optimism >>>

[Cheers]

 

Radical Optimism isn't even that bad. It has a lot of bops.

[MidnightsAtPeace]

the one that wasn't already d3ad upon its arrival 

[byzantium]

If y'all love Radical Optimism so much, why are you not streaming it? 

[MaxMartin]

the one without snoozes 

[wulmite]

radical optimism has houdini, training season and illusion

 

ttpd has... yeah

 

[BravoTangoWhiskey]

This is such an insulting question lol

 

for avoidance of doubt (for deluded stans), Radical Optimism is miles better

[gustavothehuman]

Radical Optimism's singles are better but I like Tortured Poets more as a body of work (not the bloated 31-track mess, I mean the original version).

 

Edited 20 hours ago by gustavothehuman

[feelslikeadream]

36 minutes ago, byzantium said:

If y'all love Radical Optimism so much, why are you not streaming it? 

Zero threads about this album, daily streams nonexistent, Dua erased from signatures, but of course when you pit it against Taylor, suddenly ATRL stans. Another showcase of Taylor's power

[hallucinate]

houdini alone >

[Mark Rih]

Listened to RO today and half of the tracks are timeless, well produced pop songs (with 2 excellences like Houdini and TS)

 

the other is crap

Edited 19 hours ago by Mark Rih

[blown away]

For me Radical Optimism aged better.

I initially dismissed it as a weak album but some its songs have grown on me over time. Whereas with TTPD I only liked Fortnight and Guilty As Sin to begin with, none of the tracks grew on me and I've even grown tired of Fortnight.

[NEX]

Both albums are bad bad, but TTPD has more good songs (unsurprisingly because it's so long)

[bielneira]

Believe or not, but 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT'

[Talento]

 

[Alldeezy]

Dua

 

 

I totally forgot about Taylor dropping a album this year tbh it's probably only Taylor album I'll forget exists in the future while dua has happy for you and that song will be loved for a while 

[The Music Industry]

TTPD but don't expect ATRL to vote for that