Members Maxim Posted April 24 Members Share Posted April 24 I listened to the whole album yesterday. A masterpiece. Her best work till now. I am not overstating it. She is growing so much as an artist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted April 24 Author Administrator Share Posted April 24 Nice! Glad you enjoyed it! I'll have my thoughts about it soon. I need a whole a week to process it. LOL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maxim Posted April 24 Members Share Posted April 24 I am listening to it right now again, drinking some gin and tonic and ready to cry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maxim Posted April 25 Members Share Posted April 25 LOVE. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted April 26 Author Administrator Share Posted April 26 After one week, it's my favourite. Please register in order to view this content It's really catchy, especially the chorus. It's a sad song yet you can dance to it. It's also a bit weird with the "alien abduction" sounds. I hope she adds this era to the tour and this song will be on the set list. It should be the next single, or at least one of the singles off this album. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maxim Posted April 26 Members Share Posted April 26 I didn't know it was your favorite! We think alike, haha! I LOVE IT. Not ashamed to say It makes me feel so many emotions and brings me back to places only Taylor can bring me back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maxim Posted April 27 Members Share Posted April 27 Masterpiece 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted Sunday at 11:05 PM Author Administrator Share Posted Sunday at 11:05 PM First week numbers are in and she set a new career high! 2.61 million in units for second best all time. And 1.91 million in pure copies for third best all time. It's Taylor's third straight album (Midnights, 1989TV, TTPD) over 1 million in sales. If you told me this two years ago, I wouldn't have believed you. LOL She made her debut in June of 2006 and 18 years later, she's never been bigger. For this to happen in year 18 and mind-boggling. And who knows, she could even get bigger which is hard to imagine. Billboard article: Taylor Swift Makes Historic Debut at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Most #1s on the Billboard 200: 19, The Beatles 14, Jay-Z 14, Taylor Swift 13, Drake 11, Bruce Springsteen 11, Barbra Streisand 11, Ye (formerly Kanye West) 10, Eminem 10, Future 10, Elvis Presley Largest Streaming Week Ever: 1, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department, 891.37 million, May 4, 2024 2, Drake, Scorpion, 745.92 million, July 14, 2018 3, Drake, Certified Lover Boy, 743.67 million, Sept. 18, 2021 4, Taylor Swift, Midnights, 549.26 million, Nov. 5, 2022 5, Drake, For All the Dogs, 514.01 million, Oct. 21, 2023 6, Drake & 21 Savage, Her Loss, 513.56 million, Nov. 19, 2022 7, Morgan Wallen, One Thing at a Time, 498.28 million, March 18, 2023 8, Lil Wayne, Tha Carter V, 433.02 million, Oct. 13, 2018 9, Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys, 431.34 million, May 12, 2018 10, Juice WRLD, Legends Never Die, 422.63 million, July 25, 2020 Equivalent Album Units Earned 1, Adele, 25, 3.482 million, Dec. 12, 2015 2, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department, 2.61 million, May 4, 2024 3, Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), 1.653 million, Nov. 11, 2023 4, Taylor Swift, Midnights, 1.578 million, Nov. 5, 2022 5, Taylor Swift, reputation, 1.238 million, Dec. 2, 2017 6, Adele, 25, 1.193 million, Jan. 9, 2016* 7, Adele, 25, 1.162 million, Dec. 19, 2015* 8, Drake, Views, 1.039 million, May 21, 2016 9, Taylor Swift, Lover, 867,000, Sept. 7, 2019 10, Taylor Swift, Folklore, 846,000, Aug. 8, 2020 Pure Sales Week in Modern Era 1, Adele, 25, 3.378 million, Dec. 12, 2015 2, *NSYNC, No Strings Attached, 2.416 million, April 8, 2000 3, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department, 1.914 million, May 4, 2024 4, *NSYNC, Celebrity, 1.88 million, Aug. 11, 2001 5, Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP, 1.76 million, June 10, 2000 6, Backstreet Boys, Black & Blue, 1.591 million, Dec. 9, 2000 7, Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), 1.359 million, Nov. 11, 2023 8, Eminem, The Eminem Show, 1.322 million, June 15, 2002* 9, Britney Spears, Oops! …I Did It Again, 1.319 million, June 3, 2000 10, Taylor Swift, 1989, 1.287 million, Nov. 15, 2014 Biggest Sales Week for a Vinyl Album in Modern Era 1, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department, 859,000, May 4, 2024 2, Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), 693,000, Nov. 11, 2023 3, Taylor Swift, Midnights, 575,000, Nov. 5, 2022 4, Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), 268,000, July 22, 2023 5, Harry Styles, Harry’s House, 182,000, June 4, 2022 6, Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version), 114,000, Nov. 27, 2021 7, Adele, 30, 108,000, Dec. 4, 2021 8, Taylor Swift, Evermore, 102,000, June 12, 2021 9, Olivia Rodrigo, Guts, 94,000, Sept. 23, 2023 10, Travis Scott, Utopia, 93,000, Aug. 26, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maxim Posted Sunday at 11:19 PM Members Share Posted Sunday at 11:19 PM She did it. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted Monday at 12:34 AM Author Administrator Share Posted Monday at 12:34 AM Here are my thoughts on the album. Please register in order to view this content I loved it (of course). LOL I definitely liked album 1 more than album 2. Album 1 is more poppy, has singable choruses, has better melodies. I’m a pure-pop guy so album 2 was a bit slow for my taste. I don’t mind slow songs, but I need something to connect to…..I need some sort of hook or melody. I’m definitely going to listen to those songs if they come up in a shuffle, but I doubt I will intentionally play those songs. But there are three songs I really liked on album 2: So High School, thank you Aimee, The Bolter. On album 1, I pretty much love every song except for I Can Fix Him. This song just went nowhere, unlike The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived where it started out really slow and then it slowly builds up to probably the best the bridge (at the 2:25 mark) on the album. My Tier 1 songs: - Down Bad: After 1 week it’s my favourite. I already posted about it above. - But Daddy I Love Him: In this song she puts her parasocial fans on blast. LOL I love the lyrics! The chorus just makes you want to run and shout those lyrics out. It can definitely see it being an anthem for those in relationships that people don’t approve of. LOL I'll tell you something right now I'd rather burn my whole life down Than listen to one more second of all this bitching and moaning I'll tell you something about my good name It's mine alone to disgrace I don't cater to all these vipers dressed in empath's clothing God save the most judgmental creeps Who say they want what's best for me Sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I'll never see Thinking it can change the beat Of my heart when he touches me And counteract the chemistry And undo the destiny You ain't gotta pray for me Me and my wild boy And all this wild joy If all you want is gray for me Then it's just white noise And it's just my choice - Guilty as Sin?: Who knew a song about masturbation could be kind of romantic? What if he's written 'mine' on my upper thigh Only in my mind? One slip and falling back into the hedge maze Oh what a way to die My bedsheets are ablaze I've screamed his name Building up like waves Crashing over my grave Without ever touching his skin How can I be guilty as sin? Oh Taylor. LOL - I Can Do It With a Broken Heart: It’s about Taylor having to perform on the tour during one of the toughest times in her career – going through two breakups in a short period of time and with guys she’s known for a long time (6-7 years in a romantic relationship with Joe. Then over 10 years of friendship to on-and-off to officially dating with Matty). I'm so depressed, I act like it's my birthday every day I'm so obsessed with him but he avoids me like the plague (he avoids me) I cry a lot but I am so productive, it's an art You know you're good when you can even do it With a broken heart You know you're good when you can even do it With a broken heart You know you're good, I'm good 'Cause I'm miserable And nobody even knows Try and come for my job It’s a sad song set to upbeat/bubble-gum pop that’s also funny. It has Taylor’s classic spoken-word parts. - loml: The saddest song on the album. Tier 2 songs: Fortnight, The Tortured Poets Department, My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys, Fresh Out Of The Slammer, Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?, The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, The Alchemy, Clara Bow, So High School, The Bolter, thank you aimee (this song is also pretty funny). Tier 3 songs: Florida!!!, The Black Dog, So Long, London, imgonnagetyouback Over both albums, there was definitely more instrument based (drums, piano, guitars) songs than on Midnights. A lot of songs could’ve been on folklore. Taylor is someone who uses songwriting as coping mechanism. She was going through so much during the biggest tour of her life and she need to get these songs out of her. So, it wasn’t a surprise she stuck with Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner as her two main collaborators on such a raw and emotional album. She trusts them and is very comfortable with them. For her next album, I think she’ll have more time (once the tour ends) to experiment more a bit, and to try and find other collaborators. I’m still waiting for my pop-rock/stadium-rock album. I hope it’s next, her 12th album, because I think album 13 will be her going back to her pop-country roots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maxim Posted Monday at 09:22 AM Members Share Posted Monday at 09:22 AM YES! This sums up my dreams too! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taoboi Posted Monday at 10:55 PM Members Share Posted Monday at 10:55 PM So worth the wait, Toups. Thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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