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Monday, October 27, 2014

LP Review | Taylor Swift - 1989

Taylor Swift
1989
Big Machine
Release date: October 27, 2014

By Shawal Ras


 Taylor Swift has completed her transition into a pop phenomenon with her perfect throwback to the heydays of pop, 1989.

After teasing us with countless performances, gimmicks and posts surrounding her new album, Taylor Swift successfully released her fifth record without any hiccup (yay for her management side, this album did not suffer premature release). This album, marked as her first ever fully pop album, was just released a few hours ago and has rose to the top of iTunes' album chart in over 80 countries.

Pretty impressive, eh?

1989, to me, is a solid pop album. Filled with a variety of tunes that remind us of why today's pop fusion sucks so bad (take a note, Ariana).

First track, 'Welcome to New York', pretty much sums up the whole record in just over three minutes. Even though I hate this track, it is well-engineered that got me thinking of Blondie, Lauper, etc.

The most awesome track would probably be 'Style'. The song is so good! It's a pop synth that contained that pop blood we used to identify with David Bowie and Madonna. I bet this'll be a perfect second single for Swift.

Other than that, my favourite tracks are the debut single, 'Shake It Off', 'Out of the Woods', 'All You Had To Do Was Stay', 'Blank Space', and 'I Wish You Would'.

The most interesting track would be 'Bad Blood' as it surrounding the rumour between Swift and her frenemy, Katy Perry. That song, regardless of the content, is kinda cool with its thumping beats and got me screaming "hollaback, girl!"

The rest of the album are just OK. Though not many of them are catchy enough, but still, conclusively, all of these tracks fit together like a glove. I am captivated with the fact that Swift went to the opposite way of pop: instead of focusing on the new breed of pop, she decided to return to the core of this genre where no people are doing ‘em anymore.

GENIUS!

My verdict: buy it if you're a fan of pop. If not, don't bother. You'll either like it or hate this album.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.

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