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Fearless album appreciation #1: B/c who the heck are Madonna and Mariah? Its TAYLOR
 The promising follow-up to her mega hit debut album!  Taylor Swift has defied a lot of conventional wisdom. In the midst of a recording-industry implosion, she sold 3 million physical copies of her 2006 debut. At a time when Nashville is dominated by Stetson-wearing male singers in their 30s and 40s, the 18-year-old emerged as country's newest superstar with a repertoire full of girly songs aimed at teens. She is a blond, blue-eyed, amazonian starlet who — unlike nearly every other person who fits that description — writes her own songs, plays an instrument, answers to no Svengali and doesn't rely on high-priced studio ninjas and trendy producers. ..Swift is a songwriting savant with an intuitive gift for verse- chorus-bridge architecture that, in singles like the surging "Fifteen," calls to mind Swedish pop gods Dr. Luke and Max Martin. If she ever tires of stardom, she could retire to Sweden and make a fine living churning out hits for Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry. ...It's hard not to be won over by the guilelessness of Swift's high-school-romance narratives ("She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts/She's cheer captain, and I'm on the bleachers"), with their starry-eyed lyrics about princesses and ball gowns and kissing in the rain. ....And therein lies the peculiar charm of Taylor Swift. Her music mixes an almost impersonal professionalism — it's so rigorously crafted it sounds like it has been scientifically engineered in a hit factory — with confessions that are squirmingly intimate and true. ~ Rolling Stone(4 of 5 stars) Boys, boys! Won’t you leave Taylor Swift alone? Can’t you see the poor girl already has too many teardrops on her guitar? Too late—all over her fantastic second album, the country phenom gets bedeviled by the boyfolk, making the thrills and spills of a two-week teen romance sound as torchy as one of Patsy Cline’s marriages. She is put together to fall apart, the kind of gal who applies her mascara with great care because she plans to cry it all off in the parking lot. In “Fearless,” she wails about getting caught in the rain “in my best dress”—like she’d wear anything else to go ride around in a storm. This girl likes to make a scene. ..once again, she wrote or cowrote them all. The music drives hard enough to keep up with her tingling pheromones—when she slows down for the drippy piano ballad “You’re Not Sorry,” she reminds you what a smart job she normally does of keeping the tempo jumping. ..."15” takes a big-sisterly tone to advise younger girls not to get hung up on marrying their freshman-year boyfriends, but that’s as much adult restraint as Swift allows. In “Hey Stephen,” she coos, “All those other girls, well they’re beautiful/But would they write a song for you?” Not as good as these songs, that’s for sure. ~ Blender (4 of 5 stars)  Fearless - Fifteen - Love Story - Hey Stephen - White Horse - You Belong with Me - Breathe - Tell Me Why - You're Not Sorry - The Way I Loved You - Forever & Always - The Best Day - Change  Love Story (2008) ♫ White Horse (2008) ♫ 
 Its_Tay37 (Taylor) bokayjunkie (Nikka) bestwriter101 (Izzy) melizabeth032 (Meg) misslafferty225 (Raffaella) BrucasBL tweatherholtz (Tori) Colleen3284 upchitzcreek (Dana) Live in Love ~ (Mariella) FunSizeKristy (Kristy) joiefanforever (Alicia) angelface211 SharTheLove OTH_Leyton_4eva ambetanterik OP courtesy of Taylor (Its_Tay37) If you want to be added to the list, PM the thread starter or ask in the thread. __________________
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Add me. And I freaking love this title.
 Just because I cant stand them both.  __________________
Please put down your hands Tori |
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added!and there's a charts thread where the album sales will be posted! |
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I loved this album so much.
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They are so overrated.
I laugh when I see this title. __________________
Please put down your hands Tori |
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The title is fantastic!
Adore every bit of this album!! and would love to be added please  __________________
In a midnight talk, when I'm in your arms, When we're tangled up, When we feel that rush, |
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I forgot to say add me
 Whats your favorite song? (If you can even pick one) __________________
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I'm not a fan of Mariah, to say the least, but I don't care either way about Madonna. I do know that Taylor is WAY better then both of them. Put together. And multiplied by 10. I can't pick a favorite song cause I love them all, but today it's Forever & Always. __________________
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If I had to pick off the top of my head I'd say Love Story. But I do love 15, Forever and Always, Breathe, White Horse.
 I cant just pick one. __________________
Please put down your hands Tori |
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I keep listening to it.
Add me, please 
