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Fearless Love #5: If it was re-released, you know it'd spend another 8 weeks on top!
 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) stormy eyes (Meg) misslafferty225 (Raffaella) BrucasBL tweatherholtz (Tori) Colleen3284 upchitzcreek (Dana) Live in Love ~ (Mariella) FunSizeKristy (Kristy) joiefanforever (Alicia) angelface211 SharTheLove OTH_Leyton_4eva ambetanterik chadsprincess1 xxxninaxxx danielle002 "You'reMyLittleSnowAngel" (Naomi) Adie010 just_like_you (Christy) preenad (Preena) Elizabeth_88 Tara (tara is music) _xGemmax_ Jemistry OP courtesy of Taylor (Its_Tay37) If you want to be added to the list, PM the thread starter or ask in the thread. __________________
i'm captivated by you, baby. ♥ christy Last edited by dreamingoutloud; 03-20-2009 at 12:51 PM |
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You're welcome, Tay!
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i'm captivated by you, baby. ♥ christy |
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I think I should re-do this OP...I don't like it much for some reason
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Aww, I like it. But if you want to re-do it, go for it. Makeovers are always fun
 If you need any help art wise, let me know. I'm always up for being useful  __________________
i'm captivated by you, baby. ♥ christy |
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of course you're useful  but I have to work on the performance thread OP first before I start on this one |
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Sounds like you have a few new OPs to work on!
I feel excited to see the prettiness they shall be when finished Well, like I said, anytime you need help, you can just PM me! __________________
i'm captivated by you, baby. ♥ christy |
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mk...I like dumping things on people
I think I'll keep with the orange color theme for this OP though |
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Joined: Mar 2008
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hey can i be added to the list
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"There are eighty-two letters in here... and there all addressed to you!" May 7th 2009 first time seeing Taylor in concert. Avie by me whereifalliswhereiland.tumblr.com twitter.com/pdivecha93 |
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I looove the orange!
Speaking of Fearless, it just came on in my itunes! I swear, I can never get enough And I'll go add you right now, Preena! __________________
i'm captivated by you, baby. ♥ christy |
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lol, i cant either and thx
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"There are eighty-two letters in here... and there all addressed to you!" May 7th 2009 first time seeing Taylor in concert. Avie by me whereifalliswhereiland.tumblr.com twitter.com/pdivecha93 |
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its like fate! speaking of itunes, Fearless and TSwift are 1 & 2(respectively) under country albums! |
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You're welcome!
Ahh, and that's so awesome! Seriously, I listen to this album (as well as the 3294724643 Tay songs I have) over and over and over again. My Forever & Always play count is 686 __________________
i'm captivated by you, baby. ♥ christy |
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I reset my play count way too so F&A is only like at 30 right now. just looking over the OP, its so cool to see RS & Blender giving her 4 out of 5 stars |
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lol, i dont know anymore what my count is as i had to restore my itunes otherwise it would be higher
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"There are eighty-two letters in here... and there all addressed to you!" May 7th 2009 first time seeing Taylor in concert. Avie by me whereifalliswhereiland.tumblr.com twitter.com/pdivecha93 |
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