1989 (Taylor's Version)

大ヒットしたアルバム『1989』が過去作の再録版シリーズ=テイラーズ・ヴァージョンの第4弾としてリリース!

*21曲収録 (5曲はFrom The Vault(意味:金庫の中から取り出した)と名付けられた未発表曲)
*魅力的な新アートワーク・ジャケット
*1CD仕様 新レーベルデザイン/ジュエルケース仕様
*歌詞、未公開写真付きブックレット
*10"x10"両面印刷 折りたたみ封入ポスター (テイラー・スウィフトの写真+"Welcome to New York"のオリジナル直筆歌詞(印刷))

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While Taylor Swift transitioned cautiously from country to pop on 2012s Red, she became the face of mainstream pop music with the monumental synth-driven hit parade of her next album, 1989. Released in October of 2014, the album was named after Swifts birth year as well as the era of synth pop radio hits that provided partial inspiration for the dancy, hyper-produced material. 1989 [Taylors Version] continues Swifts series of re-recording her albums for purposes related to licensing rights, and more than any of the revised versions that preceded it, illuminates the moment when she became a timeless songwriter. At the time of its original release, 1989 was a grand slam, moving platinum numbers, producing seven hit singles (three of which were number ones), and remaining in the charts internationally for more than a year. Returning to this material exactly nine years later, one would expect songs played to death on the radio for nearly a decade to feel a little dated, or for the Jack Antonoff or Max Martin and Shellback co-written tunes to sound especially formulaic in hindsight. Instead, the re-recorded versions (like all of Taylors Versions, aiming for faithful re-creation of the originals more than artistic updating) sound fresh and vital, perhaps even more powerful in light of Swifts often-shifting artistic progress since. Songs that may have come across shallow or substanceless in 2014 (the cheerleader-y bounce of "Shake It Off" or Swifts PG-rated Lana Del Rey mirroring on "Wildest Dreams") now make more sense as part of the unfettered celebration of pop -- in all its self-indulgence and escapism -- that 1989 was intended as. The albums homage to the gated reverb and MIDI keyboard tones of late-80s radio comes into full view on the five additional tracks that were kept in the vault from the time the album was initially made. There are echoes of the Outfields 1986 hit "Your Love" in the verses of "Say Dont Go" before a decidedly 2010s chorus washes up on a cascade of bubbly synth notes, and both "Suburban Legends" and the magnetic hooks of "Slut!" offer a more subdued counterpoint to the overenthusiastic electro-pop exclamation Swift got into on "New Romantics." Fleshed out by these extra tracks, 1989 [Taylors Version] confirms the lasting strength that Swifts songwriting was achieving in this one of many blooms, and serves as a lovely reminder of when she officially stepped into her place in the pop culture continuum. ~ Fred Thomas

自身が〈初めての公式ポップ・アルバム〉と表明しているこの新作に、なるほどカントリー色は皆無。マックス・マーティンとシェルバックがソングライトからプロデュースまでをガッツリ手掛けているので、シンセの音が派手に鳴り、彼女の歌もいつもより強め。ポップスターとしての自覚を歌に込めて、いまの状況をダンスしながら楽しもうとしているかのようだ。批判を恐れず大胆に踏み出したそのタフさを支持したい。
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