Red Mosquito

Afterglow is fine and might work better if the record was shorter. But it's totally dispensable here in the album's current form. I don't dislike the song. And it's got a cool vibe to it. It's the kind of thing that I usually LOVE and I imagine it'll grow the most as I continue to absorb the record. I like it but it suffers from sequencing and a crowded album.

Lover
I Think He Knows
Soon You'll Get Better
Cruel Summer
False God
Cornelia Street
The Man
You Need to Calm Down
London Boy
Paper Rings
The Archer
I Forgot That You Existed
Afterglow
Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince
Death By A Thousand Cuts

ME! is so much fun. I love having an alternate voice with Taylor's. It adds so much texture. The song is fun and bright and while the lyrics are borderline idiotic, the song works for me. Great melody. Great energy. Great pop. The production feels a tad tiny and thin. This is the Smarties of the record.

Lover
I Think He Knows
Soon You'll Get Better
Cruel Summer
False God
Cornelia Street
ME!
The Man
You Need to Calm Down
London Boy
Paper Rings
The Archer
I Forgot That You Existed
Afterglow
Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince
Death By A Thousand Cuts

durdencommatyler wrote:ME! is so much fun. I love having an alternate voice with Taylor's.

I wish it was an alternate alternate voice

It's Nice to Have a Friend: love the arrangement. The backing vocals are great. Love the sentiment. Simple and memorable. The main melody is a tab tedious and expected but the strengths of the song overcome the weaknesses, overall.

Daylight is another perfectly fine song that doesn't really grab me. Again, maybe if the record was 11 tracks or so this would stand out as something interesting. But I'm a little fatigued by the time I get to it and it's not driving the record home for me.

Lover
I Think He Knows
Soon You'll Get Better
Cruel Summer
It's Nice to Have a Friend
False God
Cornelia Street
ME!
The Man
You Need to Calm Down
London Boy
Paper Rings
The Archer
I Forgot That You Existed
Afterglow
Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince
Death By A Thousand Cuts
Daylight

Kevin Davis wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:ME! is so much fun. I love having an alternate voice with Taylor's.

I wish it was an alternate alternate voice

It's just so refreshing to have any different voice. But, yeah, I'm with you.

Good record. Liked it more on second listen than I did on first, which is the way it should be. Looking forward to more listens.

Did the White Stripes comparison stick out to you on "It's Nice to Have a Friend?"

I feel like that's my favorite song on here now, I love the minimalism of the whole thing, and the choir sample is just perfect.

durdencommatyler wrote:Good record. Liked it more on second listen than I did on first, which is the way it should be. Looking forward to more listens.

Are you going to a show on the tour?!

Kevin Davis wrote:Did the White Stripes comparison stick out to you on "It's Nice to Have a Friend?"

I feel like that's my favorite song on here now, I love the minimalism of the whole thing, and the choir sample is just perfect.

Oh yeah, totally. Great comp and super insightful.

Gross

cutuphalfdead wrote:Lover, ranked:

I Think He Knows
You Need to Calm Down
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Cruel Summer
Paper Rings
I Forgot That You Existed
The Man
False God
The Archer
Cornelia Street
Soon You'll Get Better
It's Nice to Have a Friend
Afterglow
Lover
Me!
Daylight
Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince
London Boy

Top 5 have changed their order:

I Think He Knows
Cruel Summer
Death By a Thousand Cuts
Paper Rings
You Need to Calm Down

Listening to this for the first time now...

Why does she insist on using such boring sparse instrumentals?

Monkey_Driven wrote:Listening to this for the first time now...

Why does she insist on using such boring sparse instrumentals?

Listen to something else

verb_to_trust wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:Listening to this for the first time now...

Why does she insist on using such boring sparse instrumentals?

Listen to something else

I am now.

NPR Tiny Desk Concert:

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/16/77031864 ... wsource=cl

Chris_H_2 wrote:NPR Tiny Desk Concert:

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/16/77031864 ... wsource=cl

She just comes across as so calculated. A performance piece without soul.

surfndestroy wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:NPR Tiny Desk Concert:

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/16/77031864 ... wsource=cl

She just comes across as so calculated. A performance piece without soul.

That's how all of her latest stuff sounds to me.

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