Taylor Swift: 1989 (2LP) [BIG MACHINE]

Why you'll love it

1989 won the Grammy for Album of the Year, spent 11 weeks at No. 1 and has sold 14 million copies worldwide. "Shake It Off," "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood" all hit No. 1; "Style" and "Wildest Dreams" went Top 10. Max Martin, Shellback and Jack Antonoff helped her get there.

This edition

• 2LP set, 13 tracks over four sides
• Original Big Machine pressing (cat# BMRBD0500E)

About the album

Taylor Swift dipped a toe in modern popcraft on 2012's Red and clearly liked the way it felt, because she goes all in on 1989.

Arriving to much fanfare and scrutiny in October of 2014, Swift's fifth album successfully launched her towards the total world pop domination she'd clearly been coveting. Five of 1989's singles reached the Billboard Top 10, with "Shake It Off," "Bad Blood" and "Blank Space" climbing all the way to the No. 1 spot. The album itself spent 11 weeks at the top of the albums chart, too, and has since moved more than 14 million copies around the planet. The 1989 tour, meanwhile, became the highest-grossing of the year and sped Swift on her way to becoming the cultural phenomenon she is today. Going "pop" was clearly not a mistake.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Big Machine (cat# BMRBD0500E), first out in 2014.