Taylor Swift: 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2LP, crystal skies blue edition) [REPUBLIC]

Why you'll love it

1989 (Taylor's Version) became Taylor Swift's 13th No. 1 album and her sixth to sell over a million copies in its first week, a record. This 2LP crystal skies blue edition includes five From the Vault songs.

This edition

• Crystal skies blue edition
• 2LP set, 21 tracks
• Includes five From the Vault songs
• Republic pressing

About the album

If 2014's gleaming 1989 marked Taylor Swift's official parting of ways with her country-esque roots and her emergence as a pop superstar, 2023's "Taylor's Version" of the same solidified her place as probably the biggest musical phenomenon to strike the planet since Thriller-era Michael Jackson. Swift's sage business decision to issue her version of 1989 in half-a-dozen differently coloured vinyl editions didn't hurt, but it's also tough to argue with the general quality of the polished synth-pop ear candy on offer here.

That ear candy manages to sound fresh again in sessions that found Swift and frequent producer/collaborators Jack Antonoff and Christopher Rowe doing their best to stay faithful to the original versions while injecting fresh energy into the material. In the United States, it became Taylor Swift's 13th album to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and her sixth to sell over one million copies in its first week, setting a new record. The gal knows how to move units.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Republic, first out in 2023.