Taylor Swift has been enhanced by the addition of 3 brand new tracks ("I'm Only Me When I'm With You", "Invisible", "A Perfectly Good Heart") and a pop version of the hit single "Teardrops On My Guitar"
Three years ago, a 13-year old Taylor Swift set out to be a star and moved from Reading, Pennsylvania, to Nashville. By 14, she had a publishing deal, and by 15, a recording contract. In these days of Bianca Ryan (and before her, Tanya Tucker and LeAnn Rimes), many are called, but few are chosen. Swift, it appears, is one of the chosen ones. Her vocal talent is modest, though sweetly affecting, her style seemingly influenced by the radio hits of early Sheryl Crow and Michelle Branch, and perhaps Cyndi Thomson. And at times, her youthfulness shows--she encoded messages in the lyrics of her CD booklet, starting with the name of the boy who cheated on her from "Should've Said No" (the album's strongest offering). But in writing or co-writing all 11 songs on this debut, Swift demonstrates remarkable maturity, particularly in crafting a hooky, radio-ready chorus. Though she sounds ridiculous looking back from the perspective of an 87-year old woman on "Mary's Song," to her credit she mostly writes about what she knows--unrequited high-school crushes ("Teardrops on My Guitar"), teenage angst ("Tied Together with a Smile"), and complete immersion in starry-eyed romance (her breakout hit "Tim McGraw"). Swift has such wistful charm and tunefulness that only a curmudgeon could dismiss her, and in fact, more than 60,000 fans lined up to grab this CD the first month of release. No wonder Rascal Flatts and George Strait added her to their tours. Look out, Carrie Underwood--there's a new kid in town. --Alanna Nash
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Wow!:
I love this cd I can't stop listening to it! Wow! It's so inspiring and has great beats! Taylor Rox!
Okay, My Wife Loves It!!:
Okay, per my wife, this is a really great download, quality was good, music was awesone. . . Made the wife happy that I downloaded it for her! Great price as well. Taylor Swift has a great variety of music. Wife was a little hesitate about the download thing, but worked out just great. Would allow her to ask me to do it again, makes a great secret gift and downloads right to Itunes for her Iphone..
Great gift:
My daughter loves her, and I got her this cd for Christmas. She was in tears she was so happy! Good music and she seems like a good model for my daughter.
Great cd!:
I like all kinds of music and this cd is very good.Taylor swift is very talented and has a great future in all types of music ie, country, pop,top 40 or whatever direction she wants to go in.
