Fearless (Taylor’s Version) [Gold] [3xLP]

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Taylor Swifts project to re-record her albums to reclaim legal ownership of the music begins with 2008s Fearless, an almost identical, polished, and somewhat melancholy version of it.

What is to be gained from parsing the gap between remix, recitation, and reincarnation? Dissecting the Easter eggs tucked into Swifts songs has always been part of the Taylor listening experiencedecoding which lyric corresponds to which break-up, tracing the lineage of each biting remark. Fearless (Taylors Version)presents a different puzzle: spotting the difference between the original and this almost-identical copy. These versions are slightly more polished, like photos touched up on Instagram with a press of a button: the sound is brighter, the mix is clearer, each peal of guitar is sharper. Most of the alterations to original songs are barely noticeable, besides an invigorating blast of fiddle on Love Story; each songs runtime remains either exactly the same or off by a single second.PitchforkTaylor Swift – Fearless (Taylor’s Version) Review

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