Fearless (Taylor's Version)

AlbumApr 09 / 202126 songs, 1h 46m 32s98%
Country Pop Pop Rock
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In 2019, Taylor Swift announced plans to rerecord her entire catalog to that point, an ambitious move sparked by the sale of her original label, Big Machine Label Group, along with all of her masters. Swift’s first entry into this reimagined canon is a new take on her landmark 2008 sophomore LP *Fearless*, which, among many other accolades, took home the coveted Album of the Year trophy at the 2010 Grammy Awards. Swift first teased the “Taylor’s Version” of *Fearless* with the release of a new recording of one of her biggest hits, the ode to youthful romance “Love Story.” That version stays remarkably true to the original track, though it’s hard not to notice how Swift’s voice has strengthened and matured in the 13 years since. (But in this updated version mixed in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, the difference is clear: more warmth, more intimacy, more clarity with which to appreciate the deceptive ease of Swift’s songwriting.) Elsewhere, she revisits other juggernauts like “Fifteen,” “Forever & Always,” and, of course, “You Belong With Me,” another of her biggest-selling songs.

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

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Taylor Swift's re-recording of her second album, Fearless, is the perfect retrospective follow up to her last two releases, folklore and evermore.

Amid legal battles, the singer is releasing re-recorded versions of her albums, another sign of the determination that made her famous

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Taylor Swift reclaims her pivotal moment by breathing new life into Fearless

Taylor Swift's 'Fearless: Taylor's Version', te re-recording of her breakthrough 2008 album, is at points even more moving than the original

Swift’s re-recorded versions of her 2008 album is a timely reminder of some of the best pop songs committed to record

Taylor Swift left her longtime home of Big Machine in 2018, setting up shop at Republic Records.

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When the master recordings of Taylor Swift's first six albums were sold to Scooter Braun, Swift promptly announced she was going to re-recor...

Fearless (Taylor’s Version) is both a power move and a poetic force.

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Like a restored photograph brightening from black and white into colour, 'Fearless (Taylor’s Version)' is the same, but better. Embroiled in

Painstakingly re-recording her breakthrough 2008 album to hit back at her music business enemies proves a fruitful endeavour for the songwriter

The maturity and control of the singer’s voice re-contexualizes the songs from the original album.

After her masters were sold to an old foe, Swift’s re-recording project starts with her 2008 opus on the teen-girl experience – an apposite contrast to venal male industry executives<br>

After a protracted fight, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) restores the singer’s ownership of her second album, both musically and legally