Red
by Taylor Swift

Red by Taylor Swift
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-10-22
Overall rank: 1,384th   
Average Rating: 
64/100 (from 300 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2012 (18th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (210th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,384th)

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Taylor Swift bestography

Red is ranked 3rd best out of 19 albums by Taylor Swift on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Taylor Swift is Folklore which is ranked number 921 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,873.

Taylor Swift album bestography « Higher ranked (1,057th)
1989
This album (1,384th)
Red
Lower ranked (2,707th) »
Speak Now

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Red track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 71 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Red rankings

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Overall rank: 1,384th | 2010s rank: 210th | 2012 rank: 18th

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Average Rating: 
64/100 (from 300 votes)
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12/02/2025 03:28 Exist-en-ciel   5,65870/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.7/100, a mean average of 63.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 25.0.

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Red comments

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40/100
From 10/24/2025 16:18 | #311451
Definitely way too high in this list, I'm not even gonna comment on the execution cause everyone can listen to pop music and then listen to this, not her worst offer, but the songwriting is definitely underwhelming.
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90/100
From 06/15/2023 01:23 | #297604
A major sea change, even before going full electropop with 1989. Red is raw and wild with Swift embracing joy and despair with a nakedness that isn't in her first few albums. And as a sendoff to her country era, she's going out at the top of her powers while working out the kinks with the more clear-cut pop singles that really undermine this album--I'm sorry, but "I Knew You Were Trouble," "22," and "We Are Never Getting Back Together" just don't do anything for me, as much as I appreciate the attempt. It's a great album. Maybe her best.
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100/100
From 10/08/2022 23:36 | #290299
A very different album from the ones that surround it on my charts, Red has many qualities that would normally get it knocked down a few notches. It's pretty self indulgent. At times I think it is lacking in self awareness. It's definitely infuriating in places. Is it any wonder, listening to this album, why Taylor Swift has struggled with romantic relationships? But having said all that, I find the songs on this album consistently good, emotionally resonant, impeccably written and performed, and above all, true. There is a lovely vulnerability to these songs about breakups and lost love and the magic of newfound romance that is undeniable. I was late arriving to the Taylor Swift party, but I'm glad I showed up.
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65/100
From 08/24/2021 17:13 | #272790
Weird to now consider this as the most Overrated album in existience... but for the most part it's pretty solid despite her losing a bit of her songwriting personality as she inches closer to modern Max Martin pop, but pretty consistient till the eventual late-album bloat. Dear gawd, though, those attempts at marrying her typical kiss-off ballads with Skrillex posturing almost immediately dooms this to early-10's artifact status.
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95/100
From 12/09/2020 14:07 | #262332
amazıng album
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Rating:  
75/100
From 11/14/2020 20:56 | #260825
I like Taylor. Long though.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 12/29/2017 05:34 | #204069
My cousin is a huge Taylor Swift fan. I'm not, but this is a pretty good album.
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Rating:  
100/100
From 08/03/2016 22:37 | #172230
She definitely gets increasingly poppy as far as her albums go...and I'm all about it. Each album has topped her previous one in my opinion. Even bonus tracks like The Moment I Knew are a hoot. Fun and sweet and innocent. I don't care if some people thing she's a corporation; I'm drinking the kool-aid.
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50/100
From 04/17/2016 09:05 | #163982
taylor swift has gone down that path where she write songs to please people instead of a form of self-expression.
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From 06/19/2015 19:01 | #144215
Still my favorite Taylor album
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