1989 (studio album) by Taylor Swift

1989 by Taylor Swift
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-10-27
Overall rank: 1,121st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 448 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2014 (19th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (166th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,121st)
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Taylor Swift bestography

1989 is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Taylor Swift on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Taylor Swift is Folklore which is ranked number 886 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,976.

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1989 track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 448 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.4/100, a mean average of 66.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 24.1.

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From 05/20/2025 05:40
Album of the year at the 2016 Grammys
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From 02/22/2024 16:33
It’s full blooded pop no doubt. The singles are strong but overall the lyrical repetitions and focus on chorus to drive the songs are a bit overwhelming for me
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From 06/16/2023 16:20
Haven't listened to this in close to a decade. I'm happy to report that I like it a lot better than I did when I first heard it. That said, it's a bit of a mixed bag. There are songs here that I have listened to often over the years and that I will continue to enjoy. And there are others that are among the most baffling work that Taylor Swift has ever done. As well as Swift pulls off electropop, and as much as it allows her songwriting to branch out in new directions, a lot of it remains as simplistic and recycled as ever, and no amount of souped up production can save it. So, I put it a little bit beneath her last three albums. But it's still a fine record.
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From 07/30/2022 01:50
1989 is one of the greatese pop albums!
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From 10/23/2021 11:49
I actually secretly liked the singles - lol. I don't mind a bit of pop - sometimes I need something light and not challenging or deep. But it still has to be good - and this album is. I really enjoy Blank Space, Out Of The Woods, Shake It Off, Wildest Dreams and Clean. Weakest track for me - I Wish You Would
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From 09/23/2021 02:43
Style, Wildest Dreams, and Clean are all really masterfully written pop songs. A great album overall and one that is underrated by the cool kids.
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65/100
From 03/11/2021 06:04
Blank Space is easily my favorite song off the album, but there's a lot to enjoy here. I used to hate Shake It Off, but now that it's been over 6 years since it was a hit I really vibe with it. Not consistent enough to add to my regular rotation, but there are some absolute bops scattered about.
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From 01/23/2021 04:58
Loaded with hits and some of the best songs weren't even singles.
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55/100
From 12/05/2020 17:32
Out of the woods and welcome to new york are really not good to my ears, but over the years Blank Space has stuck with me for some reason and I just recently listened to the rest of the album and they're not as bad as a the singles (bad blood and shake it off aren't awful but I would prefer never to hear them again) The clear winner here for best song though is Clean, very very good track
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From 02/12/2020 21:01
I think 1989's greatest weakness is that it's choruses are not very good. "Out of the woods" and "Welcome to New York" are just clunky to the ear. "Blank space" sounds like a self righteous Facebook post got made into a song. I will give credit where credit is due "Style" is a great song and the B side is much stronger than the A.
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