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Track Listings
| 1. Tim McGraw |
| 2. Picture to Burn |
| 3. Teardrops on My Guitar |
| 4. A Place in This World |
| 5. Cold As You |
| 6. The Outside |
| 7. Tied Together With a Smile |
| 8. Stay Beautiful |
| 9. Should've Said No |
| 10. Mary's Song (Oh My My My) |
| 11. Our Song |
Product Description
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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
Album Description
Sixteen-year-old Taylor Swift is at an age where most teenagers are only beginning to find their identity and lay tentative plans for the future. But there’s never been much doubt in Taylor’s mind about her calling. Growing up on a farm in Wyomissing, Pa., music was ever-present in her home. Inspired by her maternal grandmother, a professional opera singer, Taylor took up singing early in life. At 10, she began performing around town at karaoke contests, festivals and county fairs. At age 11, she performed the national anthem at a Philadelphia 76ers NBA game in front of thousands of fans. But it wasn’t until she picked up a guitar at age 12 and learned to write her own songs that Taylor discovered how readily she could channel the turbulent emotions of growing up into her music. Before long, she was spending every available moment playing and writing. Since relocating to Nashville with her family at age 13, Taylor has pulled double duty as a straight-A student and full-fledged recording artist. Taylor wrote or co-wrote every song on her debut album and it is produced by Nathan Chapman.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Debut That Started It All Off!,
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This review is from: Taylor Swift (Audio CD)
Taylor Swift is having huge sucess in country right now with this debut no.1 album which has gone x3 Platinum-and it's easy to see why.She's a very talented girl,having co-wrote all the songs and she plays acoustic guitar.It includes her big hits Tim McGraw(love that fiddle solo)Teardrops On My Guitar,Our Song,Picture To Burn and You Should've Said No(her great kiss off song) which are all fantastic songs.There's also the lovely Stay Beautiful and the smart Tied Together With A Smile(about self worth) She's very mature for her age(18) but she still writes songs that teens will relate to.You will also enjoy this album even if you aren't a teenager. It's perfectly produced Pop/Country at its best.Taylor's going to go a long way in country music.You can't go wrong with this cd. Prime Cuts: Tim McGraw, Teardrops On My Guitar, Cold As You, Our Song.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Taylor Swift-Country sounds,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Taylor Swift (Audio CD)
This album has an original sound to it, it's more country than her second album Fearless but has not gone too far out like, say, Carrie Underwood. Her songs ranging form the slow-beat sad but beautiful song Cold as You to the fast paced fun Our Song is very good for a large range of ages. There's is not inappropriate language except for mild profanity in Cold as You and Teardrops on My Guitar, (and the quote of Picture to burn "...that's fine, I'll tell mine you'r gay) but a great CD for young and old!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Much better than her second...,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Taylor Swift (Audio CD)
It's cute... it's got that happy sort of every-day lyrics you get from, say, Art Garfunkel. She's still got her girlish twang at age 16, which annoys some listeners. I love most of the songs. But hey, why don't you go on YouTube and search up the songs on the CD? It's the only sure-fire way to make sure your buy is a good one. Right? I like this one better than her Fearless album, too, because it's more original... Personally, although I do like Fearless, I think all the songs on that one sound rather alike... but Taylor Swift isn't like that too much. It's a good thing. :-)
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