The hits, the flops, the deep cuts, the covers, from her raw 2006 debut as a teen country ingenue right up to Midnights and Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).Įvery fan would compile a different list-that’s the beauty of it. Let’s break it down: all 237 tunes, counted from the bottom to the top. So with all due respect to Taylor the myth, the icon, the red-carpet tabloid staple, let’s celebrate the real Taylor - the songwriter she was born to be. She was soaring on the level of the all-time greats before she was old enough to rent a car, with the crafty guile of a Carole King and the reckless heart of a Paul Westerberg - and she hasn’t exactly slowed down since then.
It’s in her music where she’s made her mark on history - as a performer, record-crafter, guitar hero and all-around pop mastermind, with songs that can leave you breathless or with a nasty scar.
But Swift was a songwriter before she was a star, and she’ll be a songwriter long after she graduates from that racket. Taylor Swift the celebrity is such a magnet for attention, she can distract from Taylor Swift the artist.
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