General Article name: Fearless
Genre: Pop englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Universal UK Number of tracks: 29 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Taylor Swift - Jump Then Fall 2. Taylor Swift - Untouchable 3. Taylor Swift - Forever & Always [Piano Version] 4. Taylor Swift - Come In with the Rain 5. Taylor Swift - SuperStar 6. Taylor Swift - Other Side of the Door 7. Taylor Swift - Fearless 8. Taylor Swift - Fifteen 9. Taylor Swift - Love Story 10. Taylor Swift - Hey Stephen 11. Taylor Swift - White Horse 12. Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me 13. Taylor Swift - Breathe 14. Taylor Swift - Tell Me Why 15. Taylor Swift - You're Not Sorry 16. Taylor Swift - Way I Loved You 17. Taylor Swift - Forever & Always 18. Taylor Swift - Best Day 19. Taylor Swift - Change   Tracklist LP - 2 Swift, Taylor - Hey Stephen 4:16 Swift, Taylor - White Horse 3:55 Swift, Taylor - You Belong With Me 3:52 Swift, Taylor - Breathe 4:25 Swift, Taylor - Tell Me Why 3:22 Swift, Taylor - You're Not Sorry 4:23 Swift, Taylor - The Way I Loved You 4:05 Swift, Taylor - Forever & Always 3:46 Swift, Taylor - The Best Day 4:06 Swift, Taylor - Change 4:41   Description Description

Taylor Swift abandons any pretense that she's a teen on her second album, Fearless -- which isn't to say that she suddenly tarts herself up, running away from her youth in a manner that's all too familiar to many teen stars. Swift's maturation is deliberate and careful, styled after the crossover country-pop of Shania Twain and Faith Hill before they turned into divas. Despite the success of her self-titled 2006 debut, there's nothing at all diva-like about Swift on 2008's Fearless: she's soft-spoken and considerate, a big sister instead of a big star. Nowhere is this truer than on "Fifteen," a kind warning for a teen to watch her heart sung from the perspective of a woman who's perhaps twice that age -- a sly trick for the 18-year-old Swift. There may be a hint of youthfulness to her singing but that's the only hint of girlishness here; her writing -- and she had a hand in penning all 13 tracks here, with six of them bearing her solitary credit -- is sharply, subtly crafted and the music is softly assured, never pushing its hooks too hard and settling into a warm bed of guitars and keyboards. Like many country-pop albums of the 2000s, the pop heavily outweighs the country -- there aren't fiddles here, there are violins -- yet Fearless never feels garish, a crass attempt at a crossover success. It's small-scale and sweetly tuneful, always seeming humble even when the power ballads build to a big close. Swift's gentle touch is as enduring as her songcraft, and this musical maturity may not quite jibe with her age but it does help make Fearless one of the best mainstream pop albums of 2008. [Fearless was also released on LP.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Contributors Artist: Taylor Swift Record Label: Big Machine Records