Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift (2LP, Reissue)

Description

Taylor Swift is the self-titled debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 24, 2006, through Big Machine Records. Swift had relocated from Pennsylvania to Tennessee in 2004, at fourteen years old, to pursue a career as a country singer-songwriter. She signed with Sony/ATV Tree publishing house, and signed with Big Machine Records in 2005, to work on her debut album during her first high school year. Of the eleven songs that made the cut, Swift has sole writing credits on three, and co-writing credits on the remaining with Robert Ellis Orrall, Brian Maher, Angelo Petraglia, and Liz Rose. Orrall produced one song, and Nathan Chapman produced the remaining. The lyrics are about Swift's perspectives on life as a teenager, dealing with romantic relationships, friendships, and insecurity. The album primarily features elements of country music with pop and pop rock flavors and incorporates acoustic instruments such as guitars, banjos, and fiddles. Critics commented the album's pop crossover sound laid the groundwork for Swift's subsequent country pop discography. Five singles supported Taylor Swift, including the pop radio crossover "Teardrops on My Guitar", and the Hot Country Songs number-one singles "Our Song" and "Should've Said No". Swift promoted the album by communicating with her audiences through Myspace, embarking on a six-month radio tour in 2006, and opening tours for other country artists throughout 2006 and 2007. Critics praised the album's mainstream sensibility and Swift's songwriting abilities at a young age. Taylor Swift was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards and helped Swift earn accolades including a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. The album topped the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart for twenty-four weeks and was the longest-charting album on the Billboard 200 of the 2000s decade. Certified seven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it made Swift the first solo female country artist to write or co-write every song on a platinum debut album. Journalists attributed Taylor Swift's success to Swift's online marketing atypical of traditional radio promotion, which ushered in a younger demographic of in-country audiences who had mainly consisted of middle-aged listeners.

Release info

Label: Big Machine Records 00843930021154
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Europe
Released: 2016
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country

Tracklist

A1 Tim McGraw
A2 Picture To Burn
A3 Teardrops On My Guitar (Radio Single Version)
A4 A Place In This World
B5 Cold As You
B6 The Outside
B7 Tied Together With A Smile
C8 Stay Beautiful
C9 Should've Said No
C10 Mary's Song (Oh My My My)
C11 Our Song (Radio Single Version)
D12 I'm Only Me When I'm With You
D13 Invisible
D14 A Perfectly Good Heart
D15 Teardrops On My Guitar (Pop Version)