1989 - Deluxe Edition

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The pictures portray Swift in different settings such as backdrops of New York City and recording sessions with the producers. The album's liner notes, which include a one-sentence hidden message for each of the 13 songs, collectively tell a story of a girl's tangled relationship. All You Had to Do Was Stay" laments a past relationship and originated from Swift's dream of desperately shouting "Stay" to an ex-lover against her will.

Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. This move prompted an industry-wide debate on the impact of streaming on declining record sales during the digital era. note 6] Swift announced a prolonged hiatus following the 1989 World Tour because "people might need a break from [her]".In addition to the standard, 13-song album, Swift teamed up with Target for an extended deluxe release, featuring three new songs and three voice memos from her writing sessions. The highlights are "Welcome to New York,""Style,""Wildest Dreams,""How You Get the Girl,""This Love," and "Clean" - and even though they're highlights, most of them don't hold up all too well to the gems on Taylor's past three albums. She had written an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal in July 2014, expressing her concerns over the decline of the album as an economic entity following the rise of free, on-demand streaming. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. The album incorporates eclectic styles of pop and rock, and two of its most successful singles—the US number-one " We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and the number-two-peaking " I Knew You Were Trouble" [4]—are pop songs that feature prominent electronic stylings.

On his rendition, Adams incorporated acoustic instruments, which contrast with the original's electronic production. The Guardian featured the album at number 89 on a 2019 list of the 100 best albums of the 21st century. The photos are out-of-focus, off-framed, with a sepia-tinged treatment, and feature the 1989 songs' lyrics written with black marker on the bottom.She disliked how the media excessively focused on her relationships, which overshadowed her professional work, and chose to no longer openly discuss her love life in the press. Writing for Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield characterized the record as "deeply weird, feverishly emotional, wildly enthusiastic". Polaroid Corporation chief executive Scott Hardy reported that the 1989 Polaroid concept propelled a revival in instant film, especially among the hipster subculture who valued the "nostalgia and retro element of what [their] company stands for".

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album 9× Platinum, which denotes nine million album-equivalent units. The album was released in a period when digital download and streaming platforms brought about a decline in record sales, [114] but Swift had established herself as a best-selling album artist in the digital era: her last two albums, Speak Now (2010) and Red (2012), each sold over one million copies within one week. The penultimate track of the standard edition is "I Know Places", which expresses Swift's desire to preserve an unstable relationship. This album is more about being a cohesive whole than either of Taylor's last two albums, which were about producing material that transcended genres and said something about her and her life. There are no standouts here in the same catchy vein as some of her best songs, such as "You Belong with Me" and "Mean.On August 9, 2023, at the last Los Angeles show of the Eras Tour, Swift announced 1989 (Taylor's Version) and its release date on October 27, exactly nine years after the original release of 1989.

Slant Magazine 's Annie Galvin observed that Swift maintained the clever songwriting that had distinguished her earlier releases, but was disappointed with the new musical style. note 1] To support the album, Swift embarked on the 1989 World Tour, which was the highest-grossing tour of 2015, and released seven singles.Her social media posts showcased her personal life, making fans feel engaged with her authentic self and thus cemented their support while attracting a new fan base besides her already large one.