Taylor Swift's new album 'Speak Now' (1 Viewer)

Did we know "dear John" is about John Mayer? And I'm guessing "Better Than Revenge" is about Joe Jonas' new beau Camille Bell. God i LOVE how bloody bitter she is and she comes across as this lovely sweet and lightness :D
 
I am now trying to get into this album... I'll probably get to "Mean" again and turn it off :(
 
The Story Of Us makes me want to BAWL.

"Now I'm standing alone in a crowded room
And we're not speaking...
but you held your pride
Like you should have held ME" :(
 
I like how it goes from the country clunkiness of "Mean" straight to probably the most blatant pop-rock track she's ever done "The Story of Us" that guitar riff :disco:
 
They lowered the price of the album to $3.99 on Amazon :o

And sent me $4 credit since I paid $8 for it when it was released yesterday, quite nice of them I think
 
That 'Mine' single she has out at the moment sounds identical to 'Love Story'.
 
VoR said:
That 'Mine' single she has out at the moment sounds identical to 'Love Story'.
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We discussed that when Mine premiered TWO MONTHS AGO. If you're going to come in hatin' VoR at least be RELEVANT.
 
Sorry, I've only just started hearing the song. Seriously though, IT'S THE SAME SONG.
 
It's a fantastically uplifting pop hook, if you choose not to appreciate it then it's your loss I guess
 
Though we've yet to unveil whether Sugarland's "The Incredible Machine" or Kings of Leon's "Come Around Sundown" has won the battle for the No. 1 crown on this week's Billboard 200 chart, we're already looking at next week's chart, where Taylor Swift's "Speak Now," released on Monday (Oct. 25), is aiming for a monster debut.

Industry prognosticators are suggesting the Big Machine set may arrive with as much as 800,000 to 900,000 copies sold by week's end on Oct. 31. And, there's even a chance it could approach 1 million.

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Swift's start is on track be more than 2010's current biggest week, when Eminem's "Recovery" arrived at No. 1 with 741,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan. If "Speak Now's" fortunes turn out to be especially rosy, it could be the industry's first album to sell 1 million copies in one week since Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" bowed with 1,006,000 in June of 2008.

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"Speak Now's" sales must be music to the industry's ears, after many superstar album releases this year have failed to meet or exceed first-week expectations. A month ago, sources were projecting the "Speak Now" would start with 750,000.

Taylor Swift's last album, "Fearless," started at No. 1 with 592,000 in November 2008 and has sold 6 million.
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Well it's a more realistic expectation than that which was placed on Katy Perry, but I'm still worried that those figures are vastly over-hopeful.
 
It's going to be far above 500k, I think. And today's predictions are more accurate probably than yesterday's as today's are actually based off of a full day of sales. I say it has a shot at 1 million (especially with the heavy promo and $3.99 Amazon discount) but I think it will end up around 886k
 
Update on her US itunes track wise:

2. Sparks Fly
5. Innocent
10. The Story of Us
12. Dear John
16. Better Than Revenge
19. Haunted
20. Last Kiss
21. Enchanted
27. Long Live
28. Never Grow Up
41. Mine
55. Back to December
62. Mean
64. Speak Now
77. Mean
92. Mine
141. Back To December
 
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"Enchanted" is LOVELY on first listen :shy:
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Enchanted is getting better and better. It's enormously overwhelming.
So is "Haunted"

Both should worldwide hits.

My favourite songs of the album tend to change everyday. Today it's definitely ENCHANTED.

Never got the appeal of Taylor before but with this album all doubts are gone. She is a incredible talent, writing so many hit songs on her own.

She's more than just that odd-looking puppet hanging around with plastic Lautner.
 
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jonathan if you like "Enchanted" try "Untouchable" off of her Fearless album re-release, it's gorgeous and of the same ilk basically
 
Overall I think Fearless is the stronger album (make sure you go for the re-release though, all of those extra songs are grand except maybe the limp "Jump Then Fall"). Mind you I have only heard Speak Now twice so far and am liking what I hear but it is slightly overlong and droopy in a few spots but Fearless is just a tighter sounding album to me thus far. But then again Fearless has a two year advantage and half the songs on it were played constantly on radio here

The first album I've only heard in bits and pieces and she's already matured a good amount vocally (listen to "Should've Said No" to spot the difference :eyes:) but there are still a few worthy country-pop offerings on there.
 
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Anyway latest first week sales projection/update :disco:

Speak Now Could Result in Sales of a Million PIeces

October 27, 2010

And a 20-year-old came to save them.

Country crossover star Taylor Swift won't be of drinking age until Dec. 13, but she's already celebrating, as Christmas comes early for the record industry.

The voice of a teen generation released her third album this week, Speak Now, on Scott Borchetta's Nashville-based Big Machine label along with Universal Republic, which has the industry partying like it's 1999, and we don't mean the sale price for a deluxe double album.

Between physical sales and a record-setting pace for digital downloads, the album forecast is between 900k and the magic million mark. The race to that milestone, the first album to do so since Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III in 2008, will provide a measure of suspense to next week's HITS sales chart, based on the response from those music retailers who haven't turned their storefronts into local Tea Party headquarters.

It would also be the largest first week for a Country artist since Shania Twain's Up sold 874k in Nov. 2002, and the first Country artist to go over a million since Garth Brooks' Double Live moved 1.085m in the good old days of Nov. 1998.

Swift's Speak Now is also approaching the year's top digital sales week, held by Eminem's Recovery, behind only Coldplay's Viva La Vida. The album immediately becomes a contender to topple the hip-hop-star's release for the year's best seller, which is now at 2.86m and counting.

The week's only other notable release is Warner Bros. deluxe Michael Buble album, Crazy Love (Hollywood the Deluxe EP), which is on target for between 20-25k in first-week sales.

The market was up 3% vs. last week, down 10% vs. same week last year and now down 13% year to date. You may now check your clothing for bed bugs. And oh, yeah, for everyone in California... Vote yes on Proposition 19 in favor of legal marijuana.
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Oh that's GOOD, hopefully it does hit the million then, it's all the more impressive considering the number of individual tracks being downloaded too.
 
THat's what made the last era's sales so impressive too, more than six million albums sold in the US (and still selling about 6-8k a week) but also 12 million digital downloads of individual songs.
 
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We should also have a more accurate prediction by tomorrow night.
 
New Taylor Swift Album!!

Just got the new album today =] and it was amaaaaazing! I'm surprised it’s only $3.99 on Amazon, but it might only be a temporary deal. http://amzn.to/dv29nq

Has anyone else heard it? How did you like it?
 
She made the million then. :) Pretty damn impressive really, they LOVE her there.
 
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