Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: All 18 Tracks Ranked

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: All 18 Tracks Ranked

Taylor Swift’s storied career has been the chances she’s taken at

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taylor swift tortured poets department review

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the middle of a mega-selling stadium tour, after a record-breaking fourth album

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the time Swift has chosen to release a knowingly messy, wildly unguarded breakup album

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Challenging herself to shape-shift, to accomplish something new

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there are no skippable tracks on the new album, there are a few standouts

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preliminary opinion on the best songs on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department

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