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1989 is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 27, 2014 by Big Machine Records. After releasing her fourth studio album Red (2012) and embarking on The Red Tour (2013–14), her personal life generated significant media attention. Swift began planning her follow-up project in 2013 and continued work into 2014, during which time she collaborated with producers including Max Martin and Shellback. Inspired by the music scene of her birth year and representing a musical departure from the country pop styles in her earlier work, 1989 is a pop and synthpop album which Swift described as her "first documented, official pop album". Its lyrical content frequently discusses the complexities of relationships.

1989 received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics, who felt that its experimental production was well-executed. Having initially been predicted to move 750,000 units, it is currently expected to debut on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 1.3 million copies. "Shake It Off" was released as the lead single from the record on August 18, 2014. It debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming Swift's second number-one single in the country and the twenty-second track to debut in the peak position on that chart in Billboard history. "Blank Space" will be serviced as the second single from the project on November 10, 2014.

Background and recording

Following the release of her fourth studio album, Red and its corresponding tour, Swift was "six months deep in the songwriting process".[2] In November 2013, the singer told Billboard that, "There are probably seven or eight [songs] that I know I want on the record. It's already evolved into a new sound, and that's all I wanted."[3] In February 2014, Swift confirmed she was again working with Max Martin and Shellback, with whom she had collaborated in the writing of three songs on her album Red. This time they were writing "a lot more than three songs together."[4] Jack Antonoff,[5] and Ryan Tedder[6] have also worked on the album.

In September 2014, Swift told Rolling Stone that one of the songs on the album was taken "straight from the pages of my journal". Though the name of this song is currently unknown, Swift mentioned another song, "Out of the Woods". Co-written with Jack Antonoff, he mentions that he "really likes that song". "Part of it reads like a diary, and parts of it read like something 100,000 people should be screaming all together. It's got these very big lines that everybody can relate to, which are given weight by her being really honest about personal things."[5] "Out of the Woods" marked the first song that Swift had written to an existing track. Antonoff sent an early version of the song without the vocals or lyrics to Swift, which she then added in just 30 minutes.[7]

Release and artwork

Swift began teasing about an announcement in August 2014. On August 4, she posted a video on Instagram in which she pushes the number 18 in an elevator.[8] On August 6, she tweeted an image of the time 5:00 and the next day a screenshot from a Yahoo! homepage.[9] She then unveiled the album cover, a Polaroid picture with "T. S. 1989" written underneath. The album was made available for pre-order after the live stream ended.[10] The album is to be released on October 27, 2014 in the US with a standard 13-track edition being released to wide retail[10] and digital download,[11] while a deluxe edition, including three extra songs and three voice memos, will be available exclusively at Target.[12] It is also set to be released to wide retail and digital download both with a standard 13-track edition and a deluxe edition on October 28, 2014 in Germany[13][14][15][16] and the UK.[17][18][19][20] However, the album leaked online few days before its official release. [21]

Composition

In an interview with Kiss FM (UK) she confirmed that the title, 1989, was inspired by the music developed in her birth year 1989 which she had re-discovered. "I have a few artists in the late eighties who I think made the most incredible, bold, risky decisions as far as pop music goes. They were really ahead of their time, like Annie Lennox and what Madonna was doing in the late eighties. 'Like a Prayer' is legitimately one of the greatest pop songs of all time."[22] Swift first announced the album on August 18, 2014. She described it as her "first documented, official pop album", stating that she was inspired by late 1980s pop while recording it.[10] Musically "1989" features more electronic production that her previous releases, the album contains drum programming and synthesizers provided by Max Martin, the albums production is backed by a pulsating bass and processed backing vocals as well as guitars, which Jem Aswad of Billboard described as providing "texture; an acoustic is audible on just one song."[23]

Her songwriting was described as "unmistakably Swift", by Jem Aswad of Billboard who noted Swift's "polysyllabic melodies and playful/-provocative lyrics". However Aswad noted Max Martin and other key collaborators songwriting has having helped Swifts lyrics become more "seasoned and subtle, less bubbly and bratty, than in the past." The albums lyrical content is based mainly in Swift's signature style of being in love or songs that are relationship-based, songs throughout the album speak about the complexities of relationships with tracks about a train wreck waiting to happen, committed partner, penitent breaker-upper, spurned break-upee. [23]

Singles

On August 18, 2014, Swift premiered the album's first single, "Shake It Off", which was written by herself, Max Martin, and Shellback and was produced Martin and Shellback. The music video, directed by Mark Romanek, was also premiered during the live stream. It features professional dancers, Swift, and several fans picked from Instagram, Twitter, and fan letters she received.[10] In order to promote the album Swift released a track called "Out of the Woods" as a countdown single from the album on October 14, 2014.[24] The following week, the album's opening track, called "Welcome to New York", was released as the second countdown single on October 20, 2014.[25] On October 28, Starbucks announced "This Love" to be their Pick of the Week, offering free download on iTunes to customers.[26] Swift's second single, "Blank Space" will impact Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot AC radio on November 10 and will be released on iTunes on the same day.[27]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[28]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[29]
The A.V. ClubB+[30]
Consequence of SoundB[31]
Entertainment WeeklyB[32]
Fact[33]
The Guardian[34]
Los Angeles Times[35]
NME7/10[36]
Rolling Stone[1]
Slant Magazine[37]

At Metacritic, which assigns a "weighted average" rating out of 100 to selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a Metascore of 76, based on 24 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[28] Writing for Rolling Stone and rating the album four out of five stars, Rob Sheffield states: "Deeply weird, feverishly emotional, wildly enthusiastic, 1989 sounds exactly like Taylor Swift, even when it sounds like nothing she's ever tried before."[1]

Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph rated the album four out of five stars and claims: "The immediate impression is slick; candyfloss cheerleading, full of American fizz."[38] In another four out of five stars review, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian says the album "deals in undeniable melodies and huge, perfectly turned choruses and nagging hooks. Its sound is a lovingly done reboot of the kind of late 80s MTV pop-rock exemplified by Jane Wiedlin’s Rush Hour."[34]

Commercial performance

Two weeks prior to the album's release, forecasters predicted it to sell 750,000 copies in its opening week,[39] the following week the predictions were upgraded to 800,000 and then to 900,000.[40] After selling over 600,000 copies in its first day Billboard announced it was projecting 1989 to sell 1.2 million copies during the week[41] which was then revised to over 1.3 million.[42] In just two days the album sold nearly 751,000 copies from six outlets.[43]

Track listing

1989 — Standard version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Welcome to New York"
3:32
2."Blank Space"
  • Martin
  • Shellback
3:51
3."Style"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Ali Payami
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Payami
3:51
4."Out of the Woods"
  • Antonoff
  • Swift
  • Martin[a]
3:55
5."All You Had to Do Was Stay"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Mattman & Robin
3:13
6."Shake It Off"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Martin
  • Shellback
3:39
7."I Wish You Would"
  • Swift
  • Antonoff
3:27
8."Bad Blood"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Martin
  • Shellback
3:31
9."Wildest Dreams"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Martin
  • Shellback
3:40
10."How You Get the Girl"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Martin
  • Shellback
4:07
11."This Love"Swift
4:10
12."I Know Places"
  • Swift
  • Tedder
  • Tedder
  • Zancanella
  • Swift
3:15
13."Clean"
  • Heap
  • Swift
4:30
Total length:48:41
1989 — Canadian deluxe version (bonus tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Wonderland"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Martin
  • Shellback
4:05
15."New Romantics"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Martin
  • Shellback
3:50
Total length:56:36
1989 — International and Target deluxe version (bonus tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Wonderland"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Martin
  • Shellback
4:05
15."You Are in Love"
  • Swift
  • Antonoff
  • Antonoff
  • Swift
  • Martin[a]
4:27
16."New Romantics"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Martin
  • Shellback
3:50
17."I Know Places" (Voice Memo)
  • Swift
  • Tedder
 3:36
18."I Wish You Would" (Voice Memo)
  • Swift
  • Antonoff
 1:47
19."Blank Space" (Voice Memo)
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
 2:11
Total length:68:36
Notes
  • ^a signifies a vocal producer
  • ^b signifies an additional producer

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[44] 1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[45] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[46] 10
Irish Albums (IRMA)[47] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[48] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[49] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[50] 23
UK Albums (OCC)[51] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[52] Gold 7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[53] Silver 60,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Version Format(s) Label Ref.
Worldwide October 27, 2014
  • Standard
  • deluxe
Big Machine [11][12][54]
[13][14][15][16]
[17][18][19][20]

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  53. ^ "British album certifications – Taylor Swift – 1989". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 31, 2014. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type 1989 in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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