Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
by Taylor Swift
  • Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Jul 7, 2023
User Score
9.2

Universal acclaim- based on 626 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 574 out of 626
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 626
  3. Negative: 39 out of 626
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  1. PEDROMFR
    Aug 9, 2023
    6
    It's interesting how this album, for me, has some of Taylor's best moments - as in "Long Live", "Back To December" and "Enchanted", but then it has a bunch of songs that honestly add little to her career. Of course we can't forget this is a 2010 album, so maybe some songs just didn't age so well. Still a album worth listening.
  2. Lorenzo0
    Jul 7, 2023
    6
    i’ve loved taylor since 2020 and both fearless and red tv felt quite loyal to the original albums, but there were lots of small changes on this album that are quite unnecessary and annoying, such as the verse on better than revenge, the lack of the shaky breath on last kiss, production changes on various songs etc. Also, i’ve found the vault a little boring. However, songs such as Mine,i’ve loved taylor since 2020 and both fearless and red tv felt quite loyal to the original albums, but there were lots of small changes on this album that are quite unnecessary and annoying, such as the verse on better than revenge, the lack of the shaky breath on last kiss, production changes on various songs etc. Also, i’ve found the vault a little boring. However, songs such as Mine, never grow up and enchanted are quite true to the original recording, yet sound much better than the og… Expand
  3. Matt23
    Jul 11, 2023
    5
    Do we nead it? She is a great pop star, one of the one, but these money-making albums are sickening
  4. swftlore
    Jul 7, 2023
    5
    this is an amazing album
  5. Bach2070
    Jul 7, 2023
    5
    The same note that I would probably give Abbey Road if the beatles had gotten together to re-record it in 1982.
  6. Notcanddee
    Jul 8, 2023
    5
    Una gran regrabación para rememorar su album con toda la magia y el estilo de taylor
  7. Breevee
    Jul 9, 2023
    6
    Speak Now was one of the most anticipated albums to receive its re-recording, and when it is finally released, it's so disappointing; a huge amount of factors are missing, Taylor's lack of emotion on iconic tracks like " Dear John" and "Back to December" is notorious, the songwriter's obvious geniality is almost neutralized in the album as a whole.
    The biggest problem with the album was    Speak Now was one of the most anticipated albums to receive its re-recording, and when it is finally released, it's so disappointing; a huge amount of factors are missing, Taylor's lack of emotion on iconic tracks like " Dear John" and "Back to December" is notorious, the songwriter's obvious geniality is almost neutralized in the album as a whole.
    The biggest problem with the album was the expectation, generated by the extremely high quality of Taylor's other re-recordings.    … Expand

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Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. AllMusic
    Jul 17, 2023
    80
    This understated makeover casts Speak Now not as the final Taylor country record but as the first pop album from the singer/songwriter, a revision that offers its own gentle revisions.
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  2. PopMatters
    Jul 13, 2023
    80
    Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is a nod to one of life’s central truths: you can’t go back in time, and you can never perfectly replicate your youth, but there are always new paths forward.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Jul 12, 2023
    75
    Throughout Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), Swift sometimes mutes the messy adolescent impulses that gave these songs their spark. But elsewhere, she divests from fantasy archetypes—the knight on a white horse, the helpless child—that once limited her. Think of the new Speak Now as a call and response between who she was and who she is.
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