1. Tim McGraw
2. Picture To Burn
3. Teardrops On My Guitar
4. A Place In This World
5. Cold As You
6. The Outside
7. Tied Together With A Smile
8. Stay Beautiful
9. Should've Said No
10. Mary's Song (Oh My My My)
11. Our Song
12. I'm Only Me When I'm With You
13. Invisible
14. A Perfectly Good Heart
15. Teardrops On My Guitar (pop radio mix)
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Three years ago, a 13-year old Taylor Swift set out to be a star and moved from Reading, Pennsylvania, to Nashville. By 14, she had a publishing deal, and by 15, a recording contract. In these days of Bianca Ryan (and before her, Tanya Tucker and LeAnn Rimes), many are called, but few are chosen. Swift, it appears, is one of the chosen ones. Her vocal talent is modest, though sweetly affecting, her style seemingly influenced by the radio hits of early Sheryl Crow and Michelle Branch, and perhaps Cyndi Thomson. And at times, her youthfulness shows--she encoded messages in the lyrics of her CD booklet, starting with the name of the boy who cheated on her from "Should've Said No" (the album's strongest offering). But in writing or co-writing all 11 songs on this debut, Swift demonstrates remarkable maturity, particularly in crafting a hooky, radio-ready chorus. Though she sounds ridiculous looking back from the perspective of an 87-year old woman on "Mary's Song," to her credit she mostly writes about what she knows--unrequited high-school crushes ("Teardrops on My Guitar"), teenage angst ("Tied Together with a Smile"), and complete immersion in starry-eyed romance (her breakout hit "Tim McGraw"). Swift has such wistful charm and tunefulness that only a curmudgeon could dismiss her, and in fact, more than 60,000 fans lined up to grab this CD the first month of release. No wonder Rascal Flatts and George Strait added her to their tours. Look out, Carrie Underwood--there's a new kid in town. --Alanna Nash
Album Description
Taylor Swift has been enhanced by the addition of 3 brand new tracks ("I'm Only Me When I'm With You", "Invisible", "A Perfectly Good Heart") and a pop version of the hit single "Teardrops On My Guitar"
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Taylor Swift
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2008-03-18)
- Publisher: Big Machine Records
- Label: Big Machine Records
- Format: Enhanced
- Studio: Big Machine Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 10 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #134
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Summary: TAYLOR 2008-06-30
Comment: I think she is amazing. For such a young person she has such a high quality voice. I love being able to go to Amazon and find anything I want because a lot of places don't have the items that I want. Thanks for being great.
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Summary: GIFTED RISING STAR 2008-06-27
Comment: TAYLOR SWIFT IS A GIFTED YOUNG SINGER WITH A SWEET, MELODIC VOICE. SHE IS EASILY DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE MANY OTHER SINGERS AROUND. HER SOUND, HER STYLE, HER RANGE ARE QUITE UNIQUE.
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Summary: Just the beginning 2008-06-26
Comment: Vocally this is a superior album. The songs are very "high schoolish" which isn't suprising since the artists is only 17. I'm looking forward to hear other songs by Ms. Swift as she gets older and begins to write more complex songs.
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Summary: Great CD 2008-06-21
Comment: The Taylor Swift CD has a lot of her good songs on it and I even enjoyed the ones that I didn't recognize. I recommend it to anyone that's heard a song of hers and liked it!
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Summary: Modern version of Country Female music 2008-06-18
Comment: The album is good. Taylor has a great voice and brings it for most songs. I imagine this album is comparable in today's terms to the ones published years ago by Lorretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Tammy Wynette. Overall, this is a good country female album.
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Taylor Swift
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