L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The 31-track (!) "Tortured Poets Department" is packed with new poets to read, bands to discover and weird vacation towns to visit, and here's a brief field guide to the best of them. more info
Consequence Of Sound — On her 11th album, Swift's self-analysis gets in the way of her storytelling.
On The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift Gets Lost in the Shadow of Taylor Swift
Mary Siroky
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New York Post — On Taylor Swift’s newly released album “The Tortured Poets Department,” which dropped on Friday, the pop star, 34, admits that she was reeling from her breakup with her ex, British actor Joe Alwyn. more info
JamBase — The National’s Aaron Dessner and Wilco’s Glenn Kotche commented on contributing to Taylor Swift’s new album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ more info
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Taylor Swift dropped not one album overnight but two. The double effort's title is 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.' It includes 15 more tracks. more info
E! Online —
For Taylor Swift, some bad blood is harder to bury.
It's a fact only proven with the release of her 11th—and a surprise double—album The Tortured Poets Department, in which the Grammy winner... more info
Stereogum —
As you may have heard, today marks the release of Taylor Swift’s new album
The Tortured Poets Department
, which turned out to be a surprise
double album called The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. She once again worked closely with B... more info
JamBase — Release Day Picks this week highlights new albums by Taylor Swift, Pearl Jam, T Bone Burnett, Local Natives, Melvins, Cloud Nothings and The Brother Brothers. more info