Alex Macpherson 

Taylor Swift: Red – review

Taylor Swift moves further away from her country roots on an album that combines well-crafted songs and perky pop, writes Alex Macpherson
  
  


Each Taylor Swift album to date has taken her a step further away from the traditional country with which she first made her name as a teenage songwriting prodigy, but even so, the sound of a dubstep drop, magnificently executed, on I Knew You Were Trouble is a shock. In truth, Swift's big international pop move for country-shy markets comprises a mere sprinkling of perky Max Martin productions, with the emphasis elsewhere being firmly on the songcraft. All Too Well and The Lucky One possess twists to make you gasp; as ever, Swift seems to know just the right phrase to pull you inside her break-up narratives.

 

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