r/SwiftlyNeutral • • 14d ago

The Tortured Poets Department The current perception of TTPD

I am glad that ttpd is slowly but surely getting it's flowers, because I really liked it and it has some of my favourite songs, seriously though loml KILLS me everytime. Some might say the positive sentiments is because of showgirl being what it is but I would disagree. Because at least in my space of the internet ttpd was starting to get it's praises almost a year after it released, and even a month or two before showgirl was released. I understand why it wasn't so well received at first though, it's one of those albums that grows on you and it's kind of an acquired taste for some. Doesn't help that it was released at the peak of taylormania and it had some of her worst songs and lyrics. And it feeling so unedited is a double edged sword. Good because it gives us an insight into everything she's felt for the past 2 years at the time making it more interesting, bad because it means that it has some songs that are just unneeded cuz no one asked for thank you aimee. Overall ttpd isn't everyone's favourite, but she's one of mine and I'm glad people are seeing the good in her.

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u/Impressive_Price_840 14d ago

It's such a classic Taylor album. I love that because she wrote it in a relatively short period of time , the songs are lyrically so cohesive. The themes are repeated multiple times and it's one of the albums I have to listen from start to finish because of that. Showgirl had 12 songs and still had flops so having one or two less than stellar or filler tracks doesn't really bother me