Score: 4 / 5I am amazed with Taylor Swift's sophomore (concept) album, Fearless, about a teenage girl's romantic life starting from the first day of high school and ending with how she learns appreciating her life -- without even approaching an emo-ish tone or becoming whiney and annoying.
The lyrics are so confessional. She wrote everything about how she fell in love, had her heart broken, then how she managed to get back up and see life as it is and not a fairytale. Woah! I actually interpreted that. She impressed me with how she wrote everything! Even the song Breathe featuring the singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat. But I was also impressed by how this 18-year old managed to be so matured in handling those situations (that's probably where the title of the album came from); more matured than most teenagers her age.
She may not have a vocal range like Leona Lewis or even Duffy (wait, what?!) but her soft vocal, storytelling-like lyrics and musical arrangement will make this album hard-to-forget; making it one of the best mainstream pop album of 2008.
Fearless track list (*recommended):
1. Fearless
2. Fifteen
3. *Love Story
4. Hey Stephen
5. White Horse
6. You Belong With Me
7. Breathe
8. Tell Me Why
9. You're Not Sorry
10. *The Way I Loved You
11. Forever & Always
12. The Best Day
13. *Change
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