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10.0
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NME
On her second surprise album of the year, Swift pushes the boundaries of her indie reinvention, adding a bit of '1989'-era gloss to produce a beacon of hope
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10.0
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Gigwise
A generation’s most prolific storyteller
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9.1
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A.V. Club
Another enthralling point in this larger album strata which has cemented her as one of the best and brightest in contemporary pop music
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9.0
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Vinyl Chapters
A wonderful ‘sister album’ cementing Taylor Swift as the fantastic artist she is
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9.0
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Rolling Stone
Just months after ‘Folklore,’ Swift delivers another surprise album, full of unexpected experiments, ambitious story songs and moments of narrative mythmaking that often turn the lens back on herself
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9.0
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Northern Transmissions
Evermore is so much more than just a companion record to Folklore and it’s nice that Swift has specifically noted that this is her ninth studio album, not just 8.5
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9.0
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DIY
Both albums showcase Taylor as an unrivalled lyrical force
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8.3
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Consequence Of Sound
Another welcome collection of stories that fit as snugly as a favorite sweater
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8.0
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The Independent
Full of haunting tales that transform speakers into campfires
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8.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Taylor Swift returns for a 2020 victory lap on Evermore
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8.0
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musicOMH
Evermore is Folklore’s wiser, potentially more chaotic, sister
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8.0
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The Irish Times
At the end of a rotten 12 months, Evermore is an album that almost makes you believe in happy endings again
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8.0
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The Guardian
Not content with releasing one of 2020’s most acclaimed albums, Swift returns for round two
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8.0
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Evening Standard
It’s no surprise that while so many of us have been waiting for the world to restart, this restless talent has created so much, and so much of it brilliant
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8.0
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The FT
The surprise release of the singer-songwriter’s third album in 16 months is born out of ‘spontaneous creativity’, she says, as well as business reasons
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8.0
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Slant Magazine
The album finds the singer digging further into her explorations of narrative voice and shifting points of view
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8.0
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PopMatters
Taylor Swift's second surprise album of 2020, evermore, solidifies the questions brought up by folklore back in July. How do we consider her work when it's clearly not autobiographical anymore?
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8.0
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All Music
Swift enjoys playing with the new musical and emotional colors on her palette for Evermore to anything but a warm balm, a record suited for contemplation, not loneliness
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8.0
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Clash
Taylor Swift professed in ‘evermore’s introductory essay - embraced like a sermon by her fans - that she has "no idea what will come next". It’s becoming painfully clear that none of us do anymore. But for now? We can bask in the stillness of these striking tales
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8.0
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Under The Radar
The pandemic seems to have freed her, given her the space to breathe, and has allowed her to produce her most elegant and sophisticated work to date
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8.0
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Mojo
The album is a result of the emotional clarity that a year in quarantine provided. Swift has written about curdling relationships splendidly in the past, but there's a new dimension to her writing that wasn’t there before
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7.9
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Pitchfork
Working again with Aaron Dessner, Swift challenges herself to find new dimensions within the moody atmosphere: fingerpicked ballads, colorful pop music, and her first country songs in years
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7.8
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Paste Magazine
The singer’s second surprise project of 2020 strolls down the mossy trail blazed by its sister record earlier this year
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7.0
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Exclaim
While retreading folklore's ground, evermore deepens and enriches its older sister's world. Each of Swift's albums provides an embarrassment of riches for fans to parse through — at least until her next release, which will more than likely arrive sooner than anyone thinks
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7.0
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Loud And Quiet
evermore provides a handsome, bare-bones platform for her ability as a songwriter
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6.9
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Beats Per Minute
Not everything on evermore truly works or lands satisfyingly, but it’s all part of a creative process that is producing some of her best and most surprising work to date
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6.0
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The Quietus
Ultimately, there’s a single, fantastic album to be reconstructed from the sister projects of folklore and evermore. evermore benefits throughout from a more forgiving production style, but the songs are slightly less good here
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6.0
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The Observer
On her richly resonant second album of the year, Swift dabbles with country noir and dives into the world of unbalanced relationships
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5.8
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Sputnik Music (staff)
It adds little to the reinvention established by Folklore and doesn’t deepen her work within this sound in particularly convincing terms
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