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Red is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 22, 2012, through Big Machine Records.

Background[]

The lead single of the album is "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". Its music video premiered on CMT, MTV, and TeenNick. A single from the album was released each Tuesday leading up to the release, starting Tuesday, September 25, 2012.

Swift stated her reason for naming the album Red as:

All the different emotions that are written about on this album are all pretty much about the kind of tumultuous, crazy, insane, intense, semi-toxic relationships that I’ve experienced in the last two years. All those emotions — spanning from intense love, intense frustration, jealousy, confusion, all of that — in my mind, all those emotions are red. You know, there’s nothing in between. There’s nothing beige about any of those feelings.

Singles[]

Promotional singles[]

Other songs[]

"Ronan" was released digitally on iTunes following a performance of the song on Stand Up for Cancer, with all the proceeds going to Cancer-related charities, as stated by Swift herself via Twitter. President and CEO of Big Machine Records Scott Borchetta have confirmed via Twitter that the song is not on Red, but that they "may have to rethink" about adding it to the album. They never added it to the album, but it is available on iTunes. "Better Man" and "Babe" were written for the album but they were scrapped and then given to Little Big Town and Sugarland. "Nothing New" was also a Red cut, since in the Lover Deluxe Journals, it revealed that it was written in 2012.

All those songs were included in the re-recorded version of the album, released on November 12, 2021, with "Better Man" and "Babe" being completely sung by Taylor herself.

Other promotions[]

Taylor worked with Keds in a contest to win signed pairs of special edition Red Keds for promotion. As of October 29, they have sold out until the winter.

Legacy[]

Red appeared on many publications' lists of the best albums of the 2010s decade.[1] It featured on Atwood Magazine's unranked list[2] and was included on The Independent[3] and Pitchfork.[4] It was ranked within the top 10 by Uproxx (three),[5] Billboard (four),[6] Rolling Stone (four),[7] the Tampa Bay Times (nine),[8] and Stereogum (10).[9] Taste of Country ranked Red as one of the best country albums of the decade.[10] In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked Red at number 99 on their revised list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[11]

Track listing[]

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."State of Grace"Taylor SwiftSwift, Nathan Chapman4:55
2."Red"SwiftChapman, Swift, Dann Huff3:40
3."Treacherous"Swift, Dan WilsonWilson4:00
4."I Knew You Were Trouble"Swift, Max Martin, ShellbackMartin, Shellback3:37
5."All Too Well"Swift, Liz RoseChapman, Swift5:27
6."22"Martin, Shellback, SwiftMartin, Shellback3:50
7."I Almost Do"SwiftChapman, Swift4:02
8."We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"Martin, Shellback, SwiftMartin, Shellback, Swift3:11
9."Stay Stay Stay"SwiftChapman, Swift3:24
10."The Last Time" (featuring Gary Lightbody)Swift, Gary Lightbody, Jacknife LeeLee4:58
11."Holy Ground"SwiftJeff Bhasker3:21
12."Sad Beautiful Tragic"SwiftChapman, Swift4:43
13."The Lucky One"SwiftChapman, Swift4:00
14."Everything Has Changed" (featuring Ed Sheeran)Swift, Ed SheeranButch Walker4:01
15."Starlight"SwiftChapman, Swift3:37
16."Begin Again"SwiftChapman, Swift3:57
Total length:01:04:00
Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."The Moment I Knew"SwiftChapman, Swift4:45
18."Come Back...Be Here"Swift, WilsonChapman, Swift3:42
19."Girl at Home"SwiftChapman, Swift3:40
20."Treacherous" (Demo)Swift, WilsonWilson3:59
21."Red" (Demo)SwiftChapman, Huff, Swift3:46
22."State of Grace" (Acoustic)SwiftChapman, Swift5:23
Total length:01:30:00

Outtakes[]

Booklet[]

Photoshoot[]

Main article: Red photoshoot

References[]

  1. "Best Albums of the Decade (2010-19)". Metacritic. January 11, 2020. https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-the-decade-2010s.
  2. "Our Favorite Albums of the Decade". October 25, 2019. http://atwoodmagazine.com/aotd12-2012-albums-of-the-decade/.
  3. "The 50 best albums of the decade, from Frank Ocean's 'Blond' to Adele's '21'". The Independent. November 18, 2019. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/best-albums-decade-2010s-frank-ocean-adele-taylor-swift-kanye-west-ranked-a9204121.html.
  4. "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". October 8, 2019. https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-2010s/.
  5. "The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s". October 7, 2019. https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2010s-ranked-decade/.
  6. "The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks". Billboard. November 19, 2019. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8543722/best-albums-of-the-2010s-top-100.
  7. "The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s". Rolling Stone. December 2, 2019. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2010s-ranked-913997/taylor-swift-red-album-917422/.
  8. "The 10 Best Albums of the 2010s". December 26, 2019. https://www.tampabay.com/arts-entertainment/music/2019/12/26/the-10-best-albums-of-the-2010s-kanye-kendrick-beyonce-and-more/.
  9. "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". November 4, 2019. https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-albums-of-the-2010s-list/.
  10. "The 50 Best Country Albums of the 2010s". December 18, 2019. https://tasteofcountry.com/best-country-albums-2010s/.
  11. "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". September 22, 2020. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/.
RED
"State of Grace" • "Red" • "Treacherous" • "I Knew You Were Trouble" • "All Too Well" • "22" • "I Almost Do" • "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" • "Stay Stay Stay" • "The Last Time" • "Holy Ground" • "Sad Beautiful Tragic" • "The Lucky One" • "Everything Has Changed" • "Starlight" • "Begin Again"
Deluxe Edition
"The Moment I Knew" • "Come Back...Be Here" • "Girl at Home" • "Treacherous" (demo) • "Red" (demo)
"State of Grace" (acoustic)
Taylor's Version
"Ronan" • "Better Man" • "Nothing New" • "Babe" • "Message in a Bottle" • "I Bet You Think About Me" • "Forever Winter" • "Run" • "The Very First Night" • "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)"
The More Red (Taylor's Version) Chapter
"Safe & Sound" • "Eyes Open"
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