evermore

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According to Consequence, the cover artwork is "gorgeous in its simplicity", and has Swift facing a field, insinuating "she's inviting the listener to see the field through her eyes. With the number-one debut of "Willow", she also became first act to simultaneously place an album and a single atop both Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts at two occasions, following Folklore and "Cardigan". The color I received has the blue-green tint, and I don’t believe it’s the dark green that THIS European version is supposed to be.

time signature, [21] and a "skittering" production of brass, [37] piano, to-and-fro strings, [22] electronic creaks, "clattering percussion", [21] and synth drums. Earning widespread acclaim from critics, Evermore was praised for its character studies, experimental production, and Swift's nuanced vocals. Maura Johnston, writing for Entertainment Weekly, asserted that Swift "levels up" on Evermore by taking musical risks, and dubbed the sister albums a career-high for the singer. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising.

Expressing jealousy and insecurity towards an attractive subject, "Gold Rush" limns the narrator's infatuation for the subject using a daydream, [37] [45] and depicts her distaste at her own incapacitation in the face of beauty, comparing it to gold rushes. Collecting her second number-one album of the year 19 weeks after Folklore, Swift broke the record for the shortest gap between two successive number-ones, surpassing the 25 weeks between Ariana Grande's Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019).

On December 10, 2020, three days prior to her 31st birthday, Swift posted nine photos on Instagram, which together formed an image depicting the singer's back, with her hair in a braid and facing a forest. Evermore was on the lower side of my Taylor album ranking, but after having it on vinyl, it's easily in my top 3. The Guardian and Vox opined that Evermore and Folklore threw emphasis on Swift's work ethic, helped critics recognize her musicianship and view her as a dedicated singer, moving away from her popstar image in the mid-2010s. Despite its availability for the last two weeks of 2020 only, Evermore became one of the top 10 best-selling albums of 2020.Several performers are also credited with recording their own instrumentation, as noted in the 'Musicians' section.

Evermore topped the 2021 Billboard Year-End Top Album Sales [119] and Top Alternative Albums charts. The green vinyl is super pretty, I’ve noticed this pressing seems to vary in how transluscent copies are, and my copy isnt super clear green but not exactly opaque either.

Evermore was 2021's best-selling alternative music album and Americana album in the US and the UK, respectively. On Germany's Offizielle Top 100, the album opened at number 24, rose to number six the next week, and ascended to number five in June 2021, [148] whereas it topped the Greek Albums Chart in August 2021.

Its frenzy verses are couplets delivered in a pulsating rhythm over persistent beats, [23] [44] with a red herring in its intro and outro made of "layered vocals". The instrument takes any sound and splits them into samples, and regenerates them in randomized musical patterns. Swift later broke her own record, first with the release of her second re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version). Evermore was released on December 11, 2020, two days before Swift's 31st birthday, to digital music and streaming platforms only.Its gentle production samples Finlay's soprano vocals over "buzzing" synths, [16] [42] pizzicato strings, [21] drone, pulse, cello, [25] and a "pulsing keyboard arrangement".