Taylor Swift(Bonus Tracks) CD

MUSIC

COUNTRY

WESTERN SWING

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Tim McGraw ~ Taylor Swift

2. Picture To Burn ~ Taylor Swift

3. Teardrops On My Guitar ~ Taylor Swift

4. Place In This World, A ~ Taylor Swift

5. Cold As You ~ Taylor Swift

6. Outside, The ~ Taylor Swift

7. Tied Together With A Smile ~ Taylor Swift

8. Stay Beautiful ~ Taylor Swift

9. Should've Said No ~ Taylor Swift

10. Mary's Song (Oh My My My) ~ Taylor Swift

11. Our Song ~ Taylor Swift

12. I'm Only Me When I'm With You ~ Taylor Swift

13. Invisible ~ Taylor Swift

14. Perfectly Good Heart ~ Taylor Swift

15. Teardrops On My Guitar (Pop Version) ~ Taylor Swift

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info

All of 16 when she recorded this debut album, country-pop singer Taylor Swift's considerably strong voice straddles that precarious edge that both suggests experience far beyond her years, and simultaneously leaves no doubt that she's still got a lot of life to live. It's a fresh, still girlish voice, full of hope and na?vet?, but it's also a confident and mature one. That Swift is a talent to be reckoned with is never in doubt: her delivery on tracks like the uptempo "The Outside," the spare acoustic ballad "Mary's Song (Oh My My My)," and especially the leadoff track, "Tim McGraw," which was the first single from the album, is that of a seasoned pro, despite Swift's newcomer status. "Tim McGraw" may also be the album's highlight -- not a teenager's tribute to the country superstar, it instead uses McGraw as a marker in a lover's time line: "When you think Tim McGraw/I hope you think my favorite song." It's a device that's been used countless times in as many ways, that of associating a failed affair with items, places, and people, yet it works as a hook here and manages to come off as an original idea. Swift wrote or co-wrote every song on the record, a fairly remarkable feat considering the sophisticated manner in which she treats matters near and dear to the heart of one her age ("Now that I'm sitting here thinking it through/I've never been anywhere cold as you"). Producer/mentor Nathan Chapman has applied a gloss to some of Swift's songs that not all of them really require, and in some cases, would do better without. But Swift has no trouble overcoming any blandness taking place around her. She's come up with a commendable starter album that's as accomplished as any by a ten-year veteran who's seen a lot more road and felt a lot more emotion. Swift's young age may be a major point of interest in bringing listeners in, but by the end of the record, she's succeeded in keeping them. ~ Jeff Tamarkin

Compilation Appearances

	Now That's What I Call Music Vol 27
	Now That's What I Call Music Vol 28
	Now Country
	Radio Disney Jams 11
	Radio Disney Jams 11
	Now That's What I Call Music 30
	Now That's What I Call Country Vol 2
	Love Drunk
	Now 32
	Now 33
	2011 Grammy Nominees
	Now That's What I Call Music 37
	Now That?s What I Call Country 4
	2012 Grammy Nominees
	Strange Clouds (Explicit Version)
	Strange Clouds
	Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond
	Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond (Limited Edition)
	Now Country 5
	Two Lanes Of Freedom
	2013 Grammy Nominees
	Now 46
	Now Country 6

Associated Artists and Works

Karaoke

Technical Info

	Release Date : 10/24/2006
	Original Release Date : 2006
	Catalog ID : BMR-BMR07910
	Label : Big Machine Records
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00843930000791