AlbumE · 2024
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
by Taylor Swift
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT is a 2024 alternative pop album by Taylor Swift. It runs 31 tracks across 123 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.2/5 from 22 ratings.
Alternative Pop · Pop · Synthpop
#40 in Best albums of 2024 · #9 in Best alternative pop albums
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- 4.2 /5
- 22 ratings
- 80 /100
- 10 critics
- 31
- Tracks
- 123 min
- Runtime
Ratings
22 ratings · avg 4.2
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14 people have played it start to finish
Critics
10 publications
- The Times5/5
- Rolling Stone5/5
- The Independent5/5
- The Daily Telegraph4/5
- The Guardian4/5
- Clash8/10
- Slant Magazine3.5/5
- Pitchfork6.6/10
- NME3/5
- AllMusic3/5
- Metacriticaggregate76/100
- AnyDecentMusic?aggregate7.5/10
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31 tracks · 123 min
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The Tortured Poets Department is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Released on April 19, 2024, via Republic Records, the album was written and produced by Swift, Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner. Swift announced the album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards on February 4, 2024, after winning Best Pop Vocal Album for her tenth studio album, Midnights (2022). Swift conceived The Tortured Poets Department shortly after finishing work on Midnights and continued developing the former during the Eras Tour (2023–2024), her ongoing sixth concert tour. Self-described as her "lifeline" album, The Tortured Poets Department was perceived by Swift as a culmination of imperative songwriting. The album's music is a mix of subtle pop rock, synth-pop stylings and folk elements, mostly driven by the guitar and piano. The subject matter delves into Swift's psyche, introspecting on her public and private lives. Critics have described the album as a cathartic and self-conscious project, blending sorrow and humor.
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Issued as a double album, the standard volume of The Tortured Poets Department consists of sixteen songs, featuring collaborations with the American rapper Post Malone and the English indie rock band Florence and the Machine. The second volume, subtitled The Anthology, was surprise-released two hours after the standard volume and contains fifteen additional songs. "Fortnight", featuring Malone, was named the album's lead single.
In brief
- Is THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT good?
- Riffiter listeners rate THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT 4.2/5 from 22 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT?
- My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys, rated 5.0/5 by 1 listener on Riffiter.
- When was THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT released?
- THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT was released in 2024.
- How many tracks are on THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT?
- THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT has 31 tracks, with a runtime of 123 minutes.
- What genre is THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT?
- THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT is catalogued under Alternative Pop, Pop, Synthpop.
- What albums are similar to THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT?
- Listeners of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT also rate Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter, SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo, x by Ed Sheeran.
- Who produced THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT?
- THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT was produced by Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner and Louis Bell. Taylor Swift produced 17 of them.
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