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Fearless

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by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Taylor Swift abandons any pretense that she's a teen on her second album, Fearless -- which isn't to say that she suddenly tarts herself up, running away from her youth in a manner that's all too familiar to many teen stars. Swift's maturation is deliberate and careful, styled after the crossover country-pop of Shania Twain and Faith Hill before they turned into divas. Despite the success of her self-titled 2006 debut, there's nothing at all diva-like about Swift on 2008's Fearless: she's soft-spoken and considerate, a big sister instead of a big star. Nowhere is this truer than on "Fifteen," a kind warning for a teen to watch her heart sung from the perspective of a woman who's perhaps twice that age -- a sly trick for the 18-year-old » Read more

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Releases

Year Type label Catalog #
2008 CD Big Machine
2008 CD MapleMusic Recordings ORBM7310
2008 CD Big Machine 1790077
2009 DI Big Machine
2009 CD Universal Distribution 1797629