Track Listing

1. Fearless
2. Fifteen
3. Love Story
4. Hey Stephen
5. White Horse
6. You Belong With Me
7. Breathe
8. Tell Me Why
9. You're Not Sorry
10. The Way I Loved You
11. Forever & Always
12. The Best Day
13. Change
14. Our Song
15. Teardrops On My Guitar
16. Should've Said No

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101 in Music
• Released on: 2009-03-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 64 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
18-year-old singing sensation Taylor Swift presents the listener with a conundrum. Her music isn’t particularly inventive--indeed it’s built largely on what you could call country music clichés--yet she does what she does so well you have to work really hard not to like it. With her blond hair, blue-eyes and pretty face, it’s easy to write Swift off as yet another "tweenie". But beneath the glossy exterior lurks some genuine talent: she writes her own tunes, plays (some of) her own instruments and even though she sings about the inevitable pop themes of love and heartbreak, she doesn’t rely on any "sex-sells" cynicism to shift her records. All of which is to say that Swift’s second album, Fearless, while it won’t win any awards for innovation, makes for pleasurable--if highly predictable--listening. --Danny McKenna

CD Description
At just 19 years of age Taylor Swift has united millions of admirers and bridged the gaps between musical genres, becoming a multi-platinum teenage sensation in the process. The album Fearless has been hugely successful in the USA, and she’s now preparing to unveil it in the UK. “It’s really cool to come over to Europe and have a fresh start and introduce myself for the first time”, she says. “I’m really excited about it. And I hope that my music knows no boundaries, borderlines or genres”. The album provides an irresistible introduction to Taylor’s exquisite songwriting prowess, featuring title track "Fearless", "You Belong With Me" and "You’re Not Sorry", as well as "White Horse" (recently featured on hit US TV show Grey’s Anatomy) and her latest smash and debut UK single "Love Story". The UK version of Fearless also features earlier hits "Our Song", "Teardrops On My Guitar" and "Should’ve Said No", all taken from her first album Taylor Swift.

Customer Reviews

Talent To Spare
D. Lewis questioned me in a recent posting, with regard to another of
my tawdry missives, ( Empire Of The Sun's 'Walking On A Dream' )
about what, in my estimation, might constitute "good pop music".

Well, Ms Swift's album 'Fearless' comes pretty
damned close to fulfilling that definition.

Not since the wonderful Ms Twain's 1997 ( Was it really
that long ago ? ) cracking little album 'Come On Over'
have I heard such a confident display of country(ish)
pop belted out with such fresh-faced abandon and aplomb.

We are led to believe that she writes her own songs
and it would be churlish to doubt it.

Ms Swift's voice is a fine instrument.
Given her tender years a very fine instrument indeed.

Production and musical accompaniment are supportive
and sympathetic to her cause throughout.

Many Amazonians will already know this collection of sixteen
songs far better than I. It having only recently come to my
attention I will endeavour, none-the-less, to provide a
constructive Wolf-eyed view.

Highlights, after more than a few hearings, include :

'Fifteen', a charming reflection on the highs and lows of first love.
(The mandolin is a delight).

'You Belong With Me' explores themes of competition and jealousy
with unabashed good humor.

'Breathe', carried by a deliciously loose snare drum and
judiciously employed string section, is, within the
context of this recording, Ms Swift's finest moment.

'Love Story', with its warm harmonies and driving minor key
melody is as near-perfect as a pop song might be (NB D. Lewis !).

The fiddle and banjo-led 'Our Song', despite its references to
the idea of a God in which we would be foolish to invest, reaches
musical salvation despite itself.

The subtle slide guitar and organ contributions to
'Teardrops On My Guitar' are quite beautiful.

Concluding track 'Should've Said No' brings the album to a
powerful full-band conclusion.

Ms Swift can be justly proud of the final result of her labours.

Recommended.

Taylor Swift just gets Better!!!
This is her 4th album in the states, this UK version has 3 bonus tracks compared to the US version. The 3 bonus tracks are off her 1st album "Taylor Swift" All three songs where hits state side. I've had "Fearless" since Christmas day and been playing it everyday. Taylor opens the album with the strong title track "Fearless", and ends the original US album with the powerful theme song of the summer Olympics, track 13 "Change". In the middle is a sure huge hit "The Way I Loved You" - a song that she wrote with John Rich. "Fifteen" is her most personal song, a bittersweet gem where she sings about her freshman year and her best friend for the past 5 years, Abigail. "White Horse" (which has already been featured on Grey's Anatomy) is a well written tearjerker - a heartfelt song that is just waiting to become her next blockbuster hit. A good example of her more acoustic side is "Breathe" - a simple song written with Colbie Caillat who also sings background vocals in the song. Taylor's writing seems to have matured and grown in the past 2 years. Take "The Best Day" for example - which is a completely different but awesome song, which is written about her family. She appeals to a wide audience, and executes this so well here on Fearless.
If you like "Fearless" buy other albums from Amazon.com

Nice, but not for the middle-agers
As a middle-aged fan of mainly British rock music from the 60s onwards, I'm not averse to buying the occasional album by a talented female singer-song writer and was very impressed with Amy Macdonald's "This Is The Life" album, which I bought after hearing the title track on the radio one morning.

There's no denying Taylor Swift is a very talented young lady with a great voice and it's impossible to put her music into a specific category other than it's light rock music with some modern country influence.

However, whilst Amy Macdonald and Taylor Swift are of a similar age and sing about love, romance and angst, Amy manages to do it in a much more mature way so that a 46-year-old bloke can thoroughly enjoy her music also, whereas I felt genuinely uncomfortable listening to some of Taylor's songs about college graduates and cheerleaders.

I don't want to detract from Taylor's songwriting, she's certainly capable of putting some clever lyrics together and belting out a good tune to the point where I really do look forward to seeing what material she puts out in the future, especially after the hype around her has died down and she's matured with 3 or 4 albums under her belt.

But her album is definitely intelligently written music aimed at the teenagers and 20-somethings, and it's good to see quality music being aimed at them considering the years of plastic dross in the charts.

However, if you're older than that than by all means give it a spin without paying too much attention to the lyrics as they don't concern we people with mortgages, kids & expanding waistlines!