Ryan Adams’s Stellar ‘1989’ Turns Taylor Swift Into Springsteen

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The moody singer-songwriter’s Swift cover album is a match made in heaven for hopeless (new?) romantics.

Published Sep. 21 2015 7:35PM EDT

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The unexpectedly genius pop merging no one asked for has finally arrived: Ryan Adams’s full-album cover of Taylor Swift’s fifth LP, 1989, hit iTunes overnight.

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Ryan Adams’s Stellar ‘1989’ Turns Taylor Swift Into Springsteen

The moody singer-songwriter’s Swift cover album is a match made in heaven for hopeless (new?) romantics.

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Melissa Leon