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Did Taylor Swift Succeed at Recreating Her Biggest Album?

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With “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” the pop superstar has given us her most ambitious rerecorded album yet.

An illustration including a photo of Taylor Swift and her album Cover Art for 1989 Taylor’s Version
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That 1989 (Taylor’s Version) would eventually become the superior product of Taylor Swift’s dogged, years-long mission to re-record all her pre-Lover albums was determined a little over two years ago.

In September 2021, Swift unceremoniously dropped “Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version),” a key 1989

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