The Tortured Poets Department
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| Released | April 19, 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2022–2024 | |||
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| Length | 65:08 | |||
| Label | Republic | |||
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| Singles from The Tortured Poets Department | ||||
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The Tortured Poets Department is the 11th studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on April 19, 2024. An expanded version of the album, named The Anthology, was released not long after.
Content
[change | change source]The Tortured Poets Department has 16 songs,[1] with The Anthology having 31.[2] Most of them were co-written by Swift and Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner.[1] All of the albums songs were produced with Antonoff and Dessner.[3] Many of the songs in the album are about Swift's life and public image.[4][5]
Release
[change | change source]The album was announced on February 4, 2024 during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.[6] The Tortured Poets Department was released on April 19, 2024. The expanded version, The Anthology, released two hours later.[2] The album was well received[7] and sold well, selling over two million units by July 2024.[8]
Track listing
[change | change source]| The Tortured Poets Department track listing | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Fortnight" (featuring Post Malone) |
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3:48 | ||||||
| 2. | "The Tortured Poets Department" |
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4:53 | ||||||
| 3. | "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" |
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3:23 | ||||||
| 4. | "Down Bad" |
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4:21 | ||||||
| 5. | "So Long, London" |
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4:22 | ||||||
| 6. | "But Daddy I Love Him" |
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5:40 | ||||||
| 7. | "Fresh Out the Slammer" |
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3:30 | ||||||
| 8. | "Florida!!!" (featuring Florence and the Machine) |
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3:35 | ||||||
| 9. | "Guilty as Sin?" |
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4:14 | ||||||
| 10. | "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" |
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5:34 | ||||||
| 11. | "I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)" |
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2:36 | ||||||
| 12. | "Loml" |
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4:37 | ||||||
| 13. | "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart" |
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3:38 | ||||||
| 14. | "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" |
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4:05 | ||||||
| 15. | "The Alchemy" |
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3:16 | ||||||
| 16. | "Clara Bow" |
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3:36 | ||||||
Total length: |
65:08 | ||||||||
| The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology extended track listing | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 17. | "The Black Dog" |
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3:58 | ||||||
| 18. | "Imgonnagetyouback" |
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3:42 | ||||||
| 19. | "The Albatross" |
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3:03 | ||||||
| 20. | "Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus" |
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3:33 | ||||||
| 21. | "How Did It End?" |
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3:58 | ||||||
| 22. | "So High School" |
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3:48 | ||||||
| 23. | "I Hate It Here" |
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4:03 | ||||||
| 24. | "Thank You Aimee" |
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4:23 | ||||||
| 25. | "I Look in People's Windows" |
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2:11 | ||||||
| 26. | "The Prophecy" |
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4:09 | ||||||
| 27. | "Cassandra" |
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4:00 | ||||||
| 28. | "Peter" |
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4:43 | ||||||
| 29. | "The Bolter" |
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3:58 | ||||||
| 30. | "Robin" |
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4:00 | ||||||
| 31. | "The Manuscript" |
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3:44 | ||||||
Total length: |
122:21 | ||||||||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Garcia, Thania (February 5, 2024). "Taylor Swift Shares Tracklist for The Tortured Poets Department, Featuring Post Malone and Florence + Machine". Variety. Archived from the original on February 6, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zemler, Emily (April 19, 2024). "Taylor Swift Unveils Double Album The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ↑ Jones, Damian (April 19, 2024). "Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department: Here are the full album credits". NME. Archived from the original on May 3, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ↑ Kurp, Josh (April 19, 2024). "Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department Is Another Classic". Uproxx. Archived from the original on April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ↑ Lipshutz, Jason (April 19, 2024). "Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department Is Messy, Unguarded And Undeniably Triumphant: Critic's Take". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ↑ West, Bryan (February 4, 2024). "Taylor Swift Announces Brand-New Album at Grammys: Tortured Poets Department". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ↑ Sisario, Ben (April 29, 2024). "Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Breaks Records With Blockbuster Debut". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ↑ Caulfield, Keith (July 16, 2024). "Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department & Benson Boone's Beautiful Things Lead Luminate's 2024 Midyear Charts". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 16, 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2024.