Red (Taylor's Version)

Red (Taylor's Version)
The cover image features Taylor Swift in red lips wearing a matching red hat.
Re-recorded album by
ReleasedNovember 12, 2021 (2021-11-12)
Studio
Genre
Length130:26
LabelRepublic
Producer
Taylor Swift chronology
Fearless (Taylor's Version)
(2021)
Red (Taylor's Version)
(2021)
Singles from Red (Taylor's Version)
  1. "I Bet You Think About Me"
    Released: November 15, 2021

Red (Taylor's Version) is the second re-recorded album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on November 12, 2021, through Republic Records. It is a re-recording of Swift's fourth studio album, Red (2012), following her first re-recorded album, Fearless (Taylor's Version), which was released in April 2021. The re-recording venture is Swift's countermeasure against the changed ownership of the masters to her first six studio albums.

Consisting of 30 tracks, Red (Taylor's Version) encompasses re-recorded versions of 20 songs from the Red deluxe edition and Swift's 2012 charity single "Ronan"; the 10-minute-long, unabridged version of "All Too Well"; Swift's own recordings of "Better Man" (2016) and "Babe" (2018), both of which she wrote but had given off to American country music bands Little Big Town and Sugarland, respectively; and six new "from the Vault" tracks that were intended for the 2012 album. Swift and Christopher Rowe produced most of Red (Taylor's Version), while Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, Paul Mirkovich, Espionage, Tim Blacksmith, Danny D, and Elvira Anderfjärd handled the rest. Shellback, Dan Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Jacknife Lee, and Butch Walker also returned to produce the re-recordings of tracks they had worked on in 2012. Phoebe Bridgers and Chris Stapleton joined the album as guest vocalists alongside original features from Gary Lightbody and Ed Sheeran.

Upon release, Red (Taylor's Version) was met with widespread acclaim from music critics, who admired Swift's vocals, the "improved" production details and new tracks. Reviews described the expanded album as a classic pop record combining Swift's country roots with electronic, synth-pop and rock flairs, whilst chronicling various dynamics of love, life, loss and heartache. The album broke a string of commercial records, including the Spotify feat for the biggest single-day streams for an album by a female artist and the highest vinyl LP sales in a week in the history of MRC Data. It topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, and the United Kingdom, as well as the United States where Swift surpassed Elton John's 46-year-old record to became the fastest soloist in Billboard 200 history to collect four number-one albums, doing so in under 16 months.

Swift promoted the album with television appearances on NBC, and inspired by the premise of "All Too Well", she wrote and directed All Too Well: The Short Film, which was released to YouTube on November 12. In the US, "I Bet You Think About Me" impacted country radio stations on November 15, 2021, whereas "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 as the eighth number-one song of Swift's career and the longest number-one song in the chart's history; 25 other tracks from the album also charted on the Hot 100 in the same week, causing Swift to break the record for the most simultaneous entries on the chart by a female artist.

Background

Musically and lyrically, Red resembled a heartbroken person. It was all over the place, a fractured mosaic of feelings that somehow all fit together in the end. Happy, free, confused, lonely, devastated, euphoric, wild, and tortured by memories past. Like trying on pieces of a new life, I went into the studio and experimented with different sounds and collaborators. And I'm not sure if it was pouring my thoughts into this album, hearing thousands of your voices sing the lyrics back to me in passionate solidarity, or if it was simply time, but something was healed along the way.

— Swift looking back on Red on her social media, Billboard[1]
Taylor Swift singing "Red" over an electric guitar
Swift performing at the Red Tour (2013)

American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's fourth studio album, Red was released on October 22, 2012, by Big Machine Records. It witnessed Swift expand beyond her country roots and explore mainstream pop, incorporating a variety of genres.[2][3] The effort was met with generally positive reviews and widespread commercial success. It garnered Swift's first number-one song on the US Billboard Hot 100, the album's lead single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", and other successful singles in 2012 and 2013, such as "I Knew You Were Trouble", "22" and "Everything Has Changed".[4] Red became Swift's first number-one album in the UK, and her album with the most UK top-10 singles so far.[5] Over the years, the album collected critical praise for showcasing Swift's artistry and versatility.[6] It became one of the most acclaimed albums of the 2010s decade, appearing on many decade-end best-music lists.[7] Rolling Stone placed it at number 99 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[8] As of June 2021, Red has moved over 7.5 million album-equivalent units in the US alone.[4]

As per her contract with Big Machine, Swift released six studio albums under the label from 2006 to 2017. In late 2018, the contract with the label expired; she hence withdrew from Big Machine and signed a new recording deal with Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group, which secured her the rights to own the masters of the new music she will release.[9] In 2019, American businessman Scooter Braun and his company Ithaca Holdings acquired Big Machine.[10] As part of the acquisition, ownership of the masters to Swift's first six studio albums, including Red, transferred to Braun.[11] In August 2019, Swift denounced Braun's purchase of the label, and announced that she would re-record her first six studio albums, so as to own their masters herself.[12] In November 2020, Braun sold the masters to Shamrock Holdings, an American private equity firm owned by the Disney estate,[note 1] under the conditions that Braun and Ithaca Holdings will continue to financially profit from the albums.[13] Swift began re-recording the albums in November 2020.[14]

Fearless (Taylor's Version), the first of her six re-recorded albums, was released on April 9, 2021. It achieved critical and commercial success,[15] and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart as the first re-recorded album in history to top the chart,[4] a return to the number-one spot 13 years after the original release in 2008.[1] All of its singles, "Love Story (Taylor's Version)", "You All Over Me", and "Mr. Perfectly Fine", peaked inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot Country Songs, the first of which was her first number-one on the chart since "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and made her only the second artist in history to top the chart with both the original and re-recording of the same song, after "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton.[16]

Music and lyrics

Red (Taylor's Version) has been labeled as a pop[17] and country album[18] driven by organic instruments and electronic elements, further containing synth pop and arena rock songs.[17][19][20] All of the album's tracks, excluding the "from the Vault" tracks, are musically identical to their original 2012 recordings, except "Girl at Home", which now has an electropop production.[21][22][23]

Songs "From the Vault"

Swift recruited American singer-songwriters Phoebe Bridgers (left) and Chris Stapleton (right) as the newer guest features on the album, in the tracks "Nothing New" and "I Bet You Think About Me", respectively.

Tracks 22–30 are denoted as the "From the Vault" tracks, the newly added songs to the re-recording of Red. "Better Man (Taylor's Version)" is a country ballad set to a banjo.[17] It sees Swift detail her post-breakup pain.[24] "Babe (Taylor's Version)" is a ska-pop song[25] with slide guitar, keys and percussion. Its lyrics describe the missteps in a dissolving relationship.[24] "Message in a Bottle" is a dynamic, dance[24] "Nothing New" is a folk duet with Phoebe Bridgers, with lyrics dealing with insecurities around aging,[17] growing old,[20] and the "unfair social expectations on young women".[24] "I Bet You Think About Me" is a country pop song featuring background vocals by Chris Stapleton,[26] and a prominent harmonica.[24] It addresses a "high tone" love interest.[20]

"Forever Winter" is a power pop song opening with energetic brass.[17] Swift's vocals in the song are characterized by "nuanced, wide-ranging", fast paced, breathy notes of syllables, set to horns, flutes and guitars. Lyrically, "Forever Winter" is directed to a person whom Swift cannot understand and attempts to understand.[24] "Run" is an acoustic, indie folk-leaning duet with Ed Sheeran.[17] It is guided by a twiddling guitar and orchestral compositions, while its lyrics consisting of romantic gestures.[24] "The Very First Night" is an uptempo dance-pop song driven by electronic programming and banjo in which Swift wishes she could go back in time to make a moment perfect.[24] "All Too Well (10-minute version)" is a slow ballad driven by a thudding, insistent bass guitar and an extended downtempo outro. Its lyrics take a more feminist proposition compared to the cut version,[17] and incorporates the popular William Shakespeare quote "all's well that ends well".[20]

Marketing

Artwork

The cover artwork of Red (Taylor's Version) depicts Swift wearing red lipstick, a beige peacoat and a burgundy-colored "Matti" velvet fisherman's cap, seated in a vintage 1932 Chevrolet Cabriolet convertible against an autumnal background. Janessa Leoné designed the cap, which quickly sold out on Leoné's website.[27][28] Swift also wears a customized Red ring on the cover, designed by jeweler Cathy Waterman; she wore Waterman's signature Love ring, gifted to her by Waterman's daughter Claire Winter Kislinger in 2011, while writing the original Red (2012).[29]

The logo of Red (Taylor's Version)
The logo of the re-recorded album, depicting the additional "Taylor's Version" subtitle

Release

On June 18, 2021, Swift revealed that Red (Taylor's Version), the re-recorded issue of Red, would be released on November 19, 2021, and would contain all 30 songs that were meant to be on the 2012 version.[4] She also teased the highly requested, original 10-minute-long version of the fan-favorite track "All Too Well" as part of the track listing,[30][31] which was "probably a 20-minute song" according to American songwriter Liz Rose,[note 2] who had co-written some tracks on Swift's first two studio albums, Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008).[35] Alongside the announcement, pre-orders for the digital album were made available.[36]

On June 27, English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran appeared on The Official Big Top 40, where he confirmed his involvement with Red (Taylor's Version), saying he re-recorded "Everything Has Changed"—his duet with Swift on Red.[37] Three days later, Swift's 2012 charity single, "Ronan", was also confirmed as a track on the album by Swift's co-writer and the mother of the song's subject, Maya Thompson, via her blog.[38][39] On August 5, Swift posted a cryptic video across her social media, teasing a word puzzle for the fans to solve; it spelled out "Chris Stapleton", "Phoebe Bridgers", "Babe", "Better Man", and "All Too Well Ten Minute Version".[40][41] Concurrently, pre-orders for the album's CDs went up on Swift's website.[40] She posted the official track listing on August 6.[42] Before releasing any song from Red (Taylor's Version), Swift released "Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)" on September 17, a track set to appear on the re-recording of her 2014 studio album, 1989. She said she saw "Wildest Dreams" trending on TikTok and thought fans should have her version.[43]

On September 30, Swift announced Red (Taylor's Version) would be released on November 12, a week earlier than scheduled.[44] She confirmed the album's vinyl LPs would also be shipped the same week.[1] A snippet of the title track, "Red (Taylor's Version)", featured in a teaser video posted by Swift on October 24, sporting a red dress, the Red ring from the album cover, alongside an array of red clothes and accessories.[45] On November 5, via Good Morning America, Swift revealed a teaser for All Too Well, a short film based on and titled after the namesake song, releasing on November 12 alongside the album. The teaser showed a vintage car driving past a road bounded by autumnal woods, and that it was written and directed by Swift, starring herself, Sadie Sink, and Dylan O'Brien.[46] On November 11, the official film poster was revealed on her social media,[47] followed by a short teaser of the album's 24th track, "Babe (Taylor's Version)", on Tumblr.[48]

Promotion

Swift promoted the album on all three late-night shows of American television network NBC, all of which taped at 30 Rockefeller Plaza;[31] she appeared on the talk shows The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers that aired back-to-back on November 11, followed by the album's release at midnight.[49] She appeared as the musical guest of the live sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on November 13,[50] her fifth appearance on the show,[51] where she performed "All Too Well (10 minute version) (Taylor's Version)".[52] Swift partnered with Starbucks to commemorate the release of Red (Taylor's Version), which coincided with the company's "red cup holiday season"; customers were able to order Swift's favorite coffee drink by simply ordering a "Taylor's Latte", whereas her music, including the album, were played inside Starbucks stores.[53]

Single

The 26th track of the album, "I Bet You Think About Me", which is the collaboration with Stapleton and one of the "from the Vault", was serviced to U.S. country radio stations on November 15, 2021, as a single from the album.[54]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.7/10[55]
Metacritic92/100[56]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[57]
The A.V. ClubA–[58]
Clash9/10[59]
The Guardian4/5 stars[25]
The Independent5/5 stars[17]
The Line of Best Fit9/10[60]
The New Zealand Herald5/5 stars[22]
NME4/5 stars[61]
Pitchfork8.5/10[23]
Rolling Stone5/5 stars[20]

Red (Taylor's Version) was met with widespread acclaim from music critics.[62] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 92 based on 14 reviews, it is Swift's highest-rated album.[56]

In a rave review, Rolling Stone music critic Rob Sheffield wrote "the new Red is even bigger, glossier, deeper, casually crueler", powered by Swift's adult voice.[20] Helen Brown of The Independent stated Red (Taylor's Version) is a "better, brighter version of a terrific pop album."[17] NME's Hannah Mylrea praised the album's newly added tracks, and highlighted the sharper production quality and the "instrumentation being brought further into focus".[61] Beth Kirkbride, writing for Clash, said that, with the new additions, Red (Taylor's Version) is a "medley of genres" toying with various styles. She described its subject matter as "an exercise in catharsis" that retreads like a storybook of Swift's formative years.[59]

Kate Solomon of i wrote that Swift's voice is "leagues better now" and "the vocal furniture that she adds to the songs are like her revelling in that knowledge, flexing newly limber muscles."[63] Variety's Chris Willman called the vault tracks "a collection of songs that doesn't have a real dud".[64] Reviewing for The Line of Best Fit, Paul Bridgewater opined that Red (Taylor's Version) "balances fan service alongside an insightful documentation of one of modern pop's best songwriters at a key juncture in her career", and added that Swift has carefully curated the expanded track-list without devolving from the album's original appeal.[60] Slant Magazine critic Jonathan Keefe stated that Red (Taylor's Version) is a testament to the growth of Swift's musicality and praised the album's instrumental quality for giving its songs "a stronger emotional resonance".[65]

Calling Red (Taylor's Version) a "highly rewarding listen" for both fans and causal listeners and "another towering victory" for Swift after Fearless (Taylor's Version), Bobby Olivier of Spin praised all aspects of the album—the vocal performances, songwriting, and production.[66] Consequence's Mary Siroky felt the expanded record functions as a closure to the original album, allowing Swift to "finish the story on her terms."[21] Receiving the coveted "Best New Music" honor from Pitchfork, critic Olivia Horn said Red (Taylor's Version) contains Swift's signature "ecstatic, expressive vocals, tart humor, vivid imagery, and tender attention to the nuances of love and loss", and makes an artistic statement about revisiting the past, "both the flattering and the less flattering bits."[23][67] The Atlantic's Spencer Kornhaber wrote that Swift "continues to push herself to new places as she doubles down on the things that make her beloved."[68]

Melissa Reguieri, in her USA Today review, appreciated the versatile musicality, strong vocals, meticulous replication, and enhanced production quality of Red (Taylor's Version), as well as regarding the album an "intriguing study" of Swift's lyrical proficiency.[69] Sputnikmusic staff critic called the album "an absolute triumph" for the insight of its musical and lyrical approach, and criticized their own "immature" review of the album in 2012, confirming "Swift's observations about love and life at age twenty-two were simply amazing".[70] Lydia Burgham of The New Zealand Herald asserted that "Red was always a tangled web of sounds and emotions" but its re-recording and inclusion of never-heard-before songs add more layers to the album, this time speaking "volumes about what the album means to [Swift]."[22] The Guardian writer Laura Snapes stated that Swift's voice is richer and more mature in the re-recorded album, but its lack of twang "slightly blunts the rabid, deliciously vindictive edge that fuelled the original's tumultuous depiction of heartbreak".[25]

Commercial performance

Upon release, Red (Taylor's Version) broke several streaming records. It became the most-streamed album in a day from a female artist on Spotify, with more than 90.8 million global opening-day streams, surpassing the previous record of 80.6 million by Swift's own Folklore (2020). Bolstered by the album's strong performance, Swift also became the most streamed woman in a single day—with more than 122.9 million global streams on the platform across her entire discography—and the first woman in Spotify history to amass 100 million streams within one day.[71] The album moved over 1.2 million copies globally in its first week.[72]

United States

Within five days of its release, Red (Taylor's Version) sold over 500,000 album-equivalent units, including 325,000 album sales, which marked 2021's largest sales week for an album already, surpassing Swift's own Evermore (2020). Of those sales, 105,000 were in the vinyl LP format, breaking the record for the largest vinyl sales week for an album in the history of MRC Data (also held previously by Evermore). Concurrently, Swift had the top three largest album sales weeks of 2021, with Red (Taylor's Version), Evermore and Fearless (Taylor's Version).[73][note 3]

Upon completion of its full tracking week, Red (Taylor's Version) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 605,000 units, marking the second largest week of 2021, behind Drake's Certified Lover Boy (613,000). The first-week sum consists of 303.23 million on-demand streams, the largest streaming week of 2021 for an album by a woman, the second-largest ever after Ariana Grande's 2019 album Thank U, Next (307.1 million streams), and the biggest for a country album, surpassing Morgan Wallen's 2021 album Dangerous: The Double Album (240.18 million). The album opened with 369,000 pure album sales, of which 114,000 were vinyl LP sales, and marked the largest sales week for a country album since Luke Bryan's Crash My Party sold 528,000 copies in 2014. It marked Swift's tenth Billboard 200 chart-topper, making her the second woman to achieve score so many number-one albums after Barbra Streisand, who has 11. Swift also became the fastest soloist to earn four number-ones on the Billboard 200 (less than 16 months), breaking Elton John's 46-year-old record.[75]

26 of the album's tracks entered the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously, setting the records for the most debuts on the Hot 100 in a single week and the most simultaneous Hot 100 entries by a female artist, both of which were held by Swift herself with the release of Lover (2019). Her career total entries increased to 164, extending her record for the most Hot 100 entries by a female artist. Four of those tracks landed inside the Hot 100's top 40 region, bringing Swift's sum of top-40 entries to 85—the third highest sum in history, surpassing Elvis Presley.[76] "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)", carried by the success of its 10-minute rendition, arrived atop the Hot 100 chart as Swift's eighth number-one song in the US. Swift became the first act in history to debut at number-one on both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts simultaneously in three different occasions, following "Cardigan" and Folklore in August 2020 and "Willow" and Evermore in December 2020.[77]

Elsewhere

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and moved over 72,000 units within its first week. It became Swift's eighth consecutive number-one album, tying her with Kylie Minogue as the female artists with the second most number-one albums in the UK, only behind Madonna (12). Red (Taylor's Version) earned the highest opening-week sales for a female artist in 2021, eclipsing Sour by Olivia Rodrigo (51,000 units).[78]

It also topped the Irish Albums Chart as Swift's seventh number-one album in Ireland—the most for a female artist this millennium. The album debuted atop the chart alongside "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" debuting atop the Irish Singles Chart, marking a "chart double". Additionally, "State of Grace (Taylor's Version)" and "Red (Taylor's Version)" arrived at numbers 7 and 9 on the singles chart, respectively.[79]

In Australia, Swift achieved a chart double by topping both ARIA Albums and Singles charts simultaneously; she scored her ninth number-one album on the former with Red (Taylor's Version) and her second of 2021 following Fearless (Taylor's Version). Swift became the first artist in the history of the ARIA Charts to have four number-one albums in a span of two years. Additionally, she tied Eminem for the most consecutive number one albums on the ARIA Albums Chart, at nine each. "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" debuted atop the singles chart as Swift's eighth Australian number-one song. It marked the fourth time she achieved a chart double, after 1989 and "Blank Space" in 2014, Folklore and "Cardigan", and Evermore and "Willow". Eleven other tracks from Red (Taylor's Version) also entered the ARIA Singles Chart the same week.[80] The album debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart as well, as Swift's tenth number one album there.

In Japan, the album debuted at number fifteen on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 3,301 units sold[81] and debuted on the Japanese Hot Albums Billboard Japan at number sixteen.[82]

Impact

The Wall Street Journal stated that Red (Taylor's Version) is "reshaping the music industry", highlighting how the re-recorded songs are outperforming their original counterparts on streaming services, going viral on TikTok, and landing "lucrative" licensing deals for usage in motion pictures. According to the newspaper, Universal Music Group, the parent company of Republic Records, implemented stricter terms in recording deals which effectively doubled the time before an artist can rerecord their music. Other changes in the contracts included increased royalty payments to artists following their demands for better revenue shares.[83] Variety named Swift the "Queen of Stream" for setting multiple streaming records with the release of Red (Taylor's Version).[84] Beauty company Cosmetify reported that Google searches for "red lipstick" increased by 669 percent following the album's release.[85]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."State of Grace"Taylor Swift
  • Swift
  • Christopher Rowe
4:55
2."Red"Swift
  • Swift
  • Rowe
3:43
3."Treacherous"Wilson4:02
4."I Knew You Were Trouble"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
  • Shellback
3:39
5."All Too Well"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
5:29
6."22"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Swift
  • Rowe
  • Shellback
3:50
7."I Almost Do"Swift
  • Swift
  • Rowe
4:04
8."We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Swift
  • Rowe
  • Shellback
3:13
9."Stay Stay Stay"Swift
  • Swift
  • Rowe
3:25
10."The Last Time" (featuring Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol)
Lee4:59
11."Holy Ground"SwiftJeff Bhasker3:22
12."Sad Beautiful Tragic"Swift4:44
13."The Lucky One"SwiftBhasker4:00
14."Everything Has Changed" (featuring Ed Sheeran)
  • Swift
  • Sheeran
Butch Walker4:05
15."Starlight"Swift
  • Swift
  • Rowe
  • Mirkovich
3:40
16."Begin Again"Swift
  • Swift
  • Rowe
3:58
17."The Moment I Knew"Swift
  • Swift
  • Rowe
  • Mirkovich
4:45
18."Come Back... Be Here"
  • Swift
  • Wilson
Wilson3:43
19."Girl at Home"SwiftElvira Anderfjärd3:40
20."State of Grace" (acoustic version)Swift
  • Swift
  • Rowe
5:21
21."Ronan"
  • Swift
  • Maya Thompson
  • Swift
  • Rowe
4:24
22."Better Man"Swift4:57
23."Nothing New" (featuring Phoebe Bridgers)Swift
  • Swift
  • Dessner
4:18
24."Babe"3:44
25."Message in a Bottle"
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Shellback
  • Anderfjärd
3:45
26."I Bet You Think About Me" (featuring Chris Stapleton)
  • Swift
  • Dessner
4:45
27."Forever Winter"
  • Swift
  • Antonoff
4:23
28."Run" (featuring Ed Sheeran)
  • Swift
  • Sheeran
  • Swift
  • Dessner
4:00
29."The Very First Night"3:20
30."All Too Well (10 Minute Version)"
  • Swift
  • Rose
  • Swift
  • Antonoff
10:13
Total length:130:26
Apple Music bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
31."A Message from Taylor"Swift0:25
Total length:130:51

Notes

  • All tracks on the standard edition are noted as "Taylor's Version"; tracks 22-30 are additionally noted as "From The Vault".[42]

Personnel

Musicians

  • Taylor Swift – vocals (all tracks), background vocals (1–4, 6–9, 11–15, 17, 18)
  • Amos Heller – bass guitar (1, 2, 4–9, 16, 20), synth bass (5, 6, 8), clapping (9)
  • Matt Billingslea – drums, percussion (1, 2, 4–9, 16, 20, 21); vibraphone (1), drum programming (4, 6, 8), clapping (9)
  • Max Bernstein – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 9), synthesizer (4–6, 8, 9, 16, 20), acoustic guitar (7), steel guitar (16)
  • Mike Meadows – electric guitar (1), synthesizer (1, 2, 4, 6, 8), Hammond B3 (2, 16), acoustic guitar (4–9, 11, 13, 16, 20), background vocals (5, 9), clapping (9), mandolin (9, 16), piano (21)
  • Paul Sidoti – electric guitar (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 9, 16, 21), acoustic guitar (7), piano (20)
  • Jonathan Yudkin – strings (1, 2, 17), bouzouki (2), violin (16)
  • David Cook – piano (2, 5, 16)
  • Dan Wilson – bass, guitar (3, 18); background vocals (3)
  • Aaron Sterling – drums, percussion, programming (3, 18)
  • Andy Thompson – electric guitar (3), keyboards (3, 18), bass, conductor, synth bass (18)
  • Sara Mulford – piano (3, 18), synthesizer (18)
  • Dan Burns – programming (4, 6, 8)
  • Jacknife Lee – bass, guitar, keyboards, piano (10)
  • Davide Rossi – string arrangement, cello, viola, violin (10)
  • Matt Bishop – drums (10)
  • Gary Lightbody – vocals, guitar (10); background vocals (14)
  • Owen Pallett – string arrangement (10)
  • Bebel Matsumiya – background vocals (11, 13)
  • Jeff Bhasker – background vocals, synthesizer (11, 13)
  • Ian Gold – drum programming (11, 13)
  • Anders Mouridsen – electric guitar (11, 13)
  • Alexander Sasha Krivtsov – acoustic bass guitar (12, 17), electric bass (15)
  • Justin Derrico – acoustic guitar (12, 15, 17), bouzouki, electric guitar (15); ukulele (17)
  • Nate Morton – drums (12, 15, 17), drum programming (15)
  • Paul Mirkovich – piano, synthesizer (12, 15, 17); synth bass (12, 17), drum programming (15, 17)
  • Ed Sheeran – vocals, acoustic guitar (14, 28); background vocals (14)
  • Butch Walker – background vocals, bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion (14)
  • Pete Amato – drum programming (15)
  • Charlie Judge – accordion (16)
  • Caitlin Evanson – background vocals (16, 22)
  • Liz Huett – background vocals (17, 22)
  • Dan Lawonn – cello (18)
  • Kirsten Whitson – cello (18)
  • Ruth Marshall – cello (18)
  • Charlie Block – double bass (18)
  • David Campbell – string arrangement (18)
  • Sam Bergman – viola (18)
  • Valerie Little – viola (18)
  • Allison Ostrander – violin (18)
  • Conor O'Brien – violin (18)
  • Erika Hoogeveen – violin (18)
  • Felicity James – violin (18)
  • Huldah Niles – violin (18)
  • Kate Bennett – violin (18)
  • Mary Alice Hutton – violin (18)
  • Natalia Moiseeva – violin (18)
  • Natsuki Kumagai – violin (18)
  • Troy Gardner – violin (18)
  • Elvira Anderfjärd – background vocals, bass, drums, keyboards, programming (19, 25)
  • Aaron Dessner – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, piano (22, 23, 26); synthesizer (22, 23, 28), drum programming (22, 28)
  • Josh Kaufman – electric guitar (22, 26, 28), lap steel guitar (22, 26), acoustic guitar, mandolin (22); harmonica (26)
  • London Contemporary Orchestra – orchestra (22, 26, 28)
    • Orchestra leader – Galya Bisengalieva
    • Conductor – Robert Ames
    • Cello – Jonny Byers, Max Ruisi, Oliver Coates
    • Double bass – Dave Brown
    • Viola – Clifton Harrison, Matthew Kettle, Stephanie Edmundson, Zoe Matthews
    • Violin – Anna Ovsyanikova, Anna de Bruin, Antonia Kesel, Charis Jenson, Charlotte Reid, Eloisa-Fleur Thorn, Galya Bisengalieva, Guy Button, Natalie Klouda, Nicole Crespo O'Donoghue, Nicole Stokes, Zara Benyounes
  • James Krivchenia – drums, percussion (22, 26, 28)
  • Clarice Jensen – cello (23)
  • Yuki Numata Resnick – violin (23)
  • Phoebe Bridgers – vocals (23)
  • Jack Antonoff – acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, keyboards (24, 27, 30), Mellotron, percussion, programming (24, 27, 30); drums (24, 27), 12-string acoustic guitar (27), slide guitar (30)
  • Mikey Freedom Hart – acoustic guitar (24), celesta, Hammond B3 (24, 30); electric guitar, slide guitar, synthesizer (24, 27); bass, pedal steel (27); baritone guitar, organ (30), piano, Wurlitzer organ (30)
  • Sean Hutchinson – drums, percussion (24, 27, 30)
  • Evan Smith – flute, saxophone (24, 27, 30); synthesizer (30)
  • Michael Riddleberger – percussion (24, 27, 30)
  • Cole Kamen-Green – trumpet (24, 27)
  • Shellback – guitar, keyboards, programming (25)
  • Chris Stapleton – vocals (26)
  • Mark Foster – background vocals (27)
  • Thomas Bartlett – keyboards, synthesizer (28)
  • Espen Lind – bass (29)
  • Freddy Holm – dobro, guitar, keyboards (29)
  • Torstein Lofthus – drums (29)
  • Amund Bjørklund – keyboards (29)
  • Bobby Hawk – strings (30)

Technical

  • Randy Merrillmastering
  • Serban Gheneamixing (1–21, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30)
  • Jonathan Low – mixing, recording (22, 23, 25, 28, 30); engineering (23, 28)
  • Bryce Bordone – mix engineering (1–9, 11–21, 24, 25, 27), mixing assistance (10, 29)
  • Derek Garten – engineering, editing (1, 2, 4–7, 9, 12, 15–17, 20, 21); vocal engineering (22)
  • John Hanes – engineering (10, 29)
  • Ian Gold – engineering (11, 13)
  • Aaron Dessner – engineering (23, 28), recording (22, 23)
  • Bella Blasko – engineering, recording (23, 28)
  • Will Maclellan – engineering (23, 28)
  • Cole Kamen-Green – engineering (24, 27)
  • David Hart – engineering (24, 27, 30)
  • Evan Smith – engineering (24, 27, 30)
  • Jack Antonoff – engineering, recording (24, 27, 30)
  • John Rooney – engineering, engineering assistance (24, 27, 30)
  • Laura Sisk – engineering, recording (24, 27, 30)
  • Michael Riddleberger – engineering (24, 27, 30)
  • Mikey Freedom Hart – engineering (24, 27, 30)
  • Sean Hutchinson – engineering (24, 27, 30)
  • Jon Gautier – engineering (30)
  • David Payne – recording (1, 2, 5, 7, 16, 20, 21)
  • Aaron Sterling – recording (3, 18)
  • Andy Thompson – recording (3, 18)
  • John Mark Nelson – recording (3, 18)
  • Sara Mulford – recording (3, 18)
  • Jacknife Lee – recording (10)
  • Matt Bishop – recording, editing (10)
  • Travis Ference – recording, additional engineering (12, 15, 17); editing (15)
  • Butch Walker – recording (14)
  • Justin Derrico – recording (15), additional engineering (12, 15, 17)
  • Miles Hanson – recording (18)
  • Elvira Anderfjärd – recording (19)
  • Jeremy Murphy – recording (22, 28)
  • Espen Lind – recording (29)
  • Mike Hartung – recording (29)
  • Christopher Rowe – vocal engineering
  • Sam Holland – vocal engineering (4, 8)
  • Robert Sellens – vocal engineering (14, 28)
  • Tony Berg – vocal production (23)
  • Austin Brown – editing, engineering assistance (1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 16, 20, 21)
  • Dan Burns – additional engineering (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–9, 16, 20, 21)
  • Paul Mirkovich – additional engineering (12, 15, 17)
  • Pete Amato – additional engineering (15)
  • Daniel Ficca – additional engineering (18)
  • Josh Kaufman – additional engineering (26)
  • Jeff Fitzpatrick – engineering assistance (17)
  • Jon Sher – engineering assistance (24, 27, 30)
  • Lauren Marquez – engineering assistance (24, 27, 30)
  • Michael Fahey – engineering assistance (26)

Charts

Chart performance for Red (Taylor's Version)
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[86] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[87] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[88] 5
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[89] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[90] 41
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[91] 3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[92] 3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[93] 8
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[94] 6
French Albums (SNEP)[95] 10
Icelandic Albums (Plötutíðindi)[96] 4
Irish Albums (OCC)[97] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[98] 8
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[81] 15
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[82] 16
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[99] 4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[100] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[101] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[102] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[103] 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[104] 8
UK Albums (OCC)[105] 1
US Billboard 200[18] 1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[106] 1

Certifications and sales

Certification for Red (Taylor's Version)
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[107] Silver 60,000double-dagger
United States 605,000[18]

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Red (Taylor's Version)
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various November 12, 2021 Republic [108]
Japan November 13, 2021 CD Universal Music Japan [109]
Brazil December 31, 2021 Universal Music Brasil [110]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Not to be confused with the Walt Disney Company. Shamrock is a private corporation founded by Roy E. Disney as the Disney family's investment firm. The family completely owns Shamrock and remains its sole investor.
  2. ^ Swift self-wrote "All Too Well" in 2010 as the first song for Red,[32] after which she contacted Rose to help her condense the song to 10 minutes.[33] The final version of "All Too Well" that made to the 2012 album was only five and a half minutes long, but still the longest song on the record.[34]
  3. ^ 30, the fourth studio album by English singer Adele, surpassed the tally of Red (Taylor's Version) and garnered the biggest sales week of 2021.[74]

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