- each album's best tracks mentioned in parentheses
- Midnights — the songs are immaculately constructed, and what's more relatable than a racing mind in the wee hours? ("Anti-Hero", "You're on Your Own, Kid", "Midnight Rain", "Question...?", "Labyrinth", "The Great War", "High Infidelity")
- evermore — sometimes we all want to indulge in tragic fantasies ("gold rush", "'tis the damn season", "tolerate it", "cowboy like me", "evermore", "right where you left me")
- THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT — each and every pain takes time to process without rush, and it's completely OK to let yourself go feral ("Down Bad", "But Daddy I Love Him", "Fresh Out the Slammer", "loml", "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived", "The Black Dog", "Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus")
- Red — where Ms. Swift finally grew out of her idealized fairytale outlook to explore real-world aches ("State of Grace", "Treacherous", "I Knew You Were Trouble.", "All Too Well", "Holy Ground", "Begin Again", "Forever Winter", "The Very First Night")
- 1989 — sad stories swirled into sleek pop melodies, y'all need to dance and sob at the same time ("Style", "Out of the Woods", "I Wish You Would", "Clean", "New Romantics", "Is It Over Now?")
- folklore — perfect for summertime hallucinations ("cardigan", "mirrorball", "seven", "august", "this is me trying", "betty")
- Speak Now — can we please have a solo-written album from Ms. Swift again? ("Sparks Fly", "Back to December", "Dear John", "The Story of Us", "Last Kiss")
- Lover — heart-on-her-sleeves, business as usual ("Cruel Summer", "Lover", "I Think He Knows", "False God", "Afterglow")
- reputation — the best Drake album by Ms. Swift, with more heart ("Delicate", "Getaway Car", "King of My Heart", "New Year's Day")
- Fearless — everything comes out teenage petulance ("Love Story", "Hey Stephen", "You Belong with Me")
- Taylor Swift — yeehaw ladies ("Tim McGraw", "Our Song")
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