MUSIC

On record: pop, rock and jazz — April 11

The Sunday Times
Reinvented talent: Taylor Swift
Reinvented talent: Taylor Swift

TAYLOR SWIFT
Fearless (Taylor’s Version)

Republic
Riding high on her latest reinvention, as an alt-folk artist, Taylor Swift has taken the biggest gamble of her career. Two years ago, livid that investors were able to buy the recording rights to her back catalogue against her wishes, Swift swore to re-record her first six albums. Those who doubted she’d do it — too long looking back suggests you’ve run out of ideas; financially it’s usually a fool’s game — underestimated her ire.

Hence, 2008’s Fearless — the country album that propelled Swift to global fame at the age of 18 — arrives as her first classic remade note for note, often with the original musicians. Only those who know the album intimately will notice much difference