"Taylor Swift: Album by Album follows the megastar from her roots as a country artist to her transition into pop and finally into the cultural phenomenon touring today, covering both her music and her extraordinary life"--
If you’re a passionate Swiftie who wants to know EVERYTHING about your favorite icon—especially her music—this luxuriously illustrated deep dive should take center stage.
Featuring fresh insights from all eleven studio albums—from
Taylor Swift to
The Tortured Poets Department—
Taylor Swift: Album by Album mines her life, lyrics, and music like nothing else before it. This book also features several chapters on all the
Taylor’s Version albums released to date, with panel discussions from noted Swift scholars accompanied by vibrant photography that captures Swift in each and every era, from an aspiring country musician to the dominant global force she is today.
Swift’s artistry, awards, and accolades are hard to encompass, from the youngest artist with a No. 1 song on the Hot Country chart to the first recipient of Billboard’s Woman of the Decade award. Swifties will find that and more inside, including:
- Fresh insight into her lyrics, life, and loves from her earliest days as a recording artist
- Tons of sidebars that explore her influences, lyrical references, musical knowledge, and more
- Details on album personnel, special guests, awards, and tours
- A special section on the Taylor’s Version albums that explains how they came about and why they matter to Taylor and scores of Swifties everywhere
Taylor Swift: Album by Album is more than just pretty pictures; it’s a door into how and why this talented musician continues to inspire fans around the world. Young or old, OG or new Swiftie, this book has it all.
Introduction
Ch. 1: Taylor Swift
Ch. 2: Fearless
Ch. 3: Taylors Version: Fearless
Ch. 4: Speak Now
Ch. 5: Red
Ch. 6: Taylors Version: Red
Ch. 7: 1989
Ch. 8: Reputation
Ch. 9: Taylors Version: Speak Now
Ch. 10: Lover
Ch. 11: Folklore
Ch. 12: Taylors Version: 1989
Ch. 13: Evermore
Ch. 14: Midnights
Ch. 15: The Tortured Poets Department
Ch. 16: Taylors Version: Taylor Swift
About the Authors + Acknowledgments
Image Credits
Index
Kase Wickman has a BS in journalism and full-time experience in newsrooms (MTV News, New York Post, Vanity Fair), freelance (New York Times, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Cosmopolitan), long-form (her first nonfiction book, about the movie BRING IT ON, was published in 2022 by Chicago Review Press), and in branded content and content/brand strategy (past clients include Facebook, GrubHub, TIAA, Pizza Hut, IMAX, Squarespace, and more).
Joanna Weiss is an award-winning Boston-based writer and editor, a contributing writer at POLITICO Magazine, and a former columnist, television critic, and political reporter at the Boston Globe. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, The Economist, Pacific Standard, and Boston Magazine, and was anthologized in the book Nasty Women and Bad Hombres: Gender and Race in the 2016 Presidential Election.
Moira McAvoy has served on the editorial staff of NANO Fiction, The Rappahannock Review, and Bad For You. Her work can be found in The Rumpus, Storyscape, The Financial Diet, wig-wag, and elsewhere. She is a marketing manager for several DC-area music venues.
