Taylor Swift: Review of Her Debut Album

Taylor Swift is one of the most talented, young performers on the country charts today. At sixteen years old,she wrote or co-wrote all of the 11 tracks on her self titled debut CD released on Big Machine Records. At present, the first single entitled “Tim McGraw” is a Top 20 hit. And with her 12 string guitar, she does a fabulous job of blending modern country with the traditional.

 She writes and sings with the passion and conviction of a veteran of country music. She loves what she does, and she gives it her all. And that shines through on her self titled debut CD. She wrote or co-wrote all 11 songs on this CD with her writing partner Liz Rose. The first single entitled “Tim McGraw” is a Top 20 hit. Taylor said that the idea for this song came to her while she was sitting in math class. She had spent a wonderful summer with a great guy whom she really loved. But now that summer was coming to an end, they would be going their separate ways.

She wrote the song as a reminder that when he heard Tim McGraw to think of her and their summer together. “Picture To Burn” is one of those fun, up tempo ‘you were a jerk and you done me wrong’ kind of songs. And now “you’re just another picture to burn.” The ladies will love this one! One thing that makes this CD a joy to listen to is that all of the songs are written about her own personal life experiences. They weren’t just picked out and handed to her to sing and put on an album.

Taylor has had the opportunity to speak with Tim McGraw following her hit single titled after him, and has made him promise to take her on tour with him and Faith.  Something to look forward to!