Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

PART I: STANDARD EDITION

Cumulatively, TTPD and its Anthology expansion make for Taylor Swift's most aggravating and draining album cycle yet.

A mostly pleasant batch of songs tied together by a not-as-pleasant narrative.

Cudder didn't really go insaneo style on this one.

Noah rarely elevates the stomp and holler sound on Stick Season.

An often elegant, if slightly unorganized, album from James.

Metro Boomin knows how to make a tight producer project.

Taylor's middest album since Reputation.

While far from Cudi's most exciting music, Entergalactic does work pretty well as a standalone album, as opposed to just a soundtrack.