Red (Taylor Swift album)

Red is the 4th studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 22, 2012. The album was worked on for two years, and has 16 tracks. The album was well received and sold well. It was considered by some to be one of the best albums to release in 2012. A re-recording of the album, known as Red (Taylor's Version), was released in 2021.

 Production 
Taylor Swift worked on Red for two years. She wrote the songs and produced them with Nathan Chapman and other producers. With songs she wrote with other writers, she would demonstrate the song's style and played an early version of it to the co-writers. The album was worked in during the tour for her previous album, Speak Now. The first song made for Red was "All Too Well." As the album progressed, Swift produced several songs with Max Martin and Shellback. These songs were "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "I Knew You Were Trouble", and "22." When the album's production ended, Swift had created 30 songs, with 16 being included on the final version.

 Release 
Swift announced Red on August 13, 2012. The announcement was followed by the release of the album's first single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". Four songs from the album were released in the four weeks before the album's release. The album was released on October 22, 2012.

In 2021, Swift released a re-recorded version of Red after a dispute with Big Machine Records. This version of Red is named Red (Taylor's Version).

 Reception 
Red sold over one million units in the first week of its release in the United States. It spent seven weeks at first place on the Billboard 200 chart. By August 2014, Red sold over eight million copies worldwide. Red was well received, with some considering it one of the best albums released in 2012. In 2023, the American music magazine Rolling Stone considered Red to be one of the best albums of all time.

 References 

Category:Taylor Swift albums
Category:2012 albums