It was highly tempting to title this review of Taylor Swift’s new album “The Tortured Poets Department” something along the lines of “RedState Listens To The New Taylor Swift Album So You Won’t Have To.” However, snide cheap shots are just that; snide and cheap. Like it or not — for that matter, whether one likes Taylor Swift or not — she is the unquestioned queen of pop music. Swift enjoys a massive, fervent to the point of frenzied fan base that obsesses over her every lyric and moment in the public eye. A new album by her is not something to lightly dismiss.
The album has two editions, one coming in at 16 songs while the deluxe version clocks in at a massive 31 tunes spread out over two hours plus. In this it is an impressive body of work, especially given how Swift has devoted much time the past several months to a mammoth globe-spanning tour filling football…
