Red (Taylor Swift album)

chronology
Red
Taylor Swift studio album
Publication ; (s)	October 22, 2012
Label (s)	Big machine
Format (s)	CD , download , vinyl
Genre (s)	Pop , country
Title (number)	16
running time	65:09
production	Scott Borchetta (exec.) , Jeff Bhasker, Nathan Chapman, Dann Huff , Jacknife Lee, Max Martin , Shellback, Taylor Swift , Butch Walker , Dan Wilson
Studio (s)	Nashville (Blackbird Studios, Pain in the Art Studios); Los Angeles (Ballroom West, Conway Studios, Enormous Studios, The Village); North Hollywood (Marlay Studio); Topanga (The Garage); Santa Monica (Ruby Red Productions); Stockholm (MXM Studios);
August 13, 2012	We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
September 25, 2012	Begin again
November 27, 2012	I Knew You Were Trouble
March 12, 2012	22nd
June 21th 2013	Red
July 16, 2013	Everything Has Changed
4th November 2013	The Last Time

Red (English for red is) the fourth studio album of American country-pop - singer and songwriter Taylor Swift . It was released as a download on October 22, 2012, as an audio CD on October 26, 2012, and on vinyl in November 2012 . In the first two weeks, the album sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States. Swift worked with new producers and guest musicians such as Gary Lightbody and Ed Sheeran on the album and featured it on the Red Tour .

Singles

The first single from the album, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together , was a worldwide success and legally downloaded over 620,000 times in the first week. The second single Begin Again was released on September 25, 2012 and the third single, I Knew You Were Trouble , with which she released a song for the first time that can be assigned to dubstep , was available as a promo single from October 9, 2012 Sale. The track was also downloaded over 400,000 times in the first week, making Swift the first female artist to hit that mark with two singles. The third single was I Knew You Were Trouble and was released on November 14, 2012. In Great Britain and the USA it reached number two in the singles charts, in Germany the top 10. Fourth single is 22 , released on March 12, 2013. In Great Britain this single could reach number nine in the singles charts.

Track list

Standard Edition
No.	title	Songwriter	Producers	length
1.	State of Grace	Taylor Swift	Nathan Chapman	4:55
2.	Red	Swift	Then Huff , Chapman, Swift	4:43
3.	Treacherous	Swift, Dan Wilson	Wilson	4:02
4th	I Knew You Were Trouble	Swift, Max Martin , Shellback	Martin, Shellback	3:40
5.	All too well	Swift, Liz Rose	Chapman, Swift	5:29
6th	22nd	Swift, Martin, Shellback	Martin, Shellback	3:52
7th	I Almost Thu	Swift	Chapman, Swift	4:04
8th.	We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together	Swift, Martin, Shellback	Martin, Shellback	3:11
9.	Stay Stay Stay	Swift	Chapman, Swift	3:25
10.	The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody )	Swift, Lightbody, Jacknife Lee	lee	4:59
11.	Holy Ground	Swift	Jeff Bhasker	3:22
12.	Sad beautiful tragic	Swift	Chapman, Swift	4:44
13.	The Lucky One	Swift	Bhasker	4:00
14th	Everything Has Changed (feat. Ed Sheeran )	Swift, Ed Sheeran	Butch Walker	4:05
15th	Starlight	Swift	Huff, Chapman, Swift	3:40
16.	Begin again	Swift	Huff, Chapman, Swift	3:57
Overall length:				65:10

Deluxe Edition (CD 2)
No.	title	Songwriter	Producers	length
1.	The Moment I Knew	Swift	Chapman, Swift	4:46
2.	Come Back ... Be Here	Swift, Wilson	Wilson	3:43
3.	Girl at Home	Swift	Chapman, Swift	3:40
4th	Treacherous (original demo recording)	Swift, Wilson	Wilson	4:00
5.	Red (original demo recording)	Swift	Chapman, Swift	3:47
6th	State of Grace (acoustic version)	Swift	Chapman, Swift	5:23
Overall length:				25:19

reception

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	76 out of 100
reviews
source	rating
Allmusic
The AV Club	B +
Billboard	positive
Entertainment Weekly	B +
Laut.de
Los Angeles Times
The Guardian
Rolling Stone
Spin

Overall, the album received positive reviews. In the overall rating of Metacritic , based on 21 reviews, the album received 76 out of 100 points. Entertainment Weekly's Melissa Maerz gave the album a B + rating. Allmusic and The Guardian also rated the album positively with five and four out of five stars, respectively. Kai Butterweck from laut.de gave the album one of the worse ratings with three out of five possible stars.

Christoph Volkmer from Countrymusicnews.de said the following about the album:

“With an armada of producers behind them, Taylor Swift presents her most versatile album to date. It was to be expected that the country influence would be less pronounced. In addition - if you add the bonus CD - there are more fillers than usual among the 22 tracks. "

- CountryMusicNews.de

Commercial win

The album, with top positions in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Taiwan, Great Britain and the United States, is Swift's most successful to date. Red was able to reach number two on the charts in Belgium (Flanders) and Norway. Third place was also achieved in Austria, Denmark, Italy and Japan, while Mexico and Spain placed fourth. In the German Top 100 it rose to number five. It was also ranked 17th in the Netherlands, 25th in Belgium (Wallonia), 49th in Finland, eighth in Portugal and Sweden and ninth in Switzerland.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	5 (24 weeks)	24
Austria (Ö3)	3 (10 weeks)	10
Switzerland (IFPI)	9 (21 weeks)	21st
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (82 weeks)	82
United States (Billboard)	1 (160 weeks)	160

Awards for music sales

Red has so far been awarded 5 × gold and 21 × platinum . According to the awards, the album was sold more than 8.6 million times.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	20,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
Ireland (IRMA)	platinum	15,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	250,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	320,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	30,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	7 × platinum	7,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	5 × gold 21 × platinum	8,665,000