Fearless (Platinum Edition, CD & DVD) [DELUXE EDITION] [EXTRA TRACKS]

Taylor Swift

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 26, 2009)
• Original Release Date: October 26, 2009
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Deluxe Edition, Extra tracks
• Label: Big Machine Records
• ASIN: B002NPUCRQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Jump Then Fall

2. Untouchable

3. Forever & Always (Piano Version)

4. Come In With The Rain

5. SuperStar

6. The Other Side Of The Door

7. Fearless

8. Fifteen

9. Love Story

10. Hey Stephen

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Change Music Video

2. The Best Day Music Video

3. Love Story Music Video

4. White Horse Music Video

5. You Belong With Me Music Video

6. Love Story On The Set Behind the Scenes

7. White Horse On The Set Behind the Scenes

8. You Belong With Me On The Set Behind the Scenes

9. Fearless Tour 2009 Photo Gallery

10. Fearless 2009 Tour Behind the Scenes at the First Show!

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

CD/DVD featuring 11 original FEARLESS tracks plus 6 new songs! DVD footage includes music videos for "Love Story," "Change," "White Horse," "You Belong With Me," "The Best Day," Behind the Scenes of "Love Story," "White Horse," and "You Belong With Me," 67 exclusive photos from the FEARLESS Tour and an exclusive webisode!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of 'Fearless' Platinum Edition [RE-RELEASE], October 26, 2009

By	Antoine D. Reid "80sforever" (Durham, NC United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

After the success of Fearless, Taylor Swift and her label decided to re-release it. With some re-releases, you get shoddy remixes or re-toolings of the big hits, perhaps an acoustic version or two and a live track. Not so with the platinum edition. This is more of an extended version of the original album than the simple run-of-the-mill repackaged original version. The platinum edition has five entirely new tracks, plus a piano/acoustic version of the original release's "Forever and Always". What makes the new tracks and re-release worth purchasing is that you're definitely getting an improved and superior version of 'Fearless'; the new tracks are mixed in with the originals and you can't really tell that they were produced any differently than the original tracks. They are of the same quality and caliber, enhancing the experience of listening to Taylor Swift. They aren't much different from the originals; these new songs are mostly about young love, ambivalence, optimism (even in the face of heartache or tarnished relationships).

The Good: This isn't the typical 'country' music many are familiar with. Taylor Swift, having written most of the songs herself, brings a lot of her personal experiences and reflections into the music and the songs feel more authentic. While she's in the genre of country there's also a heavy presence of pop running throughout the tracks. 'Fearless' has a theme to it; songs about young experience and "fearlessness" in the face of many obstacles and new experience; on the track "Fifteen" she sings about school and not exactly fitting in, an experience everyone can relate to in some way. On "Hey Stephen" and "You Belong To Me" she sings of crushes and young love. "Jump Then Fall" is all about taking a chance on love. The mass appeal of Taylor Swift is probably how relatable her music and persona is. Unlike many artists her age who are singing about partying in clubs or trying to make 'country music' that's either too stereotypical or too dance-orientated, she's singing about life and things she and everyone experiences and goes through. Another good thing about this edition is that it comes with a DVD of the music videos from the singles released as well as some behind-the-scenes footage. For me, this enhances the experience because you're able to see and hear the creative process and witness how involved she is. It helps to also get the point across that there's a real person behind the music and lyrics and she's not just a puppet or product of her music label and the industry. Also, the video of her CMA performance of 'Thug Story' with T-Pain, a definite fan-favorite moment of the past year, is included and makes the DVD a true must-have. Sure, it's silly and definitely not country but it shows the versatility of Swift and her willingness to make fun of herself and have fun.

The Bad: There's not a lot to complain of. If there's a flaw to the album is that it can be a bit light and upbeat. The tone of the album, even when she sings of unpleasant feelings and of insecurities or unfulfilled loves, she never truly goes 'deep' or to a pure unhappy place. It gets a bit annoying that emotionally the album feels a little heavy on the positive and optimistic vibes, but again, that's a personal criticism. "You're Not Sorry" is probably the least 'happy' song with the new track "Untouchable" following close behind. Also, a minor nit-pick but the cover artwork doesn't reflect that this is really a new product. All that it looks like is the designer or label being lazy and short on time and sticking a black background behind the same photo from the first released. Perhaps the thought was that the black background and 'platinum edition' added in would give the impression of newness but the black background and her expression change the vibe or tone of the album from upbeat and optimistic to slightly moodier and depressing, which the album and music are not. Minor critique that doesn't detract much from the music. The new tracks are good but it would have been nice if the label also included many 'pop' versions of her singles that have been released through iTunes and other online venues over the course of the year. The pop versions "You're Not Sorry" and "Love Story" give both songs a different vibe and the variety would have made the release a bit more interesting.

In the end, if you haven't purchased 'Fearless' yet, this is the edition to get. Even so, the new tracks and the DVD with the music videos together account for a mini EP and is worth purchasing.

Listen to These: "Come In With the Rain", "Forever and Always" (Piano Version), "You're Not Sorry"

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars DVD quality is horrible, November 6, 2009

By	Sam Jo - See all my reviews

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I usually download music on itunes but I just bought this for the DVD, however the dvd quality is horrible, love story looks like it was taken from youtube and put on the dvd. Other than the 5 music videos of horrible quality the rest of the DVD is negligible...

20 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth buying a second time, October 30, 2009

By	Sean Sexauer "Faceman4523" (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Record companies need to stop "double-dipping" with all these deluxe, platinum editions etc. It has become the norm to throw a couple new songs on a successful album and re-release it to make more money without having to actually pay for an entire new album to be recorded. And I'm sure 15 years down the road there will be an "Ultimate Edition' released, containing even more songs that didn't make the final album.

This version of the album has 5 new songs and 1 remix, plus the DVD with 5 music videos & some behind the scenes stuff. None of the 5 new songs are as good as the 13 on the original album, which is probably why none of them have been released as a single to support this "platinum edition" of the album. I bought the album for the music videos and the 5 new songs, but after listening to the songs I was very disappointed. They sound like 5 songs that weren't good enough to be on the original album, so they saved them for later to make a few bucks extra on this version.

The bottom line is if you already own the first version of Fearless then this is probably not worth the money for you. But if you didn't buy the original version yet then this is a good deal because you get a few extra songs plus the music videos for a couple bucks more than the original CD cost.