To celebrate its recent anniversary and exciting Album of the Year Grammy nomination, this week we discuss evermore, the somewhat forgotten sister. For this first ever album retrospective we delve into evermore in a LOT of detail, discussing its creation, chronology, themes, reception, stand-out lyrics and much more. Join us as we celebrate (and not just tolerate) one of Taylor’s most lyrically rich albums track by track.
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00:00 Intro
01:05 Evermore Release
05:35 gold rush
12:48 closure
16:46 willow
21:48 tolerate it
27:10 ’tis the damn season
28:18 dorothea
33:15 it’s time to go / right where you left me
37:30 ivy
42:00 champagne problems
45:16 happiness
48:45 coney island
50:00 long story short
51:00 marjorie
52:43 evermore
55:45 no body, no crime
57:18 cowboy like me
01:00:50 Records and Achievements
01:07:00 Final Thoughts
01:08:25 Outro
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If you would like to hear about your favourite song on evermore, here are the timestamps!
05:35 gold rush
12:48 closure
16:46 willow
21:48 tolerate it
27:10 'tis the damn season
28:18 dorothea
33:15 it's time to go / right where you left me
37:30 ivy
42:00 champagne problems
45:16 happiness
48:45 coney island
50:00 long story short
51:00 marjorie
52:43 evermore
55:45 no body, no crime
57:18 cowboy like me
We hope you enjoy the episode!???
My favorite is tis the damn season, and I have named Dorothea's lover "Sunny." (Depending on how much you want to lean into the lover's masculinity or femininity, it might also be spelled Sonny or Sunnie or Sunni.)
So happy to find this! Love the evermore love. Did you do this with folklore as well? Just delightful. So much to discuss, this album.
I think another theme of this album is ships/water. She uses this in several songs. Gold Rush isn’t my fave song on evermore but I love how she can make one chance encounter snd a daydream into one song. And the ships reference, also could be viewed as a literary reference to the sirens that lure ships in only to wreck them, so inviting. She’s so tempted to jump in following those eyes like the ships following the sirens. I love this so much.
Evermore is such a masterpiece.
28:57
Thank you fot appreciating Evermore as an amazing and brilliant album. ??
Love Taylor!!!!
I'm waiting for "no body, no crime" – the movie. I need it, I really do.
Thank you for the interesting episode! I enjoyed it. Oh, I love evermore. A masterpiece, again. I don't want imagine a life without "no body, no crime" anymore. I love this song so much. Really, this is my personal masterpiece on evermore. ???
Nice to hear evermore discussed. You guys talked about champagne problems being visual but ignored the masterpiece that is right where you left me! Probably the most visual and terrifying song on the album!
And she just ignored this whole album existence…