Taylor Swift (album)
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Taylor Swift is the self-titled debut album by American country pop artist Taylor Swift. It was released on October 24, 2006.
Track listing
Deluxe Edition
All tracks are written by Taylor Swift and Liz Rose except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tim McGraw" | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Picture to Burn" | 2:57 |
| 3. | "Teardrops on My Guitar" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "A Place in This World" (Swift, Robert Ellis Orrall, Angelo Petraglia) | 3:24 |
| 5. | "Cold As You" | 4:03 |
| 6. | "The Outside" (Swift) | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Tied Together with a Smile" | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Stay Beautiful" | 4:00 |
| 9. | "Should've Said No" (Swift) | 4:06 |
| 10. | "Mary's Song (Oh My My My)" (Swift, Rose, Brian Dean Maher) | 3:37 |
| 11. | "Our Song" (Swift) | 3:24 |
| 12. | "I'm Only Me When I'm with You" (Swift, Robert Ellis Orrall, Angelo Petraglia) | 3:33 |
| 13. | "Invisible" (Swift, Robert Ellis Orrall) | 3:23 |
| 14. | "A Perfectly Good Heart" (Swift, Brett James, Troy Verges) | 3:40 |
| 15. | "Taylor's 1st Phone call with Tim McGraw" | 4:43 |
| Total length: | 55:27 | |
US Bonus Track Edition/UK Edition and iTunes Edition
All tracks are written by Taylor Swift and Liz Rose except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tim McGraw" | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Picture to Burn" | 2:57 |
| 3. | "Teardrops on My Guitar" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "A Place in This World" (Swift, Robert Ellis Orrall, Angelo Petragli) | 3:24 |
| 5. | "Cold As You" | 4:03 |
| 6. | "The Outside" (Swift) | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Tied Together with a Smile" | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Stay Beautiful" | 4:00 |
| 9. | "Should've Said No" (Swift) | 4:06 |
| 10. | "Mary's Song (Oh My My My)" (Swift, Rose, Brian Dean Maher) | 3:37 |
| 11. | "Our Song" (Swift) | 3:24 |
| 12. | "I'm Only Me When I'm with You" (Swift, Robert Ellis Orrall, Angelo Petraglia) | 3:33 |
| 13. | "Invisible" (Swift, Robert Ellis Orrall) | 3:23 |
| 14. | "A Perfectly Good Heart" (Swift, Brett James, Trey Verges) | 3:40 |
| 15. | "Teardrops on My Guitar" (Pop Version) | 3:00 |
| Total length: | 53:44 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Tim McGraw" (Enhanced Music Video) | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Teardrops on My Guitar" (Enhanced Music Video) | 3:45 |
Musical credits
As listed in liner notes.[2]
- Bruce Bouton – Dobro
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Nick Buda – drums
- Gary Burnette – electric guitar
- Nathan Chapman – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, drums, bass guitar, B-3 organ, background vocals
- Stephanie Chapman – background vocals
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
- Shannon Forest – drums
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Tony Harrell – keyboards
- Jeff Hyde – banjo
- Andy Leftwich – fiddle
- Liana Manis – background vocals
- Tim Marks – bass guitar
- Robert Ellis Orrall – background vocals
- Lex Price – mandolin
- Scotty Sanders – steel guitar, Dobro
- Shannon Haynes– lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
- Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, acoustic guitar
- Wanda Vick – fiddle
- John Willis – mandolin, high string acoustic guitar, banjo
Charts
For its' first week, the album sold 39,000 copies, debuting at #3 on the Top Country Albums chart and #19 on the Billboard 200, making Swift the second-highest first-week sales for a new artist, only behind Kellie Pickler's Small Town Girl. A few months later, after the radio release of "Teardrops on My Guitar", the album climbed to #1 on the Top Country Album chart and after the same songs' pop release, it climbed to #5 on the Billboard 200. It was certified platinum in May 2007, after only seven months of release.
The album has been on the U.S. Billboard 200 for 171 weeks and is currently at #65[3] and thus became the longest charting album by a country female artist in the entire Nielsen SoundScan era. [4] It has sold 4,658,181+ copies to date in the U.S as of the issue dated February 13, 2010. It also charted as number one on the Billboard Country Albums Chart for 24 non consecutive weeks. [5][6] It has been certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA.[7][8] On September 6, 2009 the album entered the official UK Album Top 100, rising from number 138 the following week to number 88 and peaked at number 81 the following week.
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