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This Artist Was The Only Popstar To Make The New York Time’s Albums Of The Year List · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. New York Times critics
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  Speaker 1: cover a wide range of the arts and musically, their
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  Speaker 1: report on everything from classical to jazz to indie rock.
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  Speaker 1: They've announced their albums of the Year, which certainly reflect
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  Speaker 1: the broad range, but one major pop star managed to
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  Speaker 1: crack their top five. Taylor Swift. Her acclaimed surprise album
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  Speaker 1: Voclore landed at number four, one spot ahead of one
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  Speaker 1: of her idols, Bob Dylan, and The Times praised Taylor
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  Speaker 1: for her bravery, writing, Taylor Swift put away childish things
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  Speaker 1: like pure pop, clarity and scoring easy points. I'm folklore.
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  Speaker 1: She has swapped in acoustic instruments and minimalistic patterns within patterns,
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  Speaker 1: and when she sings about lost love, she now admits
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  Speaker 1: she shares both blame and regret for the records suit.
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  Speaker 1: John Stevens was number one on the Times list for
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  Speaker 1: his album Ascension That's Direct from Hollywood.