Here are all of Taylor Swift's albums - and musical eras - by release order including The Tortured Poets Department.
Taylor Swift’s globe-trotting Eras Tour has now reached Europe, with The Tortured Poets Department having officially joined the show.
Not including her Taylor’s Version re-records, Swift has released eleven studio albums since her career began back in 2006 and each corresponds to a distinct “era” in her career.
Currently in The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD) era, for the first time since the tour kicked off last year Swift has shaken up her more than three-hour long setlist to include multiple tracks from her latest album.
From her self-titled country debut right through to her latest album which deals more with synth pop, the show is more like a theatre production than a standard concert as each era is split into acts - with its own unique visuals, costumes and set changes to match.
Ahead of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour arriving in the UK, where she will perform three shows in Edinburgh this June, here we explain each of Taylor Swift’s Eras in album release order
Currently in The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD) era, for the first time since the tour kicked off last year Swift has shaken up her more than three-hour long setlist to include multiple tracks from her latest album.
5. 1989 (2014)
Named for the year she was born and heavily influenced by 80s pop, Taylor Swift’s first full pop album 1989 arrived in Style. Her second project to win the Album of the Year Grammy, it included earworms Blank Space, Shake It Off, Bad Blood and Style. An important record for a number of reasons, this was also the first album Swift worked on with her friend and longtime collaborator, songwriter and producer Jack Antonoff.
In a departure from her signature squeaky-clean image, reputation (no capitals) was an album conceived amid controversy and released after a prolonged hiatus. The target of intense public scrutiny during this period, Swift was criticised for her short romances with men such as Calvin Harris while her feud with West hit a boiling point. She released reputation as a statement and the album featured songs such as Look What You Made Me Do, Don’t Blame Me, I Did Something Bad and Gorgeous.
The light at the end of the reputation tunnel, Lover is Swift’s ode to love. Though this era was cut short by Covid, this album’s pastel aesthetics and upbeat pop numbers have left a striking legacy with song Cruel Summer, years after its initial release, released as a single in June 2023. Other songs from this album include the controversial Me! (which features Panic! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie), London Boy, Paper Rings, You Need To Calm Down and The Man.
This surprise album emerged from Covid quarantine measures in 2020, earning Swift another Album of the Year Grammy, making her the first woman to win the award three times. More indie-folk than radio-friendly pop, folklore ushered in Swift’s era of storytelling. The songs on this album aren’t her usual autobiographical style, instead focusing on narratives and characters with themes of escapism. Songs such as Exile, featuring Bon Iver, This Is Me Trying, Cardigan, and The Last Great American Dynasty were on folklore.