taylor swift (2006) isn't good for an album by a teenager or good for a country album or good for a debut. it's just good. she went into a genre dominated by men and said well here's my songs about what it's like to be a teenage girl in high school. and she did it so well!!! like "you come away with a great little story / of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you" and "I guess it's true that love was all you wanted / cause you're giving it away like it's extra change / hoping it will end up in his pocket" and "if you and I are a story that never gets told / if what you are is a daydream I'll never get to hold" and "the one only one who's got enough of me to break my heart / he's the song in the car I keep singing don't know why I do"??? masterpiece. genius. invented country music.




















