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Taylor Swift
"Speak Now"
Big Machine Three and 1/2 stars
It took just 3 minutes and 48 seconds for Taylor Swift to convince me that she's the real deal. That would be the elapsed time of her third album's first and best track, "Mine."
With it, the talented and enormously successful 20-year-old singer-songwriter has invented a new genre: country power-pop. "Mine" brings together the polish of modern country with the explosiveness of guitar-driven pop-rock at its most dynamic. Add an irresistible melody and compelling lyrics and you have the...