Taylor Swift: Fearless (Taylor’s Version) review — sweet, nostalgic and as wholesome as apple pie

★★★★☆
Released in 2008, Fearless marked 18-year-old Taylor Swift’s move from country into mainstream pop. It was a masterclass in classic Nashville songwriting, from the searing melodrama of Love Story to the breakdown of a relationship in Breathe. Swift has re-recorded the album — a way of reclaiming material following the acquisition of her master recordings by Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun — and dug out six unreleased tracks from the vault. Fellow Nashville country alumni Maren Morris duets on the sweetly earnest You All Over Me, while Keith Urban pops up on the heartbreak ballads That’s When and We Were Happy. As wholesome as apple pie, this is a nostalgic return to Swift’s coming of age, just before she became one of the biggest singers in the world. (Universal)