From five-star ...

The more heterogeneous album of his career ... If the country put you off, you would not have to bear here too !! Pop takes the major part of the album or the pop-rock, pop-country ...
The sixteen songs for me are of varying quality but everyone finds his account ..
People who like pop and the titles "remains in the head" worship rather "We are never ever getting back together", the first single hit but I find far from the quality of the other songs, "22" (very Lavigne April for lyricallement least successful album), "Holy ground", or the very successful "I Knew You Were disorder" (which includes the dubstep well used: while I'm not usually a fan) or "The Lucky One", "Starlight" (for Ethel Kennedy, she recounts her encounter with Bobby) and the title track "Red" (pop-country). These titles should enable a wider audience through radio farms in the world!
Both duos "Everything Has Changed" and "The last time" are beautiful even if found in these songs and their melodies more guests that Taylor ... Potential singles also in the world ...
Finally, there is the Taylor's previous albums on the beautiful ballads on the album, which unlike "Speak Now", his previous album, are not alike: the Paris ballad "Begin Again", "Almost I do" (if closer earlier works), the sad "Sad beautiful tragic," the captivating "Treacherous" (very mature, even daring from its image) and in my opinion the masterpiece album "All too well" (you can not see pass 5:30 at best translate the words and will be even more beautiful !!) ...
The songs that stand out are "State of Grace", another masterpiece, compared by the rolling stone to an epic U2 song, and the album opens beautifully in a very rock! "Stay Stay stay", the most country song, refreshing ... The bonus songs have their place on this album, especially the beautiful (and sad) "The moment I knew", and two "Come back .. be here "and" Girl at home "(also refreshing) ... The demos are good but the acoustic version of" State of Grace "is just magic when you understand the lyrics ...
A varied album thus, that breaks a bit with his previous work, but that will allow you to impose it abroad, and can be in France ...