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.
9. evermore (2020)
Another surprise release in 2020 – less than five months after folklore – this is another of Swift’s indie albums, which earned a Guinness World Record for Shortest Gap Between New No.1 Albums on the U.S. Billboard 200 (Female). Unlike her previous albums, which she described as “one-off eras”, evermore is the sister album to folklore and the two share a set during the Eras Tour. evermore includes songs such as Gold Rush, Champagne Problems, Willow and No Body, No Crime featuring Haim.
Swift’s Midnights moves away from the more ethereal atmosphere of folklore and evermore, instead introducing the darker 70s inspired Midnights. Described as a concept album of 13 sleepless nights in her life, upon its release it captured 10 top-ten songs on the Billboard charts, the most for any album. Midnights saw Swift become the first artist to win four Album of the Year awards at the Grammys and features tracks including Anti-Hero, Karma and Bejewelled.
The Tortured Poets Department is Swift's most recent album era. Released on April 19, 2024 it was revealed to be a surprise double album with 15 additional tracks known as The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. Featuring artists such as Post Malone and Florence + the Machine, it includes songs such as Fortnight, Florida!!! and So Long, London. It officially became part of the Eras Tour in May following Swift's first European show in Paris.
After a dispute with her former record label over the rights of her first six album masters, Swift announced that she would re-record the albums to gain total ownership. While not an era in itself, there have been four "Taylor’s Version" albums released so far. Each feature a number of “From the Vault” tracks which were withheld from the original albums. This includes songs such as All Too Well, the ten minute version, and collaborations with artists including Hayley Williams from Paramore.