The album was conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aaron Dessner of The National was isolating and quarantining with his family, when Swift had approached him in late April to write some songs remotely together. 11 songs were written with Dessner over the next few months, while the others were written with Jack Antonoff, William Bowery and Bon Iver. "I thought it would take a while for song ideas to come and I had no expectations as far as what we could accomplish remotely," Dessner wrote in his tweet, "But a few hours after sharing music, my phone lit up with a voice memo from Taylor of a fully written song -- the momentum never really stopped."
The album's release was announced by Swift on her social media accounts hours before its midnight, July 24, 2020, launch. It follows her seventh studio albumLover, released almost a year prior. The album has eight deluxe CDs and vinyls that are only available for a week for the physical copies, all of which have different covers and photos.
An accompanying music videofor the lead single "Cardigan" will be released along with the album.

这张是Sufjan Stevens 新出的圣诞专辑(以前的一些作品整理发行的CD-BOX),都是关于圣诞的歌和曲.很多在西方耳熟能详的歌曲,还有纯乐器演奏,有些还是很短的,Sufjan Stevens 用自己的想法重新演绎.还有很多自己原创的歌曲.他的声音是清新温和的,在圣诞聆听一定会让你温馨,让你温暖.

One of our very most favourites. The Ascension is the eighth solo studio album from singer, songwriter and composer Sufjan Stevens.
It is the long awaited follow-up to Carrie & Lowell and is set for release September 25 on Asthmatic Kitty Records.

XO is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. It was recorded from 1997 to 1998 and released on August 25, 1998 by record label DreamWorks; Smith's first solo album on a major record label. Two singles, "Waltz #2" and "Baby Britain", were released.

Angles is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Strokes. It was released on March 18, 2011, through RCA Records. It was the group's first album in over five years, following First Impressions of Earth (2005).

《First Impressions of Earth》是The Strokes乐队加入RCA之后的第二张专辑，也是乐队的第三张正式专辑。专辑在美国发行第一周的销量为8万8千张,在本周Billboard 200专辑榜中的排名却与《Room on Fire》持平，名列本周第四位。在本周Billboard 200专辑榜中的排名却与《Room on Fire》持平，名列本周第四位。
在专辑的制作方面，The Strokes仍和包办了前两张专辑的老搭档Gordon Raphael继续合作，顺理成章的就是，The Strokes在音乐上不仅再次延续了之前的复古曲风，而且更是将乐队擅长做的旋律华的精彩的Riff发挥得淋漓尽致。无论是开篇曲目《You Only Live Once》，还是打榜单曲《Juicebox》，或是《Razor Blade》，The Strokes标志性的Riff都贯穿始终，而创作核心Julian Casablancas也再次包办了其中大多数的歌曲。

Japanese edition of the New York indie act's eagerly anticipated sophomore album is scheduled to include one bonus track. Details TBA. RCA. 2003.

可以说the Strokes是当代美国最出色的独立摇滚乐队之一。不过与绝大多数美国摇滚乐队不同的是，他们的音乐更多的带有英国摇滚乐的特点。纽约的许多成功的地下摇滚乐队对the Strokes在音乐道路上有着重要的影响，而朋克乐队Television和Iggy Pop的乐队对他们的音乐风格也产生了一定的影响，对于乐队核心Julian Casablancas而言，甲壳虫乐队的巨星John Lennon对他的影响则是无可替代的，这也基本上是乐队英国情结的根源，而他们在很年轻的时候最为崇拜的乐队也是来自英国。
the Strokes的几名成员很早的时候就是相互之间最好的朋友，乐队的雏形最早成立于1998年，Julian Casablancas的是一名模特公司老板的儿子，他和吉他手Nick Valensi，以及在上小学以前就已经开始练习敲鼓的鼓手Fabrizio Moretti一起参加了曼哈顿一家学校的活动。不久之后，缺乏贝司手的他们找到了Nikolai Fraiture，并且很快就把他吸引入队弥补了空缺。随后，来自洛杉矶的小Albert Hammond也被Julian Casablancas邀请加入了这支还没有名字的乐队，小Albert Hammond的父亲是老牌的歌手兼词曲作者Albert Hammond，老Albert Hammond还曾经在1987年获得过奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖的提名。1999年，Julian Casablancas的乐队正式把名字叫做the Strokes。
在the Strokes乐队成立之初，他们只能通过一些小型的演唱会来展示自己，他们在一些酒吧，俱乐部，夜总会演出。经过了将近两年的不稳定生活之后，他们已经在纽约的一定范围内有了比较大的名气。2001年对于the Strokes乐队是具有转折意义的一年，1月，Rough Trade唱片公司为他们发行了一张只有三手单曲组成的EP试音唱片《The Modern Age》，但是这张专辑居然出人意料的引起了相当大的关注，随后的签约争夺战中RCA唱片公司拿到了合约，the Strokes乐队的声名也通过8月27日在Rough Trade唱片公司发行的首张专辑《Is This It》的英国版迅速跃过了大西洋传到了英伦三岛上，并且取得了相当了得的成绩，但是唱片封面上，一只带着黑皮手套的手放在了一名裸露的女人臀部，因而在保守的英国引起了不小的争议。但是争议归争议，通过在英国场场门票售尽，歌迷爆满的巡演，the Strokes乐队在英国的拥趸数量与日俱增，他们开始成为一股强大的摇滚势力冲击着英国乐坛。9月25日，《Is This It》的美国版本才姗姗来迟，不过专辑封面倒是换成了相对“稳妥”的图案，同时由于专辑是在9·11事件发生仅仅两周之后发行，因而撤掉了原来英国版中3分36秒的单曲《New York City Cops(纽约城巡警)》而改为了2分57秒的单曲《When It Started》。经过大规模的全美巡演之后，音乐风格与众不同的the Strokes乐队逐渐发展为了美国最重要的乐队之一，他们的音乐不仅得到了乐迷们的追捧，跟难能可贵的是还得到了一向苛刻的评论界的大量的赞誉之辞，他们独特的音乐风格的到了一致的认可。
2002年，the Strokes乐队展开了贯通全年的漫长巡回演出，并且还和另一支有布鲁斯风格的独立摇滚乐队the White Stripes一起演出，经过巡演之后，乐队的影响力日益增大。进入2003年，着名的《滚石》杂志在10月底把the Strokes乐队作为了杂志的封面人物，一句标题“The new kings of rock cut loose”足以说明他们所取得的成就了。同时，the Strokes乐队也完成了他们倍受期待的第二张专辑《Room on Fire》的录制工作，2003年10月21日，第二张专辑《Room on Fire》正式发行。 　---　上述简介均来自网络

The NYC band’s first album in seven years is sluggish and slight, rendering their signature sound as background music.

All tongues and cheeks aside, "My Finest Work Yet" finds Bird grappling with themes of current day dichotomies and how to identify a moral compass amidst such divisive times. “I’m interested in the idea that our enemies are what make us whole—there’s an intimacy one shares with their opponent when locked in such a struggle. If we were to just walk away would our enemies miss us? How did we get to this point and how can we, through awareness of it, maybe pull ourselves out of this death spiral,” says Bird.