r/Music • u/ebradio • 11h ago

article Taylor Swift sparks chart-blocking accusations with new “Patient Zero” alternate versions

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-sparks-chart-blocking-accusations-with-new-patient-zero-alternate-versions
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u/AnAussiebum 10h ago

Charts should just ban alternative versions from being listed. Or give them one remix/deluxe edition, only. If the majority of the album has not changed it just shouldn't be considered.

There, problem solved.

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u/CooperHChurch427 10h ago

What's crazy is the "encore" is super unusual as a deluxe version because of how close it released and that the songs were new additions entirely and not cut.

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u/Kalbi84 9h ago

How is it unusual? It's not uncommon for a deluxe to release a year later, and what do you think "cut". Do you really believe all or most of the deluxe tracks from other artists are outtakes... they keep recording and adding shit even months after it released.

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u/jbaker1225 7h ago

Yes… almost every deluxe edition of an album with new songs is made up of songs recorded during the album session that didn’t make the final release. Sometimes when it’s released 10 or 20 years later, it includes songs from singles or EPs recorded around the same time that never got a proper album release. It’s almost never recordings specifically done to create a new version of an existing album.