Not so long ago, a 13-year old Taylor matulin set out to be a bituin and moved from Reading, Pennsylvania, to Nashville. sa pamamagitan ng 14, she had a publishing deal, and sa pamamagitan ng 15, a recording contract. Many are called, but few are chosen. Taylor Swift, it appears, is one of the chosen ones. Her vocal talent is modest, though sweetly affecting, her style seemingly influenced sa pamamagitan ng the radio. Youthfulness shows--she encoded messages in the lyrics of her CD booklet, starting with the name of the boy who cheated on her from "Should've sinabi No" (the album's strongest offering). But in Pagsulat or co-writing all 11 songs on this debut, matulin demonstrates remarkable maturity, particularly in crafting a hooky, radio-ready chorus. Though she sounds ridiculous looking back from the perspective of an 87-year old woman on "Mary's Song," to her credit she mostly writes about what she knows--unrequited high-school crushes ("Teardrops on My Guitar"), teenage angst ("Tied Together with a Smile"), and complete immersion in starry-eyed romance (her breakout hit "Tim McGraw"). Taylor matulin has such wistful charm and tunefulness that only a curmudgeon could dismiss her, and in fact, madami than 60,000 fans lined up to grab this CD the first buwan of release.