All of 16 when she released her self-titled debut in 2006, Swift came out of the gate sounding bright-eyed but remarkably seasoned. On Taylor Swift, producer Scott Borchetta hones a mix of trad-country instruments and spry rock guitars. The break-up anthem "Tim McGraw" and the supple ballad "Tear... 

 Fearless, which was the top-selling album of 2009, sets its starkly honest descriptions of love-crushed vertigo ("Abigail gave everything she had to a boy/Who changed his mind/And we both cried") to thrilling pop anthems that effortlessly fuse styles while sounding natural, as if Swift is her own...