or, as @maraudertimes chose to call it when i sent her the first draft of this, "taylor hates happiness 4.0"

as i did with fearless, i'll include my first red ranking for comparison purposes. a lot of original tracks shifted, although not necessarily because the re-recording was that much better (save for girl at home, which was definitely bumped because the re-recording was that much better). treacherous, for example, got bumped because past taylor clearly did not have taste, that song's a fucking masterpiece.

red (original) ranking

19. everything has changed
18. girl at home
17. starlight
16. the lucky one
15. sad beautiful tragic
14. stay stay stay
13. treacherous
12. we are never ever getting back together
11. the last time
10. i almost do
9. holy ground
8. 22
7. begin again
6. the moment i knew
5. come back... be here
4. red
3. state of grace
1. all too well (yes both of these are #1, they're both iconic and have such different vibes that picking from the two is impossible)
1. i knew you were trouble

red (taylor's version) ranking

29. everything has changed
28. starlight
27. stay stay stay
26. run
25. 22
24. better man
23. the lucky one
22. the very first night
21. holy ground
20. message in a bottle
19. i almost do
18. i bet you think about me
17. girl at home
16. sad beautiful tragic
15. we are never ever getting back together
14. begin again
13. babe
12. state of grace (acoustic)
11. the last time
10. forever winter
9. red
8. i knew you were trouble
7. state of grace
6. nothing new
5. come back... be here
4. treacherous
3. the moment i knew
2. all too well
1. all too well (10 minute version)

go forth and fight me.

* ronan is intentionally not ranked. it's just not a song that's meant to be comparatively ranked.