Taylor Swift, Pop's Maestro of Memory, Returns to the Stage
The most meaningful Taylor Swift recording of the past few years is almost certainly "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)," as layered and provocative as its title is unwieldy. A revision and expansion of one of her most gutting songs -- the original appears on her 2012 breakthrough pop album, "Red" -- it dissects a problematic, lopsided and ultimately scarring relationship with forensic detail. It's a scathing commentary on the ex who inspired the track, and it also has something to say about the version of Swift who first committed this story to song over a decade ago: Swift now understands things that Swift then couldn't possibly have known.
Jon Caramanica, New York Times