"Speak Now: World Tour Live" is a live video album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on November 21, 2011, by Big Machine Records. The album consist of songs and performances recorded from various tour dates around the world of Swift's "Speak Now World Tour". It debuted at number eleven on the US Billboard 200 chart with 77,000 sold.
BACKGROUND
The album was announced on September 21, 2011 via Swift's official website, along with the album cover. The DVD and Blu-ray releases feature all seventeen performances from the North American leg of the "Speak Now World Tour", as well as bonus content. The CD has over seventy-five minutes of music as well as select live performances of songs from the "Speak Now" album. The combo was released on November 21, 2011.
A Target exclusive of the live album contains the bonus performances of the songs "Ours", "(Going Back to) Nashville" and "Sweet Escape", as well as the behind the scene making of the music video for "Mean". Many of the songs and performances were captured from various legs around the world of the tour. The Brazilian release of the album contains a previously unreleased version of the song "Long Live" featuring new verses in Portuguese composed and sung by singer Paula Fernandes, that peaked at #5 on the Brazilian Hot 100.
CRITICAL RECEPTION
Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave a mixed review on the album and stated that Swift "has shown a lot of growth through the years and takes her live show seriously so it’s good to hear this live album sound nearly as good as her records do." Bjorke also compared the CD/DVD combo to Sugarland's Live on the Inside. James Monger of AllMusic rated the album three out of five stars and stated that the performances on the DVD were "an elaborate affair that utilized dancers, aerialists, numerous costume changes, and a mammoth, multi-stage setup that more closely resembled a high-profile Broadway musical than it a did country music concert."
COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE
The album debuted at number eleven on the US Billboard 200 chart with 77,000 sold. It also debuted at number two in Billboard Top Country Albums on the same week. To date the album has sold 346,000 copies in the US. In Canada, the album entered at number 25. It also debuted in Australia at number thirty and later peaked at number sixteen. The album then fell off the chart completely the following week. It also appeared in Mexico at number sixty seven.
As of November 2017, the album has sold 366'000 copies in the US.
STANDARD EDITION
1. Sparks Fly
2. Mine
3. The Story of Us
4. Mean
5. Ours
6. Back to December / Apologize / You're Not Sorry
7. Better Than Revenge
8. Speak Now
9. Last Kiss
10. Drops of Jupiter
11. Bette Davis Eyes
12. I Want You Back
13. Dear John
14. Enchanted
15. Haunted
16. Long Live
TARGET EDITION
17. Our Song
18. Fifteen
19. Love Story
20. Nashville
21. Sweet Escape
22. On the Set with Taylor Swift: Mean
23. Home Movies
24. Rehearsal of the Speak Now World Tour