Speak Now: World Tour Live is the first live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...

. It was released on November 21, 2011 by Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records is an Independent American record label specializing in country music artists. It was launched in 2005 by former DreamWorks Records executive Scott Borchetta. The label was part of a joint venture between Borchetta and country singer Toby Keith, although Keith dropped his...

. The live album debut at number 11 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 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

DVD

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 and Blu-ray

Blu-ray Disc

Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...

 releases feature all seventeen performances from the North American leg of the Speak Now World Tour

Speak Now World Tour

Speak Now World Tour is the second concert tour by American country singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift, in support of her third studio album, Speak Now. The tour visited Asia, Europe, North America and Australasia...

, as well as bonus content. The CD has over seventy-five minutes of music as well as select live performances from the Speak Now

Speak Now

Speak Now is the third studio album by American singer–songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 25, 2010 by Big Machine Records. Production for the album took place during 2008 to 2010 at several recording studios, and was handled by Swift and country music producer Nathan Chapman...

 album. The combo was released on November 21, 2011. A Target

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 exclusive of the live album contains the bonus performances of "Ours

Ours (song)

"Ours" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was solely written by Swift and was aided by Nathan Chapman in producing the song as a bonus track from her third studio album, Speak Now...

, "Nashville" and "Sweet Escape

The Sweet Escape (song)

"The Sweet Escape" is a song by American recording artist Gwen Stefani from her second solo album, The Sweet Escape . It was written by Stefani, Akon, and Giorgio Tuinfort. Akon, who is also a featured artist, developed the song's beat before collaborating with Stefani...

", as well as the behind the scene making of the music video for "Mean

Mean (song)

"Mean" is a song by American country pop singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, taken from her third studio album, Speak Now . The song, written by Swift and produced by Nathan Chapman and Swift, was first released as a promotional single for the album on October 17, 2010, by Big Machine Records...

".

Critical response

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

Live on the Inside

Live on the Inside is a live DVD/CD set from country music duo Sugarland. It is their first live CD/DVD set and their fourth album overall. It was released on August 4, 2009, exclusively at Wal-Mart stores, and debuted at number one on both the U.S...

. Allmusic rated the album three out of five stars.

Commercial Performance

The live album debut at number 11 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 with 77,000 sold.

CD

DVD / Blu-ray

Personnel

Credits for Speak Now: World Tour Live adapted from Allmusic.

• Chris Adams — Editing
• Robert Allen — Executive Producer, Mixing
• Charity Baroni — Dancer
• Shannon Beach — Dancer
• Ben Terry — Assistant Engineer
• Brent Bishop — Assistant Engineer
• Amund Björklund — Composer
• C.J. Boggs — Engineer
• Scott Borchetta — Executive Producer
• Justin Boulet — Dancer
• Claire Callaway — Dancer
• Charlie Colin — Composer
• David Cook — Keyboards, Musical Director
• Justin Cortelyou — Mixing
• Jackie DeShannon — Composer
• Paula Erickson — Liner Notes
• Emily Evans — Art Direction
• Caitlin Evanson — Fiddle, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Sharon Everitt — Colorist, Editing
• Bob Ezrin — Mixing
• Thomas Freitag — Assistant Engineer
• Grant Garner — Liner Notes
• Derek Garten — Assistant Engineer
• Christie Goodwin — Photography
• Berry Gordy, Jr. — Composer
• Olivier Goulet — Video Director
• Austin Hale — Design
• Baz Halpin — Director, Lighting Design, Set Design
• Greg Hancock — Engineer
• Jody Harris — Guitar
• Amos Heller — Bass
• Rob Hotchkiss — Composer
• Liz Huett — Vocals (Background)
• Dom Kelley — Dancer
• Justin Key — Art Direction
• Espen Lind — Composer

• Hillary Lindsey — Composer
• Glenn Meadows — Mastering
• Mike Meadows — Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals (Background)
• Grant Mickelson — Guitar
• Fernando Miro — Dancer
• Alphonso Mizell — Composer
• Pat Monahan — Composer
• Jason Mraz — Composer
• Joe Neil — Engineer
• Bethany Newman — Design
• Josh Newman — Design
• Marlyn Ortiz — Dancer
• Meredith Ostrowsky — Dancer
• David Payne — Engineer
• Freddie Perren — Composer
• Ryan Polito — Director
• Aaron Rayburn — Design
• Deke Richards — Composer
• Garth Richardson — Engineer
• Liz Rose — Composer
• Chris Rowe — Engineer, Mixing
• Daniel Sadownick — Percussion
• Joel Schwamburger — Assistant Engineer
• Paul Sidoti — Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
• Jennifer Spenelli — Editing Assistant
• Jimmy Stafford — Composer
• Andrea Swift — Executive Producer
• Austin Swift — Photography
• Taylor Swift — Art Direction, Banjo, Composer, Director, Guitar, Lighting Design, Piano, Producer, Set Design, Ukulele, Vocals
• Ryan Tedder — Composer
• Scott Underwood — Composer
• Brian Virtue — Mixing
• Jim Weatherson — Art Direction, Executive Producer
• Donna Weiss — Composer
• Al Wilson — Drums, Leader

Weekly charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	25
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	11
US Billboard Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...  Top Country Albums	2

External links

Speak Now: World Tour Live commercial on official YouTube

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.