Up! - Shania Twain

Shania Twain seems to be another female artist who the critics seem to enjoy panning, but commercially she is still a success. She has been accused of dirtying the name of country music (for true guilt in this area see Billy Ray Cyrus), when in fact artists like Shania, The Dixie Chicks and Garth Brooks have given country music a new fanbase over the last decade, and anyway, she has never professed to be the queen of country music. Indeed it may be where her roots are but she is without doubt moving closer to the popular music market with every song she releases, and her appeal increases in line with this. 'Up' is Shania's latest release, written and ...  Read the complete review

After a long break I wasn't sure whether Shania Twain could live up to peoples expectations of her after the HUGE success of Come On Over, naturally people would want and expect more, better music. That is EXACTLY what this album delivers! At first appearance it might seem that Shania has put 19 songs on just to boost the album suggesting that this is going to be weak. It isn't. Shania's voice is at it's BEST on this album; you can understand when she said that this was a labour of love. You can tell that her and Mutt put 100% into this project. I will go through each song on the pop version of the album and give my Opinion’s and feelings on this ...  Read the complete review

I consider this as one of the best albums of the last decade by far none. Not only is this in my eyes a musical wise improvement on her last record before this one Come On Over, it's quite impressive in every single way. Vocally its brilliant, lyrically more meaningful, it's more fun/vibrant/relaxing/easy to listen to and with that added exlamation mark in every song LOL! and the for example a song I am Not Gone (I Have Not) LOL! with the brackets in every song title adding to the tongue in cheek element that has come a normality in songs by Shania Twain. I was drawn first by the incredible music video to I'm Gonna Getcha Good, i found myself humming this song ...  Read the complete review

Shania twain is one of the most established artists of all time. Her unique country style has left her on her own to repersent the musical genre. Whilst there may not be many, many country acts out there, Shania Twain repersents in the genre postivley. Shania twain has a unique musical taste, a great voice and the ability to bring out a good album. ''Up!'' is defintley a great album, it is 2 CD's, one CD will be country and the other pop. It is obvious form this that the record company are aware that not pure country is not everyone's cup of tea, but the songs on the pop CD are still quite country but the musical direction in the background is changed and ...  Read the complete review

=== Who is Shania Twain? === Shania Twain, who was born Eileen Regina Edwards, is a five-time Grammy award winning Canadian singer-songwriter. Her music fits in the country pop category and has won her fame and success around the world. Throughout her career Shania has received 27 BMI songwriter awards and her third album, Come On Over, is the best-selling album by a female musician of all time. === Her Albums === Up to date Shania has released five studio albums: Shania Twain (1993), The Woman in Me (1995), Come on Over (1997), The Complete Limelight Sessions (2001), Up! (2002) and Greatest Hits (2004). === Up ...  Read the complete review