Country At It's Best! (Up! - Shania Twain)

Member Name: artmaster8888

Product:	Up! - Shania Twain
Date:	01/10/04 (160 review reads)
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Advantages: Excellent tracks

Disadvantages: 2 CD album, so might be expensive to buy.

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 altered to make it different. I praise this idea, and it certainley allowed me to choose what style i wanted to hear the album (i personally liked both.) The songs are stunnigly catchy, the album is of excellent quality.

''Up'' is a short but solid song, it carries a very nice and load backing music. The verses are great, the song inspirational and the chorus is amazing.

''I'm Gonna Getcha Good'' is amazing again, the track it iself is amazingly upbeat, country. It is very catchy, it can be considered country-pop. The verses are as catchy as the chorus - The chorus and both the verses are incrediable. Lyrics are impressive as is the song musically. This was released as a single, and quite rightly so, it is a fantastic song.

''She's Not Just A Pretty Face'' is a great song it has a really catchy background music, the chorus is strong, the verses are great.

''Juanita'' is again a country-pop song, it has a meaning (very nice), it is quite slower than the other songs on the album. It has quite a nice chorus (again slow). The track it self is quite catchy, the song is quite a pop,country ballad. It is nice listening.

''Forever And For Always'' is a very nice and smooth song, it is nice, quite slow and then gets upbeaty. The chorus is impressive. A perfect repersentation of the music genre of country.

''Ain't No Particular Way'' is a great song. The song is unique, the backing music is great as is the backing vocals. This songs shows the power and greatness of Shania Twain's voice.

''It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing'' is a nice and slow ballad. The song is very slow, it is inspiration, meaningful. Excellently produced, Nicely sang, Brilliant music - Amazing song.

''Nah!'' is very upbeat. You will sway side by side. It is a nice tune, best listening for this is if turn the volume really loud. The musical backing is great as is the production. It shows the uniqeness of Shania Twain's track.

''Wanna Get To Know You That Good'' is a nice tune, it is a nice and soft ballad like musical background, the lyrics are brilliant. I like the chorus, again it shows just how unique Shania Twain's music and vocals are.

''C'est La Vie'' is a very nice track, it is very upbeat. It can be considered pop, but is more country. There is some rock and some slight ballad type music mixed in here as well. It is a meaningful and nice tune.

''I'm Jelous'' is a slow, soothing song and again more pop than country. I really like this as the production is brilliant, with a loud piano going over a banging drum.

''Ka-Ching'' is very unique. It was one of the singles released off the back of the album ''Up''. This is a great song - it is meaningful, and is about the population and their treatment of money. I enjoyed listening to this, very entertaining and generally nice tune.

''Thank You Baby!'' is a very nice track. I liked listening to this, it will make you dance and get up and dance. This is a song you will listen to more than once. It is country and slightly mixed in with some pop. I liked listening to this, it again like many other songs on this album shows the greatness of Shania's voice.

''Waiter! Bring Me Water!'' is a unique song, it is slow and soft country pop. It has great backing music, excellent lyrics - both the verses and the chorus are catchy. The song is great.

All in All, this album is great. I like listening to the album as there is a mix of alot of styles of music but all country. I also like the fact that there is an opition to listen to pop versions of the tracks or country. The songs are great, the production is good, the writing is amazing and this is a perfect repersentation of the musical genre of country.

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