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For Shania Twain, UP! means DOWN!
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alexandre100 said on September 3, 2005 13:48:
Hi Folks!
I know that this issue is kinda out-of-date, but, I would like to list 4 reasons for Shania Twain being a “media-forgotten” since UP! release (at least in my country):
1) Wrong choices for single releases (mine would be: 1º: Up!, 2º: Forever And For Always, 3º: Nah!, and 4º: I Ain’t Goin’ Down - this one, a real masterpiece, in my opinion);
2) Releasing 2 CD’s in one pack: this increased the CD price a lot! Maybe that’s the reason why the record co. released a second edition of that album here in Brazil, only with the first CD;
3) Shania’s voice got worse, compared to “Come On Over” CD;
4)The songs got too much pop, they lost that “country” thing...
... but, despite of everything, I STILL LOVE SHANIA TWAIN!
And how about you, guys, do you agree with that list?
Nox1983 said on September 3, 2005 18:07:
I haven´t bought any of her records, but i prefer the singles off “Come On Over”, her comeback with “Up” its like a bad copie of “Come On Over”
alexandre100 said on September 4, 2005 01:09:
Red Disc - Pop versions;
Blue Disc - “Indian” versions (“arabic” versions);
Both were released at the same CD pack...
Green versions From Shania’s website (at the time of UP! release) - Country versions.
coyboyusa said on September 4, 2005 19:37:
the singles were ok some of the videos weren’t i dont knwo why they ever let her put out party for 2 its the worse thing she’s ever made even though having both mark mcgrath and billy currington in the videos for the pop and country versions were quite stimulating if you know what i mean
realsuga said on September 5, 2005 16:11:
Up! was such a disappointment compared to the previous 2 albums. She’s a sensational live! artist but Up! just sounded like meaningless karaoke......I can’t listen to the album @ all......such a shame cos I really rated Shania,.....and even the new trax on her G Hits album are weak. No doubt I’ll still support hew next cd but stuff like TDIMM, MIFLAW, If You’re Not IN It For Love....can’t be beat.......but if she has one exclamation mark in a song title on her next cd, I’ll kill her, LOL.....
grisu said on September 6, 2005 15:29:
In my opinion the blue-disc is crap. I listened to it only once. These versions of the songs sound so strange, they don´t fit them. only the blue versions of “in my car” and “C´est la vie” sound quite ok to me. But the red-disc is cool.
alexandre100 said on September 6, 2005 22:07:
In my opinion, the best music from the blue disc is “She’s Not Just A Pretty Face”. Actually, I think that it is better than the red disc version...
coyboyusa said on September 7, 2005 13:21:
she has a new song on the desperate housewives soundtrack called shoes
chrisjankunas said on September 3, 2005 17:42:
I think that her voice is still impeccable! I prefer Up! to Come On Over and think that the 2 cds for counrty and pop versions was a great idea! The price of the album wasn’t that much different to me!
I think Forever and For Always , Thank You , Kaching and Gonna Getcha were great ideas for singles, but then again, most of the album tracks could have been - I would have liked It Only hurts and She’s not just a pretty face - but she can’t release ’em all cab she?
Well done Shania and release another studio album soon ! :-)