Shania's Largely Overlooked Debut Worth Checking Out

I got this album when I saw it in BMG around the time The Woman In Me was huge. I got it because I loved Shania. Although the album is by no means great, it is still a good debut album. Some of the songs aren't really all that special, and her personality doesn't shine through the way it does in her later work. The thing that works in the album's favor is Shania's voice. Her voice turns even the most generic songs on this album into something worth listening to. My favorite song on the album is "Got a Hold On Me", which is the song here that hints the most at the greatness that was soon to come. Even if you're not a huge fan of country music but you love Shania, this CD is only about 30 minutes long, so if you don't like it, it's not too long to be unbearable. However, I think you will like it because this album shows that Shania had a lot of talent even when she was working with producers who didn't really know how to pick the right material for her. It's worth buying.

THANK YOU SHANIA

I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW KIND YOU WERE WHEN WE HAD LUNCH IN NASHVILLE,TN AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECORDING A SONG THAT I CO-WROTE IT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFULL TO ME I BECAME VERY ILL AND THANKS TO YOU I WAS ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF HOSPITAL AND DOCTOR BILLS,I WILL ALWAYS BE A FRIEND.

FOREST

Young Shania going country

This is Shania Twain's first official album, a wonderful collection of pure country songs. When this album was released Shania was at a point in her career she was not allowed to publish her own music - a fact that won't go unnoticed by Shania-fans, because the style is somewhat different. But that does by no means mean this isn't a good cd, because the ingredients for a great album are present: a variety of wonderful songs and, also very important, a singer with an astonishing voice.

The songs:

1. `What made you say that?' A joyful song with a great melody that you can't get out of your head once you heard it. (10/10)

2. `You lay a whole lot of love on me' A sensitive ballad about love, but with a happy undertone, that brings out Shania's voice very good. (9/10)

3. `Still under the weather' A beautiful, sad ballad about losing your first love. (8/10)

4. `Dance with the one that brought you' Another happy song you won't get out of your head. (8/10)

5. `God ain't gonna getcha for that!' This song is the most like Shania's style from the songs on this album, and one of my favourites. It's like a country-version of `Man! I feel like a woman!'. The song invites you to get on the dance-floor! (10/10)

6. `Got a hold on me' This is one of my favorite songs from this album, because it's so desperate. As well the lyrics as the melody are great. (10/10)

7. There goes the neighbourhood' A sad song in which we are reprimanded for not doing enough to keep our romantic relationships intact, en thus breaking up the neighbourhood. (7/10)

8. `Forget me' A nice up-tempo song with a somewhat bitter undertone. (9/10)

9. `When he leaves you' This is a beautiful song, only the lyrics are somewhat... stupid, if you ask me. (7/10)

10. `Crime of the century' Another one of my favorites: a song that will seduce you to get on the dance-floor, like the man in the song seduced Shania! (10/10)

The only criticism I have on the songs is that they're way too short, most of them are barely three minutes long. But I must warn you: if you're more interested in Shania's pop-side, you may want to reconsider buying this, because the tracks on this album are not at all like the songs on her two latest albums `Come on over' and `Up!'. But if you're a country fan, you'll most certainly love it!