Picturer for Shania's Up! Video
  
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Give Shania Twain points for honesty. Up!, her first new release in
five years, offers both pop and country versions of the same 19 songs, the red disc
boasting pop renditions while the green proffers country. It's a smart idea, since it
allows Twain the freedom to dress a song in whatever arrangements and instrumentation she
pleases--without setting herself up for criticism as to whether Canada's Queen of the Bare
Midriff spat on the Holy Grail of Nashville. Often, the only difference is the
substitution of pedal steel, fiddle, and banjo for strings, guitars, and keyboards. In
these situations, where she employs the same riffs and melodic strains, the country
version usually pales in comparison; however, the green disc wins on those songs where the
subject matter hits closer to home, especially the unwed mother tune "I Ain't Goin'
Down." Twain was never truly a country singer--she was merely marketed that way--and
her red disc particularly pleases, while making no excuses. She is what she is: a perky
lounge singer with a calculatedly honeyed voice, a penchant for inane lyrics--often about
absolutely nothing--and, in tandem with her husband, Mutt Lange, a masterful command of
rhythm, production, and mood. ("I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" is confection
perfection.) There's something oddly hypnotic about much of this project, and it may be
simply hearing what Shania can do when she abandons the pretense of being a country singer
and concentrates on music. Call this a guilty pleasure--pop, country, or somewhere in
between Song
List
| 1. Up!
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| 2. I'm Gonna
Getcha Good! |
| 3. She's Not Just A Pretty Face
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| 4. Juanita |
| 5. Forever And For
Always |
| 6. Ain't No
Particular Way |
| 7. It Only
Hurts When I'm Breathing |
| 8. Nah! |
| 9. (Wanna
Get To Know You) That Good! |
| 10. C'est
La Vie |
| 11. I'm
Jealous |
| 12.
Ka-Ching! |
| 13. Thank
You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon) |
| 14. Waiter!
Bring Me Water! |
| 15. What A
Way To Wanna Be! |
| 16. I Ain't
Goin' Down |
| 17. I'm Not
In The Mood (To Say No!) (Country Version) |
| 18. In My
Car (I'll Be The Driver) |
| 19. When
You Kiss Me |
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