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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 5, 2020 23:12:30 GMT -5
Welcome to the Shania Twain Album Series!Shania Twain was born Eileen Regina Edwards on August 28, 1965 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She is legally registered as having 50% Native American blood, as her father Jerry Twain was an Ojibwa from the Mattagami First Nation. Her childhood--as she details in her 2011 memoir From This Moment On--was incredibly difficult. Her parents divorced when she was two years old and upon moving to Timmins, Ontario, her mother Sharon married Jerry Twain, who later adopted Shania and her two sisters Jill and Carrie Ann. They also had Mark, Shania's only brother, together. But it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows of course: Money was hard to find and food was almost always scarce. From a young age, Shania witnessed Sharon and Jerry during a lot of vicious fights, many of which became physical. Shania convinced her mom in mid-1979 to take the rest of the family to a homeless shelter for assistance and they returned to Jerry in 1981. Shania started singing in bars in Timmins from the time she was just eight years old to help her family with bills and would earn $20 between midnight and 1am after alcohol was put away. She hated the ordeal, but appreciated it as her own kind of performing arts school on the road. At the age of 10, she wrote her first songs, "Is Love a Rose" and "Just Like the Storybooks" which were rhyming fairy tales. At age 13, she was invited to play on the CBC's Tommy Hunter Show; while attending Timmins High and Vocational School, she was also the lead singer of a band called Longshot, which covered Top 40 hits. Shania graduated from Timmins High in June 1983, eager to expand her musical horizons. After Longshot disbanded, she was approached by Diane Chase's band Flirt and toured all over Ontario with them. She also took singing lessons from a Toronto based coach and would often clean his house as payment. In the fall of 1984, Shania was noticed and was eventually sent down to Nashville to record some demos, which she found nearly impossible to finance. She became acquainted with local country singer Mary Bailey, who helped her with getting to record some demos. They were unsuccessful however: Shania had an interest to become a pop or rock singer, not a country artist! This desire would eventually cause a two-year falling out between she and Mary. Shania's first break eventually came on February 8, 1987 when conductor John Kim Bell, who Mary had introduced Shania to, staged for her to appear at a fundraiser so she could perform with Broadway star Bernadette Peters, guitarist Don Ross, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Her performance wasn't received well, and Bell was convinced that Shania needed to stay far away from pop music and focus on being a country artist. On November 7, 1987, Shania's parents were tragically killed in a car accident and she moved back to Timmins to take care of her siblings, all of whom were younger than her. She later moved them all to Huntsville, Ontario, where she would support them by performing at the Deerhurst Resort nearby. Several years later, her siblings moved out on their own, and she immediately assembled a demo tape of her songs and her manager in Huntsville set her up to present the material to record executives. She caught the attention of a few labels, including Mercury Nashville, who signed her within a few months. The rest truly is country music history. Shania Twain has since gone on to sell over 100 million records, making her the best-selling female artist in country music history and one of the best-selling artists of all time. She's known as the Queen of Country Pop and has received five Grammy Awards, stars on the Canada and Hollywood Walks of Fame, and an induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. She is the only female artist in history to have three consecutive albums be certified Diamond by the RIAA. And we're going to be ranking her albums! This album series is a long time coming, as the Shania singles rankdown was hosted by .indulgecountry 3 years ago now. We are going to go in order of release; we will then rank any extras/one-offs/etc. Hopefully as a bonus, we can try to rank The Complete Limelight Sessions as well! I hope you all will join me in celebrating Shania Twain and ranking these incredible albums!
Results for each album: {Shania Twain (1993)} 1. What Made You Say That (27) 2. Dance With the One Who Brought You (42) 3. God Ain't Gonna Getcha For That (70) 4. Crime of the Century (75) 5. You Lay a Whole Lot of Love On Me (82) 6. There Goes the Neighborhood (85) 7. Still Under the Weather (92) 8. When He Leaves You (116) 9. Forget Me (117) 10. Got a Hold on Me (119) {The Woman In Me (1995)} 1. Any Man of Mine (64) 2. (If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here! (75) 3. No One Needs to Know (82) 4. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? (83) 5. You Win My Love (111) 6. The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You) (140) 7. Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore) (161) 8. If It Don't Take Two (177) 9. Is There Life After Love? (194) 10. God Bless the Child (203) 11. Leaving Is the Only Way Out (211) 12. Raining On Our Love (217) {Come On Over (1997)} 1. That Don't Impress Me Much (103) 2. Man! I Feel Like A Woman! (104) 3. You're Still the One (108) 4. When (180) 5. Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) (184) 6. From This Moment On (187) 7. Love Gets Me Every Time (189) 8. Rock This Country! (259) 9. Whatever You Do! Don't! (267) 10. Black Eyes, Blue Tears (272) 11. Honey, I'm Home (272) 12. You've Got A Way (279) 13. Come On Over (286) 14. I'm Holdin' On To Love (To Save My Life) (295) 15. If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask! (339) 16. I Won't Leave You Lonely (342) {Up! (2002)} 1. Forever and for Always (93) 2. I'm Gonna Getcha Good! (116) 3. Up! (168) 4. It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing (205) 5. Nah! (206) 6. She's Not Just A Pretty Face (270) 7. When You Kiss Me (275) 8. Ka-Ching! (292) 9. In My Car (I'll Be the Driver) (294) 10. Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon) (310) 11. I'm Not in the Mood (To Say No)! (312) 12. (Wanna Get to Know You) That Good! (319) 13. I'm Jealous (335) 14. I Ain't Goin' Down (359) 15. What A Way to Wanna Be! (371) 16. Ain't No Particular Way (378) 17. C'est la vie (383) 18. Waiter! Bring Me Water! (386) 19. Jaunita (408) {Now (2017)} TBA {Extras (1999-2021)} TBA
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 5, 2020 23:12:54 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 5, 2020 23:16:03 GMT -5
PUMPED. She is such a LEGEND. I love all of her big albums!!
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Post by someguy on Apr 5, 2020 23:17:57 GMT -5
She is almost my favourite . So excited to revisit her albums 😊
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Post by Fire on Apr 5, 2020 23:36:19 GMT -5
Not interested. Sorry.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 5, 2020 23:38:41 GMT -5
Oh yeah, let's get this debut overwith THEN we'll get to the big albums!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 5, 2020 23:41:33 GMT -5
Oh yeah, let's get this debut overwith THEN we'll get to the big albums! Well I mean we're gonna go in order, so we're technically ending with Now
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 5, 2020 23:42:36 GMT -5
That don't impress me...much.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 5, 2020 23:44:30 GMT -5
Oh yeah, let's get this debut overwith THEN we'll get to the big albums! Well I mean we're gonna go in order, so we're technically ending with Now Ew, did someone say Now?!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 5, 2020 23:49:57 GMT -5
Well I mean we're gonna go in order, so we're technically ending with Now Ew, did someone say Now?! girl...it's a Shania Twain album, it's by default part of this rankdown. And since it's her latest album and we're going in order, we're gonna end with it
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Post by Ginger Spice on Apr 6, 2020 2:09:44 GMT -5
This album is generic and nothing special, but it at least has What Made You Bop That.
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Post by bat1990 on Apr 6, 2020 17:57:31 GMT -5
I am not familiar enough with this album, but PLEASE tag me in the rest of the album series. I will absolutely do those.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 6, 2020 18:49:42 GMT -5
I am not familiar enough with this album, but PLEASE tag me in the rest of the album series. I will absolutely do those. Would you like to follow along for this one? If not, I'll tag you when we get to The Woman In Me :)
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Post by bat1990 on Apr 6, 2020 18:58:30 GMT -5
I am not familiar enough with this album, but PLEASE tag me in the rest of the album series. I will absolutely do those. Would you like to follow along for this one? If not, I'll tag you when we get to The Woman In Me :) Sure!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 6, 2020 22:05:05 GMT -5
I am not familiar enough with this album, but PLEASE tag me in the rest of the album series. I will absolutely do those. Girl you got two whole months to listen to this short ass album tho.
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Post by tim on Apr 6, 2020 22:32:18 GMT -5
Speaking for myself, I’ve always really enjoyed this album so I loved getting to revisit this debut record from Shania. She also has some pretty solid album tracks here that are worth not referring to as only being generic.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 6, 2020 22:36:55 GMT -5
Speaking for myself, I’ve always really enjoyed this album so I loved getting to revisit this debut record from Shania. She also has some pretty solid album tracks here that are worth not referring to as only being generic. "Crime Of The Century" really should've been a single imo.
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Post by bat1990 on Apr 7, 2020 15:03:02 GMT -5
Oh fuq me, I didn't see the late deadline.
WMYST would probably still be my #1, it would just be ranking the rest TBH.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 7, 2020 15:53:21 GMT -5
Oh fuq me, I didn't see the late deadline. WMYST would probably still be my #1, it would just be ranking the rest TBH. If you decide you wanna try this one after all, your list is welcome! :)
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 8, 2020 15:26:32 GMT -5
Gave this album a first listen yesterday, and I was surprised to find that I enjoyed it a lot more than I was expecting to!
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Post by SHOOTER on Apr 8, 2020 15:33:14 GMT -5
Gave this album a first listen yesterday, and I was surprised to find that I enjoyed it a lot more than I was expecting to!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 8, 2020 15:40:44 GMT -5
Gave this album a first listen yesterday, and I was surprised to find that I enjoyed it a lot more than I was expecting to!
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 8, 2020 16:30:17 GMT -5
Gave this album a first listen yesterday, and I was surprised to find that I enjoyed it a lot more than I was expecting to! SHOOTER already made this same joke. And I already used this same gif the other day. Get some original material, Floppywood!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 8, 2020 16:51:27 GMT -5
SHOOTER already made this same joke. And I already used this same gif the other day. Get some original material, Floppywood! Wood does not flop around like fish out of water. Get a new name!
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 8, 2020 19:15:56 GMT -5
So I just went ahead and am listening to all of Shania's albums back to back! Did I even have to to rank them? Not at all, literally every second from her 5 albums (+Greatest Hits) I know by heart. This is just a perfect excuse to have a Shania night! Her debut is mostly missing the Shania magic we got starting with 'The Woman In Me' but it's still a great album imo, some incredible album tracks that would've been hits had she already been established. I don't actually know why* she didn't take off when she came out. *Production is maybe dated by like a year or two but that shouldn't have mattered much imo.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 8, 2020 19:17:09 GMT -5
Gave this album a first listen yesterday, and I was surprised to find that I enjoyed it a lot more than I was expecting to! I do believe he says this for almost everything he listens to for the first time haha
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 8, 2020 19:23:56 GMT -5
I do believe he says this for almost everything he listens to for the first time haha The difference is, most things I am not surprised to enjoy on first listens. Based on samples and snippets I have listened to before, I 100% expected to find this album to be mediocre at best
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 8, 2020 19:53:27 GMT -5
I do believe he says this for almost everything he listens to for the first time haha The difference is, most things I am not surprised to enjoy on first listens. Based on samples and snippets I have listened to before, I 100% expected to find this album to be mediocre at best this is Shania Twain...you should've known better!
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Post by tim on Apr 8, 2020 20:02:12 GMT -5
Her debut is mostly missing the Shania magic we got starting with 'The Woman In Me' but it's still a great album imo, some incredible album tracks that would've been hits had she already been established. I don't actually know why* she didn't take off when she came out. *Production is maybe dated by like a year or two but that shouldn't have mattered much imo. I agree with this all around. Also, I got a lot of Michelle Wright vibes when I was listening to Shania's debut album and I'm wondering if you or anyone else hears the same thing (and I'm not just saying that because they're both Canadian lol)? I'm sure it was just by happenstance, but maybe because of the success that Michelle saw in 1992 they kind of wanted to adopt the same approach with Shania which just ended up not quite working out for her. Anyways, just a random thought I had!
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 8, 2020 23:31:10 GMT -5
Her debut is mostly missing the Shania magic we got starting with 'The Woman In Me' but it's still a great album imo, some incredible album tracks that would've been hits had she already been established. I don't actually know why* she didn't take off when she came out. *Production is maybe dated by like a year or two but that shouldn't have mattered much imo. I agree with this all around. Also, I got a lot of Michelle Wright vibes when I was listening to Shania's debut album and I'm wondering if you or anyone else hears the same thing (and I'm not just saying that because they're both Canadian lol)? I'm sure it was just by happenstance, but maybe because of the success that Michelle saw in 1992 they kind of wanted to adopt the same approach with Shania which just ended up not quite working out for her. Anyways, just a random thought I had! I get what you mean, their sounds were very similar so I could see whoever was handling Shania wanting to follow Michelle, maybe even because they were both Canadian. Lisa Brokop a year later I find had a similar vibe going on. Well other than I think Lisa had a bigger range than Shania or Michelle.
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