Shania Twain Album Series - Queen Of Me (Revealing)
Jan 13, 2021 19:46:54 GMT -5
Post by kamala 2024 truther on Jan 13, 2021 19:46:54 GMT -5
Up! (2002)
Following the phenomenal success of and nearly three-year tour to support Come On Over, which was one of the biggest tours by a female artist of any genre, Shania started work in 2000 for a planned Christmas album. Sadly, for whatever reason, plans were cancelled and it was never released. It was then that Shania decided to take a two-year pause. During this time, Shania's management changed and she and Mutt not only continued to work, beginning the writing process for what would become her fourth studio album (writing took place all over the world, in such places as Berlin, Rome, Vienna, and Paris, to name a few), but also welcomed the birth of her son, Eja D'Angelo, on August 12, 2001. Shortly after Eja's birth, Shania and Mutt returned to the studio to finish working, and the final product, Up!, was released on November 19, 2002.
Upon release, the album proved to be another behemoth on the chart, debuting at #1 on both the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and Billboard 200, selling 874,000 copies in its first week. The album would top both charts for another four weeks, selling a five-week total of over 2.6 million copies. Up! then reached 5.5 million copies, triggering the RIAA's Diamond certification (the two discs--more on that later--were counted separately, for a total of over 10 million). This made Shania Twain the first--and, to date, only--female artist in music history to have three consecutive albums be certified Diamond. Up! charted on the Billboard 200 for over 60 weeks, and has sold over 20 million copies as of 2007. And we're finally going to be ranking it!
As mentioned, the album was released as a two-disc set. North America received the green and red (country and pop versions) of the album, while some international markets received the green and blue (country and Indian film music style) versions. Both editions included a letter from Shania that offered free downloads on her website of whichever version not included (for example, North America received an offer for a free download of the blue version) for a limited time. For the purposes of this rankdown, I'll be adhering to the version of the album that is on Spotify, which is the red and green versions. You can choose either one of those; the blue version won't be used as it's actually quite hard now to even find those versions of the songs.
Tracklist (approx. runtime: 1:12:55):
1. Up!
2. I'm Gonna Getcha Good!
3. She's Not Just A Pretty Face
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)!
18. In My Car (I'll Be the Driver)
19. When You Kiss Me
Spotify playlist:
Due: Wednesday, February 10
Following the phenomenal success of and nearly three-year tour to support Come On Over, which was one of the biggest tours by a female artist of any genre, Shania started work in 2000 for a planned Christmas album. Sadly, for whatever reason, plans were cancelled and it was never released. It was then that Shania decided to take a two-year pause. During this time, Shania's management changed and she and Mutt not only continued to work, beginning the writing process for what would become her fourth studio album (writing took place all over the world, in such places as Berlin, Rome, Vienna, and Paris, to name a few), but also welcomed the birth of her son, Eja D'Angelo, on August 12, 2001. Shortly after Eja's birth, Shania and Mutt returned to the studio to finish working, and the final product, Up!, was released on November 19, 2002.
Upon release, the album proved to be another behemoth on the chart, debuting at #1 on both the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and Billboard 200, selling 874,000 copies in its first week. The album would top both charts for another four weeks, selling a five-week total of over 2.6 million copies. Up! then reached 5.5 million copies, triggering the RIAA's Diamond certification (the two discs--more on that later--were counted separately, for a total of over 10 million). This made Shania Twain the first--and, to date, only--female artist in music history to have three consecutive albums be certified Diamond. Up! charted on the Billboard 200 for over 60 weeks, and has sold over 20 million copies as of 2007. And we're finally going to be ranking it!
As mentioned, the album was released as a two-disc set. North America received the green and red (country and pop versions) of the album, while some international markets received the green and blue (country and Indian film music style) versions. Both editions included a letter from Shania that offered free downloads on her website of whichever version not included (for example, North America received an offer for a free download of the blue version) for a limited time. For the purposes of this rankdown, I'll be adhering to the version of the album that is on Spotify, which is the red and green versions. You can choose either one of those; the blue version won't be used as it's actually quite hard now to even find those versions of the songs.
Tracklist (approx. runtime: 1:12:55):
1. Up!
2. I'm Gonna Getcha Good!
3. She's Not Just A Pretty Face
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)!
18. In My Car (I'll Be the Driver)
19. When You Kiss Me
Spotify playlist:
Due: Wednesday, February 10
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