Shania Twain Come on Over Album Review, Songs, Rating

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Shania Twain
Come on Over
Release Date: 1997 11 04
Running Time: 60:26
Label: Mercury
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Shania Twain's second record, The Woman in Me, became a blockbuster, appealing as much to a pop audience as it did to the country audience. Part of the reason for its success was how producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange -- best-known for his work with Def Leppard, the Cars, and AC/DC -- steered Twain toward the big choruses and instrumentation that always was a signature of his speciality, AOR radio. Come on Over, the sequel to The Woman in Me, continues that approach, breaking from contemporary country conventions in a number of ways. Not only does the music lean toward rock, but its 16 songs and, as the cover proudly claims, "Hour of Music," break from the country tradition of cheap, short albums of ten songs that last about a half-hour. Furthermore, all 16 songs and Lange-Twain originals and Shania's sleek, sexy photos suggest a New York fashion model, not a honky tonker. And there isn't any honky tonk here, which is just as well, since the fiddles are processed to sound like synthesizers and talk boxes never sound good on down-home, gritty rave-ups. No, Shania sticks to what she does best, which is countrified mainstream pop. Purists will complain that there's little country here, and there really isn't. However, what is here is professionally crafted country-pop -- even the filler (which there is, unfortunately, too much of) sounds good -- which is delivered with conviction, if not style, by Shania, and that is enough to make it a thoroughly successful follow-up to the most successful country album by a female in history. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Man! I Feel Like a Woman!	Twain, Lange	3:53
2	I'm Holdin' on to Love (To Save My Life)	Lange, Twain	3:30
3	Love Gets Me Every Time	Twain, Lange	3:33
4	Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)	Lange, Twain	3:35
5	From This Moment On	Twain, Lange	4:43
6	Come on Over	Lange, Twain	2:55
7	When	Twain, Lange	3:39
8	Whatever You Do! Don't!	Twain, Lange	4:04
9	If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask!	Twain, Lange	4:04
10	You're Still the One	Lange, Twain	3:34
11	Honey, I'm Home	Twain, Lange	3:39
12	That Don't Impress Me Much	Twain, Lange	3:38
13	Black Eyes, Blue Tears	Lange, Twain	3:39
14	I Won't Leave You Lonely	Twain, Lange	4:13
15	Rock This Country!	Twain, Lange	4:23
16	You've Got a Way	Lange, Twain	3:24