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Shania Twain
Come on Over [Bonus Tracks]
Release Date: 1997 11 04
Label: 404 Music Group
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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 a 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 have always been a signature of his specialty, 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 short, 10-song albums that last about a half hour. Furthermore, all 16 songs are 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 so 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. [This edition features bonus tracks.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide








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