Shania Twain hit #1 with Up!

Up! Shania Twain

Released: November 19, 2002 Charted: November 30, 2002 Peak: 15 US, 16 CW, 4 UK, 111 CN, 11 AU Sales (in millions): 5.5 US, 0.6 UK 17.6 world (includes US and UK) Genre: pop/country

Tracks: Song Title (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts. Up! (11/16/02, 63 US, 12 CW, 21 UK) I’m Gonna Getcha Good (9/23/02, 34 US, 10 AC, 34 A40, 7 CW, 4 UK, 1 CN) She’s Not Just a Pretty Face (10/6/03, 56 US, 9 CW) Juanita Forever and for Always (4/7/03, 20 US, 1 AC, 30 A40, 4 CW, 6 UK, 5 CN, 45 AU) Ain’t No Particular Way It Only Hurts When I’m Breathing (2/9/04, 71 US, 16 AC, 16 A40, 18 CW) Nah! Wanna Get to Know You That Good C’est La Vie I’m Jealous Ka-Ching! (2/17/03, 8 UK) Thank You Baby for Makin’ Someday Come So Soon (8/11/03, 11 UK) Waiter! Bring Me Water! What a Way to Wanna Be I Ain’t Goin’ Down I’m Not in the Mood to Say No In My Car I’ll Be the Driver When You Kiss Me (11/10/03, 21 UK) Total Running Time: 72:55

Rating: 3.687 out of 5.00 (average of 26 ratings) Quotable: “This is Super-Size pop, as outsized and grandiose as good pop should be.” – Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album: “When Up! was released in November 2002, Shania Twain revealed in one of many promotional interviews that she writes far more songs than can fit on her records and that she hides any personal, introspective songs she pens, not even playing them for her husband and collaborator Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange. Now, this is certainly a psychological quirk worth exploring, but it also suggests why Twain's albums are such brilliant pieces of mainstream pop. Anything that doesn’t fit the mold is discarded, so the album can hum along on its big, polished, multipurpose hooks and big, sweeping emotions.” AMG “This is Super-Size pop, as outsized and grandiose as good pop should be. And, unlike the work of most pop divas, where the subject matter is firmly about the singer, none of the songs on Up! are remotely about Shania Twain, the person – let’s face it, she's never faced a situation like Waiter! Bring Me Water!, where she’s afraid her guy is going to be stolen away by their hot waitress.” AMG “No, these songs have been crafted as universal anthems, so listeners can hear themselves within these tales. Just as cleverly, the songs are open-ended and mutable – always melodic, but never stuck in any particular style, so they can be subjected to any kind of mix and sound just as good.” AMG “True, the sheer length of the album could be seen as off-putting at first, since these 19 tracks don’t necessarily flow as a whole. Then again, part of the genius of Up! is that it’s designed as a collection of tracks, so the album is durable enough to withstand years on the charts, producing singles with different textures and moods every few months. Time revealed Come on Over as a stellar pop album, and the same principle works for Up!.” AMG “Upon the first listen, singles seem indistinct, and it seems like too much to consume at once, but once you know the lay of the land, the hooks become indelible and the gargantuan glossiness of the production is irresistible. In other words, it’s a more than worthy follow-up to the great mainstream pop album of the late ‘90s, and proof that when it comes to shiny, multipurpose pop, nobody does it better than Shania Twain.” AMG Notes: This was released in the U.S. as a double disc. The discs featured the same songs, but one disc (known as “Red”) featured pop versions while the other (“Green”) featured country versions. Internationally, the set was released as the “Red” disc with a second disc (“Blue”) of other mixes of the song.

Resources and Related Links: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Shania Twain AMG All Music Guide review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine WK Wikipedia First posted 3/27/2008; last updated 4/30/2022.