Shania Twain (album)

Shania Twain is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Shania Twain, released on April 20, 1993, by Polygram and Mercury Records. The album was a worldwide commercial failure when first released, but following the significant success of Twain's three subsequent albums, an interest in Shania Twain developed, leading it to be certified Platinum in 1999 by the RIAA for shipments of over one million copies. To promote the album, the singles, "What Made You Say That", "Dance with the One That Brought You" and "You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me", were released as singles and accompanied by music videos.

Shania Twain
Studio album by
Shania Twain
ReleasedApril 20, 1993
Recorded1992–1993
GenreCountry
Length30:41
Label
Producer
Shania Twain chronology
Shania Twain
(1993)		 The Woman in Me
(1995)
Singles from Shania Twain
  1. "What Made You Say That"
    Released: March 6, 1993
  2. "Dance with the One That Brought You"
    Released: July 13, 1993
  3. "You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me"
    Released: September 7, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(choice cut)[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Five songs were originally recorded by other artists. "There Goes the Neighborhood" was recorded by Joe Diffie in 1990, "When He Leaves You" was a single for Donna Meade in 1989, "You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me" was recorded by Con Hunley in 1980 and Tom Jones in 1983, "Still Under the Weather" was recorded by Andy Williams in 1990, and "What Made You Say That" was recorded by Wayne Massey in 1989. In her 2011 autobiography, From This Moment On, Twain expressed displeasure with her debut studio album, revealing that she had very little creative control and was frustrated with being unable to showcase her songwriting abilities.[5] However, she did co-write one song on the album titled "God Ain't Gonna Getcha for That".

After her subsequent albums The Woman in Me (1995) and especially Come On Over (1997) catapulted her to superstardom, Twain essentially disowned this album and has not performed any material from it live following the conclusion of her Come on Over Tour in 1999. Even during the aforementioned tour only the song "What Made You Say That" was included from the album in her setlist despite her only having three albums of material at the time to draw from.[6] In addition, no selections from it were included on her 2004 Greatest Hits album. "What Made You Say That" is included on her Netflix documentary companion compilation album Not Just a Girl (The Highlights) released on July 26, 2022.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."What Made You Say That"
2:58
2."You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me"
  • Hank Beach
  • Forest Borders II
2:48
3."Dance with the One That Brought You"
2:23
4."Still Under the Weather"
3:06
5."God Ain't Gonna Getcha for That"
2:44
6."Got a Hold on Me"
  • Rachel Newman
2:14
7."There Goes the Neighborhood"
  • Tommy Dodson
  • Bill C. Graham
  • Alan Laney
3:17
8."Forget Me"Stephony Smith3:21
9."When He Leaves You"
4:21
10."Crime of the Century"
3:29

Music videos
  1. "What Made You Say That"
  2. "Dance with the One That Brought You"
  3. "You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me"

Personnel
Technical
  • Produced by Norro Wilson and Harold Shedd
  • Engineered and mixed by Jim Cotton, Todd Culross, Graeme Smith and Joe Scaife
  • Mastered by Marty Williams

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1993–2000) Peak
position
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)[7] 28
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 40
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] 64
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 113
UK Country Albums (OCC)[11] 3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] 67
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[13] 35

Year-end charts
Chart (2001) Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[14] 53
Chart (2002) Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[15] 60

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[16] 2× Platinum 200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Silver 85,692[18]
United States (RIAA)[19] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Region Date Format Label
US, Canada April 20, 1993 CD, cassette Mercury Nashville
UK, Europe May 2000 CD Mercury Nashville
US October 14, 2016 LP vinyl[20] Mercury Nashville

References
  1. Shania Twain at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Shania Twain". robertchristgau.com. Robert Christgau.
  3. McGee, David (November 25, 1993). "Shania Twain: Shania Twain : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 27, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  4. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Shania Twain". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 828-29. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. Twain, Shania (May 3, 2011). From This Moment On. New York: Atria Publishing Group. ISBN 9781451620740.
  6. "Shania Twain Album Statistics | setlist.fm". setlist.fm.
  7. "RPM Country Albums for June 15, 1998". RPM. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  8. "Norwegiancharts.com – Shania Twain – Shania Twain". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  9. 30, 2000/40/ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  10. "Chart Log UK 1994–2010". Dipl.-Bibl.(FH). Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  11. 25, 2000/21/ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  12. "Shania Twain Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  13. "Shania Twain Chart History (Top Catalog Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  14. "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  15. "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  16. "Canadian album certifications – Shania Twain – Shania Twain". Music Canada. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  17. "British album certifications – Shania Twain – Shania Twain". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 13, 2017. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Shania Twain in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  18. James Hanley (July 31, 2017). "World Exclusive: Shania Twain". Music Week. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  19. "American album certifications – Shania Twain – Shania Twain". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  20. Shania Twain Releasing Album Catalog on Vinyl
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