Shania Twain
Come On Over

THE REVIEW

To review this album, perhaps a marketing expert would be more useful than a music enthusiast. "Come on Over," released in its original edition (the one described here) in November 1997, was remixed two years later for the European market—with a different track order—and then once again for other markets, such as the Australian one. The covers are also different, as is the musical style: a kind of country-pop for the "American" album, with a more pop-oriented approach for the "European" album. An hour of music and sixteen songs, eleven (!) of which were released as singles, for this third album by Eilleen Twain, aka Shania, a Canadian from Ontario.

But let's go back to marketing: 20 million copies sold in the United States, the biggest sales success of all time for a female musician, the best-selling country album (for those who consider it such) of all time. And more: in the Billboard Top 20 for 99 weeks (though it never reached the top position, peaking at no. 2), no. 1 on the UK charts for 11 weeks, and another 14 million copies sold worldwide excluding the USA.

This is the war machine set up by Shania Twain thanks to tracks like "Love Gets Me Every Time", "Rock This Country!", "Honey, I'm Home", just to mention a few particularly successful episodes, along with the famous "Man! I Feel Like a Woman". It's been a long time since Eilleen was an unfortunate girl who, at eight years old, sang in bars from midnight to two, to scrape together twenty dollars to give to her family in financial difficulty. Or the Cinderella who, at twenty-two, lost her mother and (adoptive) father in a car accident, and set aside her musical career to take care of her brothers and sisters.

"Come on Over" is perfect for your next party, but first, make sure the floors hold up. Or, if you don't like parties, read the album lyrics, many of which are funny, full of wit and irony. And on the other hand, if you're into marketing, you already know all of this.