Shania Twain (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Shania Twain
Type = studio
Artist = Shania Twain


Released = April 20, 1993 (North America)
May 3, 1994 (UK)
March 6, 2000 (Europe)
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 30:41
Label = Mercury
Producer = Harold Shedd,
Norro Wilson
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:n8rn28vr055a~T1 link]
*Review-Christgau|cut|album=10704
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/shaniatwain/albums/album/115027/review/5945902/shania_twain link]
Last album =
This album = "Shania Twain"
(1993)
Next album = "The Woman in Me"
(1995)Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio

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Lower caption = UK cover

"Shania Twain" is the self-titled debut album by Shania Twain, originally released in 1993. Although never a hit when originally released, Twain's more recent successful albums gained her legions of fans, which has generated more interest in "Shania Twain" causing it to be certified platinum in the U.S. for shipments of one million copies.

Track listing

#"What Made You Say That" (Tony Haselden, Stan Munsey Jr.) – 2:58
#"You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me" (Hank Beach, Forest Borders II) – 2:48
#"Dance with the One That Brought You" (Sam Hogin, Gretchen Peters) – 2:23
#"Still Under the Weather" (Skip Ewing, L. E. White, Michael White) – 3:06
#"God Ain't Gonna Getcha for That" (Kent Robbins, Shania Twain) – 2:44
#"Got a Hold on Me" (Rachel Newman) – 2:14
#"There Goes the Neighborhood" (Tommy Dodson, Bill C. Graham, Alan Laney) – 3:17
#"Forget Me" (Stephony Smith) – 3:21
#"When He Leaves You" (Mike Reid, Robbins) – 4:21
#"Crime of the Century" (Richard Fagan, Ralph Murthy) – 3:29

ingles

*"What Made You Say That" Released March 9, 1993
*"Dance With The One That Brought You" Released July 13, 1993
*"You Lay A Whole Lot Of Love on Me" September 7, 1993

Charts

You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me

Single infobox
Name = You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me


Artist = Shania Twain
from Album =
Released = September 7, 1993
Genre = Country
Length = 2:48
Label = Mercury
Writer = Forest Borders II,
Hank Beach
Producer = Harold Shedd,
Norro Wilson
Last single = "Dance with the One That Brought You"
(1993)
This single = "You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me"
(1993)
Next single = "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"
(1995)"You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me" was the third and final single released from "Shania Twain". The song was written by Forest Borders II and Hank Beach. The single was released to radio in September of 1993, however, like the previous two singles it didn't gain much airplay, and actually failed to appear on the "Billboard" country singles chart. To date, it remains the only U.S. released single of Twain's career that failed to make the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Music video

The music video for "You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me" was shot in Montreal, Quebec and directed by Steven Goldmann. It was filmed on August 19 and 20, 1993 and released on September 7, 1993. The video is set in the 1950s with Shania going around town with her boyfriend. Scenes with Twain singing are in color while the scenes with the boyfriend are in black and white. The video is available on Twain's DVD "The Platinum Collection".