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Up! (album)

Up!
Shania Twain - Up!.png
Studio album by Shania Twain
Released November 18, 2002
Recorded Fall 2001–Summer 2002
Genre
Length
  • 72:55 (red disc)
  • 72:32 (green disc)
  • 73:17 (blue disc)
Label Mercury Nashville
Producer
Shania Twain chronology
The Complete Limelight Sessions
(2001)		 Up!
(2002)		 Greatest Hits
(2004)
Alternate cover (Red CD only)
Singles from Up!
  1. "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"
    Released: September 23, 2002
  2. "Up!"
    Released: January 6, 2003
  3. "Ka-Ching!"
    Released: February 17, 2003
  4. "Forever and for Always"
    Released: April 7, 2003
  5. "Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)"
    Released: August 11, 2003
  6. "She's Not Just a Pretty Face"
    Released: October 6, 2003
  7. "When You Kiss Me"
    Released: November 10, 2003
  8. "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing"
    Released: February 9, 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (72/100)
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 4/5 stars
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
Amazon.com (positive)
Blender 4/5 stars
Billboard (favorable)
Entertainment.ie 3/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly A
PopMatters 6/10 stars
Robert Christgau (1-star Honorable Mention)
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars
Yahoo! Music UK 6/10 stars

Up! is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was released on November 18, 2002, by Mercury Nashville. Three versions of the album were released: a pop version (red disc), a country version (green disc), and an international version (blue disc) in the style of Indian film music; all three discs contain exactly the same track listing and feature distinctly identifiable picture labels (for example, Twain sports a cowboy hat on the green country disc.) In the U.S., Up! debuted at #1 with sales of 874,000 copies. On September 23, 2004, the RIAA certified Up! at 11× Platinum, giving her the distinction of being the only female artist to have three consecutive Diamond albums released in the United States.

Writing and recording for the album took place across the world. According to the album booklet, Twain and Lange wrote and recorded in Berlin, Rome, Vienna, Paris, Avignon, Provence, Milan, Dublin, the Bahamas (at the famous Compass Point Studios), The Grenadine Islands, and Mumbai. For the blue international disc, the pair enlisted British-Asian music producers Simon and Diamond Duggal for production collaboration. Canadian folk music group Leahy provided group fiddles throughout the album.

Twain launched an extensive promotional tour for the album, starting in October 2002. Major events included the Super Bowl XXXVII halftime show, the 2002 and 2003 Country Music Awards, the 2003 American Music Awards, the 2003 Juno Awards, the 2003 ECHO Awards, the 2003 Billboard Music Awards, and the 2003 CMT Flameworthy Awards.


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