Jump to content

Now (Shania Twain album): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
adding informations
reviews
Line 51: Line 51:
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/now-mw0003068413|title=Now - Shania Twain|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=September 28, 2017}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/now-mw0003068413|title=Now - Shania Twain|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=September 28, 2017}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev2 = [[Consequence of Sound]]
| rev2Score = 6.6/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|last1=Cox|first1=Jamieson|title=Shania Twain: Now Album Review|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/shania-twain-now/|website=pitchfork.com|accessdate=September 30, 2017}}</ref>
| rev2Score = C<ref>https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/09/album-review-shania-twain-now/</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = B+<ref>http://ew.com/music/2017/09/29/shania-twain-now-ew-review/</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/28/shania-twain-now-review-bouncing-back-with-country-pop-queen</ref>
| rev5 = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]
| rev5Score = 6.6/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|last1=Cox|first1=Jamieson|title=Shania Twain: Now Album Review|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/shania-twain-now/|website=pitchfork.com|accessdate=September 30, 2017}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/country/albumreviews/rob-sheffield-on-miley-cyrus-younger-now-shania-twains-now-w505485</ref>
}}
}}
''Now'' has received mixed to positive reviews from music critics.<ref name="Metacritic/> Robert Crawford of ''Rolling Stone'' called the album, "dramatic and diverse," but affirms "''Now'' continues the exploration we last saw with 2002's ''Up!.''"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/shania-twains-new-album-now-track-by-track-guide-w505477|title=Shania Twain's New Album 'Now': Track-by-Track Guide|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=2017-09-28}}</ref> Sounds Like Nashville's own Annie Reuter says "Twain proves herself relevant on ''Now''," noting the production of the album as a standout piece. "[A] cutting-edge production that reminds the listener exactly why she is the best-selling female artist of all time,"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/album-review-shania-twain-now/|title=Album Review: Shania Twain's 'Now'|date=2017-09-25|work=Sounds Like Nashville|access-date=2017-09-28|language=en-US}}</ref> Conversely, Mikael Wood of the ''Los Angeles Times'' criticized Twain's vocal delivery on the uptempo tracks as "flat and robotic,"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-shania-twain-now-review-20170927-story.html|title=Shania Twain is back with the surprising yet frustrating album 'Now'|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=2017-09-27|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-09-28|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> ''The Wall Street Journal'' writer Barry Mazor says the album finds Twain "singing in a somewhat lower register—audible, but not dramatically different." Mazor also praised Twain's sonic direction saying, "If it was commonly suggested during her hit run that the sounds and video images were manipulative concoctions developed by Mr. Lange, and Ms. Twain was merely his puppet, that charge is certainly well-debunked now.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/now-review-shania-twain-tells-her-story-her-way-1506462417|title='NOW' Review: Shania Twain Tells Her Story Her Way|last=Mazor|first=Barry|date=2017-09-26|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-09-28|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
''Now'' has received mixed to positive reviews from music critics.<ref name="Metacritic/> Robert Crawford of ''Rolling Stone'' called the album, "dramatic and diverse," but affirms "''Now'' continues the exploration we last saw with 2002's ''Up!.''"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/shania-twains-new-album-now-track-by-track-guide-w505477|title=Shania Twain's New Album 'Now': Track-by-Track Guide|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=2017-09-28}}</ref> Sounds Like Nashville's own Annie Reuter says "Twain proves herself relevant on ''Now''," noting the production of the album as a standout piece. "[A] cutting-edge production that reminds the listener exactly why she is the best-selling female artist of all time,"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/album-review-shania-twain-now/|title=Album Review: Shania Twain's 'Now'|date=2017-09-25|work=Sounds Like Nashville|access-date=2017-09-28|language=en-US}}</ref> Conversely, Mikael Wood of the ''Los Angeles Times'' criticized Twain's vocal delivery on the uptempo tracks as "flat and robotic,"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-shania-twain-now-review-20170927-story.html|title=Shania Twain is back with the surprising yet frustrating album 'Now'|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=2017-09-27|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-09-28|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> ''The Wall Street Journal'' writer Barry Mazor says the album finds Twain "singing in a somewhat lower register—audible, but not dramatically different." Mazor also praised Twain's sonic direction saying, "If it was commonly suggested during her hit run that the sounds and video images were manipulative concoctions developed by Mr. Lange, and Ms. Twain was merely his puppet, that charge is certainly well-debunked now.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/now-review-shania-twain-tells-her-story-her-way-1506462417|title='NOW' Review: Shania Twain Tells Her Story Her Way|last=Mazor|first=Barry|date=2017-09-26|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-09-28|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

Revision as of 21:03, 30 September 2017

Now
Studio album by
Shania Twain
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
Length41:25
LabelMercury Nashville
Producer
Shania Twain chronology
Still the One: Live from Vegas
(2015) 		Now
(2017)
Singles from Now
  1. "Life's About to Get Good"
    Released: June 15, 2017
  2. "Swingin' with My Eyes Closed"
    Released: August 18, 2017

Now is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter Shania Twain, released on September 29, 2017.[1] It is Twain's first new studio album in 15 years, since her 2002 release, Up!. The album's lead single, "Life's About to Get Good", was released on June 15, 2017.[2] Twain promoted the album with television performances and interviews and will embark on the Shania Now Tour in May 2018.

Background

After releasing the compilation album Greatest Hits in 2004, Twain released the single "Shoes" for the soundtrack to the television series Desperate Housewives. Later, experiencing the breakdown of her marriage, Twain divorced her longtime husband and songwriting partner, music producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, in 2008. She remarried to Frédéric Thiébaud, the husband of her former best friend, in 2011. The same year, she released the promotional single "Today Is Your Day", which had a moderate impact on the charts.

Twain underwent vocal therapy after being diagnosed with dysphonia and Lyme disease, which caused her to nearly lose her singing voice;[3] she embarked on a concert tour and Las Vegas residency before revealing that new music would arrive in 2017.

Singles

"Life's About to Get Good" was released as the lead single on June 15, 2017. Twain premiered the song on April 29, 2017, at the Stagecoach Festival. The single debuted and peaked at number 36 on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart after one week of its release. A music video for the song, directed by Matthew Cullen, was released on July 27, 2017. "Swingin' with My Eyes Closed" was released on August 18, 2017, as the second single from the album.[4]

On July 20, 2017, "Poor Me" was released as the first promotional single from the album.[5] On September 15, 2017, "We Got Something They Don't" was released as a promotional track.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic55/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Consequence of SoundC[9]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[10]
The Guardian[11]
Pitchfork6.6/10[12]
Rolling Stone[13]

Now has received mixed to positive reviews from music critics.[7] Robert Crawford of Rolling Stone called the album, "dramatic and diverse," but affirms "Now continues the exploration we last saw with 2002's Up!."[14] Sounds Like Nashville's own Annie Reuter says "Twain proves herself relevant on Now," noting the production of the album as a standout piece. "[A] cutting-edge production that reminds the listener exactly why she is the best-selling female artist of all time,"[15] Conversely, Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times criticized Twain's vocal delivery on the uptempo tracks as "flat and robotic,"[16] The Wall Street Journal writer Barry Mazor says the album finds Twain "singing in a somewhat lower register—audible, but not dramatically different." Mazor also praised Twain's sonic direction saying, "If it was commonly suggested during her hit run that the sounds and video images were manipulative concoctions developed by Mr. Lange, and Ms. Twain was merely his puppet, that charge is certainly well-debunked now.[17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Shania Twain

Standard edition[18]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Swingin' with My Eyes Closed"
3:33
2."Home Now"
3:21
3."Light of My Life"
3:36
4."Poor Me"
  • Gosling
  • Twain
3:21
5."Who's Gonna Be Your Girl"
  • Aniello
  • Koma
  • Twain
4:13
6."More Fun"
3:38
7."I'm Alright"
  • Aniello
  • Twain
3:51
8."Roll Me on the River"
  • Aniello
  • Koma
  • Twain
3:06
9."We Got Something They Don't"
  • King
  • Twain
3:28
10."You Can't Buy Love"
  • Gosling
  • Twain
2:39
11."Life's About to Get Good"
  • Aniello
  • Koma
  • Twain
3:40
12."Soldier"
  • King
  • Riley
  • Twain
2:59
Total length:41:25
Deluxe edition[19]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
8."Let's Kiss and Make Up"
3:59
9."Where Do You Think You're Going"
  • Aniello
  • Twain
3:22
10."Roll Me on the River"
  • Aniello
  • Koma
  • Twain
3:06
11."We Got Something They Don't"
  • King
  • Twain
3:28
12."Because of You"
  • Gosling
  • Twain
3:47
13."You Can't Buy Love"
  • Gosling
  • Twain
2:39
14."Life's About to Get Good"
  • Aniello
  • Koma
  • Twain
3:40
15."Soldier"
  • King
  • Riley
  • Twain
2:59
16."All in All"
  • King
  • Twain
3:43
Total length:56:16

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Edition(s) Ref.
United States September 29, 2017
Mercury Nashville
  • Standard
  • Deluxe
 [18][19][20]

References

  1. ^ Weatherby, Taylor. "Shania Twain Announces New Album 'Now': Listen to the First Single". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  2. ^ Gordon, Jeremy (June 15, 2017). "Shania Twain – "Life's About to Get Good"". Spin. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "Shania Twain Diagnosed With Dysphonia, Undergoes Therapy to Restore Her Voice". Taste of Country. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  4. ^ Johnson, Zach (August 17, 2017). "Shania Twain Announces 2018 Now Tour Dates". E! Online. United States: NBCUniversal. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "Shania Twain Talks New Song 'Poor Me': It's 'Feeling Sorry for Myself'". Rolling Stone. July 21, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  6. ^ "Hear Shania Twain's Blissful New Song 'We Got Something They Don't'". Rolling Stone. September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Now Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  8. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Now - Shania Twain". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  9. ^ https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/09/album-review-shania-twain-now/
  10. ^ http://ew.com/music/2017/09/29/shania-twain-now-ew-review/
  11. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/28/shania-twain-now-review-bouncing-back-with-country-pop-queen
  12. ^ Cox, Jamieson. "Shania Twain: Now Album Review". pitchfork.com. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  13. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/country/albumreviews/rob-sheffield-on-miley-cyrus-younger-now-shania-twains-now-w505485
  14. ^ "Shania Twain's New Album 'Now': Track-by-Track Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  15. ^ "Album Review: Shania Twain's 'Now'". Sounds Like Nashville. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  16. ^ Wood, Mikael (September 27, 2017). "Shania Twain is back with the surprising yet frustrating album 'Now'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  17. ^ Mazor, Barry (September 26, 2017). "'NOW' Review: Shania Twain Tells Her Story Her Way". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Now by Shania Twain on iTunes". iTunes Store. United States. September 29, 2017.
  19. ^ a b "Now (Deluxe) by Shania Twain on Apple Music". iTunes Store. United States. September 29, 2017.
  20. ^ "Shania Twain: Now". Amazon.com. ASIN B072KFLY28. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Now_(Shania_Twain_album)&oldid=803160918"