Shania Twain - Come on Over

Shania Twain's second record, The Woman in Me, became a blockbuster, appealing as much to a pop audience as it did to the country audience. Part of the reason for its success was how producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange -- best-known for his work with Def Leppard, the Cars, and AC/DC -- steered Twain toward the big choruses and instrumentation that always was a signature of his speciality, AOR radio. Come on Over, the sequel to The Woman in Me, continues that approach, breaking from contemporary country conventions in a number of ways. Not only does the music lean toward rock, but its 16 songs and, as the cover proudly claims, "Hour of Music," break from the country tradition of cheap, short albums of ten songs that last about a half-hour. Furthermore, all 16 songs and Lange-Twain originals and Shania's sleek, sexy photos suggest a New York fashion model, not a honky tonker. And there isn't any honky tonk here, which is just as well, since the fiddles are processed to sound like synthesizers and talk boxes never sound good on down-home, gritty rave-ups. No, Shania sticks to what she does best, which is countrified mainstream pop. Purists will complain that there's little country here, and there really isn't. However, what is here is professionally crafted country-pop -- even the filler (which there is, unfortunately, too much of) sounds good -- which is delivered with conviction, if not style, by Shania, and that is enough to make it a thoroughly successful follow-up to the most successful country album by a female in history. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Arthur Stead Synthesizer, Piano, Organ Aubrey Haynie Fiddle Bill Watson Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm) Bjorn Thorsrud Pre-Production Programming, ? Bob Bullock Engineer Brent Mason Guitar (Electric) Brian White Vocals Bruce Bouton Lap Steel Guitar, Guitar (Steel), Pedal Steel Bryan White Vocals Carl Marsh Arranger, Strings Dann Huff Sitar (Electric), Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Wah Wah Guitar, Guitar (12 String), Organ (Hammond), Talk Box, Guitar (Electric) David Hamilton Strings, Arranger Eric Silver Mandolin George Holz Photography Glenn Meadows Mastering Gus Phillipas Photography James Somberg Programming Jay Alverez Programming Jeff Balding Engineer Joe Chemay Bass (Electric), Fretless Bass Joe Spivey Fiddle Joey Miskulin Accordion John Hobbs Piano, Wurlitzer John Hughey Pedal Steel John Jarvis Piano, Wurlitzer Larry Byrom Slide Guitar Larry Franklin Fiddle Michael Omartian Piano Olle Romo Editing, Programming, Sequencing Paul Franklin Guitar (Steel), Pedal Steel Paul Leim Drums Rob Hajacos Fiddle Robert John "Mutt" Lange Vocals (Background), Producer Shania Twain Vocals (Background), Vocals Stuart Duncan Fiddle White Broadway Performer