''Shania Twain'' is the debut studio album by Canadian singer

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, released on April 20, 1993, by Polygram and

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. The album was a worldwide commercial failure when first released, but following the significant success of Twain's three subsequent albums, an interest in ''Shania Twain'' developed, leading it to be certified Platinum in 1999 by the RIAA for shipments of over one million copies. To promote the album, the singles, "

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", " Dance with the One That Brought You" and " You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me", were released as singles and accompanied by

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. Five songs were originally recorded by other artists. "There Goes the Neighborhood" was recorded by

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in 1990, "When He Leaves You" was a single for Donna Meade in 1989, "You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me" was recorded by

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in 1980 and Tom Jones in 1983, "Still Under the Weather" was recorded by Andy Williams in 1990, and "What Made You Say That" was recorded by

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in 1989. In her 2011 autobiography, ''From This Moment On'', Twain expressed displeasure with her debut studio album, revealing that she had very little creative control and was frustrated with being unable to showcase her songwriting abilities. However, she did co-write one song on the album titled "God Ain't Gonna Getcha for That". After her subsequent albums '' The Woman in Me'' (1995) and especially ''

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'' (1997) catapulted her to superstardom, Twain essentially disowned this album and has not performed any material from it live following the conclusion of her

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in 1999. Even during the aforementioned tour only the song "

" was included from the album in her setlist despite her only having three albums of material at the time to draw from. In addition, no selections from it were included on her 2004 ''

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'' album. "What Made You Say That" is included on her

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documentary companion compilation album ''

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'' released on July 26, 2022.

Track listing

Music videos

# "

" # " Dance with the One That Brought You" # " You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me"

Personnel

*Shania Twain - lead vocals *

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- drums *

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- percussion *Mike Brignardello,

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- bass *Mark Casstevens, Allen Frank Estes, Chris Leuzinger,

Billy Joe Walker Jr. Billy Joe Walker Jr. (February 29, 1952 – July 25, 2017) was an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He composed singles for Eddie Rabbitt, including " I Wanna Dance with You", " That's Why I Fell in Love with You" and " ...

, John Willis - acoustic guitar *Steve Gibson, Billy Joe Walker Jr., Reggie Young - electric guitar *Sonny Garrish - steel guitar *Costo Davis - synthesizer * David Briggs, Costo Davis, Gary Prim - keyboards *Terry McMillan, Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson - harmonica *Anthony Martin,

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, Ronny Scaife, Shania Twain, Cindy Richardson Walker, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young - backing vocals ;Technical *Produced by Norro Wilson and Harold Shedd *Engineered and mixed by Jim Cotton, Todd Culross, Graeme Smith and Joe Scaife *Mastered by Marty Williams

Charts

Weekly charts

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Release history

References

{{Authority control 1993 debut albums Shania Twain albums Mercury Records albums Albums produced by Norro Wilson Albums produced by Harold Shedd