''Shiver'' is the debut studio album by Australian

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artist

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, released on 31 October 2000 via

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. After signing with the label in early 2000, she began working on the project.

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produced the entirety of the album, with the exception of " I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You", which was produced by Stegall and Carson Chamberlain. O'Neal co-wrote 11 of the 13 tracks on the album. The album was positively reviewed by music critics. It reached a peak position of number 14 on the US

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, number two on the

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, and 125 on the ''Billboard'' 200. It is her most successful album to date, being certified

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by the

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for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States. Five singles in total were released. Its lead single, "

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", was a huge hit and made O'Neal the first female Australian to top the US

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chart; its follow-up, "

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", also went number one, making her the first female singer to have her first two singles go number one since

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did so in 1996 and 1997 with " Strawberry Wine" and " We Danced Anyway". The title track was less successful, peaking at number 21. " I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You", a duet with then-Mercury label mate

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, peaked at number 31; the song was also included on Wills's fourth studio album ''Loving Every Minute'' (2001). The final single, " Frantic", peaked outside the top forty. Following the release of this album, O'Neal recorded her second studio album titled ''On My Way to You'', which was intended for release on October 7, 2003. Although its lead single, " Every Little Thing", peaked at number 34, the album was scrapped and O'Neal went on to leave Mercury by August of 2003. She would go on to sign a deal with

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to release her second studio album ''Brave'' (2005).

Critical reception

Rick Cohoon of

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rated the album four stars out of five, praising O'Neal's voice and the first two singles, but said that the rest of the album "lacks the polish of the pros".

Track listing

All songs produced by

except where noted

Personnel

* Brady Barnett – keyboards (tracks 3, 4, 10, 13),

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(track 4),

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(track 4), drum loops (tracks 2, 7, 10) *

Eddie Bayers Eddie Bayers (born January 28, 1949) is an American session drummer who has played on 300 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for fourteen years, has three times won the Nashville Music ...

–

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(tracks 2-4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13) *

Bekka Bramlett Rebekka Ruth Lazone Bramlett (born April 19, 1968) is an American singer. She is the daughter of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, of the music duo Delaney & Bonnie. Currently, she is a session singer, songwriter, and backing vocalist, working with ...

–

background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are u ...

(tracks 1, 4) * Eric Darken –

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

(all tracks except 2 & 11) *

Roxie Dean Roxie Dean (born March 23, 1964) is an American country music songwriter and singer. In 2005, she released her debut album, ''Ms. America''. Her songwriting career includes a 2001 Nashville Songwriters Association International "Top 10 Songs Tha ...

– background vocals (tracks 6, 11) * Mark Douthit –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to p ...

(track 4) *

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...

–

steel guitar A steel guitar () is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conventional guitar i ...

(track 5) *

Stuart Duncan Stuart Ian Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Life Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school ...

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fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

(track 12) * Paul Franklin – steel guitar (tracks 3, 10) * Rodney Good – background vocals (tracks 1, 4-9, 11) * Owen Hale – drums (tracks 1, 6, 9, 12) *

Aubrey Haynie Aubrey E. Haynie (born March 27, 1974) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he w ...

– fiddle (tracks 7, 9),

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

(tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 12) * Dan Hill – background vocals (track 13) * John Hobbs – keyboards (track 7),

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

(tracks 5, 7, 8) * Jim Hoke –

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(track 2) * Mike Johnson – steel guitar (track 7) * John Kelton –

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

(tracks 2, 11), keyboards (track 3), drum loops (track 2) * B. James Lowry –

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

(tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13),

gut string guitar The classical guitar, also known as Spanish guitar, is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern steel-string a ...

(track 9) * Randy McCormick – Hammond organ (tracks 1, 6, 11) *

Brent Mason Brent Mason (born July 13, 1959) is an American country music guitarist, songwriter and session musician. ''Guitar World'' magazine listed Mason as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time". Discovered and mentored by Chet Atkins, Maso ...

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electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

(all tracks except 13), gut string guitar (track 13) * Samantha Murphy – background vocals (tracks 5, 7-9, 11) *

– lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4-9, 11, 12) * Kim Parent – background vocals (track 12) * Gary Prim – Hammond organ (track 8), piano (tracks 3, 6, 9, 11) * Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (tracks 5, 7, 8) * Michael Rojas – piano (track 2) *

Matt Rollings Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer. Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Rollings won the 'Best Traditional Pop ...

– piano (tracks 4, 12) *

– acoustic guitar (track 11), electric guitar (track 11), Hammond organ (track 5),

synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

(tracks 4, 6), keyboards (track 10, 13), drum loops (track 2) *

Biff Watson Fletcher Bangs "Biff" Watson (born 1952) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. His musicianship has been a part of recording sessions for many artists. Biography Early years Raised in Chatham, Virginia, Watson learned how to play ...

– acoustic guitar (track 12) * John D. Willis – mandolin (track 2) *

– duet vocals (track 10) *

Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Madis ...

– bass guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13) * Jonathan Yudkin –

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(track 2) Strings on "I'm Still Waiting" and "To Be with You" arranged by Matthew McCauley.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2000 debut albums Albums produced by Keith Stegall Mercury Records albums Jamie O'Neal albums