Shania Twain - BBC in Concert, Abbey Road Studios, London, Britain, 7-10-2003

Working on my big BBC project has taken me in some directions that I didn't expect. I'm trying to post the BBC performances of artists I at least respect musically, even if I don't always personally like their music. A case in point is the Canadian country singer Shania Twain. She's sold a bazillion records. For instance, her 1997 album "Come On Over" is the best selling album by a female in any genre, selling over 40 million records. It's true her music is very slick commercial pop. Normally, I'm not into that, but if you are, this is the peak of the genre, as those astounding sales prove. So I figure she's worth at least one BBC album. And it turns out she did just one BBC concert that I can find, so here it is.

Personally, I attribute much of her success to her super successful producer, Mutt Lange. Unlike most producers, he's gotten involved with songwriting for many of the big acts he's produced. That's especially true for him and Twain. He got so involved that he married her and stayed married from 1993 to 2010. He cowrote virtually every song on all her albums in that time period. Just compare the success of those albums with the ones before and after, and it's clear he added an extra "it" factor.

It so happens this album is ideally timed for the peak of her career. He last album produced by Lange was "Up!," released in 2002. Several years after that, she ran into medical problems that made it hard for her to sing, and her marriage to Lange fell apart, so it wouldn't be another 15 years till her next album. So this concert is basically the greatest hits from all the Lange era albums.

Speaking of "greatest hits," I would argue this is probably a better greatest hits collection for the casual fan than her 2004 album "Greatest Hits." It's shorter, and has all her biggest hits up until that point. The sound quality is excellent, even though it's a bootleg.

This album is 57 minutes long.

01 talk (Shania Twain)
02 Man, I Feel like a Woman (Shania Twain)
03 Up (Shania Twain)
04 talk (Shania Twain)
05 Forever and for Always (Shania Twain)
06 Ka-Ching (Shania Twain)
07 Don't Be Stupid [You Know I Love You] (Shania Twain)
08 That Don't Impress Me Much (Shania Twain)
09 Thank You Baby [For Makin' Someday Come So Soon] (Shania Twain)
10 When You Kiss Me (Shania Twain)
11 I'm Gonna Getcha Good (Shania Twain)
12 Nah (Shania Twain)
13 You're Still the One (Shania Twain)
14 Rock This Country (Shania Twain)
15 talk (Shania Twain)
16 [If You're Not in It for Love] I'm Outta Here (Shania Twain)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15118886/ShaniaTwin_2003_BBinConcertAbbeyRoadStudos__7-10-2003_atse.zip.html

The cover photo comes from a concert in 2003, but I don't know which one.