There was a time, after the turn of the century, when Shania Twiin’s career seemed hopelessly hopeless, when a mysterious illness called Lyme disease turned out to be her vocal cords and she had to disable the leads. It took her fifteen years to return to the recording studio, mostly redone, to make an album, Now (2017), she was back on paper as she always was, the country pop of the Amazon (more pop than country) with a total appeal. .
Six years later, the Canadian, who is and probably will remain forever, the woman who sold the most copies of the album of all time (40 million Come On Over, 1997), returns with Queen Of Me and a tour of great venues (the English market is limited). We understand that their bases will be from the 200 90s, but Queen De Me a few songs with dignity fit well into the repertoire.
Like the one that opens the album, Giddy Up!, which combines the two hallmarks of his work, a country dance track and a sense of fun. A euphoric appeal to feel the dizziness of the days, smelling it very much, with hints of musical cows that continue to breathe sporadically through the album in a wandering way, exhaling air on acoustic guitars or a course not a girl. .
But Twain is essentially a pop attraction, and the ties with producer Robert Mutt Lange (who was her husband) were severed, leading to the opportunity to collaborate with Tyler Joseph (Twenty One Pilots). Let’s talk about the voice that already in other times, in those authorities of authority, the message of feminine affirmation has slipped away, often with humor, or we will remember the man! I feel like a woman (Robert Palmer’s video-parody) or the fun and illusion of seductive clichés in her doesn’t move me much (“So Brad Pitt?”). This assessment of self-esteem prevails in the remarkable title track, where she shows that she is the queen of herself, determined and ready to a bill like Shakira: “I don’t want your money, honey / I’ve got my tools.”
Expressive as always, although she went so far as to declare that her voice was not the same when she encountered the disease, the truth is that between the renovation and the recent study opportunities, here she looks as clear and expressive. as always He also makes some of the lesser poems, which are, appear to be something like what they are. Among the best, with a momentary melodrama, and closing the middle with a murmur, the most difficult stone, where he reminds himself that he has not yet learned enough about the matters of the heart. Pieces that will help renew the profile of the artist, in recent times fans like Harry Styles, Kacey Musgraves and Taylor Swift have seen themselves.
