Shania is ‘still the one’

It’s been over a decade since I purchased it, but there is still one CD that I will never get sick of popping in my car stereo, Shania Twain’s “Greatest Hits” album. I will play it on repeat until I physically cannot sing one more round of “Honey, I’m Home.”
Each track is so clever and relatable, I never tire of hearing them. Of the 22 songs on the album, 17 came from three of her multiple-platinum-selling albums, “Up!,” “Come On Over,” and “The Woman In Me.” She remains the top-selling female artist of all time, according to about.com.
At 9 years old, I memorized the words to every song, and 12 years later, Twain’s lyrics have stood the test of time. I look forward to belting out “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?” every Wednesday night at The Ridge. I know I’m not alone.
If you’ve never tried to sing both parts in “Party For Two” without skipping a beat, then you are really missing out. And don’t worry, if you mess up the first time, you’ll get another chance two songs later with the Billy Currington version.
One of my personal favorites is “Up,” because it reminds listeners it’s just a bad day, and things will get better. We all have those days when “somethin’ as simple as, forgettin’ to fill up on gas,” is the tipping point on a string of unfortunate events. Twain tells us we just “gotta learn to have a laugh” and not let the little things get us down.
What’s so great about the album is it has a song for every occasion, whether you had a long day at work or you are getting ready to go out on the town with your girls.
Many of them are about love, but highlight different stages of a relationship.
Shania’s on a man hunt in “I’m Gonna Getcha Good!,” and by “You Win My Love” and “Love Gets Me Everytime,” she’s already decided he’s the one.
“If You’re Not In It For Love” is a warning to her man that she won’t stick around unless he is serious about her.
“Any Man of Mine” is a humorous list of expectations of her partner. I mean, what woman doesn’t want to be told “mm, I like it like that” when she burns supper?
She slows it down in “Forever and For Always,” “From This Moment On,” “You’re Still the One,” and “The Woman in Me,” the more serious tracks when she is deeply in love.
Shania is the perfect combination of cool, yet classy. Her ability to fuse pop and rock with country, as well as her songwriting skills, shine through on her greatest hits album. Although it was released quite a while ago, in my opinion, no country album has rivaled it yet.