Alex

Buy the US Version - This remixed version is horrendous, 6 Jun 2012

The USA version of this album, which I own, is fabulous. It is a perfect hybrid of country and pop music. However, for the 1998 and 1999 reissues, Mercury decided to (why, I do not know) remix a fabulous album into something which was just, well, rubbish. All country instruments were removed to give the album a more "pop" feel (such as fiddles and guitars) and were resampled with mush. The catchy guitar hook in "Love Gets Me Every Time" was replaced with a guitar solo SO quiet it may as well be silence. The fantastic duet with Bryan Whyte, "From This Moment On", was edited and changed into a Shania solo. The UK Dance mix of "That Don't Impress Me Much" is an abomination, and the house… Read more

Amazing, 13 Nov 2009

Leona's made an excellent album again. Problem is...on the cover she's doing the Ayumi Hamasaki fishlips!

#1 album from #1 J-Pop artist!, 27 Jun 2009

The album starts off with the fun, dancey "Not yet", which leads into the quartet of rock songs, 'until that Day...', 'Startin', '1 LOVE' and 'It was'. This leads into an interlude, 'LABYRINTH', which leads into the ballad 'JEWEL'. 'momentum' follows, and she takes on a dancey approach. The next interlude 'taskinst' leads into 'Born To Be...', 'Beautiful Fighters', 'BLUE BIRD', 'kiss o'kill' and 'Secret', which ends the album on a very high note. This is a brilliant album and I love it to pieces.