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On The Jukebox: Shania Twain - "Come On Over (Super Deluxe Diamond Edition)"

Featuring guest appearances from Bryan White (on "From This Moment On"), Chris Martin (on "You're Still The One [Live From Las Vegas 2022]"), Alison Krauss and Union Station (on "From This Moment On [Live]" and "I'm Holdin' Onto Love (To Save My Life) [Live]"), Elton John (on "You're Still The One [Live From Miami 1999]") and Backstreet Boys (on "From This Moment On [Live From Miami 1999]") as well as remixes from Cheat Codes, Synchrologic, Frank Walker and Tempo.

This is the biggest deluxe edition re-release of this album from Shania. It includes the full US version of the album (remastered), the full International version of the album (remastered, different track order and arrangements that lean more to pop than country) and a third disc of bonus material.

Some notes:

The International version of the album is interesting for the purposes of comparing how it sounds compared to the US version. I chose the Diamond edition to listen to because I always tend to go for the biggest available deluxe edition but I wouldn't call the International version of the album a necessity.

The Bryan White situation is...weird to me. White was Shania's duet partner on the US version of "From This Moment On"...and then, for reasons I've never felt made a ton of sense, there seemed a concerted effort to erase all trace of the version of the song with him on it. The video is just Shania, the International version of the song has his vocals stripped completely. The song *is* a duet (the Backstreet Boys/Shania version uses the arrangement for the Shania/Bryan version) so the whole attempt to act like the version with Bryan White never existed always felt kind of ugly to me.

Bonus materials: the standard deluxe edition of this album has a bonus track that this edition does not have...and one that I don't understand why it was on the standard deluxe edition to begin with. That track was a live version of "Party Of Two" with Nick Jonas. Which is fine in and of itself...but a baffling inclusion since "Party For Two" is not on "Come On Over" (it was a new track added to her Greatest Hits compilation). Thankfully, it's not on the Diamond edition.

Final note: this album is certified sales wise at 2X Diamond. For those out there who don't know what that means, it means certified sales of *20 million* copies. There's no way of overstating just how *huge* Shania was at the peak of her popularity.