Complete Limelight Sessions [Original recording remastered]

Shania Twain | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Limelight Records
• ASIN: B00005QDDM
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,265 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It's All Right

2. Love

3. All Fired up, No Place to Go

4. The Heart Is Blind

5. For the Love

6. Wild and Wicked

7. Ain't Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore

8. Send It With Love

9. Half Breed

10. Hate to Love

11. Bite My Lip

12. Two Hearts One Love

13. Rhythm Made Me Do It

14. Luv Eyes

15. Lost My Heart

16. Don't Give Me That

17. It's Alright [club mix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

95 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile "demo" CD for serious Shania fans and collectors, November 12, 2001

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"musicmuse" (Tempe, Arizona USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Limelight Sessions (Audio CD)

First let's be clear about what this album is and is not, musically and legally. One early review was totally inaccurate in both regards. To clarify...

This is an album of decade old "demo" material not originally intended for public consumption. "The Complete Limelight Sessions" features 17 songs Shania recorded in 1989-90, before she signed with Mercury Records. At the time, she was working in Canada to support her younger siblings after the death of her parents. Shania, her management, and current label Mercury were properly informed of this album, and while they do not formally support it, do accept its release. The producer holds legal copyright to the sound recording, and deserves a chance to recoup original costs, though whether this release is wise or helpful is for fans to decide.

All 17 tracks have been remastered, most with newly recorded/remixed instrumentals, plus a new club/dance mix. This remastered version is vastly superior sonically versus any of the earlier, unlawful bootlegs (see note). Five of six "additional" tracks add quality to the album. "Send It With Love" is a genuine highlight, and Shania's sassy attitude reveals itself lyrically throughout. However, please don't buy this CD expecting any new music: it demonstrates Shania's still formative, raw talents in more of a late 80's pop/rock style, and is of interest mainly to collectors and more ardent fans. "The Complete Limelight Sessions" contains early pre-fame recordings of lesser quality than her exceptional mega-selling major label albums of the 90s. For serious fans in need of a Shania fix, it is a listenable CD reflecting a particular musical time and place, probably worth adding to your collection.

Note: "The Complete Limelight Sessions" is the *only* legal release of Shania's early recordings to date... Confusion arose when some of these songs appeared on several inferior bootleg recordings ("Beginnings" in North America, "Wild and Wicked" and assorted titles in Europe) - without Shania's permission or knowledge, against her wishes and those of the original producer. So fans are cautioned to ignore any other so-called "early Shania" CDs - all were unlawfully released and are of inferior audio quality.

... In the meantime, please remain patient Shania fans, as we await her new studio album on Mercury/Universal, the long-awaited follow-up to her historic "Come On Over," scheduled for release in spring/summer 2002.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A new look at Shania, October 25, 2001

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Kim Anderson (Ontario,Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Limelight Sessions (Audio CD)

As any avid Shania fan knows,this is not an official release and Shania did not give her permission for it to be released.I bought it however because it is a part of the Shania Twain history and it belongs in my collection.The presentation is nice with a cardboard slipcase and black and white photos.The photos are rare never before released shots of Shania in 1988 before she became the commercialised star we know today.The photos show an innocent and fresh girl that doesn't look much like Shania today.I played the CD and I understand why the 6 songs were not released on the Beginnings CD.They are not the high quality that we are used to with the Twain/Lange masterpieces and in some parts,her voice sounds shrilly.My personal opinion is buy it if you are a big Shania fan or collector just for the photos but for musical preference,Beginnings sounds much better.Perhaps I have to let this CD grow on me but I know that Shania must be disappointed to have her first attempt at recording released like this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Shania's Start, February 16, 2004

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Kayla (Belton, SC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Limelight Sessions (Audio CD)

I think this CD was a really good CD for Shania Twain to put out as her first CD. It shows her in a different light. I now know that she has a wonderful voice without it having to be edited. If you get to here this CD I think it will make a huge impact on you, showing you Shania's true and talented voice.