Whatever We Wanna [Import]

LeAnn Rimes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Classics UK
• ASIN: B000FO45Z2
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,731 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Satisfied

2. And It Feels Like

3. For the First Time

4. Save Myself

5. A Little More Time

6. Rumour 'Bout a Revolution

7. Destructive

8. Strong

9. Whatever We Wanna

10. Everybody's Someone

11. Headphones

12. Long Night

13. This Life

14. Break Me Down

15. Some People

Editorial Reviews

Ninth album by the high priestess of American Pop/Country. At 23 years of age and with 37 million album sales under her belt, this is the follow up to her 2005 album, This Woman. Includes the single 'And It Feels Like' plus 'Destructive', 'Strong', 'Satisfied', 'Little More Time', 'Rumor 'Bout A Revolution' and 'Everybody's Someone' (duet with Brian McFadden) . Warner. 2006.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!!!, June 14, 2006

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Jake Z "holden84" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whatever We Wanna (Audio CD)

LeAnn Rimes had a ton of crossover success in her career with songs like "How Do I Live", "Can't Fight the Moonlight", "I Need You", and many more. In 2002 she released her first pop cd called TWISTED ANGEL. The album was a flop, but it got her a following in Europe. In 2005 she released a new country CD called THIS WOMAN which had great success, and was a great comeback to country music. So while she has success with her country music in the US, in the UK she plans to pursue her pop career.

WHATEVER WE WANNA is a CD that has been in the works for a long time, and it's been a long wait, but it's finally here. LeAnn helped write 10 of the 15 songs here. The songs are a mix of ballads and uptempos that lend more to the pop/rock sound. No matter what kind of music she's singing, she sounds amazing.

The CD opens with the upbeat "Satisfied", then to the lead single "And It Feels Like". The song is an emotional ballad about a relationship that is falling apart. Easily one of the best songs on the album! The album is filled with beautiful ballads like "For The First Time", "This Life", a duet with Brian McFadden on the wonderful "Everybody's Someone", and a new pop version of "Some People" which was previously on her THIS WOMAN album. I can't forget the inspirational single "Strong" as well, which show off her impressive vocals!

There are a fair share of upbeat songs like the singalong title track, the fun "Headphones", and more. Other songs I have to mention as they are so good are "Long Night" (would make a great single), "Break Me Down", and "Save Myself".

Overall, this album just proves that LeAnn can sing many kinds of music, which us fans already knew. It is a great CD and I hope it brings her a lot of success. People in the US who don't hear this CD are missing out! Check it out! Bottom line: LeAnn has an amazing voice, and these songs really do it justice.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'd certainly 'wanna' this album, April 29, 2007

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Andrey Kirillov (Samara, Russia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whatever We Wanna (Audio CD)

Here comes a new album from LeAnn Rimes. Surprisingly, it is an import from Europe, not released in the USA. Still, listeners and fans on both sides of the Atlantic would certainly 'wanna' this CD as it would give plenty of joy and positive thrills. We know LeAnn Rimes to be a country star, who sometimes goes crossover, like on her "Twisted Angel" album (strangely shunned by critics), which was in the vast majority a pop thing. Then she returned to country with her previous "This Woman", which was to the vast majority a country thing. We know LeAnn Rimes to successfully go between the two styles, playing on both fields.

"Whatever We Wanna" is certainly on the pop field, with practically no country, although some tag it in this category. It again showcases LeAnn Rimes' strong vocal mastery and her songwriters' strong grip at what should be good music. The voice is always strong and good, and we all know that it handles both pop and country with equal power, vibrations and exquisite style. Personally I would single out "Headphones" and "Break Me Down", but all the others are equally great. The last track "Some People" is also on her other album ("This Woman"). You will hear the voice telling stories from a powerful woman in "Strong", who leaves us "Satisfied" not "For the First Time", "And It Feels Like" you get "A Little More Time" through your "Headphones" or stereo of "Whatever We Wanna".

Some of you may say that some of this material sounds like much of what is now playing on contemporary country charts. Some may note that this is quite a fresh look on the pop music as known in Europe. Some may even be wondering if this music can be classed at all. Some of you may find little notes connecting songs from this album to other albums of either LeAnn herself or other artists. Well, music is a big melting pot of today, and LeAnn Rimes surely knows her way of cooking some good sort of cake according to her own recipe.

This import is double the price I am regularly prepared to pay for a CD on Amazon, but it is worth every penny or cent, as you would return to it again and again. LeAnn Rimes did her best here to ensure that there are no doubts or frustration with even a single track. What you get is what you'd 'wanna' listen to today because it is amazing music from an amazing artist.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars LeAnn does Europe, June 13, 2006

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Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whatever We Wanna (Audio CD)

There are only two things that I don’t like about this album – one is the price (it’s an import), and the second is the “more slutty than sultry” cover art. Having got that over with, the album itself is pretty good, more pop/rock than country, though still with the LeAnn magic.

First track “Satisfied” is a rock track, heavy on the guitars and drums with a killer chorus, while the hit of the album and first single “And It Feels Like” follows right after. This track has very sentimental lyrics, and LeAnn puts everything into it: “I remember every touch, every flower, every word you ever said / I remember how we looked at each other the very first time we met.”

The pace slows for “For the First Time”, which revisits the country/pop style that made her such a successful artiste, and then comes “Save Myself”, another great track. Next it’s more guitar infused country with “A Little More Time”, and “Rumour ‘Bout a Revolution”. “Destructive” is predictably a rock track, and you get the impression that she’s belting out the words of the chorus rather than singing them, but then comes second single “Strong” where she redeems herself.

The rest of the album is made up of the Shania Twain sound-alike “Whatever We Wanna”; “Everybody’s Someone”, an amazing duet with Brian McFadden that’s definitely single material; “Headphones”- a retro Abba-sound track (another possible single); “Long Night” and “This Life”. The album closes on a high note with “Break Me Down” and “Some People”. (“Some People” is from her last album “This Woman”.)

Spend just under an hour with this album, and discover for yourself why LeAnn has won all those awards.


Amanda Richards, June 13, 2006