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Post by johnm1120 on May 18, 2012 10:55:57 GMT -5
The album is now tentatively scheduled for a September release. According to reports, they are still looking for a lead single.
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Post by Kurt on Jun 3, 2012 3:54:57 GMT -5
Latest rumor is that the lead French single will be sent to radio on July 9, with a digital release on the 11th. The album would be released in October, with the English one to follow in November. Chances are, this will all be changed two days from now. ![](http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0244.gif)
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Post by Kurt on Jun 4, 2012 20:58:55 GMT -5
Céline's official Facebook page confirmed today that there will be two albums this fall, meaning the October/November release schedule is likely.
Also, a short snippet of new song "Didn't Know Love" was played during an interview on the Today Show this morning:
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Post by Kurt on Jun 7, 2012 8:43:31 GMT -5
Both albums will come out in October (with the English album first!), and the English one is titled Water And A Flame after the duet between Daniel Merriweather and Adele. ![:love:](http://i.imgur.com/2smy76v.gif) Also included will be a duet with Stevie Wonder on "Overjoyed" and a duet with Ne-Yo. Looks like there will be a few covers as well--along with "Water And A Flame" and "Overjoyed," she'll record studio versions of "At Seventeen," "Open Arms," and "How Do You Keep The Music Playing."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2012 9:52:22 GMT -5
omf. ![:w00t:](//storage.proboards.com/1258812/images/0uStgtCbKlTtuGiusKmo.gif)
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Post by johnm1120 on Jun 7, 2012 11:45:21 GMT -5
From Celine's official website:
During April and May, Celine began recording songs for her next English and French CDs which will be released later this year. The French CD will feature all new material and the English CD will feature studio versions of previously unreleased songs from her Las Vegas show, as well as several brand new songs. "We do a lot of songs in the show that I've never recorded before, and people are always asking for these when they visit our Boutique, so it's great that we'll finally have these recorded.” Celine added, "I've also received some amazing new songs that I'm very excited about", and eventually we hope to put one or two of these into the show." We can’t wait! Until then, you can see Celine perform in Las Vegas this summer.
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Post by johnm1120 on Jun 7, 2012 11:56:56 GMT -5
3 new songs confirmed recorded:
I Do Not Need Love It's Incredible (duet with Ne-Yo) Didn't Know Love (produced by Eg White)
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Post by Kurt on Jun 7, 2012 23:32:39 GMT -5
Confirmed covers (studio versions) that will make the album: At Seventeen (Janis Ian cover) How Do You Keep The Music Playing? (Patti Austin/James Ingram cover) Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) (Billy Joel cover) Ne me quitte pas (Jacques Brel cover) Open Arms (Journey cover) Overjoyed (duet with Stevie Wonder) (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini) (Ella Fitzgerald cover)
Unconfirmed: Water And A Flame (Daniel Merriweather/Adele cover) Rolling In The Deep (Adele cover - unlikely in studio)
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Post by bat1990 on Jun 8, 2012 13:42:51 GMT -5
I'm excited for the "Overjoyed" duet
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Post by bat1990 on Jun 11, 2012 11:52:30 GMT -5
^WOW!!! She sounds great. I think she has great versatility, despite most people knowing her name for sappy AC ballads.
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Post by Kurt on Jun 11, 2012 17:50:57 GMT -5
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Post by Illusions on Jun 11, 2012 17:54:58 GMT -5
Thanks for posting Kurt! Loved it!
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Post by marcjm on Jun 11, 2012 19:59:46 GMT -5
I do not care what Celine sings. As long as she is in great voice, I will support the project.
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Post by Dammn Baby on Jun 12, 2012 18:40:31 GMT -5
Ok, Celine needs to get away from A/C and inject some soul into her material. That cover of RITD was great!
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Jun 12, 2012 21:58:12 GMT -5
Ok, Celine needs to get away from A/C and inject some soul into her material. That cover of RITD was great! ITA - Celine has a such a strong, soulful voice - it's too bad she plays it safe with syrupy stuff (Overjoyed, Open Arms, At 17, really?) I'd like her to tackle more aggressive stuff. I remember she sang You Shook Me All Night Long for some program and she was amazing. I hope she adds a live version of RITD to the new disc as a bonus track. People will be surprise.
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Post by musicbuff78 on Jun 12, 2012 23:15:12 GMT -5
I believe she sung it with Anastacia for a VH1 Divas special if I recall correctly.
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Post by Kurt on Jun 12, 2012 23:26:23 GMT -5
Yeah; I'd love to see a studio cover of RITD get released somewhere--I almost thought to reserve it for a bonus track or B-side, but it wouldn't be that out of place on the regular album considering the number of covers (and from those in the show, at that) already slated for the tracklist anyway. Also agreed on the more "aggressive" stuff--even songs that are still AC-friendly like "I Drove All Night" and "Fade Away" from TC, that aren't all that soulful but are still upbeat and energetic, would be a nice change.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2012 9:51:44 GMT -5
I'm not really looking forward to all of those covers. I've never really been a big fan of her covers (of hits at least; she had some obscure covers I like). The last Céline album I was really looking forward to was A New Day Has Come. All of her albums since One Heart have been really boring to me.
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Post by esoteric76 on Jun 13, 2012 15:46:30 GMT -5
I'm not really looking forward to all of those covers. I've never really been a big fan of her covers (of hits at least; she had some obscure covers I like). The last Céline album I was really looking forward to was A New Day Has Come. All of her albums since One Heart have been really boring to me. Ditto on this. Obviously her covers of Power of Love and All By Myself, I Drove All Night and If You Asked Me To are flawless. When I Need You, and River Deep, Mountain High she really hits those money notes. But remember Alone? Nobody was checking on that. I'm guessing that Open Arms is going to be the same route. At Seventeen and Lullaby are snoozefests though. She should just do them as iTunes exclusives and not put them on the album.
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Post by sephyrpatriq on Jun 13, 2012 21:18:23 GMT -5
But what about her last album? She had some really nice songs (i.e. Eyes on Me, Shadow of Love, That's Just the Woman in Me)! If anything I would say, not exactly try to make her current, but give her some dramatic songs that really suit her. Songs like It's All Coming Back to Me Now, All By Myself, The Reason are what people like to hear from her.
She could even try a little bit more sensual dance songs since she does sound good on the production (i.e. Refuse to Dance, I Drove All Night, Reveal). Don't autotune her to death but give her some songs that will at least graze the current scene.
She just needs songs that match the life of her voice. What made albums like A New Day Has Come/Falling Into You/Let's Talk About Love so special is that they were so varied but were well-written and unique (and also varied the pace throughout). Let's get back to that.
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Post by johnm1120 on Jun 16, 2012 14:49:58 GMT -5
I think RITD is too recent, and would not be good for her to release in the studio. If it were a B-side, that'd be different.
Eyes on Me should have been a single in the U.S. hands down. That was a missed opportunity if I ever saw one.
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Post by esoteric76 on Jun 18, 2012 16:22:41 GMT -5
I think RITD is too recent, and would not be good for her to release in the studio. If it were a B-side, that'd be different. Eyes on Me should have been a single in the U.S. hands down. That was a missed opportunity if I ever saw one. Yes, and since it was co-written and featuring the background vocals of Delta Goodrem, it might have better introduced her stateside as well. (don't get me started!) Responding to what Seph said, yeah, I liked a lot of the material from Taking Chances, but that's probably because Kara Dioguardi wrote much of it, and I think she's a great songwriter...
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Post by K. on Jun 19, 2012 14:03:42 GMT -5
It's amazing how fantastic her voice is after this much time.
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Post by Kurt on Jun 19, 2012 17:49:35 GMT -5
Cover of "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" confirmed to be part of the English tracklist. In an interview, René said the French album will likely be out at the end of September, with the English one a month later.
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Post by McCreerian (Harris 2024!) on Jun 19, 2012 19:28:57 GMT -5
I can't wait for a new Celine Dion album! Her last CD was so good but was market to radio so poorly with the wrong single choices after the awesome "Taking Chances" peaked.
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Post by Musiq on Jun 19, 2012 20:43:01 GMT -5
What do y'all think of her having chances of getting any pop hits?
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Post by McCreerian (Harris 2024!) on Jun 19, 2012 21:46:48 GMT -5
About the same chance of Loretta Lynn having another Country hit or Diana Ross having another R&B hit.
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Post by Kurt on Jun 19, 2012 22:03:17 GMT -5
What do y'all think of her having chances of getting any pop hits? Unlikely she'll have any hits except on AC...especially if they continue to release covers as singles.
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Post by johnm1120 on Jun 22, 2012 7:48:16 GMT -5
Well they can always pull the ClearChannel stunt with the first single played every hour to guarantee a top 40 hit.
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