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As she's prone to do every four years or so, Celine Dion released a French-language album called D'Elles in 2007, her first since 2003's stripped-down, folky 1 Fille & 4 Types. Sonically, D'Elles couldn't be more different than 1 Fille -- from its soaring majestic ballads to its chilly disco sheen, it's extremely European, with none of the homey trappings of the 2003 record -- but it does share one significant trait: it is also a concept album. This time, Dion has hired a bevy of female lyricists from France and Quebec to give this a common thread of songs about women, thereby making this lyrically and musically more cohesive than the glitzy, scattershot 2002 extravaganza A New Day Has Come, while being considerably less sentimentally gloppy than 2004's Miracle: A Celebration of New Life. In a way, this is Dion's most ambitious project in a long time, if not ever -- really, the only rival is that musically adventurous 1 Fille, and if D'Elles is a bit too careful musically, it nevertheless is unified as an album and shows some serious artistic ambition, two things her post-stardom English albums are often missing, and always to their detriment. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
2007 French language album not scheduled for release in the US. This album is a concept project in that all the song lyrics have been written by female writers from France and Quebec. There are many collaborators: Fran‡oise Dorin, Christine Orban, Nina Bouraoui, Marie Laberge, Lise Payette, Denise Bombardier, Nathalie Nechtschein and Janette Bertrand. The themes throughout this album are all related to the 'woman'. Many of Celine's long-time friends and collaborators, including Jean-Jacques Goldman, participated in this project. Although Goldman did not write any of the songs for this album, he supervised the project and arranged the song lyrics. Music composers include Jacques Veneruso, David Gategno, Erick Benzi and Gildas Arzel. 14 tracks including the first single 'et S'il N'en Restait Qu'une (Je Serais Celle-l…)', Sony/BMG.
Celine Dion - D'Elles Songs
D'Elles Music Review
Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)   BEST OF DION
ANOTHER OUTSTANDING CANADIAN -THE BEST OF THE GREAT ONES
Submitted by kenmar1930 (OLYMPIA, WA, USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No CELINE IS THE QUEEN OF MUSIC
Celine's back with a new French album which blew my mind the very first time I heard it!!!Not only her voice is still great, powerful and passionate, but very song on this album is truly amazing!!!This album is smooth and tender, it makes you dream and dance, sing and cry... all the lyrics are pure poetry. I would HIGHLY recommend this album... it's a great album sung by one of the greatest voices ever!!You won't waste your money!!
Submitted by MissMusic (Florence, Italy)
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OMG this is the best frech album ever made!!!!! all the songs are great, and Celine's voice is just perfect, I love it.
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