Celine Dion En Concert
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Céline Dion en concert is a French live album
by Canadian singer Céline Dion
, released in Quebec, Canada in December 1985. It's her 11th French album and 1st live recording.
in Montreal, on May 31, 1985, which was a part of the C'est pour toi tournée
. Dion performed 36 concerts in 25 Quebec cities during that tour. She sang also three English songs: Joe Cocker
and Jennifer Warnes
' "Up Where We Belong
," Judy Garland
's "Over the Rainbow
" and Irene Cara
's "What a Feeling
."
The Canadian 1985 TV special included several different songs than were on the album, such as "Avec toi," "Amoureuse," "C'est pour toi," and "Mamy Blue."
There were no singles issued to promote this album, which also included "Carmen "L'amour est enfant de bohême"" and homages to Félix Leclerc
and Michel Legrand
.
The album has sold 50,000 copies.
During her Falling into You Tour
in 1996-97, Dion recalls how she used to sing "What a Feeling" when she was a little girl. She didn't know English that well at the moment and had to learn some of the lyrics phonetically. We can find that speech on her Live in Memphis
home video.
In 2003, Dion recorded one of the songs from Céline Dion en concert, called "Quand on s'aime" as a duet with René Simard
, which appeared on his album Hier...encore.
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by Canadian singer Céline Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
, released in Quebec, Canada in December 1985. It's her 11th French album and 1st live recording.
Album information
The album was recorded during sold out concert at the Place des ArtsPlace des Arts
right|frame|View of the Place des Arts esplanade. The Musée d'art contemporain is on the left; behind it is the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, with the Théâtre Maisonneuve on the rightPlace des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
in Montreal, on May 31, 1985, which was a part of the C'est pour toi tournée
C'est pour toi tournée
Starting in January 1985, Céline Dion en Concert was Céline Dion's first real own concert tour.-History:The tour started in La Sarre, Quebec in January 1985. In a little over two months, Dion gave 36 performances in 25 cities in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick...
. Dion performed 36 concerts in 25 Quebec cities during that tour. She sang also three English songs: Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...
and Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Jean Warnes is an American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She is known for her interpretations of compositions written by herself and many others, as well as an extensive playlist as a vocalist on movie soundtracks.Between 1979 and 1987 Warnes surpassed Frank Sinatra as...
' "Up Where We Belong
Up Where We Belong
"Up Where We Belong" is a song from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. Written by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie, with lyrics by Will Jennings, it was performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes.-Charts and awards:...
," Judy Garland
Judy Garland
Judy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years and for her renowned contralto voice, she attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage...
's "Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow
"Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...
" and Irene Cara
Irene Cara
Irene Cara is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling." She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and she also starred in the 1980 film Fame.She married Hollywood stuntman...
's "What a Feeling
Flashdance... What a Feeling
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" is a song from the 1983 film Flashdance, written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, and Irene Cara, and performed by Cara. Despite the title, the word "Flashdance" is never used in the lyrics; however, the line "In a flash, take a hold of my heart" refers to the...
."
The Canadian 1985 TV special included several different songs than were on the album, such as "Avec toi," "Amoureuse," "C'est pour toi," and "Mamy Blue."
There were no singles issued to promote this album, which also included "Carmen "L'amour est enfant de bohême"" and homages to Félix Leclerc
Félix Leclerc
Félix Leclerc, was a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and Québécois political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968...
and Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
Michel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist...
.
The album has sold 50,000 copies.
During her Falling into You Tour
Falling into You Tour
The Falling into You Tour is the seventh world concert tour by Canadian pop singer, Céline Dion...
in 1996-97, Dion recalls how she used to sing "What a Feeling" when she was a little girl. She didn't know English that well at the moment and had to learn some of the lyrics phonetically. We can find that speech on her Live in Memphis
Live in Memphis
Live in Memphis is Céline Dion's fourth home video release. Originally filmed on March 14-15, 1997 during the Falling into You Tour, camera crews caught up with Céline Dion in Memphis, Tennessee delivering another show-stopping performance. Live in Memphis was released on VHS on November 2, 1998...
home video.
In 2003, Dion recorded one of the songs from Céline Dion en concert, called "Quand on s'aime" as a duet with René Simard
René Simard
René Claude Simard is a pop singer from Quebec, chiefly popular in the 1970s. He was discovered and managed by Guy Cloutier...
, which appeared on his album Hier...encore.
Track listing
- "Ouverture (la première fois)" (Eddy Marnay, Paul Baillargeon) – 4:21
- "Mon ami m'a quittéeMon Ami M'a Quittee"Mon ami m'a quittée" is the first single from Céline Dion's album Les chemins de ma maison. It was released in September 1983 in Quebec, Canada, and later in France and Belgium....
" (Marnay, Christian Loigerot, Thierry Geoffroy) – 3:12 - Homage to Félix LeclercFélix LeclercFélix Leclerc, was a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and Québécois political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968...
: "Bozo/Le p'tit bonheur/Moi, mes souliers/Attends-moi "ti-gras"/Le train du nord" (Félix Leclerc) – 5:20 - "Up Where We BelongUp Where We Belong"Up Where We Belong" is a song from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. Written by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie, with lyrics by Will Jennings, it was performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes.-Charts and awards:...
" (with Paul Baillargeon) (Will JenningsWill JenningsWilbur H. "Will" Jennings is an American songwriter who is popularly known for writing the lyrics for "My Heart Will Go On", the theme for the film Titanic .-Life and education:...
, Jack NitzscheJack NitzscheBernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche was an arranger, producer, songwriter, and film score composer. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and others...
, Buffy Sainte-MarieBuffy Sainte-MarieBuffy Sainte-Marie, OC is a Canadian Cree singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire includes...
) – 3:00 - "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toiTellement J'ai D'amour Pour Toi"Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" is the first single from Céline Dion's album Tellement j'ai d'amour.... It was released in December 1982 in Quebec, Canada....
" (Marnay, Hubert Giraud) – 2:55 - "D'amour ou d'amitiéD'amour Ou D'amitie"D'amour ou d'amitié" is the second single from Céline Dion's album Tellement j'ai d'amour.... It was released in April 1983 in Quebec, Canada...
" (Marnay, Roland Vincent, Jean Pierre Lang) – 3:43 - "Over the RainbowOver the Rainbow"Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...
" (Harold ArlenHarold ArlenHarold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, having written over 500 songs, a number of which have become known the world over. In addition to composing the songs for The Wizard of Oz, including the classic 1938 song, "Over the Rainbow,” Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the...
, Edgar Yipsel Harburg) – 3:27 - Homage to Michel LegrandMichel LegrandMichel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist...
: "Quand on s'aime/Brule pas tes doights/La valse du lilas/Quand ça balance/Les moulins de mon cœur" (with Paul Baillargeon) (Marnay, Michel Legrand) – 6:12 - "Carmen "L'amour est enfant de bohême"" (Georges BizetGeorges BizetGeorges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a...
) – 3:45 - "What a FeelingFlashdance... What a Feeling"Flashdance... What a Feeling" is a song from the 1983 film Flashdance, written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, and Irene Cara, and performed by Cara. Despite the title, the word "Flashdance" is never used in the lyrics; however, the line "In a flash, take a hold of my heart" refers to the...
" (Keith Forsey, Irene CaraIrene CaraIrene Cara is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling." She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and she also starred in the 1980 film Fame.She married Hollywood stuntman...
, Giorgio MoroderGiorgio MoroderHansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
) – 4:11 - "Une colombeUne Colombe"Une colombe" is the first single from Céline Dion's album Mélanie. It was released in June 1984 in Quebec, Canada.The single was a hit. On June 30, 1984 it entered the Quebec Singles Chart and reached number 2, spending forty four weeks on chart in total...
" (Baillargeon, Marcel Lefebvre) – 3:25 - "Les chemins de ma maison" (Marnay, Patrick Lemaitre, Alain Bernard) – 4:04
- "Finale (la première fois)" (Marnay, Baillargeon) – 2:16
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | December 1985 | TBS | Record Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... |
TBS 504 |
| Cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel... |
TBS 4504 |