Céline Dion Album: “All the Way...A Decade of Song”

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Personnel includes: Celine Dion, R. Kelly, Peabo Bryson, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Walter Afansieff (acoustic guitar, Synclavier acoustic gutiar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, programming); Michael Thompson, Eddie Martinez, Dan Huff, Esbjorn Ohrwall, Jacques Saugy, Dean Parks, Tim Pierce (guitar); Taro Hakase (violin); Joel Peskin (electronic oboe); Jon Gilutin (piano, keyboards); Jeff Bova, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin (keyboards, programming); David Foster (keyboards); Guy Roche (synthesizer); Yoshinobu Takeshita (bass, programming); Steve Buslowe, Thomas Lindberg (bass); Kenny Aronoff, John Robinson (drums); Shania Twain, Todd Rundgren, Mutt Lange, Philip Ingram, Sue Ann Carwell (background vocals). Producers include: David Foster, Guy Roche, R. Kelly, Max Martin, Rene Angelil. "All The Way" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. This is a multi-channel Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players. Personnel includes: Celine Dion, R. Kelly, Peabo Bryson, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Walter Afansieff (acoustic guitar, Synclavier acoustic gutiar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, programming); Michael Thompson, Eddie Martinez, Dan Huff, Esbjorn Ohrwall, Jacques Saugy, Dean Parks, Tim Pierce (guitar); Taro Hakase (violin); Joel Peskin (electronic oboe); Jon Gilutin (piano, keyboards); Jeff Bova, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin (keyboards, programming); David Foster (keyboards); Guy Roche (synthesizer); Yoshinobu Takeshita (bass, programming); Steve Buslowe, Thomas Lindberg (bass); Kenny Aronoff, John Robinson (drums); Shania Twain, Todd Rundgren, Mutt Lange, Philip Ingram, Sue Ann Carwell (background vocals). Producers include: David Foster, Guy Roche, R. Kelly, Max Martin, Rene Angelil. "All The Way" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. This greatest-hits package, the first from pop icon Celine Dion, gathers Dion's biggest chart-toppers of the '90s and also includes a handful of new compositions. In the album's liner notes, the honey-voiced singer offers heartfelt thanks to her fans and confirms speculation that she plans take time away from music to focus on her family. Hits include "Beauty and the Beast," "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," and "My Heart Will Go On," the impassioned theme song from TITANIC. Among the new songs, her dramatic, tremolo-drenched rendering of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is marked by Dion's typical midsong climaxes. "All the Way" is a tribute to Frank Sinatra, delivered in a manner similar to Natalie Cole's tribute to her father, Nat "King" Cole, on "Unforgettable" -- Dion's vocals float with eerie effect among the ghostly strains of Ol' Blue Eyes. The song is also dedicated to Dion's husband, Rene, the man for whom Celine saves her greatest passion. This greatest-hits package, the first from pop icon Celine Dion, gathers Dion's biggest chart-toppers of the '90s and also includes a handful of new compositions. In the album's liner notes, the honey-voiced singer offers heartfelt thanks to her fans and confirms speculation that she plans take time away from music to focus on her family. Hits include "Beauty and the Beast," "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," and "My Heart Will Go On," the impassioned theme song from TITANIC. Among the new songs, her dramatic, tremolo-drenched rendering of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is marked by Dion's typical midsong climaxes. "All the Way" is a tribute to Frank Sinatra, delivered in a manner similar to Natalie Cole's tribute to her father, Nat "King" Cole, on "Unforgettable" -- Dion's vocals float with eerie effect among the ghostly strains of Ol' Blue Eyes. The song is also dedicated to Dion's husband, Rene, the man for whom Celine saves her greatest passion.

Celine Dion never ceases to amaze me. Her singing voice is the best in the business. This album of greatest hits and more is a showcase of that amazing voice and talent. For those of you who missed out on all those great songs of Celine, buy this album. They are beautiful. I would have liked to see a track from her first English language album Unison like Where Does My Heart Beat Now, but still a great record. I specifically bought this album for the new tracks. Without exception, they are great. That's the Way it Is is a great uptempo song with an inspirational message. If Walls Could Talk written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange is a unique song unlike Celine has ever sung. Shania Twain even does some back up here. (Mutt's wife) The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face is a remake of a Roberta Flack classic that I first heard on Celine's tv special last year. I was so pleased she put it on the album. It's a soft, sweet ballad. All the Way is the best of the new songs. It is her duet with Frank Sinatra. You should buy this album solely for that beautiful song. It is amazing. Then You Look at Me is a great power ballad written by My Heart Will Go On writers Will Jennings and James Horner. It has epic qualities like it belongs on the soundtrack for a movie. I Want You to Need Me is another power ballad written by the world's greatest ballad writer, Diane Warren. This should see radio play. Live is a great farewell song from Celine to the world. Celine will be taking a long break soon and will be dearly missed. But she'll be back. We await your return.

I love Celine Dion, I bought a cd from her for the first time on 1997, when "Because you loved me" (from "Falling into you")was very strong and I just felt in love with the cd. Then came the success of Titanic and I bought her next cd, "Let's talk about love" and was also great but I have to admit that I like more "Falling into you".

On december 1999 I saw this cd and I bought it, and I discovered great songs from years before that I when heard them when they were new, I didn't know that they were from Celine, I'm talking about songs like: "The power of love", "If you ask me to" or "Beauty and the beast".

If you like Celine Dion I strongly recomment this cd. The songs are great, it also includes "Because you loved me" and my own favorite "It's all coming back to me now" (it's a pitty that they didn't add the long version) and of course one of Celine's best songs, "To love you more".

Celine also add to this production some new songs, such as the 1999 hit "That's the way it is" and "If this walls could talk" and the digitally new version of Frank Sinatra next to Celine "All the way".

Other songs that are in this cd is the Grammy nominated duet with R.Kelly "I'm your angel" and the 1993 smash "Love can move mountains". Another song on this album is one that is very important in Celine's career, the song has beautiful lyrics and is a good song but I can't hear it anymore more because i heard it back in 1998 like one thousand times, the song is "My heart will go on" from Titanic.

There is something that I must say, it's not good when a song is always on air, I mean radio stations or tv music stations.

So I think that this is all I can say about Celine Dion because the rest is history.

By the way if you like this cd, you must but Celine's 2002 cd "A new day has come" for me this is Celine's best with hits such as: "I'm alive", my favorite song and the 2002 smashing #1 hit "A new day has come".

Ok so you came here to buy a christmas gift. you need some recommendations that are fair and unbiased. You don't want slop from fans but need a real objective view point.

Here goes. I'm not a Celine Dion fan. I bought the c.d. to hear what it had to offer. This I wasn't prepared for. Her voice is especially fine tuned on LIVE, which is possibly the best song on here. Her phrasing and intonation is well-defined. Other experimentations are 'I want you to need me'... dont let the title fool you. It's not all slop. I thought i was listening to Aerosmith in their better days. She does have a rock 'n roll voice. Who would have thought. 'Then you look at me' is probably my favorite. epic sounding and triumphant, there are some words in here that gave me chills when she said it, and joys all at once.

'beauty and the beast and 'because you loved me probably shouldn't be included. But there are enough highs and new artistry in here to keep you engaged and listening.