The Best Of (Celine Dion album)
Encyclopedia
The Best of Celine Dion is a French compilation album
by Canadian singer Céline Dion
, released in selected European countries in 1988. It's her 14th French album and 3rd compilation. In Germany it was re-named Vivre.
" single success. On April 30, 1988 Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest
with that song.
The album contained mostly singles released in France: "D'amour ou d'amitié
" (1983), "Mon ami m'a quittée
" (1983), "C'est pour vivre
" (1985), "Billy" (1986), "Je ne veux pas
" (1987), "La religieuse" (1988) and "Ne partez pas sans moi" (1988). The last four were never released on Canadian albums.
The Best of Celine Dion has sold 100,000 copies.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
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 selected European countries in 1988. It's her 14th French album and 3rd compilation. In Germany it was re-named Vivre.
Album information
The album is a compilation of Dion's previous songs, released thanks to "Ne partez pas sans moiNe Partez Pas Sans Moi
"Ne partez pas sans moi" is the Swiss winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed by Céline Dion. It was released as a single in Europe on May 6, 1988...
" single success. On April 30, 1988 Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
with that song.
The album contained mostly singles released in France: "D'amour ou d'amitié
D'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...
" (1983), "Mon ami m'a quittée
Mon 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....
" (1983), "C'est pour vivre
C'est Pour Vivre
"C'est pour vivre" is the second single from Céline Dion's album C'est pour toi. It was released in 1985 in Quebec, Canada...
" (1985), "Billy" (1986), "Je ne veux pas
Je Ne Veux Pas
"Je ne veux pas" is a single by Céline Dion, released in France in 1987.The song was written and produced by Romano Musumarra who later worked with Dion on her 1991 album Dion chante Plamondon....
" (1987), "La religieuse" (1988) and "Ne partez pas sans moi" (1988). The last four were never released on Canadian albums.
The Best of Celine Dion has sold 100,000 copies.
Track listing
- "Ne partez pas sans moiNe Partez Pas Sans Moi"Ne partez pas sans moi" is the Swiss winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed by Céline Dion. It was released as a single in Europe on May 6, 1988...
" (Nella MartinettiNella MartinettiNella Martinetti was a Swiss singer and songwriter.Martinetti was born in Brissago, Switzerland. In 1986, she became the first winner of the Grand Prix der Volksmusik with the song Bella Musica, which she had composed herself...
, Atilla ŞereftuğAtilla SereftugAtilla Şereftuğ is a Swiss-Turkish songwriter.-Career:In 1986, Şereftuğ participated in the Swiss heats of the Eurovision Song Contest as composer of the song Pas pour moi. The song's co-composer was Nella Martinetti. Pas pour moi won the Swiss final and, performed by Daniela Simmons, represented...
) – 3:07 - "Billy" (Eddy Marnay, Patrick Lemaitre) – 3:09
- "Je ne veux pasJe Ne Veux Pas"Je ne veux pas" is a single by Céline Dion, released in France in 1987.The song was written and produced by Romano Musumarra who later worked with Dion on her 1991 album Dion chante Plamondon....
" (Marnay, Romano Musumarra) – 4:06 - "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) – 4:05 - "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) – 3:05 - "C'est pour vivreC'est Pour Vivre"C'est pour vivre" is the second single from Céline Dion's album C'est pour toi. It was released in 1985 in Quebec, Canada...
" (Marnay, André Popp) – 4:04 - "La religieuse" (Didier BarbelivienDidier BarbelivienDidier Barbelivien is a French author, lyricist, songwriter and singer. Beginning in the 1970s, he wrote a number of successful songs for artists such as: Dalida, Johnny Hallyday, Michel Sardou, Daniel Guichard, Claude François, Gilbert Montagné, Sylvie Vartan, Patti Layne, Gilbert Bécaud, Enrico...
) – 3:32 - "C'est pour toi" (Marnay, François Orenn) – 4:07
- "Les chemins de ma maison" (Marnay, Lemaitre, Alain Bernard) – 4:16
- "Trois heures vingt" (Marnay, Lemaitre) – 3:41
- "Les oiseaux du bonheur" (Marnay, Popp) – 3:43
- "Benjamin" (Marnay, Pierre Papadiamandis) – 4:38
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark, France, Spain | 1988 | Carrere | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
96-545 |
| 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... |
66-545 | |||
| 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... |
76-545 | |||
| Germany | Carrere | CD | CAR 8 26833 | |
| Record | CAR 6 26833 | |||
| Cassette | CAR 4 26833 | |||
| Switzerland | Mega | CD | MRCD 3314 | |
| Record | MRLP 3314 | |||
| Cassette | MRMC 3314 |