TRACK OF THE WEEK: Celine Dion is back and 'Taking Chances'

Submitted by bengrimwood on 09-25-07, 12:13 pm | Updated on 09-25-07, 12:44 pm | More from this Writer | Submit to Digg or Facebook

 

Celine Dion is a diva with an incredible and dynamic voice, but her name inspires most people to regard her with pure cheesiness. Dion is back with a vengeance on her new English-language album, titled "Taking Chances,” set to release on Nov. 11. The title track, also the album’s first single, premiered on radio outlets Sept. 10.

 

 

The tune was penned by Kara DioGuardi (Anastacia, Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson) and David A. Stewart (of Eurythmics fame) and produced by John Shanks (Michelle Branch, Melissa Etheridge).

 

The song was originally released in early 2007 by Platinum Weird, a one-off musical collaboration between DioGuardi and Stewart, and was included as the third single from their eponymous album. Kara DioGuardi also wrote and co-produced the song “Surprise, Surprise,” which is also slated for release on Dion's forthcoming album. DioGuardi has previously written several songs for Dion, including two from “A New Day Has Come” (“Right in Front of You," “Sorry for Love”) and the title track from “One Heart.”

 

On Sept. 17., Dion finished filming her new music video for “Taking Chances.” The video, directed by Paul Boyd, was filmed over three days in several different locations in Las Vegas. The video should be narrative-heavy, as only one of the three shoot days was spent on performance, according to Celinedion.com. It will include a guest appearance by co-writer Dave Stewart.

 

The song is perfectly suitable for her typical domain of the adult contemporary format and features her powerful, expressive soprano vocals over a light rock track. Even if the name Celine Dion makes you shudder, give the song a listen. The song itself recalls some of the rock-flavored edge she delivered in her 1999 top ten hit, “That’s The Way It Is” coupled with the rock styles of someone like Avril Lavigne in today’s popular music.

 

In the song, Celine repeatedly sings, “What do you say?” I say go listen.

 

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Edited September 29, 200717 yr by Rami

:yahoo: i agree, peeps go and listen :w00t:

Here's Billboard Review

"AC radio has evolved dramatically since Celine Dion took up residency at Caesars Palace nearly five years ago —but as she proves on aptly titled "Taking Chances," the globe's best-selling female singer has no interest in repeating history. The title track from new Columbia set (Nov. 13) supplants chest-thumping for fist-pumping amid a bushwhacking midtempo clamor of guitars. Dion's vocals display an appreciably less-polished veneer —an unconstrained ease among glorious dips and bellows—as she riffs with revelry at the peak. Written by Dion mainstay Kara DioGuardi with Eurythmics' Dave Stewart and produced by Grammy Award-winning John Shanks, every note works in tandem with the greatest instrument of all: the consummate voice of Dion. "Chances" blazed onto AC at No. 23 this week; with a record-setting 11 No. 1s at the format since 1992, the countdown begins to another sure-fire triumph. —Chuck Taylor"

 

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Edited September 29, 200717 yr by Rami

"chest-thumping for fist-pumping"

 

This is my favourite bit from that last review. :lol: