"D'Elles": Personal Reviews - Official Topic

[alextrusca]

IMO OSAC is the highlight of the album, it's a very powerful song, which she sang so naturally and in a heartfelt way.

La Diva is great but it's not my favourite.Maybe if she did more than a couple of takes it would have sounded more polished, but it's still a powerful vocal show-off.But not Celine's best in years though...

[Macaronie]

I think I know what Shai means with OSAC I felt the same way in the beginning!

 

Anyways:

 

1. Et s'il n'en restait qu'une 7 points

2. Immensité 6 points

3. A cause 6 points

4. Je cherche l'ombre 8 points

5. Les paradis 8 points

6. La diva 6 points

7. Femme comme chacune 10 points

8. Si j'étais quelqu'un 9 points

9. Je ne suis pas celle 10 points

10. Le temps qui compte 9 points

11. Lettre de George Sand à Alfred de Musset 8 points

12. On s'est aimé à cause 8 points

13. Berceuse 7 points

Edited July 24, 2007 at 05:32 PM by Jeroen

[thevoice]

there is only 2 songs that i skip everytime i listen to this album - the worst song on this album for me would have to be "On s'est aimé à cause" . i dont like her voice there , i think she is trying too hard and it's a mess - in parts she screams there and not really singing .

 

How do you contradict yourself time after time?

 

i'm not contradicting myself - i'm contradicting most of the people here

i always hated it when she screamed and i always loved her high notes - it's not the same thing!!

[charmedceline]

Here you can see my points

 

 

1. Et s'il n'en restait qu'une 7 points

2. Immensité 7 points

3. A cause 10 points

4. Je cherche l'ombre 10 points

5. Les paradis 10 points

6. La diva 6 points

7. Femme comme chacune 10 points

8. Si j'étais quelqu'un 9 points

9. Je ne suis pas celle 6 points

10. Le temps qui compte 10 points

11. Lettre de George Sand à Alfred de Musset 9 points

12. On s'est aimé à cause 10 points

13. Berceuse 8 points

 

Sorry, but I can't decide which one of the 10 point songs would be my favourite

[Macaronie]

ALL THE LETTER HATERS: HOW DARE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[alextrusca]

La Lettre De Rupture is one of my favourites too, but tastes cannot be discussed sadly

[Macaronie]

I know but I still can say that I think it's werid for not liking it (or giving it 1 point) hahaha!!!

 

I mean listen to her voice, it's sof ragile, it's so.. wow... and the whole idea.. orgininal and wowie!

[Tal]

Shai, I can't believe you don't think she sounds strained in La Diva. There was effort behind those huge notes and you could tell. Like Bellamy said, in some instances it even sounds a bit off key. She doesn't even have that many big notes in OSAC so I'm not sure where you think she's screaming. When she sings 'que l'amour se transfooooorme', that sounds like screaming to you? More then 'Maria la maaaniiifiiique'. I dont think so...

 

 

joeym....

[thevoice]

off key?! people - what r u talking about?!?

 

tal , on 'Maria la maaaniiifiiique' she sounds amazing...LA DIVA is not her best song ever vocaly but it's up there .

and i can not really explain it but she sounds tired and strained on OSAC

it's like she is really trying too hard and it doesnt even sound good . in la diva it sounds very natural on the high notes in my opinion

[fred]

ok ok ok ok, who is Shai?!

 

/fred

[Céline's Blues]

ok ok ok ok, who is Shai?!

 

/fred

He's Sharon's son.

[fred]

... and I don't agree on Si j'était quelqu'un... I don't see why she has to 'shout' the chorus... oh well ...

 

It is not about that she doesn't shout the verses, it is the way she sings the verses. It sounds rediculous. She has sung this way before and then it sounded very good. Compare the first verse of Je Crois Toi to the way she sings "si j'était quelqu'un" in the verses, and you'll se what I mean.

 

/fred

[LVCeline]

Sometimes it's fun to go back and look at your opinion on the album when you first listened and then to see if it's changed later on. 2 months after the release I think my opinions still hold. I still listen to OSAC and get chills and it's my most played on the album by far. Les Paradis, and Le Temp qui Compte are probably my least favorite, but that doesn't mean I dislike them. When I reviewed the album at first I didn't warm up to Femme Comme Chacune much, but now it's fantastic! I can't say it's her best album, because quite honestly there are songs on every album I adore and songs I don't listen to as much, but it's not lacking anything to me! It did produce one of her greatest songs ever in OSAC though if you ask me.

 

Standout favorites:

Immensite

OSAC

La Diva

Bercause

Femme Comme Chacune

Je Cherche L'ombre (even though it's a tad boring, the arrangement and her voice are perfect)

Et S'il N'est Reste Qu'un

[A New Day Has Come]

My favorites on the C.D. are

1) Immensite

2)On saime A Cause

3) Le Diva

4) SNRTQ

5)A Cause

6)Bercuse

7)Je cherche l'ombre

8)Les paradis

9)Femme comme chacune

10)Si j'étais quelqu'un

11)Je ne suis pas celle

12)Le temps qui compte

[frana]

Hi Everyone

 

Delles is amazing Album

 

That Album is very female , gentle ,

 

That album have good sound , lyrics

 

Celine is No. 1

 

I Love it

[Black Kitten]

i must admit i'm appreciating D'elles now more than ever. i've said it a million times already, but i'll never get tired of saying that S'il Suffisait D'aimer remains my all time favorite non-english album (regardless of the artist). SISDA is the french counterpart of Falling into You, FLAWLESS. she's untouchable during that era and she can never go wrong working with Jean Jacques Goldman. they make great music together.

 

about D'elles, at first listen, i found it a bit boring and i can stand listening to the entire cd. but after learning the lyrics, it's safe for me to say that it's a lot better than D'eux (just an opinion).

[Prince Whiskers]

SISDA is the french counterpart of Falling into You, FLAWLESS. she's untouchable during that era and she can never go wrong working with Jean Jacques Goldman. they make great music together.

 

I want an English emo rock version of Tous Les Blues. :P

[Black Kitten]

uhm, manuel, i'm sorry, but from what album is Tous Les Blues? i feel so lame now lol

[sacredceline]

uhm, manuel, i'm sorry, but from what album is Tous Les Blues? i feel so lame now lol

 

it's from s'il suffisait d'aimer ^^

[Prince Whiskers]

uhm, manuel, i'm sorry, but from what album is Tous Les Blues? i feel so lame now lol

I meant Tous Les Blues Sont Ecrits Pour Toi.

 

I know it's an offbeat idea but:

 

Celine + English version + Rick Rubin/Brian Eno = Manuel on Cloud 9

[unicorn]

I think D`elles is not that perfect.

It has very god lyrics, but locks on production:

JE CHERCHE L`OMBRE has a very week melody,the melody is so repetitive,she sang a verse and after the refrein is very small and week.

LE PARADIS is beautiful, but it hasn`t a good solo, like almoust every rock melodies have.And the melody is repetitive to. It has week production

FEMME COMME CHACUEN has the same story, and the solo is very very week.

SI J`ETEIS QUELQUEN has not end.After the second verse, there has not end. week production

LE TEMP QUI COMPTE is very small, and the end of the song is not that good at all!!!

SNRQ has a very banal melody, IMMENSITE, to

 

The rest of melodies are very good,(but JSNPC hasn`t a good and, like SI J`ETEIS QUELQUEN )

 

I think that is album is her worst produced album ever.

Sorry, but it has some bed parts whitout a good production.

[Black Kitten]

uhm, manuel, i'm sorry, but from what album is Tous Les Blues? i feel so lame now lol

I meant Tous Les Blues Sont Ecrits Pour Toi.

 

I know it's an offbeat idea but:

 

Celine + English version + Rick Rubin/Brian Eno = Manuel on Cloud 9

oh lol

 

her french song titles are sometimes misleading. i once thought A Cause and On s'est aime A Cause are the same song, but they're certainly not. the latter is an amazing ballad, while the first one is , so i thought Tous Les Blues and Tous Les Blues Sont Ecrits Pour Toi are different songs

 

Tous Les Blues + Tous Les Blues Sont Ecrits Pour Toi + S'il Suffisait D'aimer = StupiDhena

[Prince Whiskers]

A Cause is a hopeless case for you, dhena? I have a love-hate relationship with it.

[dj4celine]

I'm listening to D'elles while reading the posts here and liking what I'm reading There are some exceptions of course