MIRACLE

January 14, 2008 at 05:03 PM

Like any hardcore Celine fan, I am usually first in line to buy a Celine album of DVD on the day of its release.

For some reason, I was unable to do so when Miracle was first released. Then came all the negative reviews with people finding the whole lullaby/motherhood theme rather nauseating. I'm ashamed to say I let myself be swayed by the negative opinions of others and when I saw that a number of the tracks were already included on other albums, I decided I was in no rush to buy it.

I became very cynical and dismissive of the album and all this before I had even listened to it.

How foolish do I feel now?

The album is truly wonderful!!

I bought it from the Celine boutique in Vegas when I went to see the show in October 2007. Unforunatley. the show was cancelled (a very sore subject for me, as I had saved so long for the trip and even conquered my fear of flying especially- but never mind...!)

Anyway, unlike other albums which took a while to grow on me, I loved MIRACLE from the word go. I feel so bad for being so judgemental in the past. It is filled with great songs including In Some Small Way, Come To Me, Sleep Tight and If I Could. Celine's voice is amazing and I am all the more impressed having seen various live performances of In Some Small Way. The motherhood theme is not overstated and, at the moment, the album is one of the most played in my collection.

Well, I just wanted to share my thoughts with you all about the album. It is probably Celine's worst-received recording amongst fans and I am as guilty as everybody else for not giving it a chance in the beginning.

Now I can say I LOVE the album and it would be great to have your thoughts and opinions- especially from other MIRACLE fans!

Tony