"One Heart" album - Official Topic

[celinesounds]

Hey, my point was precisely to say that I don't mind at all *if* they recycled songs from the ANDHC sessions for this album, because it's just as good as ANDHC!!

 

So if the songs from OH come from leftovers from the ANDHC recording sessions (a theory I've always supported), the better!!! Because I've always thought the OH album is an extended version of the ANDHC album

 

However, I don't think OH has a concept, the only concept behind -if there was such- it's that the album was an excuse to support the Chrysler deal they signed to launch her Vegas show, and the lead single she recorded for that campaign. Other than that... to me it became clear they released another album in 2003 only to support the start of her Vegas show and the Chrysler deal, but she barely had any time to record another new album after ANDHC

 

the concept, is recycling good songs

 

just joking, all are good pop songs

 

 

we complain about HYEBIL while To love you more was part of LIVE A PARIS, FALLING INTO YOU, LETS TALK ABOUT LOVE

 

 

maybe they had prepare this album in advance, why not to record 2 albums at the same time?

 

and the album was good because we had Kara G, Max Martin, Peer Astrom, Ric Wake, Mark Taylor, it was a deluxe team, that didin't not happen unfortunately with LBTL

[SuperLove4Celine]

 

 

the concept, is recycling good songs

 

just joking, all are good pop songs

 

 

we complain about HYEBIL while To love you more was part of LIVE A PARIS, FALLING INTO YOU, LETS TALK ABOUT LOVE

 

 

maybe they had prepare this album in advance, why not to record 2 albums at the same time?

 

and the album was good because we had Kara G, Max Martin, Peer Astrom, Ric Wake, Mark Taylor, it was a deluxe team, that didin't not happen unfortunately with LBTL

 

“To Love You More” was also part of “The Colour Of My Love.”

[celinesounds]

"To Love You More" was also part of "The Colour Of My Love."

 

i forgot that

 

besides the song is one of her greatest hits

[comingback]

"To Love You More" was also part of "The Colour Of My Love."

 

It was her big No1 hit in Japan 1995 and was the theme song for the Japanese TV drama series, called Koibito yo.

I think it fits more on LTAL.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s78mJ8eAqcc

Edited August 23, 2018 at 07:12 PM by comingback

[québecflower]

It was her big No1 hit in Japan 1995 and was the theme song for the Japanese TV drama series, called Koibito yo.

I think it fits more on LTAL.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s78mJ8eAqcc

it seems dramatic enough...

[celinesounds]

Demo of Have You Ever Been In Love

 

https://youtu.be/mjsVnOZpR7A

[celinesounds]

Demo of Have You Ever Been In Love

 

https://youtu.be/mjsVnOZpR7A

 

Could be a nice version for Celine to perform together with Kevin on guitar

[yoyoma]

Oh my, I love this original version. Thanks for posting it!!

[Javito]

Demo of Have You Ever Been In Love

 

https://youtu.be/mjsVnOZpR7A

 

I'm glad they offered Céline the song to shine. I couldn't finish his version sorry

[celinesounds]

I'm glad they offered Céline the song to shine. I couldn't finish his version sorry

 

it's more rock, and is a Demo

 

 

Celine version is classy, but is always good give a new life to the songs, new arrangements, like other artists do

[ryba]

So today I was listening to the One Heart album after a long time and I just wanted to post here to appreciate it, because IMO it’s just a gem in her discography. The songs are so light, easy going and relaxing, it’s unbelievable it’s a great album to chill, calm down and have a good time. I wish she did more albums like that, with songs that are light and cool, not so heavy and dramatic. I love the vibes on that album, it’s a real gem! Also the cover and the artwork fit so well with the songs. Overall, a great concept! I would love to have the Spanish version of HYEBIL on it though, because I always found it pointless to have the same song on a following album again, so if you want to include it then in Spanish to spice things up Edited October 10, 2018 at 02:30 PM by ryba

[Simon]

I'm glad they offered Céline the song to shine. I couldn't finish his version sorry

 

Sitting next to a campfire... in the middle of the night... with some alcohol... then I could enjoy listening to it.

[drove all night]

Demo of Have You Ever Been In Love

 

https://youtu.be/mjsVnOZpR7A

 

wow. that's interesting how they changed the song.

[ryba]

I could imagine her doing a portion of this version in the acoustic medley! It would be a million times better than Unison

[ordinary fan]

I could imagine her doing a portion of this version in the acoustic medley! It would be a million times better than Unison

I would also like Unison in the uptempo part of the show in full version, including the rap part. That would fits the song much better I think. And then there´s space for gems like stand by your side or faith to be part of the acoustic medley just a thought

Edited October 14, 2018 at 11:34 AM by ordinary fan

[ryba]

 

I would also like Unison in the uptempo part of the show in full version, including the rap part. That would fits the song much better I think. And then there´s space for gems like stand by your side or faith to be part of the acoustic medley just a thought

yeah, my suggestion:

 

- remove Unison, ANDHC and IA from the accoustic medley and perform them in full in an awesome arrangement. These should replace LCMM and RDMH and the Jezz medley. BATB should go as well. Enough of that song.

- do an accoustic medley with Faith, Naked and Sorry for love (2003 version) or HYEBIL (guitar version) or so.

- Do TPOL in full with a more dramatic rock arrangement and less orchestrated, put it at the end of the show for a dramatic ending before MHWGO

 

 

[Critiaslux]

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8481254/baby-one-more-time-20th-anniversary-max-martin-evolution

Britney Spears' debut single turns 20 this month. Since then, its songwriter has repeatedly reinvented himself.

Twenty years ago this month, Britney Spears released her epochal debut single “...Baby One More Time.” This week, Billboard celebrates the pivotal pop classic two decades later with a look into songwriter-producer Max Martin's career since making Spears a star.

Think of any blockbuster pop song from the past two decades, and there’s a good chance that one particular hirsute Swede played a part in it. Indeed, with writing credits on an astonishing 22 U.S. number one singles -- the majority of which he also produced -- Max Martin is fast catching up with John Lennon (26) and Paul McCartney (32) as the most successful songwriter in Billboard chart history.

But the man who brought us Britney Spears’ “...Baby One More Time,” which was released as a single 20 years ago this month, has come along with since he shaped the sound of Y2K-era pop. Over the years, he’s worked with everyone from Adam Lambert to Zlatan Ibrahimovic (yes, that Zlatan Ibrahimovic); found inspiration in musical traditions as disparate as dubstep and indie rock; and outlasted countless other producers by switching up his style before his signature sound could become totally irrelevant.

(...)

2003: “Faith,” Celine Dion

2003 was perhaps the most fallow period of Martin’s career: Three tracks on Celine Dion’s One Heart was all he had to show for his end-of-year report. And the fact that “Faith” – a half-hearted attempt to give the balladeer some more contemporary chart relevance – was only chosen as a fifth single may have suggested to some industry observers that Martin reign was over. Little did we know he was just about to unleash another game-changer that would redefine the pop landscape and give his career a much longer second wind.

[your_light]

Faith is one of my all time favourite Celine songs.

[Javito]

I was listening to this album tonight and very few songs of her give me such good vibes and put me in such good mood than Naked :wub: . I wish this track had been a single.

 

And Reveal comes close...

 

Thank God One Heart (song) got some attention too (because it's so damn infectious too ) and they didn't went for another ballad again (like happened with GTSW in the previous album!)

[GoldenLeaf]

How many songs on One Heart were recorded for sure during the 2001/early 2002 A New Day Has Come sessions? Aside from obvious Have You Ever Been In Love, Sorry For Love and Coulda Woulda Shoulda? Out of the other 11 tracks only One Heart, Stand By Your Side and Je T'aime Encore are tagged ''2002'' in the booklet but Je T'aime Encore was recorded in late 2002 and I'm pretty sure I recall seeing somewhere that One Heart was also recorded in late 2002 just like I Drove All Night.

 

So basically I think there are at most 4 tracks on the album that where recorded during the ANDHC sessions :

 

Stand By Your Side (although it could have been recorded in late 2002 like I Drove All Night, One Heart, and Je T'aime Encore)

 

and the three obvious tracks :

Have You Ever Been In Love

Sorry For Love

Coulda Woulda Shoulda

 

IMO, the theory that this album is full of recycled songs from ANDHC doesn't hold up.

Edited May 3, 2019 at 09:01 PM by GoldenLeaf

[Javito]

We’ll never know for sure the answer to this (unless Celine herself or some Celine’s engineer answers this), but the year stated in the booklet is not conclusive about this. I was also guided by this initially but after learning how the music publishers work I know that the year indicated as per the copyright, it’s only the year when the song was registered in the music publishing company.

 

For example, you can have a look at At Last or Nature Boy in the ANDHC booklet and it says ©️1958 or something: that was the year when the song was first published and registered, but obviously Celine didn’t record the song in 1958 but in 2001/2002

 

So the only credible way to know this is to have Celine’s team answer this, or for that matter, to have the footage from the recording sessions of the album and see her recording the songs. That’s the best proof we could have, but given that we could only see her recording IDAN in late 2002 and no other song with her in the studio was shown... that’s more than indicative to suspect she clearly had those songs already recorded from previous album sessions. Besides the fact that she didn’t have any time to record a new album in late 2002/early 2003 with all the Vegas rehearsals going on at the time and the pressure she had preparing the show. What are the chances she did record a whole new album in late 2002, with all the promo of ANDHC still going on until the end of the year? She didn’t even mention she was working on a “new album” back then (like she usually does when asked about future projects). Simply because it probably didn’t even enter their heads with all the Vegas thing coming up their heads. All she had in her mind about the future was Vegas and promoting the show, no talk about a new album.

 

Still, everything is possible! Until we’re proved the contrary, I believe these songs come from the ANDHC sessions and even maybe some from ATW days...

Edited May 3, 2019 at 09:57 PM by Javito

[GoldenLeaf]

I see, either she recorded IDAN and some other songs in a short amount of time like she did with the 1 Fille & 4 Types album which was recorded in like 9 days in May 2003, or most of the songs are indeed from the ANDHC sessions, looks like we'll never know for sure… Edited May 4, 2019 at 12:12 AM by GoldenLeaf

[SuperLove4Celine]

With the recent uploads of audio videos of songs from “One Heart,” I am seeing something very surprising. If we exclude “I Know What Love Is” since it’s geo-blocked in the U.S., and exclude “Je t’aime encore” (not uploaded), there are two very strong standouts already: “Forget Me Not,” and “Coulda Woulda Shoulda.” Both are already over 30k views. The other non-singles don’t even come close. I’m surprised to see “Reveal,” “Naked,” and “Faith” so low by comparison!

 

 

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[ordinary fan]

We'll never know for sure the answer to this (unless Celine herself or some Celine's engineer answers this), but the year stated in the booklet is not conclusive about this. I was also guided by this initially but after learning how the music publishers work I know that the year indicated as per the copyright, it's only the year when the song was registered in the music publishing company.

 

For example, you can have a look at At Last or Nature Boy in the ANDHC booklet and it says ©️1958 or something: that was the year when the song was first published and registered, but obviously Celine didn't record the song in 1958 but in 2001/2002

 

So the only credible way to know this is to have Celine's team answer this, or for that matter, to have the footage from the recording sessions of the album and see her recording the songs. That's the best proof we could have, but given that we could only see her recording IDAN in late 2002 and no other song with her in the studio was shown... that's more than indicative to suspect she clearly had those songs already recorded from previous album sessions. Besides the fact that she didn't have any time to record a new album in late 2002/early 2003 with all the Vegas rehearsals going on at the time and the pressure she had preparing the show. What are the chances she did record a whole new album in late 2002, with all the promo of ANDHC still going on until the end of the year? She didn't even mention she was working on a "new album" back then (like she usually does when asked about future projects). Simply because it probably didn't even enter their heads with all the Vegas thing coming up their heads. All she had in her mind about the future was Vegas and promoting the show, no talk about a new album.

 

Still, everything is possible! Until we're proved the contrary, I believe these songs come from the ANDHC sessions and even maybe some from ATW days...

Maybe we will never know, but anyway I´m so happy that they decided to release those songs instead of keeping them, because they didn´t made in on ATW,ANDHC and so on. I would love it, if they would it do more, just like release songs which haven´t made it on TCOML, FIY, LTAL, TC, LMBTL etc. and even maybe with her upcoming album courage. I would love it and surely the songs would be great (like many on OH, like SBYS, faith, naked, CWS, IKWLI...)

[Javito]

Yes, the One Heart album is really good, it has something none of the rest of her albums (but ANDHC) has. It's light, very pop, summery and it showed a Celine we hadn't heard before until ANDHC. I still remember how heavily bashed and criticised this album was when it was released, to the point of many fans saying it was "her worst" album, "trash music", "bland" and so on. And look at us now

[comingback]

Yes, the One Heart album is really good, it has something none of the rest of her albums (but ANDHC) has. It's light, very pop, summery and it showed a Celine we hadn't heard before until ANDHC. I still remember how heavily bashed and criticised this album was when it was released, to the point of many fans saying it was "her worst" album, "trash music", "bland" and so on. And look at us now

 

Yes, the fans were not pleased in 2003, the horrible short blond hair and the "Britney bubblegum" Pop album One Heart to promote Vegas and Chrysler.

But I have always loved OH, because it's a well produced Pop album.

Edited May 4, 2019 at 09:35 AM by comingback

[ryba]

I never had a problem with this album. I always loved it!

[Javito]

Fans were also disppointed it was 3 tracks shorter than the previous album, ANDHC. Fans never forgive to receive a shorter album than the previous work released

 

I also loved this album from the start. The only thing I strongly disliked is the cover and the photoshoot that was entirely done at the mercy of Chrysler, posing next, by and on cars How different the cover would be if it was full colour, (and all the pictures inside) with her being beautifully blonde at that time and with jeans? And that random logo with "celine" in black and "dion" in red, where did that come from?? Dah, their obsession with B&W photoshoots everywhere

Edited May 4, 2019 at 10:04 AM by Javito

[Critiaslux]

Yes, the One Heart album is really good, it has something none of the rest of her albums (but ANDHC) has. It's light, very pop, summery and it showed a Celine we hadn't heard before until ANDHC. I still remember how heavily bashed and criticised this album was when it was released, to the point of many fans saying it was "her worst" album, "trash music", "bland" and so on. And look at us now

 

Well, still do not like this album.😋

Too bubblegum pop. One Heart song is so cringey. How can they have thought to release it as a single. Sounded like grandma was chasing post teen sound.

Overall I found the production pretty generic and basic.

 

And too late for this genre. Right on time in 99 with TTWII but in 2003, even Britney moved from this 00-01 sound.

 

At that time a more Norah Jones / mature sound might have fared better.

 

Good thing though IMO: Reveal 😻

That should have been the summer single.

[Javito]

For example, take this alternate shoot of her in the album cover (without the car behind please ), and make it full colour. How beautiful would have been this picture for an album cover, her smiling, casual dressing in jeans? But Sony or her always go for a sad b&w cover and entire photoshoot instead

 

 

Btw, these pictures were taken sometime around August/September 2002. Please note that in the footage of GTSW videoclip we can already see her in these pictures and a Chrysler car used and included in the video, since the Chrysler photoshoot was being done at that time and/or at the same time. All the OH project was heavily blended with the ANDHC album

Edited May 4, 2019 at 10:23 AM by Javito