"Courage" album - Official Topic

[kellyfan161]

Is the cd in Japan with the 1 bonus track being released on Nov 27 and not the 15th??

[cdfan32]

Is the cd in Japan with the 1 bonus track being released on Nov 27 and not the 15th??

 

Yes, unfortunately we will have to wait.

[tomier]

Anyone care to predict the sales in first week for u.s,uk,canada and france?

 

I would say u.s will be in 50k mark

Canada will be in 50k mark

U.k will be 15k mark

France will be 20k mark

 

I am more than happy if she can just achieve those figures

Crazy to me to think that 50k could possibly be a #1 haha. I'm hoping for closer to LMBTL numbers. Mostly because of the CD with ticket purchases. 60-70k(realistic maybe?) 80-90(optimistic) and to think back in the day she did gold in the first 7 days....

[kellyfan161]

 

 

Yes, unfortunately we will have to wait.

Ughh ok. But thanks for the confirmation

[fred]

I don't know how to count it really, but shouldn't it be more? I mean how many tickets has she sold in the US? Could we devide that by three (is that realistic? How many tickets at once does the average buyer buy?)

 

If it's 70 000 albums... that times 3 would make 210 000 tickets... is that an average number of how many see her in the States?

 

Maybe 70 000 is reasonable. But I got my hoped up so high when they did this ticket+album thing.

 

Crazy to me to think that 50k could possibly be a #1 haha. I'm hoping for closer to LMBTL numbers. Mostly because of the CD with ticket purchases. 60-70k(realistic maybe?) 80-90(optimistic) and to think back in the day she did gold in the first 7 days....

Edited November 10, 2019 at 01:37 AM by fred

[marc-02]

This PMLALS thing is one of the most ridiculous thing in this forum history. People just should take time to think about this. It s unreal how much all that does not make any sens.

 

And it doesn’t even sound interesting at all.

 

Unpopular opinion here. But I never understood the clamor for PMLALS. I didnt like it at all the first listen. It sounded "too old fashioned" for me. More than half of the songs on Courage are better than PMLALS and still people here would still kill to get that one song! Haha... Well that's just me. Haha

Edited November 10, 2019 at 02:13 AM by marc-02

[Loup_garou]

Crazy to me to think that 50k could possibly be a #1 haha. I'm hoping for closer to LMBTL numbers. Mostly because of the CD with ticket purchases. 60-70k(realistic maybe?) 80-90(optimistic) and to think back in the day she did gold in the first 7 days....

 

Well Mariah's Caution sold around 40k-45k pure sales/47k-52k Sales Plus Streaming , Madonna's Madame X Around 75k-95k pure sales/80k-100k Sales Plus Streaming but what I can't wrap my head around is that the mess that is Kanye can sell 60k-85k Pure Sales and over 200k on Sales Plus Streaming.

 

and according to Genius "Typically, an album/concert ticket bundle works by including a free copy of an artist’s latest album with the purchase of either a single ticket or pair to said artist’s upcoming tour. The fan is usually given a range of options for redeeming the offer, either through a digital download or receiving a physical copy of the CD. It’s only counted as a sale if the customer redeems the offer, so they still have to complete an action beyond just buying the ticket. Billboard estimates that 20 to 30 percent of fans end up redeeming the offer (typically for physical copies), with higher percentages coming the more an act pushes its fans. While not a new strategy (Prince notably gave away a free copy of Musicology with every concert ticket in 2004, forcing Billboard to change its rules to an opt-in method)."

 

I think that 60-70k is realistic

 

Here's a fun article about bundles A Billboard No. 1 Is at Stake, So Here’s an Album With Your Taylor Swift Hoodie

Edited November 10, 2019 at 02:22 AM by Loup_garou

[zeopower6]

I think we'll get Soul a bit early since Apple Music/Japanese digital outlets are getting it on 11/15.

 

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/courage/1485752993

[Taking Chances]

So about the lyrics to How Did You Get Here...

 

What exactly is the lyrics on the sixth line? I've read people say it's "Pretending they don't hurt" but I hear "Pretending they go unheard". Am I wrong? What do you guys hear?

 

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I've been thinking about you

More than I want to

Spinning me around in this web

Getting in my heart and my head

Hanging on every word

"Pretending they don't hurt" / "Pretending they go unheard"

Wish you didn't make me so weak

Every time I hear you speak

But you do

Yes, you do

Edited November 10, 2019 at 02:22 AM by Taking Chances

[zeopower6]

They go unheard is the correct line.

[GameC]

Here are some pictures of the article in a Polish female magazine "Zwierciadło".

 

The article is a narrative about her life and career, her life after the loss of Rene, her love for haute couture. There are also some anecdotes, like the story of how she handled that woman who entered the stage during a concert in LV.

There's a two-page piece about her "beautiful hair" LOL and an advert for the new album.

 

 

I know it would be a big undertaking, but any chance you could translate it?

 

I didn't have much time and I'm not a professional translator So I focused on translating "the spirit" of this article, pushing the rest to the background.

 

I repeat that I have never seen such a text in the Polish press before. The author is not a music journalist, so this article refers first to who Céline is as a human being. In general, I was surprised in several places, for example the author points to significant benefits for her musical career, resulting from her fascination with fashion, which I personally did not notice before.

 

Information about the autor:

 

She (Zofia Fabjanowska-Micyk, born in 1980) is "head of the department of culture" of this magazine. Her texts were published by many newspapers known in Poland, also in "National Geographic: Traveler", she is also a co-author of at least one book.

 

 

 

 

"THE HIGHEST BID GAME"

 

You can not deny her vigor/momentum.

 

And it's not just about stage costumes, setting of concerts or her weakness for Haute-Couture clothes.

 

Céline Dion, with a record number of albums sold, has only a handful of competitors in the music industry. Her life has never spared her strong impressions, including the most tragic ones. She proved that when needed, she has the courage to step back into the shadows, but she can also come back in style.

 

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Friday, July 5, 2019. Dusk falls, and almost the entire Hyde Park, with its 150 hectares of area, rumbles from the bass. Last concert on the summer stage is coming to an end. Céline Dion is in a canary yellow dress, the fourth creation of the evening, after a fancy sapphire gin with large buffs, a green dress and an extravagant red ink sequin suit. As a farewell, Céline sings a cover of John Lenoan's hit "Imagine", bows and disappears behind the scenes. There are shouts from the audience: "We love you Céline!", someone is crying with emotion. The concert staff start directing everyone to leave. The view is amazing, because the spreading audience - 70,000 people - floods this part of London in almost one moment. Sidewalks are not able to accommodate such a crowd, columns of people occupy part of the road. Buses and cars try to avoid them, traffic jams begin to form. Rickshaw drivers have noticed the opportunity to earn and luring people with loudly played Dion hits (rickshaws, illuminated by disco lights, with speakers installed are recently a tourist hit in London). And even without it, the whole street shouts the words of her songs. You can see that people missed her. The only concert this year in Europe is clearly not enough. After all, we're talking about an artist who, with a record number of over 200 million albums sold, can be compared only with such music giants as The Beatels, Abba, Queen, Michael Jackson or Madonna. That July evening in Hyde Park, nobody knows what Dion is up to. How long will her fans have to wait until she reappears on this side of the ocean again.

 

 

GOODBYE VEGAS

 

Some time later, we got to know the release date of the new album and further plans for the tour. Céline Dion announced that she is extending the tour and will be on the road for the next year. After North America she will tour Europe. Let the four concerts in Paris, three in Amsterdam, two in London and Glasgow and, among others, also in May in Poland, in Łódź and Kraków, testify to the scale of the intensity of this undertaking.

For Dion it is also the beginning of something new, and the closing of an important chapter of her life. She finished her own so-called Las Vegas residence. Her contract with Caesars Palace, a luxury hotel and casino in one, is said to be the most expensive contract that has been signed in the history of music.

The adventure in Vegas began for Dion 16 years ago. Especially for the artist the Colosseum was built, a Roman-style musical theater (or rather very Vegas style) for 4,000 seats, and her performances there was not inferior to outdoor concerts. Dion performed in the Colosseum well over a thousand such concerts for 4.5 million people, earning about 0.5 million dollars for each. This unimaginable success meant that many others decided to do the same, including Elton John, Cher, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Mars and Britney Spears.

On June 8 this year, during the final concert of her contract, usually very emotional Dion, had tears in her eyes, but she did not cry. The whole team/crew and her three sonson appears on stage, and behind them, on the screen, was a black and white photo of Céline with her late husband. When René Angélil was alive, he had his favorite place at her concerts in the Colosseum, in the back, next to the sound engineers, in a chair behind the console, which after his death was left empty as a sign of memory of him.

 

 

 

LEAVE THE TITANIC ALONE (in this case it is also a reference to the hit of one of the best Polish rock bands: Lady Pank)

 

Dion's late husband is remembered as an excellent agent, a master of strategy, but these 16 years ago, when the news of the Vegas contract reached the media, the industry thought he was crazy. What agent at high point in the career of his star will takes her to a place that perhaps offers the highest rates, but has a not so good reputation at that time. To a place associated more with a retirement in the style of Sinatra, Liberace or with Elvis and this tragic chapter of his career when sick, addicted and with overweight, Presley was on the Vegas stage a caricature of himself.

Funny today are all irony and catastrophic comments of people from show business, that if Céline actually "goes out with performances in the desert" then "this Titanic will definitely sink". Dion has not only moved out there without any harm to her image, but also Vegas - the city of casinos - has improved its image thanks to her. Not to mention, for example, 7,000 new jobs, without which her "concert machine" would not work.

 

 

 

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GAMBLING

 

In order to understand Céline Dion's choices and career path, we must go back to the 90s. When everything, whatever she touches, turns into gold. From a song recorded for a Disney fairy tale ("Beauty and the Beast" sung along with Peablo Bryson); through hits such as "The Power of Love"; "Because You Loved Me", "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"; up to "My Heart Will Go On" from the Titanic.

Dion was at the peak of her career. In the race for popularity in POP music, only centimeters separated her from Madonna, who is older than her by a decade. And suddenly she told the world that she would take a break. And in 1999 she gave the famous interview to Barbara Walters, a legend of American television, known for her insight and ruthlessness (such us in the famous interview with Monika Lewinsky, which ultimately plunged President Clinton).

Walters visited Dion on her Florida property. "Marble Palace", as she quite aptly called this house during the interview (sitting on a chair in the style of Louis XVI). Céline told her, among other things, about the need for a break, the dream of a child, as well as with enthusiasm and hope that she was over thirty: "I am young enough to start again, and mature enough not to feel stupid - [in a sense of life wisdom] "It's a fantastic time." A few weeks later, even before the material was edited and released on air, her husband was diagnosed with throat cancer. They also had to fight for a child. Céline became pregnant in Vitro.

She desperately needed something that in show business, paradoxically just when you are at the very top, is practically impossible. A permanent place of work and a predictable graphic, read: stability for a family with a small child and with experience of fighting a serious illness.

Although a keen observer would also see another one here. In another interview with Barbara Walters in 2002 (after René 's first fight with cancer and just before starting her residency in Vegas), Dion agreed to answer a question of rumors about her husband's weakness in poker and blackjack.

René himself did not hide it. In addition to casino betting, he participated in poker tournaments and his blackjack win system apparently repaired budget of Céline and René more than once when her career was just growing. There are legends about how much, already living in Vegas, he could lose or how much he could win in one evening.

In that conversation with Walters, Céline showed diplomacy as well as good reflexes. Thus, answering a journalist's question about her husband's addiction to gambling: "Of course, that René is a gambler [...] When I was 12, he pawned his own home so I could release my first album. And since we're talking about gambling, it was probably the highest stake we've ever played."

 

 

 

ZERO RISK

 

A shy 12-year-old girl - with jet-black hair and coal-like eyes - appeared in the office of the renowned Canadian music agent René Angélil and led him to tears by performing a song. And he risks his own property-home so that the world hears Céline's voice. In fact, this story was more complicated. His former friend admits to the loan for the first album in an unauthorized biography of René Angélil. And Dion already had an agent, but not determined enough. He thought that for 12-year-old the best place was in school, not a stage.

As for René. At the time when he decided to take care of Céline's career (it was 1980), he was 39 years old, with a short music career (he was the vocalist of "Les Baronets" - the boy band popular in Francophone Canada in the 60s) and with a lot of experience as an agent of musical stars . With successes, but also with a painful failure on the account, because one of the singers ended their cooperation in a rather unceremonious way. When he met Céline, he felt lost. He was in debt and disappointed so much that he considered leaving the profession. But he thought that this 12-year-old girl with a brilliant voice was reason enough to take the risk again. Although here the risk of another failure seemed to him smaller. His previous protegee/client gave up his guardianship because she fell in love. His second wife was a singer and when they got married she ended her career. Celine had the advantage of being a child - easy to shape, absorbent. So, according to him, conflict of feelings was out of the question.

 

 

 

ALMOST ROYAL COUPLE

 

Life writes the most strangest scenarios, although this one was not so strange. Céline grew up with René. In the meantime, his second marriage broke up. In 1986, for some time, there was no hearing about Dion, and when she returns, it becomes clear that she is no longer a child. A brilliant image move of her agent, who silenced her career for a moment, hired stylists and paid for the orthodontist (to which we will return later), and above all he made sure that French-speaking Céline learned English. With a fashionable hairstyle, in bolder dresses and too large (from today's perspective) jackets she came back not as a childish but an adult star.

The student-master arrangement was over. They were two people who stayed together almost constantly and had common goals, as well as a similar disposition. They both earned workaholic labels. Therefore, if today Céline, invited to the popular program of the British comedian James Corden says: "It's nice that we managed to meet, because it's my only vacation day of the year", the strength of this joke is that it's quite close to the truth.

In one of the interviews, Dion mentions that her mother, who accompanied them on their concert tours to their daughter's adulthood, saw what was coming. She convinced Céline that she should not be associated with an elderly man who had already been married twice. "It was so strong [the feeling] - said the star not so long ago in "Access Hollywood "- that finally all my family loved him too." Those who knew them closer confirm that her fascination with René was visible at first glance.

Both of them claimed that their relationship began in 1988 (when she was 20), just after Dion won in Eurovision, in which, by coincidence, she represented Switzerland. For some time they did not speak officially about what was happening between them. Then their wedding in 1994 at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal was broadcast on Canadian television. Pomp, a few meters long tren, cameras everywhere. Some might have thought that Canada had its royal pair.

Their older son was born in 2001. The twins were born - also thanks to in vitro - nine years later, when Dion was 42 years old. Until her husband's death in January 2016 (when Angélil lost his second fight against throat cancer), they were considered to be one of the more successful and loveable marriages in show business. Certainly, it is thanks to Dion. In interviews, she always spoke about her husband with impressive loyalty and devotion, she was not ashamed to show him affection in public.

Also significant are her statements after his death, which, if combined with each other, clearly testify to what she must face today. For example, in one of the interviews the artist answers the question of whether she had said goodbye to him. She says yes, in a way it was. That evening her concert lasted until late at night and when she came back she didn't want to wake him up. But before the performance they talked, and then he sent her an SMS: "I love you" and she wrote back to him. And then in the morning he was dead. Meanwhile, in another conversation, casually, but with each word more and more moved Céline says that she is trying hard not to blame herself, that René did not die in her arms.

 

 

IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME?

 

The phenomenon of her popularity is not based only on her music. Dion has unquestionable ability to make people really like her. Or maybe: she is simply nice. You can find on the internet a video filmed with a cell phone from one of her concerts, during which a drunk woman (luckily a fan) uninvited entered the stage. The woman hugs and then with all her weight hangs on a much lighter Dion. Céline stops bodyguards from intervening, hugs her fan and helps to lead her backstage, after which she doesn't forget about bodyguards and thank them for their work.

On a daily basis, she avoids political statements, it is not known exactly on which side she places her sympathies (apparently even her relationship with Clinton does not give certainty in this matter). She caused more serious political controversy only once, in 1990, when she refused to accept the Canadian Felix statuette for the best "English-speaking singer", after releasing an album with all songs in English. She said then: "My audience understands that I am not an English-speaking artist. I am proud to be "Québécoise". It is a sensitive issue of national identity that can still divide the inhabitants of the Franconian province of Quebec and the rest of the country because some Quebec citizens have always strived for autonomy. It is different with Dion. On the one hand, she emphasizes her roots, on the other - she feels as a citizen of the whole country, uniting Canadian fans regardless of the language and values they adhere to.

Openly supports LGBT. The fact that she is an inspiration for many drag queens with her stage style is a source of pride for her. One of her younger sons she named Nelson in honor of Nelson Mandela, whom she once visited with her husband. Besides, we don't know much. It's probably because Dion has her media strategies and habits. In interviews she often balances between pathos and humor, it is difficult to tell what she really thinks about many things. Despite this, or maybe that's why she is winning the hearts of people en masse. Her private story is also significant here. Céline does not exaggerate when she tells how she was the youngest of 14 siblings, how they slept several people in one bed, and the kids at school laughed at her thin, and cruelly called her "Canin Dion" because of her "canine fangs".

She managed to straighten her teeth, but many still criticizes her of being too skinny. Sometimes she tries to explain, sometimes she prefers to fool around ("My figure?! Is there something wrong?!"). And it's really hard not to love her, watching such interviews as the one given right after she became the face of the L'Oreal Paris brand: "Why don't you paint your lips with dark lipsticks?" - The journalist wants to know - "You know" - Dion replies with a note of resignation - "because my lips are ..."- not being able to find the right word, she begins to sing: "They are only in my heart and will remain there forever". Then he adds with a smile: "But I have eyes and it's great that I can underline them".

At a time when many famous people denied using botox, Dion declared that sees nothing wrong with that. Everything for people. But now she says that she is afraid that one treatment entails another, that it can be unhealthy and addictive. And today you can see with your naked eye that the 51-year-old artist has chosen a different path. By the way, she exposes the duplicity of portals and tabloids, as well as those who write offensive posts about her, who at the same time fiercely follow and point out plastic surgery to famous people, and at the same time are unable to accept someone who does not fill their lips, does not enlarge their breasts and does not stretch the skin.

 

 

COURAGEOUSLY

 

After René's death, the media watched her mourning closely. In the air hangs the question in which direction will her career go without half of a once functioning tandem. She called the new album and concert tour "Courage". She thinks that the word best suits the circumstances she is in now. This is the first English-language (and therefore addressed to the largest possible audience) album recorded without René. And the first such a long tour without him.

It might seem that she was suddenly thrown into deep water, but this is not entirely true. Increasingly, piece by piece, from her speech emerges a picture of what her reality has been like over the past few years. Feeding René for three years only through the tube - chemistry, radiology, operations. It is very likely that the story of Dion's emancipation lasts longer than you might think.

Some of its effects can already be seen. Like saying goodbye to the Vegas scene. The fact that for some time she has been associated with haute couture fashion and increasingly extravagant projects can be considered as a new hobby, but when you think about it more deeply, it's also an excellent marketing move that guarantees reaching people who would otherwise be difficult to reach.

In the era of social media and photo scrolling, Céline's photos in the original stylizations from the Paris Fashion Week or the opening of MET Gala reach users for whom what happened in music in the 90s or even the early 2000s is a distant past. Because of "Courage" she now gives many interviews, while journalists ask over and over if she is dating someone. And she always tells them the same, that she is not ready yet.

Her calendar up to September next year is filled with concerts. And what does Céline plan after the tour? Near Las Vegas, she still has a home where her sons grow up. But lately, in front of the camera, she talked with Canadian Tom Power about a longer stay in the homeland with her sons, admiring: "It is wonderful to see how great they feel in the place where I grew up and where they stayed so rarely. Great to see how closely they are with their uncles and grandmothers. [...] this is my heritage that I can give them. "

And some could already bet how certain it is that in a next chapter in her life Céline Dion will return to Canada.

 

 

 

Edited November 10, 2019 at 02:28 AM by GameC

[Celinefan2019]

I have been thinking about pre ordering the new album before the release date.

[Loup_garou]

I have been thinking about pre ordering the new album before the release date.

 

I did from day one do it, do it , do it! The album is that good.

[GoldenLeaf]

Unpopular opinion here. But I never understood the clamor for PMLALS. I didnt like it at all the first listen. It sounded "too old fashioned" for me. More than half of the songs on Courage are better than PMLALS and still people here would still kill to get that one song! Haha... Well that's just me. Haha

I agree with you and Ajax, to me PMLALS, based on the clip we've all heard, doesn't seem like a breathtaking song to me, maybe average at most but certainly not ''out of this world'' so I don't get all the fuss over it.

Edited November 10, 2019 at 02:40 AM by GoldenLeaf

[kellyfan161]

I think we'll get Soul a bit early since Apple Music/Japanese digital outlets are getting it on 11/15.

 

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/courage/1485752993

Ooh awesome!!! Hopefully someone will share it somehow so us in US can hear it since it will be a while until I get my import cd lol

[tomier]

I don't know how to count it really, but shouldn't it be more? I mean how many tickets has she sold in the US? Could we devide that by three (is that realistic? How many tickets at once does the average buyer buy?)

 

If it's 70 000 albums... that times 3 would make 210 000 tickets... is that an average number of how many see her in the States?

 

Maybe 70 000 is reasonable. But I got my hoped up so high when they did this ticket+album thing.

it absolutely should be more. lMBTL did what, 77k, but that was before steaming was added. So I'm hoping she didn't lose that base and gain a few streams so optimistically I'm going closer to 90k but my reasonable side says I'm being too optimistic and it'll be lower haha I hope the album has staying power though. For me that would be good.

[jolo87]

I don't know how to count it really, but shouldn't it be more? I mean how many tickets has she sold in the US? Could we devide that by three (is that realistic? How many tickets at once does the average buyer buy?)

 

If it's 70 000 albums... that times 3 would make 210 000 tickets... is that an average number of how many see her in the States?

 

Maybe 70 000 is reasonable. But I got my hoped up so high when they did this ticket+album thing.

 

Well, if you multiply the number of US dates by 15,000 (average arena size) that works out to about 800,000. Now let's estimate that 2/3 of those tickets have already been sold, and that 30% redeemed the album. That's 200,000 physical copies sold through the tour bundle. So I would estimate first week sales of 250k.

[ajguerras]

Might be wrong, but I feel like Perfect Goodbye is about two lovers that have decided to die together (Romeo and Juliet style) ... in the middle of a beautiful night ...

It makes me very sad.

Edited November 10, 2019 at 03:03 AM by ajguerras

[scielle]

Ha. Random. But I wish a Sarah Slean song was on the record. She's fabulous!

 

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[Loup_garou]

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[yoyoma]

it absolutely should be more. lMBTL did what, 77k, but that was before steaming was added. So I'm hoping she didn't lose that base and gain a few streams so optimistically I'm going closer to 90k but my reasonable side says I'm being too optimistic and it'll be lower haha I hope the album has staying power though. For me that would be good.

 

It is not just streaming. Many cd shops gone bust and physical cds are only available if you order them online. Even walmart and bestbuy no longer sell cd in stores and celine traditionally is not strong in digital download and streaming. So really we have to rely on audience claim the cd bundle from ticket. Also, that is given the audience is internet savy enough to proceed, or the audience does not forget to redeem or the audience just could not bother. Lol too many factors on play...argggggg

Edited November 10, 2019 at 03:32 AM by yoyoma

[ajguerras]

Three days ago I thought that Boundaries was boooooringggggg... Today that song is touching my heart deeply :'( ...

Remember the days when Celine's albums drove me crazy (ANDHC and before)...

[Chantemoi]

Might be wrong, but I feel like Perfect Goodbye is about two lovers that have decided to die together (Romeo and Juliet style) ... in the middle of a beautiful night ...

It makes me very sad.

 

To me, the “loss” is not mortal, but it is permanent. My personal interpretation is two lovers who have decideded (mutually) to separate, mourning the loss of a failed relationship, and reflecting on their journey together. This is my favourite song on the album. I love how open it is to interpretation!

[Nmj]

Three days ago I thought that Boundaries was boooooringggggg... Today that song is touching my heart deeply :'( ...

Remember the days when Celine's albums drove me crazy (ANDHC and before)...

 

That’s what I’ve been saying, first time in a long time probably since (ANDHC) where I don’t have a favorite song from the 20 songs. Everyday I listen, I like one better. “Falling In Love Again” is my favorite today, yesterday it was “For The Lover I Lost” and the day before that “The Chase”

Etc. I haven’t enjoyed new music from Celine like that in probably 15 years!

[kellyfan161]

Hoping we get some surprises next week for Album launch!! A new music video, some cool social media content, tv appearances(I know we have Jimmy)...

[scielle]

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Yeah but dude writes for US Weekly, a.k.a. basically National Enquirer.

 

Let's hope for some real press...

[Glennwwc96]

So nobody is taking about what will the 1111 be?

 

 

[zuv]

Album Review (new songs only)

 

After listening to the album at least 20 times... here are my 2 cents.

 

Miracle + Taking Chances = Courage

 

Overall satisfied with the album. It's Céline after all. Total absence of ad libs, which is a tragedy for me. No belting high notes, like Celine is known for and still capable of doing. But getting used to it by now.... she hasn't belted any long high notes since ANDHC. Musically, not sure if that album is a timeless one. 8/10

 

 

Lovers.Never.Die

Great song. Short and sweet. Sounds challenging to sing, she speaks fast at first, reminds me a bit of THLAL.

 

Falling.In.Love.Again

Nice ballad. Nice high notes. I like it very much.

 

Change.My.Mind

Great song with great high notes! Very different high notes than usual, only her can shout/scream and still sounds amazing.

 

Say.Yes

The Skies of LA of the album…. nice, but a bit boring for me.

 

Nobody’s.Watching

Now we’re talking! Very catchy. Love the vibe, her voice is smooth and clear, lots of reverbs (i think that what its called). And I find it funny that she says she wants to party like a Beliebers ( i know most think its "believers"… makes no sense to me, we’ll see when they release the official lyrics). I just want to dance like nobody’s watching when I listen. They could have worked on a better bridge.

 

The.Chase

Nice little song. But forgettable, a filler to me. I will probably skip…. Or just forget to skip. You know what i mean?

 

For.The.Lover.That.I.Lost

Great ballade, nice little crescendo. “I share them”, “I lay them there for you” and some “roses”, she sounds like a French Canadian trying to sound american, but like really pushing it. But it’s good.

 

Baby

Very Sia-ish. Good...but again forgettable.

 

I.Will.Be.Stronger

It’s ok.

 

How.Did.You.Get.Here

Is that a cover? The music has to be… I feel like i’ve heard this kind of sounds/music many many times in my life. Lacks creativity to me. I ALWAYS skip.

 

Look.At.Us.Now

Another good song. But again, forgettable.... Maybe it will grow on me.

 

Perfect.Goodbye

Great song!!! Very Enchanting. Memory? No, it’s memowy. Haha. I wish there were more songs like this one. Very nice crescendo. NEED SINGLE, NEED MUSIC VIDEO. NEED LIVE VERSION. “That sh! Is perfect “. Is she going to get her first "Explicit Content" on the album because of that one? hahah

 

Best.Of.All

Again, nice little song, but definitely forgettable.

 

Heart.Of.Glass

Sia need. Feel the need. See the need??? I don’t know what the f shes says there, but it’s a good song. Could be a single.

 

Boundaries

Lovely song, great little high notes. Reminds me of Christina Perri’s Human song.

 

The.Hard.Way

Very Jungle Book/Frozen/Tarzan type of song. I feel like swinging through lianas listening to the song. I like it.

[Nmj]

Album Review (new songs only)

 

After listening to the album at least 20 times... here are my 2 cents.

 

Miracle + Taking Chances = Courage

 

Overall satisfied with the album. It's Céline after all. Total absence of ad libs, which is a tragedy for me. No belting high notes, like Celine is known for and still capable of doing. But getting used to it by now.... she hasn't belted any long high notes since ANDHC. Musically, not sure if that album is a timeless one. 8/10

 

 

Lovers.Never.Die

Great song. Short and sweet. Sounds challenging to sing, she speaks fast at first, reminds me a bit of THLAL.

 

Falling.In.Love.Again

Nice ballad. Nice high notes. I like it very much.

 

Change.My.Mind

Great song with great high notes! Very different high notes than usual, only her can shout/scream and still sounds amazing.

 

Say.Yes

The Skies of LA of the album…. nice, but a bit boring for me.

 

Nobody’s.Watching

Now we’re talking! Very catchy. Love the vibe, her voice is smooth and clear, lots of reverbs (i think that what its called). And I find it funny that she says she wants to party like a Beliebers ( i know most think its "believers"… makes no sense to me, we’ll see when they release the official lyrics). I just want to dance like nobody’s watching when I listen. They could have worked on a better bridge.

 

The.Chase

Nice little song. But forgettable, a filler to me. I will probably skip…. Or just forget to skip. You know what i mean?

 

For.The.Lover.That.I.Lost

Great ballade, nice little crescendo. “I share them”, “I lay them there for you” and some “roses”, she sounds like a French Canadian trying to sound american, but like really pushing it. But it’s good.

 

Baby

Very Sia-ish. Good...but again forgettable.

 

I.Will.Be.Stronger

It’s ok.

 

How.Did.You.Get.Here

Is that a cover? The music has to be… I feel like i’ve heard this kind of sounds/music many many times in my life. Lacks creativity to me. I ALWAYS skip.

 

Look.At.Us.Now

Another good song. But again, forgettable.... Maybe it will grow on me.

 

Perfect.Goodbye

Great song!!! Very Enchanting. Memory? No, it’s memowy. Haha. I wish there were more songs like this one. Very nice crescendo. NEED SINGLE, NEED MUSIC VIDEO. NEED LIVE VERSION. “That sh! Is perfect “. Is she going to get her first "Explicit Content" on the album because of that one? hahah

 

Best.Of.All

Again, nice little song, but definitely forgettable.

 

Heart.Of.Glass

Sia need. Feel the need. See the need??? I don’t know what the f shes says there, but it’s a good song. Could be a single.

 

Boundaries

Lovely song, great little high notes. Reminds me of Christina Perri’s Human song.

 

The.Hard.Way

Very Jungle Book/Frozen/Tarzan type of song. I feel like swinging through lianas listening to the song. I like it.

 

 

Miracle + Taking Chances= this?

 

In what World? Lol

 

COURAGE > TAKING CHANCES, MIRACLE, LOVED ME BACK TO LIFE.

[zuv]

Miracle + Taking Chances= this?

 

In what World? Lol

 

COURAGE > TAKING CHANCES, MIRACLE, LOVED ME BACK TO LIFE.

 

In my own little world i guess.