[Reviews] "Encore Un Soir" (album)

[Taking Chances]

I wanted to post my review in this thread:

 

I wanted to thoroughly listen to the album and review it to the full extent of what an album review should be. And of course, music is subjective and in my opinion its impossible to review and album or a song 100% objectively. However, since we’re on the Celine forum here, it’s pretty safe to say that we all love her music. So, there are songs about surrounding oneself with the solace of family, about the comforting permanence of the stars, about staring at the sky with a child, about finding hope and rediscovering wonder and “my power.”

 

Plus qu'ailleurs - In my head opening tracks to an album is usually a little bit more happy than an ending track and the opening track should make you excited to listen to whats the second track, and kind of set the tone to the album and give you a preview of the feel of the album. However, this could kind of be the closing track to the album as well. I do love the guitar and soft stringy instruments, and I also like that this song isn’t explosive like I usually want the first track of an album to be. Though, to me this is more of an closing song to an album than an opening song.

 

L'etoile - This is really where I feel like the album begins. This is the track you remember, and once you’ve listened to it - you completely forget about the first track, and this is the perfect follow up track, and with this song the album changes completely. This up beat song makes this album happier and it has an incredibly catchy beat. This track kind of also reminds me a little bit of her second English album Celine Dion. The sound mixing is similar. Celine’s seems kind of younger on this track somehow. Maybe it’s because I feel the Celine Dion album throwback.

 

Ma faille - Celine sings just as perfect as always, but her emotions are somewhat different. It’s like Rene is present on this track. I’m loving the piano and slowed down beat, and then comes the guitar. I’ts all old school instruments and great modern sound mixing. It’s like a soar up the sky. I feel like this is a track of absolute strength and one of my absolute favorites on the album. This should have been the opening track in my opinion.

 

Encore un soir - Celine has never sounded more wounded and three-dimensionally human on a track going from almost laughter to total breakdown and covering every emotion is just 4:23 minutes. How she managed to record this track in the midts of everything she had to deal with is beyond me. When Celine sings he feels better she said. No doubt she does. Perfection!

 

Je nous veux - This track is very easy listening. Which is nice and I like it more the more I listen to it. It’s not an instant «pow» kind of track. Nothing too risky, but I like it a lot and especially towards the ending. It has a powerful haunting feeling.

 

Les yeux au ciel - I am obsessed with this song and how it keeps changing when you listen to it. It’s almost like like two different tracks in one, which makes a little a uneasy to listen to, yet completely addicting. This track sounds like it could be on an english album, and something I definitely would love and english cover of.

 

Si c'etait a refaire - This song reminds me of a little bit of Stand by Your Side. It’s not that ıs’s really similar, but it gives me the same feeling. Just the vibes of song. It builds up and it gets more powerful in the end, yet not as powerful as the other tracks on the album. Yet, this is a track I wouldn’t skip. I haven’t listened to this song a lot, but I feel like this is something I will like more as I listen to it more.

 

Ordinaire - This is so f****** amazing. I loved it instantly, from the first second. The deep dark haunted instruments. And then she begins to sing. This song builds up to the ultimate climax and then the electric guitar bridge takes you to a different world. I feel like this song works so good in French and it’s so powerful. This is kind of the song I want everyone to hear Celine sing, and understand the power it takes to sing such a song. This is heavy, dark and almost scary good.

 

Tu sauras - I love that this song follows up Ordinaire. It’s such a different track, and it starts slow and then it just takes off. What an addicting chorus. Very repetitive, but still very catchy. I love her humming in the second chorus, but then the song ends way too quickly. It’s almost like just a 2/3 of a full song. This could have easily been one minute longer. I feel like it should defenyly have been longer, which is the only thing about this song I dislike. I defiantly want an English version of Tu sauras.

 

Toutes ces choses - This reminds me very much of something off D’elles. More specifically On s'est aime a cause. Which I absolutely love. Yet, I kind of think song is boring. Somehow this album does the same mistakes as Loved Me Back To Life, towards the end the album slows down a lot and falls back into the safe songs.

 

Le bonheur en face - I feel like this is basically the same song as Toutes ces choses. Obviously it isn’t, but nothing special about this one. A nice track. The chorus is nice, but nothing memorable. And these last two songs doesn’t really have a big climatic ending. They are basically the same through the entire tracks, keeping it simple. Though a little too simple.

 

A la plus haute branche - This is no different from Toutes ces choses and Le bonheur en face, but I like it a little bit more because she sings a little bit different, but it’s such a plain level song. No special instruments, no special voice, just very plain and simple. One thing I like about this is the very French vibes to it. Apart from this being a little sadder than Plus qu'ailleurs, this could have been the opening track. And to me, that is the only thing separating it.

 

A vous - My favorite on the album. And it’s on the deluxe version, I really have no idea why they didn’t include this on the standard edition, this song is amazing. I feel like this song should have followed up Tu sauras, which is also my favorite. I can’t seem to make up my mind. This is so fresh, so different and I love the trumpets. Celine wanted people to move to her music, and this is a great start. I want more upbeat stuff on the English album. This is great. And for the people who didn’t like this, I really don’t understand why because It’s not like it’s a trashy track. It’s more modern with a latin/tropical trumpet vibe to it.

 

Ma force - This is more or less like the last three songs on the album (not A Vous). Just a little happier. Reminds me of Contre Nature.

 

To me this album was such a positive surprise, and I loved that it’s so happy and upbeat. I hope we get to see more of this Celine in the future, and I can’t wait to see what the English album will be like. Hopefully it won’t be much like Recovering, but more like this. If she should do some English versions I would love : Tu sauras, A vous, Ordinaire, Ma faille, Encore un soir, L'etoile, Les yeux au ciel even though these are perfect in French! Those are basically my favorites. Her French music has been harder for me to like as easy as her English albums, but this is amazing.

Edited September 12, 2016 at 02:27 PM by Taking Chances

[Javito]

Tu sauras - I love that this song follows up Ordinaire. It’s such a different track, and it starts slow and then it just takes off. What an addicting chorus. Very repetitive, but still very catchy. I love her humming in the second chorus, but then the song ends way too quickly. It’s almost like just a 2/3 of a full song. This could have easily been one minute longer. I feel like it should defenyly have been longer, which is the only thing about this song I dislike. I defiantly want an English version of Tu sauras.

 

 

I've noticed the same in more songs in this album, not only this one. Je nous veux and Les yeux au ciel both end too soon. They could have added an extra chorus or more intrumentation/bridge to the songs.

 

Same for Létoile and Ma force. They all sound like radio edits to me, when they could have been longuer in the album

[nuts2you]

to taking chances you miss 3:20 off the album , what is your thoughts

[Taking Chances]

to taking chances you miss 3:20 off the album , what is your thoughts

 

What do you mean?

 

I now see that I had like a milion typos. (I was writing on the notepad on my mac, and I just pasted it when I was done.)

Edited September 13, 2016 at 03:46 PM by Taking Chances