The Best Of (Celine Dion album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Best Of
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Céline Dion


Released = start date|1988|6|6
Recorded = 1982-1988
Genre = Pop
Length = 45:46
Label = Carrere, Mega
Producer = Didier Barbelivien, A. P. Keller, Eddy Marnay, Romano Musumarra, Rudy, Atilla Şereftuğ
Last album = "Incognito"
(1987)
This album = "The Best Of"
(1988)
Next album = "Unison"
(1990)|
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Compilation album


Lower caption = "Vivre" Singles
Name = The Best Of
Type = compilation
Single 1 = Ne partez pas sans moi
Single 1 date = May 14 1988

"The Best Of" is a French compilation album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released in Europe on June 6 1988. It's her 14th French album, 3rd compilation and 1st album released in most European countries. In Germany it was re-named "Vivre".

Album information

"The Best Of" is a compilation of Dion's previous songs released thanks to "Ne partez pas sans moi" single success. On April 30 1988, Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest with that song. [cite book | author=Glatzer, Jenna| title=Céline Dion: For Keeps | publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing| year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-7407-5559-5]

The album contained mostly singles released in France: "D'amour ou d'amitié" (1983), "Mon ami m'a quittée" (1983), "C'est pour vivre" (1985), "Billy" (1986), "Je ne veux pas" (1987), "La religieuse" (1988) and "Ne partez pas sans moi" (1988). The last four were never released on Canadian albums.

Track listing

#"Ne partez pas sans moi" (Nella Martinetti, Atilla Şereftuğ) – 3:07
#"Billy" (Eddy Marnay, Patrick Lemaitre) – 3:09
#"Je ne veux pas" (Marnay, Romano Musumarra) – 4:06
#"D'amour ou d'amitié" (Marnay, Roland Vincent, Jean Pierre Lang) – 4:05
#"Mon ami m'a quittée" (Marnay, Christian Loigerot, Thierry Geoffroy) – 3:05
#"C'est pour vivre" (Marnay, André Popp) – 4:04
#"La religieuse" (Didier Barbelivien) – 3:32
#"C'est pour toi" (Marnay, François Orenn) – 4:07
#"Les chemins de ma maison" (Marnay, Lemaitre, Alain Bernard) – 4:16
#"Trois heures vingt" (Marnay, Lemaitre) – 3:41
#"Les oiseaux du bonheur" (Marnay, Popp) – 3:43
#"Benjamin" (Marnay, Pierre Papadiamandis) – 4:38

Release history

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