The Collector's Series, Volume One

Infobox Album | Name = The Collector's Series, Volume One
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Céline Dion


Released = Start date|2000|10|20
Recorded = 1990-1999
Genre = Pop
Length = 71:47
Label = Columbia, Epic
Producer = Walter Afanasieff, Babyface, David Foster, Humberto Gatica, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Rick Hahn, Dan Hill, John Jones, Kristian Lundin, George Martin, Max Martin, Christopher Neil, Rick Nowels, Serge Perathoner, Billy Steinberg, Jim Steinman, Jannick Top, Ric Wake
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:smpzefek2gfo link] | Last album = "All the Way… A Decade of Song"
(1999)
This album = "The Collector's Series, Volume One"
(2000)
Next album = "A New Day Has Come"
(2002)

"The Collector's Series, Volume One" is a compilation album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on October 20 2000. It's her 8th English album and 27th in total. The album was re-named "Tout en amour" (meaning "All in Love") in France.

Album information

"The Collector's Series, Volume One" is a compilation of some of Céline Dion's biggest hits and few rare tracks. The album features "The Power of the Dream" from the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics, duets with Barbra Streisand and Andrea Bocelli, and few rarely-heard non-English language songs. It also includes singles, which didn't make onto Dion's previous greatest hits album "All the Way… A Decade of Song": "Where Does My Heart Beat Now," "Only One Road," "Falling into You," and "The Reason."

"Tout en amour" was released in France also as a limited edition, including twelve colour postcards with previously unreleased photos of Céline Dion. The album was re-released in October 2004 in few European countries, as part of the "Best of the Best Gold" series. The gold-disc pressing was housed in a die-cut slipcase, exposing the gold disc and featured the same tracks that graced the standard pressing.

Chart success

Although "The Collector's Series, Volume One" wasn't promoted in any way, the album sold 3 million copies worldwide, topping the chart in France, and reaching top ten in Canada, Greece and Portugal. It was certified gold in many countries. The album remains uncertified in Canada, although it sold over 100,000 copies and could be platinum. In the U.S. "The Collector's Series, Volume One" is eligible for platinum certification as well, after shipping 1 million copies (0.9 million sold).

Track listing

#"The Power of the Dream" (Linda Thompson, David Foster, Babyface) – 4:31
#"Where Does My Heart Beat Now" (Robert White Johnson, Taylor Rhodes) – 4:33
#"Us" (Billy Pace) – 5:46
#"The Reason" (Carole King, Mark Hudson, Greg Wells) – 5:01
#"Seduces Me" (Dan Hill, John Sheard) – 3:46
#"With This Tear" (Prince) – 4:12
#"Falling into You" (Billy Steinberg, Rick Nowels, Marie Claire D'Ubaldo) – 4:18
#"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (Jean-Jacques Goldman) – 4:14
#"Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" (Luc Plamondon, Michel Berger) – 2:59
#"Be the Man" (Japanese version) (Foster, Reiko Yukawa) – 4:39
#"Tell Him" (with Barbra Streisand) (Thompson, Walter Afanasieff, Foster) – 4:52
#"The Prayer" (with Andrea Bocelli) (Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis) – 4:30
#"All by Myself" (Spanish version) (Eric Carmen, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Manny Benito) – 5:12
#"Amar Haciendo el Amor" (Billy Mann, Denise Rich, Benito) – 4:11
#"Only One Road" (Peter Zizzo) – 4:48
#"That's the Way It Is" (Kristian Lundin, Max Martin, Andreas Carlsson) – 4:01
#"When I Fall in Love" (with Clive Griffin) (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 4:20 (Japanese bonus track)

Chart performance

¹ should be certified platinum (100,000)

Release history

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