Live à Paris

Infobox Album | Name = Live à Paris
Type = Live album
Artist = Céline Dion


Released = Start date|1996|10|22
Recorded = October 1995
Genre = Pop
Length = 73:15
Label = Columbia, Epic
Producer = David Foster, Claude Lemay
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:16520r4at48i link]
Last album = "Falling into You"
(1996)
This album = "Live à Paris"
(1996)
Next album = "Let's Talk About Love"
(1997)
Misc = Singles
Name = Live à Paris
Type = live
Single 1 = Les derniers seront les premiers
Single 1 date = October 21 1996
Single 2 = To Love You More
Single 2 date = October 21 1996
Single 3 = Je sais pas
Single 3 date = May 19 1997
Single 4 = J'attendais
Single 4 date = June 30 1997

"Live à Paris" (meaning "Live in Paris") is a live album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on October 22 1996. It's her 3rd live album, 18th French album and 22nd in total.

Album information

After having the best-selling Francophone album of all time - "D'eux", Céline Dion released "Live à Paris", which contains ten out of twelve songs from "D'eux". The concert was recorded in Zenith Theatre, Paris in October 1995, during the D'eux Tour. The CD contains also few English songs, including studio recording of "To Love You More," which became a smash hit in Japan.

The disc does not contain the full show. All songs can be found on the "Live à Paris" home video, released also in 1996.

"Live à Paris" won one Juno Award and two Félix Awards in 1997.

Chart success

"Live à Paris" followed the successful "D'eux" and topped the charts for eight weeks in France, four weeks in Belgium and one week in Switzerland, selling 2 million copies in Europe and 3 million in total.

On November 1 1996, Céline Dion wrote a new page in the record book of French music industry, becoming the very first artist to have three of her albums in the French top 20. That week, "Live à Paris" entered the chart on top position (her 3rd number 1 album in France this year), while "Falling into You" (seven months after it entered the chart) was still at the 6th position and "D'eux" was still at number 16 (a year and a half after its release).

Track listing

#"J'attendais" (Jean-Jacques Goldman) – 4:58
#"Destin" (Goldman) – 4:11
#"The Power of Love" (Candy DeRouge, Gunther Mende, Mary Susan Applegate, Jennifer Rush) – 4:45
#"Regarde-moi" (Goldman) – 3:49
#"River Deep, Mountain High" (Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) – 3:29
#"Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" (Luc Plamondon, Michel Berger) – 5:03
#"Les derniers seront les premiers" (with Jean-Jacques Goldman) (Goldman) – 3:52
#"J'irai où tu iras" (with Jean-Jacques Goldman) (Goldman) – 3:46
#"Je sais pas" (Goldman, J. Kapler) – 4:25
#"Le ballet" (Goldman) – 10:33
#"Prière païenne" (Goldman) – 4:55
#"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (Goldman) – 5:10
#"Quand on n'a que l'amour" (Jacques Brel) – 4:41
#"Vole" (Goldman) – 4:03
#"To Love You More" (studio recording) (David Foster, Junior Miles) – 5:28

Chart performance

References