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THE ALBUM
"Live À Paris" (meaning "Live In Paris") is a live album by Celine Dion, released on October 22, 1996. It´s her 3rd live album, 18th French album and 22nd in total.
...> About The Album
After having the best-selling Francophone album of all time called "D´eux", Celine released "Live À Paris", which contains ten out of twelve songs from "D´eux". The concert was recorded at the Le Zénith in Paris, France 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 a Juno Award for Best Selling Francophone Album and two Félix Awards for Best Selling Album and Best Pop Rock Album.
...> Track Listing
1. "J´attendais" [ live ]
2. "Destin" [ live ]
3. "The power of love" [ live ]
4. "Regarde-moi" [ live ]
5. "River deep, mountain high" [ live ]
6. "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" [ live ]
7. "Les derniers seront les premiers" [ ft. Jean-Jacques Goldman ] [ live ]
8. "J´irai où tu iras" [ ft. Jean-Jacques Goldman ] [ live ]
9. "Je sais pas" [ live ]
10. "Le ballet" [ live ]
11. "Prière païenne" [ live ]
12. "Pour que tu m´aimes encore" [ live ]
13. "Quand on n´a que l´amour" [ live ]
14. "Vole" [ live ]
15. "To Love You More" [ studio version ]
...> Chart Success
Following the successful "D´eux", "Live À Paris" has sold over 3 million copies worldwide, including 2 million in Europe alone, where it was certified 2x platinum by the IFPI. After selling over 600,000 copies in France and 280,000 copies in Canada, it was certified 2x platinum in both countries. The album was also certified platinum in Belgium and Switzerland. In non-Francophone countries, like the Netherlands and Poland, "Live À Paris" achieved gold status. The album topped the charts for eight weeks in France, for four weeks in Belgium Wallonia and one week in Switzerland. In Belgium Flanders, it peaked at number 6, and in Canada at number 8. "Live À Paris" also charted in many non-Francophone countries, reaching number 9 in the Netherlands, number 24 in Austria, number 25 in New Zealand, number 46 in Italy, number 56 in the United Kingdom and number 63 in Germany. On the European Top 100 Albums, "Live À Paris" peaked at number 6. On November 1, 1996, Celine 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).
...> Critical Reception
Allmusic said that the album "...has more of a rock feel than any of Dion´s other live or studio albums" and "Dion raises the roof and proves just as adept with harder material as she is with adult contemporary ballads". According to them "this good live album from one of the biggest stars of our time serves to showcase her not only as a balladeer, but as a first-rate rock star".
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THE EDITIONS
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Austrian Edition | ----- |
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Japanese Edition | 1996 Japanese 15-track promotional sample CD album issued to radio stations and reviewers ahead of the actual release date. Custom stamped inner rim on the disc and unique stickered back insert, complete with lyric booklet picture sleeve plus fold-out Japanese insert and obi-strip. |
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Taiwanese Edition | 1996 Taiwanese issue 15-track CD album, with extensive lyric/photo booklet plus obi-strip. |
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Taiwanese Cassette Edition | ----- |
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Laser Disc Edition | Scarce 1996 French 18-track laserdisc, great picture sleeve. |
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French Edition | ----- |
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Saudi Arabia Cassette Edition | ----- |
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THE SINGLES
...> "Les derniers seront les premiers"
"Les derniers seront les premiers" (meaning "The last shall be first") is a promotional single from the album "Live À Paris". It was released on October 21, 1996 in Europe and Canada.
Celine performs "Les derniers seront les premiers" as a live duet with Jean-Jacques Goldman. "Les derniers seront les premiers" was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and originally featured on album "D´eux" in 1995, where Goldman does the backing vocals only. "Les derniers seront les premiers" peaked at number 3 on the Quebec Airplay Chart, entering it on November 16, 1996 and spending 35 weeks there in total. It reached also number 47 on the Belgian Wallonia Airplay Chart.
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Promo CD released in France on October 21, 1996. | 1. "Les derniers seront les premiers" [ live ] |
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Promo CD released in Canada on October 21, 1996. | 1. "Les derniers seront les premiers" [ live ] |
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...> "To love you more"
"To Love You More" is a song, originally released as the eighth single from the album "The Colour Of My Love" on October 23, 1995. When the album "Live À Paris" was released, a studio version of "To love you more" was included on the setlist, and the song was re-released, now, as a radio single promoting "Live À Paris" album. The radio single was released on October 21, 1996 (same day as the release of the single "Les derniers seront les premiers"). The song also appeared on the Asian edition of "Falling Into You".
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...> "Je sais pas"
"Je sais pas" (meaning "I don´t know") is a promotional single from the album "Live À Paris", released on May 19, 1997 by Sony Music Entertainment in the Netherlands.
The studio version of the song was originally released as the second and last commercial single from the album "D´eux" on October 2, 1995.
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CD single released in France on May 19, 1997. | 1. "Je sais pas" [ live ]; 2. "J´attendais" [ live ]; 3. "J´attendais" |
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CD single released in Austria on May 19, 1997. | 1. "Je sais pas" [ live ]; 2. "J´attendais" [ live ]; 3. "J´attendais" |
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...> "J´attendais"
"J´attendais" (meaning "I waited") is a single from the album "Live À Paris", released on June 30, 1997 in France and Belgium.
"J´attendais" was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and originally featured on album "D´eux" in 1995. The single peaked at number 46 in France. It was the result of releasing "J´attendais" eight months after "Live À Paris" album debuted on charts. The studio recording of this song was also available on Celine´s previous album "D´eux", which already sold over 4 million copies in France, becoming the best selling album ever. "J´attendais" also peaked at number 22 in Belgium Wallonia. Sony Music Entertainment released live version of "Je sais pas" as a single in the Netherlands at the same time. It featured "J´attendais" as B-side.
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CD single released in France in 1997. | 1. "J´attendais" [ live ]; 2. "J´attendais" |
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Promo vinyl released in France in 1997. | 1. "J´attendais" [ live ] |
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...> "River deep, mountain high"
"River deep, mountain high", live version, was released as a promotional single from the album "Live À Paris" in 1997.
"River deep, mountain high" is a 1966 single by Ike & Tina Turner. Considered by producer Phil Spector to be his best work, the single was successful in Europe, peaking at #3 in the United Kingdom, though it flopped on its original release in the United States. A live cover was performed by Celine Dion on the famous TV show "Late Show Wth David Letterman" in 1994, which resulted in a studio version, produced by Jim Steinman, for her extremely successful 1996 album "Falling Into You". Celine performed "River deep, mountain high" at the Le Zénith in Paris, France in October 1995, during the "D´eux Tour". Then, it was included on the "Live À Paris" album and the song was released as a promotional single from this album in 1997. Later, Celine performed "River deep, mountain high" live on "VH1 Divas Live" concert in 1998 as the opening number of her part. She also performed this song from November 2006-December 2007 in her "A New Day..." show in Las Vegas, USA. The song was also part of her 2008/09 "Taking Chances World Tour", as well as her new Las Vegas show, "Celine". The promo CD contains only one song: "River deep, mountain high" [ live ].
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THE MUSIC VIDEOS
...> "Les derniers seront les premiers"
The music video was taken from the concert at the Le Zénith theatre in Paris, France. It can be found on the "Live À Paris" DVD.
...> "J´attendais"
The music video was taken from the concert at the Le Zénith theatre in Paris, France. It can be found on the "Live À Paris" DVD.
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