La voix du bon Dieu (meaning The Good Lord's Voice) is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 6 November 1981 by Super Étoiles.[1] It is a French-language album issued in Quebec, Canada only. It was preceded by the lead single, "Ce n'était qu'un rêve". The album was produced by René Angélil, Eddy Marnay and Daniel Hétu. It includes six original songs and three covers: Renée Lebas' "T'ire l'aiguille", Berthe Sylva's "Les roses blanches" and "L'amour viendra", a French adaptation of Dario Baldan Bembo's "Dolce fiore".
René Angélil, Dion's manager (later husband) mortgaged his home to start his own record company just to produce her first records. He decided to put out two albums at the same time: La voix du bon Dieu and Céline Dion chante Noël. They had sold 30,000 copies in 1981 and they'd go on to sell about 125,000 copies the following year.[2] La voix du bon Dieu has sold 100,000 copies in total.[3] The album produced two top twenty Quebec singles in "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" and "La voix du bon Dieu" which peaked at number fourteen and eleven, respectively. "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" was also released in France in 1982 as Dion's first single in that country. In 2005, Dion included "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" and "La voix du bon Dieu" on her greatest hits compilation, On ne change pas.
Accolades
In 1982, Dion was nominated for the Félix Award for Newcomer of the Year.
Track listings
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1. | "La voix du bon Dieu" | Eddy Marnay | | 3:16 |
2. | "Au secours" (with Robert Leroux) |
- Robert Leroux
- Pierre Létourneau
| Angélil | 3:27 |
3. | "L'amour viendra" | | | 4:20 |
4. | "Autour de moi" | | Angélil | 2:58 |
5. | "Grand maman" | | Angélil | 3:39 |
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1. | "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" | | | 3:47 |
2. | "Seul un oiseau blanc" | | | 4:12 |
3. | "Tire l'aiguille" | | Angélil | 2:21 |
4. | "Les roses blanches" |
- Charles Louis Pothier
- Léon Rathier
| Angélil | 5:55 |
References
- ↑ "La Voix du Bon Dieu". BubbleUp, LLC. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ Jenna Glatzer (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.
- ↑ Georges-Herbert Germain (1998). Céline: The Authorized Biography. Translated by David Homel; Fred Reed. Dundurn Press. p. 119. ISBN 1-55002-318-7.
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