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Collection 1982 1988

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This 2 disc set amply displays the development of Celine Dion's unique singing style during her early days as a young chanteuse from Quebec. This compilation is almost exclusively built upon the ballads composed by Eddy Marnay (Only 3 songs not penned by Marnay). It does not include the stronger pop/rock influences displayed in her later recordings of songs by Luc Plamondon. Even if you don't understand French, the sensitivity and emotion in Celine's voice tells the story in most of these songs. My only regret is that it does not include the breakthrough song of her career, which her mother wrote for her, "Ce n'etait qu'un reve".

This is a 2 CD collection of Celine's favorite hits, plus some kind of rare songs. I finally heard the song "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi", with which Celine won at the 1988 Eurovision song contest. Overall, this is a must-have for the Celine fan as it has many of her old French songs on CD format. That alone makes this 2 CD collection worth owning!

Celine is a great vocalist, and this was evident already when she was a teenager. I grew up in Canada, and I remember her from the very beginning, and even then she was dazzling. But let's be realistic, these are 80s pop songs, sung by a teenager. While there is a lot of talent in the collection, the substance is not always there. As in all "the best of..." collections, many of these songs were never played on the radio and were just plugged in to fill the 2 disks. In addition, all of the mega-hits from the "Incognito" album are mysteriously not included in this collection. If it was just for that, I would give it only 3 stars. However, since her songs bring back so many memories for me, since they accompanied me all through my teenage years, I have to give it an extra star, just for the emotions they bring up. Whenever I hear her sing to her mother in "Tellement j'ai d'amour, pour toi", I cannot help but shed a tear...

Although I'm a dedicated french music lover I discovered this double CD collection by chance. I enjoyed every minute of it and I simply can't take it out of my CD player! Yes, the songs are just nice pop tunes, but Celine's voice (she was only a teenager at the time) is great. She has one of the best voices ever. To all the 80's nostalgics and Celine's fans: buy this album.

Let me just start by saying that I love the entire collection. Celine had really nice songs during that decade, and I think she deserves more recognition for them. Perhaps those songs should be put with all the hits she had in the 90s (English and French) together to form a box set. If it does happen, let's hope the collection includes "Ce N'était Qu'un Rêve" and "Incognito". I ordered it used, however, and I'm afraid I made a big mistake in choosing to do so because one of the CDs is all scratch up causing me to have to skip three songs on it, so I am going to reorder the collection under another title: "French Collection". Since I love all the songs anyway, I will still give the compilation all the stars. For the amazon.com customer who purchased it and said that the album was bland, I guess he wasted his money. Maybe I should have bought it from him.

This is one of the best collection of her early French songs that you will find. I've always thought that Celine sings best in her native French language. Of course it's hard to say that she doesn't sing as well in English, because she's also one of the best singers we've ever had in the English speaking world as well, but there's something about when she sings in French that's just different. Her emotions, voice, and spirit while singing in the French language are stronger. Although you could say her talent did mature in years after the songs on this album were recorded, (I highly recommend her "D'eux"/ "The French Album," "Dion chante Plamondon" and "S'il suffisait d'aimer" albums) her voice is still as beautiful as ever in this collection. The songs are wonderful as well, each with its own personality. You should easily be able to enjoy them even if you don't understand French. Many compilations of her earlier songs only contain half- even a quarter- of the material on this CD set, a good reason to choose this collection over others. I should also mention the fact that this CD includes the prestigious Eurovision award winning song, Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi. It is one of her best early songs.

This Cd is so awesome!!! I don't know any french, but Celine makes up for that with the fantstic songs on this CD!

Most people haven't heard Celine before her big hit in the U.S., Where Does My Heart Beat Now. Well, this is one of the best compilations of her early recordings before she became an international superstar.

I love this album,Celine's youthful voice is the most beautiful,smooth & powerful of all.The type of music suits her best as it relays her life story.I love them all from the mellow to tempo.Eddy Marnay was heaven-sent for Celine for creating these songs.I play this CD all the time.I purchased some as a gift.

It amazes me that people have rated this CD so highly. It is bland, bland, bland. Celine may have a "smooth" voice, but the songs are so vacuous, they cloy.