On Ne Change Pas

Celine Dion | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000CDSS1S
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,175 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Throughout her 25-year career, Céline Dion has always been filled with great pride and love regarding her French-Canadian heritage, yet in all her years of performing--since her debut as a songwriter at the age of 12--she has never put out an official French Greatest Hits disc in her first language... until now. The double-disc collection is filled with songs spanning her incredibly successful career; with liner notes (written solely in French) that talk about how Céline spent many years learning her craft from respected singer-songwriters who took a young chanteuse under their wings, from Luc Plamondon to Jean-Jacques Goldman. Aside from the previously released tracks, which include her bubbly hit "Je Danse Dans Ma Tête," the emotive "Ziggy," and the beautiful "Sous Le Vent," a duet with French sensation Garou there are three new tunes to entice fans. Only one is in English, the opera-meets-Titanic sounding "I Believe in You," a duet with Il Divo; the remaining two are the understated "Je Ne Vous Oublie Pas" and "Tous Les Secrets," a song about unconditional love. The one element that is frustratingly absent is the lack of information about the individual tracks in the liner notes: Nowhere is there a year of release for each of the 36 songs, nor a story about each song's history. That said, this disc will prove to be a definitive collection to her devoted French fans. --Denise Sheppard

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Product Description

Celine Dion "On Ne Change Pas" (2005 Canadian issue limited edition 3-disc set comprising of 2 CD album including a collection of 36 of her greatest French language recordings (with unique tracklisting for this issue including 10 songs noton the European release) & 2 exclusive bonus recordings including 'I Believe In You' (duet With Il Divo (Celine singing in French & Il Divo in English) plus bonus region 0 NTSC DVD featuring 'I Do Not Forget You' - Video & Si Celine m'etait contee, presented in deluxe tri-fold digipak picture sleeve - sealed with unique French text sticker!). --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A solid starting point to Celine's French-language career, January 4, 2006

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S. Hodge - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Ne Change Pas (Audio CD)

Long before Celine Dion became a household name in the U.S., she was already a tremendously successful recording artist in Quebec and France. Her first album, La Voix du Bon Dieu, was released in 1981 at the tender age of 12, and Celine released no fewer than *fourteen* French-language albums between 1981-1990, when her English-language debut Unison was released.

Very little of this early catalog remains in print on CD; there are a handful of early French tracks that are frequently recycled, but some of her better early songs have never been remastered / released to CD. On On ne change pas, Sony has collected Celine's French-language hits spanning her career (1981-2005), including her very first song, Ce N'etait Qu'un Reve, Une Colombe, which Celine performed for the Pope's visit to Montreal in 1984, Eurovision winner Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi, and recent hits like Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore, the powerful duet Sous Le Vent, and L'Amour Existe Encore.

Personally, I feel that Celine's best French work was from 1981 to 1988. Oddly, Celine's earliest tracks are on Disc 2 instead of Disc 1. On Ne Change Pas features remastered rarities such as Une Colombe, the delightful Ma Chambre, and Melanie. Celine's earliest LPs are also present, with tracks from La Voix du Bon Dieux, Les Chemins de Ma Maison, and Melanie. Incognito, Celine's first album with Sony and Luc Plamondon instead of Eddy Marnay, takes up a third of the second disc, with songs from the same era like Fais Ce Que Tu Voudras and Ma Chambre rounding out the 1980s.

This 2-CD set offers very little for the diehard Celine collector: if you already own all of her recent French albums (D'Eux, 1 Fille & 4 Types, S'Il Suffisait D'Aimer) and early Celine collections, there are few incentives, except for a fairly complete overview of her French career. There are several new tracks: Tous les Secrets, I Believe In You and Je Ne Vous Oublie Pas, but I felt that these paled in comparison with her early gems. This is a good start, but Sony left off plenty of beautiful songs from Celine's earliest albums that have never been released to CD.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Incorrect item description, December 28, 2007

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Kristen D. Howard - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Ne Change Pas (Audio CD)

The track listing for this item shows 2 discs, with more than 15 tracks on each disc. However, the item I just received is only 1 disc consisting of 17 tracks. I'm working w/ Amazon to try and resolve it, but if you're looking to purchase this cd, be aware that it is not the same item described.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Celine's magic years, September 1, 2006

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fabian78 "fabian78" (Ravenna, Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Ne Change Pas (Audio CD)

A good and complete collection of Celine's french songs. All of her hits, plus exclusive rare bonus tracks and new good songs: the first single "Je ne vous oublie pas", as well as "Tous les secrets" and beautiful "I believe in you" with Il Divo.

It's a good album, full of memories of the past golden years, when Dion topped the charts of french speaking countries.

To be honest with you, sounds strange to read some of the other reviews, where people blame Celine for having realeased this album instead of a new collection of english songs..for those who think this way, I would like to remember that this is a french Greatest Hits album, and it's been sold in the US too, but it's not a product dedicated to the US....so why you compare it to Falling into you or All the way? It's ridiculous, it's like you compare fish with meat....