These Are Special Times

Celine Dion | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000DHR0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  DVD  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (335 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,554 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #5 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > Pop Vocal
  • #22 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > General Christmas
  • #26 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > General AAS

Track Listings

1. O Holy Night

2. Don't Save It All For Christmas Day

3. Blue Christmas

4. Another Year Has Gone By

5. The Magic Of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone)

6. Ave Maria

7. Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)

8. The Christmas Song (Chesnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

9. The Prayer

10. Brahms' Lullaby

11. Chirstmas Eve

12. These Are The Special Times

13. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

14. I'm Your Angel

15. Feliz Navidad

16. Les Cloches Du Hameau

Editorial Reviews

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It's almost impossible to believe it didn't already exist, but now that it does, you can bet the sure-to-go-platinum These Are Special Times will turn up under many a Christmas tree this year (the perfect gift for the person who has everything?). The prolific princess of pop has thrown together a mixture of contemporary and traditional holiday favorites, bordering on too-cute and kitschy only on the intro to "Feliz Navidad." For many, Dion is an acquired taste, but even naysayers may enjoy her rare moments of restraint on a smoky version of "Blue Christmas." "The Prayer," a duet with Andrea Bocelli, is set to become this season's "Time to Say Goodbye," but it will have to battle it out with the R. Kelly duet, "I'm Your Angel," first. --Rebecca Wallwork

Product Description

No Description Available
No Track Information Available
Media Type: CD
Artist: DION,CELINE
Title: THESE ARE SPECIAL TIMES
Street Release Date: 11/03/1998
Domestic
Genre: XMAS VOCAL

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Better Then Average Pop Christmas Album December 4, 2001

By SARA

Format:Audio CD

Celine Dion's These Are Special Times is one of the better Christmas album out from a pop singer thanks to the choice of songs.There's traditional favorites O Holy Night,The Magic Of Christmas Day,Ave Maria and O Come All Ye Faithful.As always Celine does an excellent job on vocals and makes these worthwhile remakes.She also covers Blue Christmas,The Christmas Song and Happy X'mas(War Is Over) and with her family singing with her Feliz Navidad and the French song Les Cloches Du Hameau.There's also new songs Another Year Has Gone By,Don't Save It All For Christmas Day,Theres Are The Special Times and the upbeat Christmas Eve.Celine also does two duets I'm your Angel with R. Kelly and The Prayer with Andrea Bocelli.For some reason theres the song Brahms Lullaby which doesn't have a Christmas theme.The best songs are O Come All Ye Faithful,Happy X'mas (War Is Over)and The Prayer Andrea and Celine's singing make this a beautiful and moving song.These Are Special Times is nothing new or different but compared to most pop Christmas albums this one is worth listening to.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars When I heard Celine wrote one of the songs- I had to hear it November 7, 1999

By A Customer

Format:Audio CD

"Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" is truly a brilliant song.I couldn't believe Celine co-wrote this song including the music which came to her while having dinner. She called Ric Wake a producer of hers and sang the tune and first verse and chorus into his answering machine. Later he added the last verse and - voila! the song was ready the next day. Every song is a treasure. It's an all time favorite C.D. Brahm's Lullaby has Celine barely whispering throughout the song and is so sensuous and pleasing to the ear. I'm your Angel holds the record according to Billboard Magazine for the fastest rise to number 1 spot, leaping from 47 to number 1 in one week. It stayed number 1 for 8 weeks. The huge "The Prayer" is magnificent and larger than life. The list goes on and on..

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas in October, Januray, June.... October 28, 1999

By A Customer

Format:Audio CD

I received "These Are Special Times" as a holiday gift last year, and I haven't been able to take it out of my CD changer since. I admit, upon ripping open the wrapping paper, I was a little worried that I had opened a gift for my mother, but this CD has made me a genuine Celine fan. (And thanks to Amazon.com, I have the CD collection to prove it!) Some of my favorite tracks are perfect for the whole year 'round, including "Another Year Has Gone By," which talks about love enduring and growing throughout every season, "Don't Save It All For Christmas Day," which Celine co-wrote, "The Prayer," with Andrea Bocelli, which brings tears to my eyes after only a few lines, and, of course, "I'm Your Angel," with R. Kelly, which spent six weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100! My favorite track, though, "These Are The Special Times," was played at my graduation last June. Simply beautiful. Diane Warren and Celine are a match made in musical Heaven. So, even though the holidays are a good month away, get in the mood with this awesome CD! And once January rolls around, you won't be able to put it away. Hey, "don't save it all for christmas day!"