''La voix du bon Dieu'' (meaning ''The Good Lord's Voice'') is the debut studio album by Canadian singer
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...
, released on 6 November 1981 by Super Étoiles. 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
René Angélil (; January 16, 1942 – January 14, 2016) was a Canadian musical producer, talent manager and singer. He was the manager and husband of singer Celine Dion.
Early life
Angélil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father of ...
,
Eddy Marnay
Edmond Bacri known by the professional name Eddy Marnay ( Algiers, 18 December 1920 – 3 January 2003), was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. H ...
and Daniel Hétu. It includes six original songs and three
covers: Renée Lebas' "Tire l'aiguille", Berthe Sylva's "Les roses blanches" and "L'amour viendra", a French adaptation of
Dario Baldan Bembo Dario Baldan Bembo (born 15 May 1948) is an Italian composer, singer-songwriter, music arranger and musician, best known for the songs "Aria" and " Amico è".
Background
Born in Milan, Baldan Bembo started his music career as a keyboardist for, ...
's "Dolce fiore".
Content
Dion collaborated on this project and all her next early French recordings with
Eddy Marnay
Edmond Bacri known by the professional name Eddy Marnay ( Algiers, 18 December 1920 – 3 January 2003), was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. H ...
who wrote songs for
Barbra Streisand
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,
Édith Piaf
Édith Piaf (, , ; born Édith Giovanna Gassion, ; December 19, 1915– October 10, 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely known international stars.
Pia ...
,
Nana Mouskouri
Ioanna "Nana" Mouskouri ( el, Ιωάννα "Νάνα" Μούσχουρη ) (born 13 October 1934) is a Greek singer. Over the span of her career, she has released over 200 albums in at least twelve languages, including Greek, French, English, Ger ...
and
Claude François
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, among others. The album contains Dion's first three singles: "
Ce n'était qu'un rêve" (co-written by herself), "
La voix du bon Dieu
''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. It is a French-language album issued in Quebec, Canada only. It was preceded by t ...
" and "L'amour viendra" (French adaptation of
Dario Baldan Bembo Dario Baldan Bembo (born 15 May 1948) is an Italian composer, singer-songwriter, music arranger and musician, best known for the songs "Aria" and " Amico è".
Background
Born in Milan, Baldan Bembo started his music career as a keyboardist for, ...
's song "Dolce fiore"), as well as two
covers: Renée Lebas' "Tire l'aiguille" and Berthe Sylva's "Les roses blanches".
Commercial performance
René Angélil
René Angélil (; January 16, 1942 – January 14, 2016) was a Canadian musical producer, talent manager and singer. He was the manager and husband of singer Celine Dion.
Early life
Angélil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father of ...
, 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
''Céline Dion chante Noël'' (''Céline Dion Sings Christmas'') is the second French-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in Quebec, Canada on 4 December 1981. It is also her first Christmas album.
Content
The album wa ...
''. They sold 30,000 copies in 1981 and would go on to sell about 125,000 copies the following year. ''La voix du bon Dieu'' has sold 100,000 copies in total.
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
''On ne change pas'' (meaning ''We do not change'' or ''One does not change'') is the first comprehensive French-language greatest hits album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Columbia Records on 30 September 2005. It features songs rec ...
''.
Accolades
In 1982, Dion was nominated for the
Félix Award
The Félix Award (french: Trophée Félix or Prix Félix) is an award, given by the ''Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois'' (ADISQ) on an annual basis to artists working in the music and humor industry in the Canadian p ...
for Newcomer of the Year.
Track listing
Release history
References
External links
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1981 debut albums
Albums produced by Eddy Marnay
Celine Dion albums
Albums produced by René Angélil