''Chants et contes de Noël'' (meaning ''Christmas Songs and Tales'') is the fifth French-language and fifth 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 in Quebec, Canada on 3 December 1983. It is also her second
Christmas album.
Content
''Chants et contes de Noël'' includes three songs ("Promenade en traîneau", "Joyeux Noël" and "Glory Alleluia") from Dion's first Christmas release ''
Céline Dion chante Noël'' (1981). The album was promoted by "Un enfant", originally by
Jacques Brel
Jacques Romain Georges Brel (, ; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, l ...
.
"Un enfant" is also featured in Dion's 1984 compilation, ''
Les plus grands succès de Céline Dion''.
The album includes also "À quatre pas d'ici", an adaptation of
Bucks Fizz
Bucks Fizz were a British pop group that achieved success in the 1980s, most notably for winning the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Making Your Mind Up". The group was formed in January 1981 specifically for the contest and compr ...
's UK number-one hit "
The Land of Make Believe" and a B-side of "Un enfant" single. Authors of that song wrote for Dion hits like "
Think Twice" and "
Call the Man
"Call the Man" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded for her fourth English-language album, ''Falling into You'' (1996). It was released as the fifth and last single outside of North America on 9 June 1997. "Call the Man" was written ...
" many years later.
Commercial performance
The album reached number seventeen in Quebec.
Track listing
Charts
Release history
References
External links
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1983 Christmas albums
Albums produced by Eddy Marnay
Celine Dion albums
Christmas albums by Canadian artists
Pop Christmas albums
Albums produced by René Angélil