La Voix du bon Dieu explained

La Voix du bon Dieu
Type:studio
Artist:Celine Dion
Cover:La_Voix.jpg
Recorded:1981
Studio:St-Charles
Genre:Pop
Length:28:55
Label:Super Étoiles
Producer:
Next Title:Céline Dion chante Noël
Next Year:1981

La Voix du bon Dieu (English: "good lord's voice") is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 6 November 1981 by Super Étoiles in Quebec, Canada only.[1] It was preceded by the lead single, "Ce n'était qu'un rêve". The album was produced by René Angélil, Eddy Marnay 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's "Dolce fiore".

Content

Dion collaborated on this project and all her next early French recordings with Eddy Marnay who wrote songs for Barbra Streisand, Édith Piaf, Nana Mouskouri and Claude François, 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" and "L'amour viendra" (French adaptation of Dario Baldan Bembo'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, 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. They sold 30,000 copies in 1981 and would go on to sell about 125,000 copies the following year.[2] La voix du bon Dieu has sold 100,000 copies in total.[3] 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.

Accolades

See main article: List of awards and nominations received by Celine Dion. In 1982, Dion was nominated for the Félix Award for Newcomer of the Year.

Release history

Release dates and formats for La voix du bon Dieu! Region! Date! Label! Format! Catalog
Canada6 November 1981Super ÉtoilesLPSPE 4101
Cassette16-SP 1900
1983SaisonsLPSNS 70000
CassetteSNS 4-70000

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La voix du bon Dieu. Epic Rights, Inc. 16 July 2016.
  2. Book: Jenna Glatzer . Céline Dion: For Keeps . registration . Andrews McMeel Publishing. 2005 . 0-7407-5559-5.
  3. Book: Georges-Herbert Germain. David Homel. Fred Reed. 1998. Céline: The Authorized Biography. 119. Dundurn Press. 1-55002-318-7.