The Early Singles (Celine Dion album)

The Early Singles
Compilation album by
Celine Dion
Released21 February 2000 (2000-02-21)
Recorded1981–88
GenrePop
Length69:29
LabelBR Music
Producer
Celine Dion chronology
All the Way... A Decade of Song
(1999) 		The Early Singles
(2000) 		The Collector's Series, Volume One
(2000)

The Early Singles is a French-language compilation album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in selected European countries in 2000. It features nineteen rare songs recorded between 1981 and 1988, including tracks from Dion's debut album, "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" and "L'amour viendra". The Early Singles also includes the Eurovision-winning song "Ne partez pas sans moi" and its instrumental version.

Background and content

The Early Singles includes all the singles and their B-sides released in France in the '80s, with the exception of "Incognito" and the 12" version of "Je ne veux pas". After many compilations of Dion's early French-language songs, The Early Singles is the first one that includes "Ce n'était qu'un rêve", "L'amour viendra" and instrumental version of "Ne partez pas sans moi". Later, the album was re-released as Les Hits. AllMusic gave it two and a half out of five stars.[1]

Track listing

The Early Singles track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ce n'était qu'un rêve"
3:47
2."L'amour viendra"
  • Marnay
  • Angélil
4:20
3."D'amour ou d'amitié"
  • Marnay
  • Jean Pierre Lang
  • Roland Vincent
  • Marnay
  • Rudi Pascal
4:00
4."Visa pour les beaux jours"
  • Marnay
  • Christian Loigerot
  • Thierry Geoffroy
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:25
5."Mon ami m'a quittée"
  • Marnay
  • Loigerot
  • Geoffroy
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:00
6."La dodo la do"
  • Marnay
  • Christian Gaubert
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:02
7."Ne me plaignez pas"
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:41
8."Mon rêve de toujours"
  • Marnay
  • Jean-Pierre Goussaud
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
4:19
9."Les oiseaux du bonheur"
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:39
10."C'est pour vivre"
  • Marnay
  • Popp
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
4:02
11."Avec toi"
  • Marnay
  • Loigerot
  • Geoffroy
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:28
12."Billy"
  • Marnay
  • Patrick Lemaitre
Marnay3:05
13."En amour"
  • Marnay
  • Loigerot
  • Geoffroy
Marnay3:14
14."Je ne veux pas"
Musumarra4:02
15."Comment t'aimer"
  • Marnay
  • Musumarra
Musumarra4:01
16."La religieuse"Didier BarbelivienBarbelivien3:28
17."C'est pour toi"
  • Marnay
  • François Orenn
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
4:02
18."Ne partez pas sans moi"
  • Urs Peter Keller
  • Şereftuğ
3:08
19."Ne partez pas sans moi" (Instrumental)
  • Martinetti
  • Şereftuğ
  • Keller
  • Şereftuğ
3:08
Total length:69:29

Release history

Release history for The Early Singles
Region Date Label Format Catalog
Europe 21 February 2000 BR Music CD BX 530-2

References

  1. ^ "Early Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 August 2014.