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List Price: $37.49 | | Salesrank: 988931
Released: March 4, 2008 |
| Our Price: $37.49 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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D'Elles Track Listing:
1. Et S'il N'En Restait Qu'une (Je Serais Celle-Là)
2. Immensité
3. Cause
4. Je Cherche l'Ombre
5. Paradis
6. Diva
7. Femme Comme Chacune
8. Si J'Étais Quelqu'un
9. Je Ne Suis Pas Celle
10. Temps Qui Compte
11. Lettre de George Sand à Alfred de Musset
12. On S'Est Aimé à Cause
13. Berceuse
Editorial Review:
2007 French language album not scheduled for release in the US. This new album is a concept project in that all the song lyrics have been written by female writers from France and Quebec. There are many collaborators: Françoise Dorin, Christine Orban, Nina Bouraoui, Marie Laberge, Lise Payette, Denise Bombardier, Nathalie Nechtschein, Janette Bertrand... The themes throughout this album, titled 'D'elles,' centre around 'Woman.' Many of Celine's long-time friends and collaborators, including Jean-Jacques Goldman, participated in this project. Although Goldman did not write any of the songs for this album, he supervised the project and arranged the song lyrics. Music composers include Jacques Veneruso, David Gategno, Erick Benzi and Gildas Arzel. Sony/BMG.
D'Elles Reviews:
Her Best Album 
2009-10-05 - I have always loved Celine, and when i had overdosed on her magnificent english material, i thought i'd give her french career a try, i'm so glad i did! this is my favorite Celine album of all time. Everything is perfect. the lyrics, the vocals, and the emotions poured out.
Every song is amazing, my absolute favorite is the instant classic on s'est aime a cause, other highlights are la diva, the incredibly heartbreaking je ne suis pa celle, and the beautiful Si J'etais quelq'un.
This is an absolute gorgeous album and it's one of my favorites of all time. I listen to it all the time.
Bravo Celine!
For Celine fans who love French and English! 
2009-03-24 - I have to say that I still prefer her other French albums than D'Elles which is above average and still pleasant to listen too in the car as I do but I'm not that crazy for it and decided to listen to the French Album instead. There is no question that Celine has a wonderful voice and she can beautifully in both French and English. I still enjoy the compact disc though.
Pas tres bien ma belle 
2008-05-25 - I'm not carzy about this CD. I have some previous Dion CDs in french, and they are all great, but ths one... not. She shouts too much, the music composition lacks of talent. Dommage
Not my favorite of Celine's albums 
2008-03-19 - I can't get into this one, and I'm a real big fan of Celine. I think the problem I have with it is that, unlike her other albums, the songs on D'elles don't seem to have a climax to them. I don't get the feelings behind the songs. I love Celine in both French and English but this album doesn't rank as a favorite for me.
D'elles: here's one for the girls
2008-03-14 - D'elles is Celine's follow up to 1995's bestselling D'Eux and as such, is a shout-out to grrrl power (the clinical-sounding official line is "a concept project that celebrates womanhood"). The lyrics for the thirteen songs were written by well-known female authors from Belgium, France, and Canada, including Franoise Dorin, Christine Orban, Nina Bouraoui, Marie Laberge, Lise Payette, Denise Bombardier, Nathalie Nechtschein, Jovette Alice Bernier, Janette Bertrand and George Sand (Baroness Dudevant).
The studio wizards include the four collaborators on Celine's last French album 1 Fille & 4 Types: Jean-Jacques Goldman (music supervisor), Jacques Veneruso, Erick Benzi, and Gildas Arzel (the "four guys" referred to in the title of her earlier work). My favorite Acadien singer-songwriter Jean-Francois Breau (Expose) also contributes his songwriting expertise.
Some of the thirteen songs have uptempo flirtations with dance music (Et s'il n'en restait qu'une, A cause), while others are gentle slow ballads (On s'est aime a cause, Je ne suis pas celle). We even see Celine "duetting" with the late Maria Callas through studio wizardry on La diva, although Celine sings along so softly with Callas that it's difficult to hear how her operatic aspirations measure up. Another of the more experimental tracks is Lettre a George Sand, in which Celine recites the text of a letter from George Sand and dissolves into a melody that somehow reminded me of my grandfather's favorite religious song "Prayer of St. Francis." My least-favorite track was the grating lullaby Berceuse, in which Celine merely whispers the words and infinitely repeats the "Mama t'aime" ("Mommy loves you") chorus ad nauseum.
Overall, it's a pleasant, if sometimes bland, listening experience that makes for pleasant background music, but for the most part, the songs blended together and weren't instantly memorable on first listen. Also beware if you buy the deluxe edition from France: the bonus DVD is Region 2 PAL only; Amazon.com didn't specify that, and I ended up returning my copy since it was pointless paying $26 for a disc I couldn't play (I had erroneously assumed that the deluxe edition was the Canadian, not European import, and it was not labeled as such).
