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Rating:  - Celine Dion ROX
Being a huge Celine Dion fan, I have all of her CDs and FIY is one of my top three faves. Here's a rundown of the songs:1. It's All Coming Back to me Now - This song is loud, but it's really good. Celine sings it with a powerful voice and this song prooves what a strong voice she has. 2. Because You Loved Me - the love theme to Up Close and Personal. It was overplayed on the radio when the movie came out, but it's still a great song. 3. Falling Into You - has a great beat, awesome song. 4. Make You Happy - Very catchy, you'll be singing along to it in no time. 5. Seduces Me - a very sexy song, great vocals. 6. All By Myself - Personally I think Celine does a better job than Eric Carmen or whoever it was that sung this song before her. 7. Declaration of Love - kind of reminds me of a poppish country song. Very cute and fun. 8. Dreaming of You - I luv this song even though it may sound too bubble gummish. 9. I Love You - reminds me of a 50s song, but very awesome. 10. If That's What It Takes - this is the English version of "Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore" (I like the French version better) 11. I Don't Know - Awesome song! Another one that showcases her strong vocal skills. 12. River Deep, Mountain High - Okay, I'm going to get shredded for this, but I like her version better than Tina Turner's. 13. Call the Man - I didn't like this song at first, but it grew on me. 14. Fly - very sweet spiritual song dedicated to her niece who died.
Rating: - Containing the most beautiful song ever
I wont go to much in personal Details, but my first love had this cd, and we listened to it all night. And there were one song we played over and over, and that was the brilliant masterpiece "It`s all coming back to me now". Written by the Mastermind behind Meatloaf, Jim Steinman, this haunting song is fantastic. Celine does her strongest performance on this, filling every note with a force to be reckoned with. No other singer in the world could have done this so perfectly like Celine.
If you got no idea of how the song sounds like, think a "I`d do anything for love" version sung by Celine Dion, but a little bit faster and dramatic. The Choir is there, the Piano, the powerful chords and the light "angel-like" parts. It is the most beautiful song ever.
It alone gives this CD a 5`er.So to rest assured Celine deserves the highest mark, I can get on to the rest of the album.
The other great songs on the album, is "Falling into you" which is another song featuring lovely sax playing! Makes me shiver everytime.
Then we got the melancolic "Seduces me" and the classic "All by Myself". Much better than the versions sung by men, those sounds dull.
The Lovely "(You make me feel like A) Natural Woman", with a great chorus. I can feel the R&B coming right thru the speakers.
"I dont Know" is a wonderful, slow and sad song.
"Your Light" is an upbeat catchy but still wonderful song, with an interesting verse. The Chorus is a bit to clichè for me, but the song is neverthless one of my favorites on the album. Finally, the short little diamond, "Fly". It sounds so sweet, and Celine keeps her voice down, which gives her a whisperlike voice. Beautiful. The songs I didnt care to much about, is "Because you Loved Me", "Make you Happy", "Declaration of Life", "Dreamin of You", "I love you", "If That`s what it takes", "River Deep, Mountain High" and "Call the Man". Now there is ONE question I have to ask. Why on Earth do Celine have to ruin the records with the noisy songs in the middle of the silent and calm ones? On this record, she does it with the horrible "River Deep, Mountain Deep", a song originally recorded by Tina Turner. As said, the problem here is that this song isnt exactly laidback, slow and fitting. It`s noisy, and destroys the whole mood. You will probably jump too, it comes right in after "I dont know".
This is the same problem as in "Let`s talk about Love", where "Treat her like a lady" appears from nothing and ruins everything, all the mood the record built up destroyed in a second. Why? Oh well, this is a minor flaw with the record, besides from that, this is superb stuff. Celine sounds simply great. The thing about Celine`s album, is that all the songs are written by different writers, making it impossible to love everything. Thats why I rate this a 5, even with all the songs I didnt like, because if I ask a friend, he/she will like other songs. This is also the case on Lets Talk about Love, which I strongly recommends too. But for now, run out, buy this cd, and engulf yourself with "It`s all coming back to me Now". You will soon discover that this is Celine`s best song.
Rating: - Positively Celine's Best CD to date
I purchased this CD in 1996 when Celine's popularity was slowly rising. Despite the fact that over four years have elapsed, it still happens to be one of my most frequently listened-to CDs. 'Falling Into You' happens to be my all-time favorite song. This is largely attributed to its enchanting rythm and sweet, if somewhat sad, melody. While the entire CD is very enjoyable, certain tracks are exceptionally good. They are: 1)It's all coming back to me now-This rather long song (over 7 mins long!) is an extremely powerful song which is truly emotion-packed. 2)Because you loved me-The OST of 'Up, Close and Personal' is different from most songs in the sense that it both the chorus and verses are of roughly the same tune. The repetition, suprisingly, effectively enhances this song. 4)Make You Happy-A cheerful and song which shows that Celine's voice is not limited to love ballads. 11)If That's What It Takes-Even though the original french version (Pour Que Tu Maimes Encore) is slightly better, Celine injects just as emotion in this song. 14)Fly-Strangely enough, this version is more, if not, as passionate, than the one found in Deux (Vole). All in all, I strongly feel this CD outdoes all her others, the phenomenally-successful 'Let's Talk About Love' included.
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