Chants Et Contes De Noel
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Chants et contes de Noël (meaning Christmas Songs and Tales) is a French Christmas album
by Canadian singer Céline Dion
, released in Quebec, Canada on December 5, 1983. It is her 6th French album and 2nd Christmas album.
(1981). The album was promoted by "Un enfant
," originally by Jacques Brel
.
Chants et contes de Noël has sold 50,000 copies.
The album includes also "À quatre pas d'ici" - an adaptation of Bucks Fizz
's UK number 1 hit "The Land of Make Believe." Authors of that song wrote for Dion hits like "Think Twice" and "Call the Man
" many years later.
Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...
by Canadian singer Céline Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
, released in Quebec, Canada on December 5, 1983. It is her 6th French album and 2nd Christmas album.
Album information
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 NoëlCeline Dion Chante Noel
Céline Dion chante Noël is a French Christmas album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released in Quebec, Canada in early December 1981. It is her second French album and first Christmas album....
(1981). The album was promoted by "Un enfant
Un Enfant
"Un enfant" is the first and only single from Céline Dion's album Chants et contes de Noël. It was released in 1983 in Quebec, Canada.The song is a Jacques Brel's cover...
," originally by Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
.
Chants et contes de Noël has sold 50,000 copies.
The album includes also "À quatre pas d'ici" - an adaptation of Bucks Fizz
Bucks Fizz (band)
Bucks Fizz are an English pop group who 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 comprised four vocalists: Bobby G, Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and...
's UK number 1 hit "The Land of Make Believe." Authors of that song wrote for Dion hits like "Think Twice" and "Call the Man
Call the Man
"Call the Man" is the fifth and last commercial single from Céline Dion's album Falling into You. It was released on June 23, 1997 outside the North America....
" many years later.
Track listing
- "Un enfantUn Enfant"Un enfant" is the first and only single from Céline Dion's album Chants et contes de Noël. It was released in 1983 in Quebec, Canada.The song is a Jacques Brel's cover...
" (Jacques BrelJacques BrelJacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
, Gérard Jouannest) – 3:01 - "Promenade en traîneauSleigh Ride"Sleigh Ride" is a popular light orchestral piece composed by Leroy Anderson. The composer had the original idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946; he finished the work in February 1948. Lyrics, about a person who would like to ride in a sleigh on a winter's day with another person,...
" (Leroy AndersonLeroy AndersonLeroy Anderson was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler...
, Mitchell ParishMitchell ParishMitchell Parish was an American lyricist.-Early life:Parish was born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky to a Jewish family in Lithuania. His family emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 3, 1901 on the SS Dresden when he was less than a year old...
) – 2:56 - "Pourquoi je crois encore au Père Noël" (Yvan Ducharme, Alain Noreau) – 5:35 (tale)
- "Joyeux NoëlThe Christmas Song"The Christmas Song" is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by musician, composer, and vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer...
" (Mel TorméMel TorméMelvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...
, Robert WellsRobert WellsRobert Wells may refer to:* Bob "Hoolihan" Wells , American TV personality* Rob Wells, Canadian musician, songwriter and producer* Robb Wells , Canadian actor and screenwriter* Robby Wells , American college football coach...
) – 2:36 - "Céline et Pinotte" (Ducharme, Noreau) – 6:16 (tale)
- "À quatre pas d'ici" (Eddy Marnay, Andy HillAndy Hill (composer)Andy Hill is a British music producer and songwriter who scored many hits during the 1980s and 90s...
, Peter SinfieldPeter SinfieldPeter John Sinfield is an English poet, lyricist and artist, most famously known as the lyricist and co-founding member of early incarnations of King Crimson, whose debut album In the Court of the Crimson King has been regarded as one of the most influential progressive rock albums ever...
) – 4:00 - "Le conte de Karine" (Ducharme, Noreau) – 10:33 (tale)
- "Glory AlleluiaThe Battle Hymn of the Republic"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is a hymn by American writer Julia Ward Howe using the music from the song "John Brown's Body". Howe's more famous lyrics were written in November 1861 and first published in The Atlantic Monthly in February 1862. It became popular during the American Civil War...
" (André DiFusco, André Pascal) – 3:38
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| Canada | December 5, 1983 | Saisons | Record Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... |
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| Cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel... |
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