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Loved Me Back to Life is the upcoming English-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion. It will be released by Columbia Records on 1 November 2013. The album was preceded by the lead single and title track, "Loved Me Back to Life," which was released on 3 September 2013. Loved Me Back to Life will be Dion's first English-language studio album since Taking Chances (2007).

Background

In June 2012, Dion's official website announced that during April and May, the singer began recording songs for her next English and French albums which were to be released in the fall of 2012.[1] The English album was to feature studio versions of previously unreleased songs from Dion's Las Vegas show, Celine, as well as several brand new tracks.[1] In August 2012, celinedion.com confirmed that a cover of Journey's "Open Arms," which opens Dion's Las Vegas show, will be included on the upcoming English-language album.[2] In September 2012, it was also revealed that "Ne me quitte pas" will appear on the English album.[3] Eventually, "Ne me quitte pas" was released on the Deluxe Edition of Sans attendre and "Open Arms" will be included on the Japanese edition of the English album only.[4] Le Journal de Montréal stated that the English album will also contain some songs written by Eg White, who worked with Adele on 19 and 21, some tracks produced by Babyface and a duet with Stevie Wonder on "Overjoyed" which Dion performed during her Las Vegas show.[5] In March 2013, Ne-Yo confirmed information which first appeared on Dion's official website in September 2012, that both singers recorded a duet.[6][7] Ne-Yo said that it was a challenge and it made him question his vocal ability.[7] The duo first worked together on 2007's Taking Chances, with Ne-Yo co-writing and co-producing "I Got Nothin' Left."[7] Another new track written by Diane Warren, "Unfinished Songs" was included in the British-German film Song for Marion.[8][9] However, when the soundtrack for the movie was released in February 2013, it did not feature Dion's song which was saved for her upcoming album.[10] The recording session for "Unfinished Songs" was posted on Dion's website in July 2013.[11]

On 14 September 2012, celinedion.com announced that Dion's new English album titled Water and a Flame will be released in November 2012.[9] However, on 26 September 2012, Sony Music Entertainment decided to postpone the release date of the new English-language album to 2013.[12] In March 2013, René Angélil explained that they decided to delay the release date because the concept of the album has changed after the success of Sans attendre.[13] Instead of only half of the disc with original songs, they decided to make the whole record with new songs.[13] Angélil stated that initially, they wanted to record six covers performed in Celine and six original songs.[14] After the discussion, they decided to put two covers from Dion's Las Vegas show on the album: "At Seventeen" and "Overjoyed."[14] The behind-the-scenes look at Dion recording "At Seventeen," with Babyface producing it, was posted on her website in April 2013.[15] "Overjoyed," with new arrangement by Stevie Wonder, was produced by Tricky Stewart.[14] In April 2013, celinedion.com presented a behind-the-scenes look at Dion and producer Eg White recording the song "Water and a Flame."[16] The rest of the album was to contain original songs, including few written by Audra Mae, the great-great-niece of Judy Garland.[14] The album was scheduled for release in October 2013.[13] In July 2013, it was announced that it will be titled Loved Me Back to Life.[17] Dion performed the title song live for the very first time during Céline... une seule fois concert in Quebec City on 27 July 2013 and two days later her website announced that the album will be released in November 2013.[18]

Content

On 29 August 2013, Billboard exclusively announced that the new album, Loved Me Back to Life will be issued in North America on 5 November 2013 and that the lead single, "Loved Me Back to Life" will be released on 3 September 2013.[19] Billboard wrote that the album will be Dion's "edgiest record to date -- just not in the ways you might think."[19] For example, "Water and a Flame," originally recorded by Daniel Merriweather and Adele, finds Dion utilizing the lower, grainier register of her voice.[19] Even more unexpected is the lead single, "Loved Me Back to Life," the album's title track penned by Sia Furler and produced by Sham and Motesart.[19] Sung in a minor key, the song is "a different kind of power ballad for Dion, backed by a chorus that features a beat drop that could almost be described as dubstep."[19] The new album also features a pair of tracks written by Ne-Yo, including the duet "Incredible," which sounds "so massive the Olympic Committee should start bookmarking it for the 2014 Winter Games."[19] There's also collaborations with Babyface, Tricky Stewart, and Swedish trio Play Production, the latter of whom produced the beat-driven "Somebody Loves Somebody," penned by Audra Mae (who also wrote songs for Avicii's album True).[19] Loved Me Back to Life also features two covers from Dion's Las Vegas show Celine — Janis Ian's "At Seventeen," and a "reverent" take on "Overjoyed," which doubles as a duet with Stevie Wonder himself.[19] However, the deluxe edition includes two more songs which Dion performs in Las Vegas, "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" and "Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel)," plus four collector postcards.[20] Loved Me Back to Life also features "Unfinished Songs" written by Diane Warren for the British-German film Song for Marion.[21] The album will be also released on vinyl LP and it will include "Save Your Soul" with rap interlude by Malcolm David Kelley from MKTO.[22] This two disc 180 gram vinyl will include an eight page booklet featuring exclusive photos and imagery, and also a CD of the full album.[23]

Singles

The first single, "Loved Me Back to Life" was released on 3 September 2013.[19] The song debuted at number twenty-six on the Billboard's Adult Contemporary becoming Dion's fortieth entry on this chart. It made her fifth woman with most entries on the AC chart, after Barbra Streisand, Dionne Warwick, Linda Ronstadt and Anne Murray. "Loved Me Back to Life" also landed the Hot Shot Debut on the Canadian Hot 100, coming in at number twenty-six. It became Dion's best debut to date on the chart and her second best peak on the list, only behind 2007's "Taking Chances."

Controversy

Loved Me Back to Life was originally to be titled Water and a Flame, named after another track on the album, "Water and a Flame", written by Australian singer-songwriter Daniel Merriweather along with British musician Eg White, and performed by Merriweather and Adele. In an April 2013 interview on The Katie Couric Show to promote the album, Dion played a recording of her cover of "Water and a Flame". Right before hearing the song, Katie Couric asked Dion and her husband/manager, René Angélil, "where did 'Water and a Flame' come from?" Angélil responded, "It's, you know, the opposites", and Dion replied, "It's the name of the song".[24] Musician Samantha Ronson, who is a friend of Merriweather's (and whose brother, Mark Ronson, produced the original version), wrote a blog post that included the video of the interview and the text "Dear Celine Dion, when you COVER someone else's song- you might want to give them credit."[25] In June, Merriweather linked to Ronson's post from his Facebook page and harshly critized Dion, writing, "This song has every ounce of my heartache and pain in it and she pretends as if she wrote it herself."[26] Two days later, Dion's management responded on her website, saying that, while Dion often does not mention the writers of her songs, "She has been very vocal about the fact that she does not write her own songs," and that she did not intend any harm by the omission.[27] On 25 July 2013, her website confirmed that the album was re-titled to Loved Me Back to Life.[17]

Track listings

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Loved Me Back to Life"
  • Hasham "Sham" Hussain
  • Denarius "Motesart" Motes[19]
3:50
2."Somebody Loves Somebody"
  • Johan Fransson
  • Tim Larsson
  • Tobias Lundgren
  • Audra Mae
Play Production (Larsson, Fransson & Lundgren)[19]3:44
3."Incredible" (with Ne-Yo)
  • Kiriakou
  • Goldstein[28]
3:54
4."Water and a Flame"
White[16]3:44
5."Breakaway"
  • Fransson
  • Larsson
  • Lundgren
  • Mae
Play Production (Larsson, Fransson & Lundgren)[28]4:38
6."Save Your Soul"Danny MercerKiriakou[28]4:11
7."Didn't Know Love"
White[28]3:37
8."Thank You"S. Smith
  • Jesse "Corparal" Wilson
  • Curtis "Sauce" Wilson
  • Reginald Smith[28]
4:02
9."Overjoyed" (with Stevie Wonder)Stevie Wonder
4:06
10."Thankful"
Kiriakou[28]3:54
11."At Seventeen"Janis IanBabyface[15]4:31
12."Always Be Your Girl"
  • Parish
  • Hollander
4:16
13."Unfinished Songs"Diane Warren
3:49
Deluxe edition bonus tracks[29]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."How Do You Keep the Music Playing"
  • Stewart
  • Harrell
  • Pearce[28]
4:22
15."Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"Billy JoelBabyface[28]4:19
Japanese edition bonus track[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Open Arms"
 

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Norway[30] 1 November 2013 Columbia CD,
digital,
LP 		88697137152 (Standard CD),
88883788312 (Deluxe CD),
88697137151 (LP)
Belgium[30] 2 November 2013
France, Poland, South Africa, Denmark[30] 4 November 2013
Canada, Italy, Mexico, United States[30] 5 November 2013
Australia[30] 8 November 2013
United Kingdom[30] 11 November 2013
Japan[30] 4 December 2013

References

  1. ^ a b "Celine's New Albums". celinedion.com. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. ^ "With Which Song Does Celine Open Her Show?". celinedion.com. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. ^ "An Unexpected Surprise On English Album". celinedion.com. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. ^ a b "世界が誇るスーパー・ディーヴァ＜セリーヌ・ディオン＞が6年ぶりのアルバム『ラヴ・ミー・バック・トゥ・ライフ』をリリース！" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  5. ^ "La 100e avant la pause". Le Journal de Montréal. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Celine and Ne-Yo Collaborate". celinedion.com. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  7. ^ a b c "Ne-Yo Teams With Celine Dion for Duet: 'It Definitely Made Me Question My Vocal Ability'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Celine Sings A 'Song for Marion'". celinedion.com. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  9. ^ a b "Céline Dion Debuts "Unfinished Songs" in Toronto International Film Festival's "Song For Marion"". celinedion.com. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Soundtrek Review: Song For Marion". Lost in The Multiplex. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  11. ^ a b ""Unfinished Songs" Recording Session". celinedion.com. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Message to Fans". celinedion.com. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  13. ^ a b c "Sans attendre  de Céline Dion: Un million... et ça continue". Le Journal de Montréal. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ a b c d e "Un album en anglais qui promet". Le Journal de Montréal. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ a b "Celine Recording "At Seventeen"". celinedion.com. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  16. ^ a b "Celine Recording "Water And A Flame"". celinedion.com. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  17. ^ a b "Loved Me Back To Life – Coming In October". celinedion.com. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  18. ^ "Celine on "Loved Me Back to Life"". celinedion.com. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Celine Dion Talks 'Loved Me Back to Life' Single, Album (Exclusive)". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  20. ^ "Celine Dion: Loved Me Back to Life". celinedion.com. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  21. ^ "Sony Music Entertainment Canada Announces the release of 'Loved Me Back to Life,' the new studio album from international icon Celine Dion". celinedion.com. 3 September. Retrieved 3 September. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  22. ^ "Loved Me Back to Life (Vinyl LP)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  23. ^ "Loved Me Back to Life (Vinyl)". MyPlay Direct. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  24. ^ Celine Dion on Katie Couric Show 4/25/2013 - HD 720p - PART 3 of 4, YouTube
  25. ^ Water And A Flame by Daniel Merriweather (blog post), Samantha Ronson, May 1, 2013
  26. ^ Read Daniel Merriweather's angry open letter to Celine Dion, Darren Levin, Faster Louder, July 2, 2013
  27. ^ "Response to Comments from Daniel Merriweather". celinedion.com. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  28. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "CD Deluxe O-Card Slipcase & Postcards 15 Tracks". Soundmedia. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  29. ^ "Loved Me Back to Life". iTunes. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  30. ^ a b c d e f g "'Loved Me Back To Life' Album Release Dates". celinedion.com. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
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