La voix du bon Dieu

La voix du bon Dieu
Studio album by Celine Dion
Released	9 November 1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Pop
Length	33:55
Label	Super Étoiles Saisons
Producer	René Angélil Daniel Hétu Eddy Marnay
Celine Dion chronology
La voix du bon Dieu (1981) Céline Dion chante Noël (1981)
Singles from La voix du bon Dieu
"Ce n'était qu'un rêve" Released: 19 June 1981 "La voix du bon Dieu" Released: November 1981 "L'amour viendra" Released: 1982

La voix du bon Dieu (meaning The Good Lord's Voice) is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 9 November 1981 by Super Étoiles. It is a French-language album issued in Quebec, Canada only. It was preceded by the lead single, "Ce n'était qu'un rêve." The album was produced by René Angélil, Eddy Marnay and Daniel Hétu. It includes six original songs and three covers: Renée Lebas' "T'ire l'aiguille," Berthe Sylva's "Les roses blanches" and "L'amour viendra," a French adaptation of Dario Baldan Bembo's "Dolce fiore."

Content

Dion collaborated on this project and all her next early French recordings with Eddy Marnay who wrote songs for Barbra Streisand, Édith Piaf, Nana Mouskouri and Claude François, among others. The album contains Dion's first three singles: "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" (co-written by herself), "La voix du bon Dieu" and "L'amour viendra" (French adaptation of Dario Baldan Bembo's song "Dolce fiore"), as well as two covers: Renée Lebas' "T'ire l'aiguille" and Berthe Sylva's "Les roses blanches."

Commercial performance

René Angélil, Dion's manager (later husband) mortgaged his home to start his own record company just to produce her first records. He decided to put out two albums at the same time: La voix du bon Dieu and Céline Dion chante Noël. They had sold 30,000 copies in 1981 and they'd go on to sell about 125,000 copies the following year.^[1] La voix du bon Dieu has sold 100,000 copies in total.^[2] The album produced two top twenty Quebec singles in "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" and "La voix du bon Dieu" which peaked at number fourteen and eleven, respectively. "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" was also released in France in 1982 as Dion's first single in that country. In 2005, Dion included "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" and "La voix du bon Dieu" on her greatest hits compilation On ne change pas.

Awards

In 1982, Dion was nominated for the Félix Award for Newcomer of the Year.

Track listings

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"La voix du bon Dieu"	Eddy Marnay	Marnay René Angélil	3:16
2.	"Au secours" (with the participation of Robert Leroux)	Robert Leroux Pierre Létourneau	Angélil	3:27
3.	"L'amour viendra"	Marnay Amerigo Cassella Dario Baldan Bembo	Marnay Angélil	4:20
4.	"Autour de moi"	Thérèse Dion Pierre Alexandre Tremblay	Angélil	2:58
5.	"Grand maman"	T. Dion Celine Dion Jacques Dion	Angélil	3:39
6.	"Ce n'était qu'un rêve"	T. Dion C. Dion J. Dion	Daniel Hétu Angélil	3:47
7.	"Seul un oiseau blanc"	Marnay Hétu	Marnay Hétu	4:12
8.	"T'ire l'aiguille"	Marnay Emilie Stern Eddie Barclay	Angélil	2:21
9.	"Les roses blanches"	Charles Louis Pothier Léon Rathier	Angélil	5:55

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Canada	9 November 1981	Super Étoiles	LP	SPE 4101
			MC	16-SP 1900
	1983	Saisons	LP	SNS 70000
			MC	SNS 4-70000

References

1. Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.
2. Germain, Georges-Herbert (1998). Céline: The Authorized Biography. translated by David Homel and Fred Reed. Dundurn Press. p. 119. ISBN 1-55002-318-7.