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The Colour of My Love (1993)

Where the lyrics of The Colour of My Love take you, and where it was really made.

Its liner notes were the first time Dion publicly acknowledged her romantic relationship with her manager, René Angélil.

Key places

Capitol Studios (1993)

Recording site Capitol Studios — One of the Los Angeles studios recorded for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Conway Recording Studios (1993)

Recording site Conway Recording Studios — One of the Los Angeles studios recorded for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Cove City Sound (1993)

Recording site Cove City Sound Studios — A New York studio listed among the album's recording sites. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Larrabee Sound Studios (1993)

Recording site Larrabee Sound Studios — One of the Los Angeles studios recorded for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Ocean Way Recording (1993)

Recording site Ocean Way Recording — One of the Los Angeles studios recorded for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Record Plant (1993)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — One of the Los Angeles studios recorded for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Enterprise Studios (1993)

Recording site The Enterprise Studios — A Burbank studio listed among the album's recording sites. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Hit Factory (1993)

Recording site The Hit Factory — A New York studio listed among the album's recording sites. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Westside Studios (1993)

Recording site Westside Studios — A London studio listed among the album's recording sites. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Le Studio (1993)

Recording site Le Studio — A studio listed among the album's recording sites; the point is set at city-level precision. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Right Track Recording (1993)

Recording site MSR Studios — A New York studio listed among the album's recording sites; the point is set at city-level precision. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Skywalker Sound (1993)

Recording site Skywalker Sound — A studio listed among the album's recording sites; the point is set at city-level precision. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Plant Studios (1993)

Recording site Record Plant — A studio listed among the album's recording sites; the point is set at city-level precision. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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A&M Studios (1993)

Recording site A&M Recording Studios — A Los Angeles studio listed among the album's recording sites; the point is set at city-level precision. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Los Angeles (1993)

Recording site Los Angeles — The album was recorded in Los Angeles between June and September 1993; the point marks the city center. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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New York City (1993)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — The album was mastered in New York City in 1993; the point marks the city center. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The Colour of My Love: twelfth studio album and third English-language release by Canadian singer Celine Dion
• Issued 9 November 1993 by Columbia Records and Epic Records
• Marked a step in Dion's move from rising international vocalist to widely recognised pop act
• Production led mainly by David Foster, Ric Wake, Walter Afanasieff, Christopher Neil, and Guy Roche
• Songwriter Diane Warren wrote four tracks
• Includes Dion's recordings of The Power of Love and When I Fall in Love
• 14 tracks in the United States, 15 in most international markets, including Just Walk Away

Background

• Followed her first two English-language studio albums, Unison (1990) and Celine Dion (1992)
• Came after recording the Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning duet Beauty and the Beast
• Already had three top-10 entries on the Billboard Hot 100: Where Does My Heart Beat Now, Beauty and the Beast, and If You Asked Me To
• When I Fall in Love was originally recorded for the Sleepless in Seattle soundtrack
• In September 1993 Dion played two concerts at the Capitole de Québec in Quebec City, recorded for later television broadcast
• Those shows introduced several songs from the forthcoming album, including Refuse to Dance, Misled, Think Twice, and Only One Road
• The album's liner notes were the first time Dion publicly acknowledged her romantic relationship with her manager, René Angélil
• At the album's launch event at Montreal's Metropolis, she announced that the couple were engaged to be married

Recording

• Recorded in Los Angeles and mastered in New York City from June to September 1993
• Release order: North America in November 1993, Japan in December 1993, Europe in February 1994, Australia in March 1994

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born 30 March 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada, the youngest of 14 children.
• Discovered by future manager and husband René Angélil after her brother sent him a demo recording of her first song "Ce n'était qu'un rêve".
• Angélil mortgaged his home in 1981 to fund her first record, La voix du bon Dieu, which became a No. 1 hit in Quebec.
• Won the Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo in 1982.
• Won the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 for Switzerland with "Ne partez pas sans moi".

Career

• Debuted in the Anglophone market with Unison (1990), followed by Celine Dion (1992).
• Breakthrough with "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) with Peabo Bryson, winning her first Grammy.
• The Colour of My Love (1993) and Falling into You (1996) became major international successes.
• "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic (1997) became her signature song and one of the best-selling singles.
• D'eux (1995) became the best-selling French-language album.
• Held the A New Day... residency at Caesars Palace (2003–2007), the highest-grossing concert residency; the Los Angeles Times ranked her the top-earning artist of the 2000s.
• Announced in 2022 a diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome, cancelling tours; returned to performing at the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony.

Members

• Solo artist; manager and husband René Angélil (died 2016) guided her career.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic awarded the album three out of five stars
• He wrote that the album builds on the template of Dion's self-titled breakthrough
• He found the songwriting uneven in places but credited the polished production and expressive performances
• He singled out the ballads When I Fall in Love, The Power of Love, and Think Twice
• Brad Webber of the Chicago Tribune gave the album two out of four stars
• He found some stylistic elements derivative, such as the Janet Jackson-styled approach of Misled and Think Twice
• He singled out Refuse to Dance for its exotic thrill and welcomed its atmospheric production
• Billboard offered a strongly positive assessment
• It called the album a big-league affair positioned to elevate Dion to new realms of pop stardom
• It praised her growing artistic confidence and vocal command, noting The Power of Love, Misled, and Only One Road as standouts
• Ron Rogers of RPM wrote that the album has strong commercial potential, with virtually every track considered a chart contender
• He also wrote that Dion's voice has never been better

Records

• In Canada the album debuted at number five on the RPM Albums Chart and rose to number one in its fifth week
• It remained at the summit for 12 consecutive weeks and spent 80 weeks on the chart
• In December 1994 it was certified diamond by the CRIA for shipments of one million copies
• In the United States it debuted at number 88 on the Billboard 200 and peaked at number four in March 1994
• It spent 149 weeks on the US chart and was certified six times platinum by the RIAA in November 1999
• In the United Kingdom it debuted at number 10 in March 1994 and reached number one in January 1995
• It spent seven weeks at the top in the UK and was certified five times platinum by the BPI in December 1995
• In Australia it debuted at number nine in March 1994 and reached number one in mid-1995
• It was certified nine times platinum by the ARIA for shipments of 630,000 copies

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Recorded in Los Angeles and mastered in New York City, with the sessions running from June to September 1993.
• Dion performed two concerts in Quebec City in September 1993 that previewed several songs from the album, and the performance was later released as a home video.
• The album's launch event at Montreal's Metropolis was where Dion announced her engagement to René Angélil.
• Diane Warren contributed four compositions, including Next Plane Out, Real Emotion, No Living Without Loving You, and Lovin' Proof.
• At the Juno Awards of 1995 the album won Album of the Year and Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic).

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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