Personnel includes: Celine Dion, R. Kelly, Peabo Bryson, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Walter Afansieff (acoustic guitar, Synclavier acoustic gutiar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, programming); Michael Thompson, Eddie Martinez, Dan Huff, Esbjorn Ohrwall, Jacques Saugy, Dean Parks, Tim Pierce (guitar); Taro Hakase (violin); Joel Peskin (electronic oboe); Jon Gilutin (piano, keyboards); Jeff Bova, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin (keyboards, programming); David Foster (keyboards); Guy Roche (synthesizer); Yoshinobu Takeshita (bass, programming); Steve Buslowe, Thomas Lindberg (bass); Kenny Aronoff, John Robinson (drums); Shania Twain, Todd Rundgren, Mutt Lange, Philip Ingram, Sue Ann Carwell (background vocals).
Producers include: David Foster, Guy Roche, R. Kelly, Max Martin, Rene Angelil.
"All The Way" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
Personnel: Cline Dion (vocals); Humberto Gatica (vocals); Dean Parks (guitar, acoustic guitar); Michael Hart Thompson , Michael Thompson (guitar, electric guitar); Esbjrn hrwall, Dann Huff, Eddie Martinez, Jacques Saugy, Tim Pierce (guitar); Walter Afanasieff (acoustic guitar, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, Synclavier, drums, programming, drum programming); Taro Hakase (violin); Tony Hinnigan (pennywhistle); Joel Peskins, Joel Peskin (oboe); Roy Bittan (piano, grand piano); John Gilutin (piano, keyboards); Simon Franglen (keyboards, synthesizer, Synclavier); Dan Shea (keyboards, drums, programming, drum programming); Jeff Bova (keyboards, programming, keyboard programming); Max Martin (keyboards, programming, background vocals); Kristian Lundin (keyboards, programming); Steve Skinner (keyboards, drum programming); Lafayette Carthon, Loris Holland, David Foster (keyboards, background vocals); Tsuneyoshi Saito, Guy Roche (synthesizer); Ren Klyce (Synclavier, programming, sampler); Jimmy Bralower (drums, percussion, drum programming); John "J.R." Robinson , Kenny Aronoff (drums); Luis Conte, Bashiri Johnson (percussion); Claude Gaudette (programming, keyboard programming); Yoshinobu Takeshita, Felipe Elgueta, Olle Romo, Richard Meyer, Stephen George, Tony Black (programming); Cheryl Wilson, Leah Haywood, Maxayn Lewis, Claytoven Richardson, Troy Bright, Konesha Owens, Johnny Rutledge, Carl Carwell, Yvonne Gage, Robin Robinson , Robert Bowker, Jeffrey Morrow, Joan Walton, Rob Trow, Anthony Ransom, Alanna Capps, Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont, Nana Hedin, Diva Gray, Elisabeth Withers, Eric Troyer, Latasha Jordon, Fonzi Thornton, Jeannie Tracey, Glen Burtnik, Lisa Lougheed, Nancy Jackson, Robert Moe, Stevie Robinson, Jeanie Tracy, Dennis Collins , Kasim Sulton, Kofi , Larry Jacobs, Alex Brown, Nancey Jackson, Andreas Carlsson, Paulette McWilliams, Phillip Ingram, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Shania Twain, Skyler Jett, Spencer Washington, Sue Ann Carwell, Tawatha Agee, Ayuana George, Terry Bradford , Terry Wood, Todd Rundgren, Wil Wheaton, Jean McClain, Rory Dodd, Leslie Ellis, Cathy Richardson (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Chris Brooke; Kyle Bess; Dana Jon Chappelle; Humberto Gatica; Kristian Lundin; Max Martin ; Paul Boutin; Ron Last; Tony Phillips; Patrick MacDougall; Bob Cadway; Brian Malouf.
Audio Remixer: Jeff Taylor .
Liner Note Author: Cline Dion.
Recording information: Battery Studio, Chicago, IL; Battery studios, Chicago, IL; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Chartmaker Studios; Chartmaker Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Chicago Recording Co; Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, NY; Cove Sound Studios, Long Island, NY; Criterion Studios; FLM Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Ground Control; Hit Factory, New York, NY; Le Studio Morin-Heights; Le Studios Morin-Height, Chicago, IL; Music Grinder; Nervious Music, New York, NY; Ocean Way Studios; Paradise Sounds, West Palm Beach, FL; Record Plant; Right Track Studios, New York, NY; Rumbo Recorders; The Dream Factory, New York, NY; The Enterprise; The Enterprise, Ground Control, Record Plant; The Hit Factory, New York, NY; The Plant Recordin; The Power Station, NY; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; Todd-AD, Los Angeles, CA; Todd-Ao, Los Angeles, CA; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA; Wallywood, CA; WallyWorld, CA.
Author: Stephen Saper.
Photographer: Andre Rau.
Arrangers: Kryzler & Kompany; Carl Carwell; Guy Roche; James Horner; Jeff Bova; Jim Steinman; Jimmy Bralower; Matt Serletic; R. Kelly; Rick Wake; Rich Tancredi; Rob Mathes; Robbie Buchanan; Roy Bittan; Simon Franglen; Sue Ann Carwell; Todd Rundgren; William Ross ; David Foster; Walter Afanasieff.
This greatest-hits package, the first from pop icon Celine Dion, gathers Dion's biggest chart-toppers of the '90s and also includes a handful of new compositions. In the album's liner notes, the honey-voiced singer offers heartfelt thanks to her fans and confirms speculation that she plans take time away from music to focus on her family.
Hits include "Beauty and the Beast," "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," and "My Heart Will Go On," the impassioned theme song from TITANIC. Among the new songs, her dramatic, tremolo-drenched rendering of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is marked by Dion's typical midsong climaxes. "All the Way" is a tribute to Frank Sinatra, delivered in a manner similar to Natalie Cole's tribute to her father, Nat "King" Cole, on "Unforgettable" -- Dion's vocals float with eerie effect among the ghostly strains of Ol' Blue Eyes. The song is also dedicated to Dion's husband, Rene, the man for whom Celine saves her greatest passion.
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (11/26/99, p.99) - "...stunning...displaying not just the clarity of her voice but a hunger for life..." - Rating: B+
