La voix du bon Dieu (English: "good lord's voice") is the debut French-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 6 November 1981 by Super Étoiles in Quebec, Canada only.^[1] 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' "Tire l'aiguille", Berthe Sylva's "Les roses blanches" and "L'amour viendra", a French adaptation of Dario Baldan Bembo's "Dolce fiore".

Content[edit]

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' "Tire l'aiguille" and Berthe Sylva's "Les roses blanches".

Commercial performance[edit]

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 sold 30,000 copies in 1981 and would go on to sell about 125,000 copies the following year.^[2] La voix du bon Dieu has sold 100,000 copies in total.^[3] 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.

Accolades[edit]

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

Track listing[edit]

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"La voix du bon Dieu"	Eddy Marnay	Marnay René Angélil	3:16
2.	"Au secours"	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

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ce n'était qu'un rêve"	T. Dion C. Dion J. Dion	Daniel Hétu Angélil	3:47
2.	"Seul un oiseau blanc"	Marnay Hétu	Marnay Hétu	4:12
3.	"Tire l'aiguille"	Marnay Emilie Stern Eddie Barclay	Angélil	2:21
4.	"Les roses blanches"	Charles Louis Pothier Léon Rathier	Angélil	5:55
Total length:				28:55

Release history[edit]

Release dates and formats for *La voix du bon Dieu*
Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Canada	6 November 1981	Super Étoiles	LP	SPE 4101
	6 November 1981	Super Étoiles	Cassette	16-SP 1900
	1983	Saisons	LP	SNS 70000
	1983	Saisons	Cassette	SNS 4-70000

References[edit]

^ "La voix du bon Dieu". Epic Rights, Inc. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

^ Jenna Glatzer (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.

^ Georges-Herbert Germain (1998). Céline: The Authorized Biography. Translated by David Homel; Fred Reed. Dundurn Press. p. 119. ISBN 1-55002-318-7.