Des Mots Qui Sonnent
Celine Dion
Des mots qui sonnent is the French‑market title of Céline Dion’s album Dion chante Plamondon, released on 4 November 1991 and built entirely around songs written by celebrated Quebec lyricist Luc Plamondon. It is her ninth French‑language studio album, running about 47 minutes across 12 tracks, and was issued in France and other Francophone territories under this alternate title, emphasizing the opening track “Des mots qui sonnent” (“Words that resonate”). The project arrived just after her first English‑language album, positioning Dion simultaneously in the francophone theatrical rock tradition and the emerging international pop scene.
Musically, the album blends pop rock, theatrical chanson, and power ballads, pairing four newly written songs (“Des mots qui sonnent,” “Je danse dans ma tête,” “Quelqu’un que j’aime, quelqu’un qui m’aime,” and “L’amour existe encore”) with eight covers drawn largely from Plamondon’s rock opera Starmania and other artists’ repertoires. These include dramatic pieces like “Le monde est stone,” “Le blues du businessman,” and “Les uns contre les autres,” as well as “Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy),” “Le fils de Superman,” “Oxygène,” “J’ai besoin d’un chum,” and “Piaf chanterait du rock,” which Dion reinterprets with her own vocal flair. Critically and commercially, Des mots qui sonnent/Dion chante Plamondon was a major success: it topped the charts in Quebec, reached the top five in France, earned Juno and Félix awards for Francophone Album and Best‑Selling Album of the Year, and eventually sold more than two million copies worldwide, often being cited as the record that cemented Dion’s stature as a leading interpreter of contemporary French‑language song.
Des Mots Qui Sonnent
Celine Dion
Des mots qui sonnent is the French‑market title of Céline Dion’s album Dion chante Plamondon, released on 4 November 1991 and built entirely around songs written by celebrated Quebec lyricist Luc Plamondon. It is her ninth French‑language studio album, running about 47 minutes across 12 tracks, and was issued in France and other Francophone territories under this alternate title, emphasizing the opening track “Des mots qui sonnent” (“Words that resonate”). The project arrived just after her first English‑language album, positioning Dion simultaneously in the francophone theatrical rock tradition and the emerging international pop scene.
Musically, the album blends pop rock, theatrical chanson, and power ballads, pairing four newly written songs (“Des mots qui sonnent,” “Je danse dans ma tête,” “Quelqu’un que j’aime, quelqu’un qui m’aime,” and “L’amour existe encore”) with eight covers drawn largely from Plamondon’s rock opera Starmania and other artists’ repertoires. These include dramatic pieces like “Le monde est stone,” “Le blues du businessman,” and “Les uns contre les autres,” as well as “Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy),” “Le fils de Superman,” “Oxygène,” “J’ai besoin d’un chum,” and “Piaf chanterait du rock,” which Dion reinterprets with her own vocal flair. Critically and commercially, Des mots qui sonnent/Dion chante Plamondon was a major success: it topped the charts in Quebec, reached the top five in France, earned Juno and Félix awards for Francophone Album and Best‑Selling Album of the Year, and eventually sold more than two million copies worldwide, often being cited as the record that cemented Dion’s stature as a leading interpreter of contemporary French‑language song.