Taking Chances
Celine Dion
Taking Chances is Céline Dion’s 23rd studio album and her 10th in English, released in November 2007 as her first English‑language studio project in over three years. Recorded largely over an intensive three‑week period at Palm Studios in Las Vegas, it runs about 65 minutes across 16 tracks and deliberately pushes her beyond the classic mid‑90s power‑ballad template into more contemporary pop‑rock and adult‑pop territory. For the album she assembled a wide array of high‑profile collaborators—Linda Perry, Dave Stewart, Kara DioGuardi, Ne‑Yo, Ben Moody, John Shanks, Anders Bagge, Kristian Lundin, Aldo Nova, Tricky Stewart, Chris Neil, and others—resulting in a stylistically varied set that ranges from orchestral rock covers to sleek, R&B‑tinted ballads.
The title track “Taking Chances,” co‑written by Dave Stewart and Kara DioGuardi, opens the album with a mid‑tempo pop‑rock anthem about risk and reinvention, and became the lead single. Other notable songs include her dramatic cover of Heart’s “Alone,” the Middle‑Eastern‑flavored pop of “Eyes on Me,” piano ballads “My Love” and “A World to Believe In,” the gothic‑shaded “This Time” (co‑written by former Evanescence members Ben Moody and David Hodges), and the bluesy “That’s Just the Woman in Me.” The album closes with “Skies of L.A.,” an understated, atmospheric ballad from the team behind Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” underscoring the record’s attempt to plug Dion into current pop sounds. Critics noted that while not every stylistic experiment lands, the album shows her willing to embrace grittier textures and rockier production; commercially, it debuted in the top 10 across multiple markets, went platinum in several countries (including the UK), and launched the massive Taking Chances World Tour, one of the highest‑grossing tours of all time.
Taking Chances
Celine Dion
Taking Chances is Céline Dion’s 23rd studio album and her 10th in English, released in November 2007 as her first English‑language studio project in over three years. Recorded largely over an intensive three‑week period at Palm Studios in Las Vegas, it runs about 65 minutes across 16 tracks and deliberately pushes her beyond the classic mid‑90s power‑ballad template into more contemporary pop‑rock and adult‑pop territory. For the album she assembled a wide array of high‑profile collaborators—Linda Perry, Dave Stewart, Kara DioGuardi, Ne‑Yo, Ben Moody, John Shanks, Anders Bagge, Kristian Lundin, Aldo Nova, Tricky Stewart, Chris Neil, and others—resulting in a stylistically varied set that ranges from orchestral rock covers to sleek, R&B‑tinted ballads.
The title track “Taking Chances,” co‑written by Dave Stewart and Kara DioGuardi, opens the album with a mid‑tempo pop‑rock anthem about risk and reinvention, and became the lead single. Other notable songs include her dramatic cover of Heart’s “Alone,” the Middle‑Eastern‑flavored pop of “Eyes on Me,” piano ballads “My Love” and “A World to Believe In,” the gothic‑shaded “This Time” (co‑written by former Evanescence members Ben Moody and David Hodges), and the bluesy “That’s Just the Woman in Me.” The album closes with “Skies of L.A.,” an understated, atmospheric ballad from the team behind Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” underscoring the record’s attempt to plug Dion into current pop sounds. Critics noted that while not every stylistic experiment lands, the album shows her willing to embrace grittier textures and rockier production; commercially, it debuted in the top 10 across multiple markets, went platinum in several countries (including the UK), and launched the massive Taking Chances World Tour, one of the highest‑grossing tours of all time.