Celine Dion's Taking Chances: Album Review

Celine Dion is one of the biggest recording artists in the world. She has sold over 175 million records world wide but recently new music from Celine has been hard to come by. For the past several years she has been busy performing in Las Vegas, Nevada at Caesar's Palace nightly. Her new album, Taking Chances, is her first English-language album in three years. Will Celine be able to reclaim her chart-topping ways?

The first single off the album is Taking Chances written by Kara DioGuardi and David Stewart from the Eurythmics. The track was produced by John Shanks. The song is a very strong collaboration between all the talented individuals involved with the project. The song was originally featured on the Platinum Weird album. The song leans very heavy on the pop-rock genre. The song is very solid and a very good way to reintroduce Celine.

Alone is a cover of the Heart classic single from 1987. The song is a more modern version of the Heart classic and features Celine's soaring vocals. Her vocal performance on this song is definitely out of this world.

Right New To The Right One is a beautiful acoustic guitar driven mid-tempo ballad. Celine's vocals sound incredibly lush over the Tim Christensen produced and written track.

My Love is Celine's collaboration with former 4 Non Blondes leader and super producer Linda Perry. The song is very strong melodically and vocally. Celine still has some of the most incredible vocals in the whole music industry and they are clearly displayed on this track.

This Time is a collaboration from former Evanescence members Ben Moody and David Hodges. The track is a solid pop song but not one of the best songs on an incredibly strong album.

I Got Nothing Left is a collaborative effort with urban songwriter and artist Ne-Yo. The song is a beautifully built uplifting ballad. The song is a very strong pop song and features background vocals from Ne-Yo.

Skies Of L.A. is written by Terius "The-Dream" Nash and produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. Terius is most known for writing urban hits as Rihanna's Umbrella and J. Holiday's Bed. The song is definitely not what you would expect from this collaboration. The song shows off the artistic mastery of the typically urban duo. Skies Of L.A. is a very peaceful and mellow ballad. The song is one of the better tracks on the album.

Other very good tracks on the album include A World To Believe In, New Dawn and A Song For You which are all classic Celine.

Taking Chances is a very good album. Pairing an incredible vocalist like Celine Dion with proven hit makers is a recipe for a classic album; Taking Chances gets 8.5 out of 10 for a very good album. If you are a fan of Celine Dion make sure you pick up her new album Taking Chances when it is available in stores on November 13.