Au cœur du stade

Au cœur du stade
Live album by Céline Dion
Released August 27, 1999 (1999-08-27)
(see release history)
Recorded June 19-20, 1999 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Genre Pop
Length 64:34
Label Sony Music, Columbia
Producer Claude Lemay
Céline Dion chronology
These Are Special Times
(1998)		 Au cœur du stade
(1999)		 All the Way... A Decade of Song
(1999)
Singles from Au cœur du stade
  1. "Dans un autre monde"
    Released: August 30, 1999

Au cœur du stade (meaning At the Heart of the Stadium) is a live album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on August 27, 1999. It's her 4th live album, 20th French album and 26th in total.

Contents

Album information

Au cœur du stade was recorded at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, during two sold-out performances on June 19 and 20, 1999. These performances made concert history as Dion became the very first to draw audiences in excess of 90,000 spectators at a single show for a grand total of 180,000 in only two nights.

Most of the songs on this album are live versions of tracks originally recorded for S'il suffisait d'aimer. Au cœur du stade contains also some of singer's early French songs ("Ce n'était qu'un rêve", "D'amour ou d'amitié", "Mon ami m'a quittée") and few English-language tracks, including "Let's Talk About Love" and "My Heart Will Go On". Medley acoustique (track nine) is five different songs, each of which could have stood alone as its own track, especially "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" which clocks in at over three minutes.

The CD does not contain the full show. All songs can be found on the Au cœur du stade DVD, also released in 1999. Au cœur du stade was recorded during the European leg of the Let's Talk About Love Tour.

The album was promoted with "Dans un autre monde" live video.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Allmusic called the album "satisfying effort, and a must for fans and collectors of this singer's music."[2]

Chart success

Au cœur du stade has sold over 2 million copies worldwide.[3] In Francophone countries it was certified 2x platinum in France[4], platinum in Belgium[5] and Switzerland,[6] and gold in Canada.[7]

Au cœur du stade hit number 1 for four weeks in Switzerland, for two weeks in France and one week in Belgium Wallonia. In Belgium Flanders it peaked at number 3, and in Canada at number 15. The album charted also inside top 40 in non-Francophone countries, including number 18 in Austria, number 23 in the Netherlands, and number 37 in Germany and Hungary. On the European Top 100 Albums, Au cœur du stade peaked at number 9.

Track listing

1. "Let's Talk About Love" (Bryan Adams, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Elliott Kennedy) – 7:39
2. "Dans un autre monde" (Goldman) – 4:26
3. "Je sais pas" (Goldman, J. Kapler) – 5:47
4. "Je crois toi" (Goldman) – 4:36
5. "Terre" (Erick Benzi) – 4:26
6. "J'irai où tu iras" (with Jean-Jacques Goldman) (Goldman) – 4:06
7. "S'il suffisait d'aimer" (Goldman) – 5:10
8. "On ne change pas" (Goldman) – 6:03
9. Medley acoustique:

"Ce n'était qu'un rêve" (Thérèse Dion, Céline Dion, Jacques Dion) – 1:18
"D'amour ou d'amitié" (Eddy Marnay, Jean Pierre Lang, Roland Vincent) – 2:01
"Mon ami m'a quittée" (Marnay, Christian Loigerot, Thierry Geoffroy) – 1:58
"L'amour existe encore" (Luc Plamondon, Richard Cocciante) – 2:05
"Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" (Plamondon, Michel Berger) – 3:21

10."Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (Goldman) – 5:20
11."My Heart Will Go On" (James Horner, Will Jennings) – 5:23

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[8] 18
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[9] 3
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart[10] 1
Canadian Albums Chart[11] 15
Dutch Albums Chart[12] 23
European Albums Chart[13] 9
French Albums Chart[14] 1
German Albums Chart[15] 37
Hungarian Albums Chart[16] 37
Swiss Albums Chart[17] 1
UK Albums Chart[18] 146

Certifications

Country Certifications
Belgium Platinum[5]
Canada Gold[7]
France 2x Platinum[4]
Switzerland Platinum[6]

1Most certifications are under old criteria, with higher certifications levels than the current ones.

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Europe August 27, 1999 Sony Music, Columbia CD 4952402
Canada September 14, 1999 80438
Japan October 25, 2000 Sony Music Japan, Epic ESCA 8239

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Au cœur du stade review
  3. ^ "famouspeople.co.uk". Famous Singers > Celine Dion. http://www.famouspeople.co.uk/c/celinedion.html. Retrieved October 18, 2004. 
  4. ^ a b "Certifications albums double platine - année 2003". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259165.xml?year=2003&type=13. Retrieved 2003-12-18. 
  5. ^ a b "Les disques d'or/de platine - 2003". Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/certifications.asp?year=2003. Retrieved 2004-01-01. 
  6. ^ a b "Edelmetall 1999". Swiss Music Charts. http://www.hitparade.ch/awards.asp?year=1999. Retrieved 1999-12-31. 
  7. ^ a b "Gold & platinum certification searchable database". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=1&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25celine+dion%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=140&csearch=20&nextprev=1. Retrieved 2009-01-13. 
  8. ^ Austrian Albums Chart
  9. ^ Belgian Flanders Albums Chart
  10. ^ Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart
  11. ^ Canadian Albums Chart
  12. ^ Dutch Albums Chart
  13. ^ European Albums Chart
  14. ^ French Albums Chart
  15. ^ German Albums Chart
  16. ^ Hungarian Albums Chart
  17. ^ Swiss Albums Chart
  18. ^ UK Albums Chart
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