Notes & Personnel Info |  | LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE is an enhanced CD and contains both full audio program and multimedia computer files. | | Personnel includes: Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, The Bee Gees, Diana King, Brownstone, Luciano Pavarotti (vocals); Carole King (vocals, piano); Michael Landau (acoustic & electric guitars); Peter Zizzo (guitar, keyboards, drum programming, background vocals); Dann Huff, Dean Parks (guitar); Walter Afanasieff (Hammond B-3, keyboards, synthesizer, keyboard, drum & percussion programming); Dan Shea (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); David Foster, Corey Hart (keyboards); Pino Palladino, Nathan East (bass); Kenny Aronoff, Vinnie Colaiuta, Mike Baird (drums); Bashiri Johnson, Raphael Padilla, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Steve Porcaro (synthesizer programming). | | Producers include: David Foster, George Martin, Walter Afanasieff, Corey Hart, Luciano Pavarotti. | | Engineers include: Rupert Coulson, David Gleeson, Humberto Gatica. | | "Tell Him" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. | | LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. "My Heart Will Go On" won the 1999 Grammy for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Song Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television. | | This is a special Double Pack release containing both the full length CD and cassette on a long box. | | Personnel includes: Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, The Bee Gees, Diana King, Brownstone, Luciano Pavarotti (vocals); Carole King (vocals, piano); Michael Landau (acoustic & electric guitars, guitar); Peter Zizzo (guitar, keyboards, drum programming, background vocals); Dann Huff, Dean Parks (guitar); Walter Afanasieff (Hammond B-3, keyboards, synthesizer, keyboard, drum & percussion programming); Dan Shea (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); David Foster, Corey Hart (keyboards); Pino Palladino, Nathan East (bass); Kenny Aronoff, Vinnie Colaiuta, Mike Baird (drums); Bashiri Johnson, Raphael Padilla, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Steve Porcaro (synthesizer programming). | | Producers include: David Foster, George Martin, Walter Afanasieff, Corey Hart, Luciano Pavarotti. | | Engineers include: Rupert Coulson, David Gleeson, Humberto Gatica, John Merchant, Dave Reitzas. | | "Tell Him" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. | | LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. "My Heart Will Go On" won the 1999 Grammy for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Song Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Personnel: Celine Dion (vocals, background vocals); Diana King, Humberto Gatica, Brownstone (vocals); Michael Landau (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Tim Pierce (guitar, acoustic guitar); Peter Zizzo (guitar, keyboards, drum programming, background vocals); Kryzler & Kompany, Dann Huff, David Spinozza, Dean Parks, Sylvain Quesnel, Al McKay, Mark Schulman, Robbie McIntosh (guitar); Ramon Stagnaro (acoustic guitar); Michael Thompson (electric guitar); Taro Hakase (violin); Tony Hinnigan (pennywhistle); Carole King (piano); Richard Cottle (Fender Rhodes piano); Dan Shea (keyboards, synthesizer, programming, drum programming); Eric Kupper, Corey Hart, Jeff Bova, David Foster (keyboards); Felipe Elgueta, Steve Porcaro (synthesizer, programming); Tsuneyoshi Saito (synthesizer); Richie Jones (drums, programming); Michael Baird , Kenny Aronoff, Shawn Pelton, Ian Thomas, Dennis Johnson, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Paulinho Da Costa, Rafael Padilla, Bashiri Johnson (percussion); Yoshinobu Takeshita, Stuart Brawley (programming); Walter Afanasieff (keyboard programming, drum programming); Billy Pace (percussion programming); Dana Calitri, Claytoven Richardson, Konesha Owens, Earl Robinson, Eddie Stockley, Eric Troyer, Dorian Sherwood, Kurtis King, Jr., Rachelle Cappelly, Jeanie Tracy, Jim Gilstrap, Kenny O. Bobien, Alex Brown, Lynn Davis , Maria Christensen, Nicki Richards, Phillip Ingram, Sherree Ford-Payne, Skyler Jett, Audrey Wheeler, Bee Gees, Vaneese Thomas, Keith Fluitt, Leslie Ellis (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Humberto Gatica; Jean-Marie Horvat. | | Photographers: George Bodnar; Dimo Safari; Michael Thompson. | | Unknown Contributor Roles: Greg Thompson; Vladimir Meller; Juan Bohorquez; Glen Marchese; Doug Boehm; John Pellowe; Paul Falcone; Christina Abaroa; Malibu High School Choir; Ross Hogarth; Scott Young ; Aya Takemura; Tony Gonzalez; Troy Halderson; Paul Peabody; Tony Hinnigan. | | Arrangers: Kryzler & Kompany; George Martin; Peter Zizzo; Rick Wake; Richie Jones; Tony Renis; William Ross; David Foster; Walter Afanasieff. | | Falling Into You finally established Celine Dion as a superstar in America, so its sequel, Let's Talk About Love, was designed to consolidate her position as a newly minted star. The album was constructed as a blockbuster, featuring Dion's trademark melodramatic ballads, some carefully tailored dance-pop, a bevy of duets with the likes of Barbra Streisand and the Bee Gees, and production and songs from adult contemporary gurus David Foster, Jim Steinman, and Walter Afanasieff. Given that so many talented craftsmen worked on Let's Talk About Love, it makes sense that a number of the cuts succeed according to adult contemporary terms -- they are predictably sweeping showcases for Dion's soaring, technically skilled voice. As usual, the singles (including the Streisand duet "Tell Him" and the Titanic love theme "My Heart Will Go On") shine the most brilliantly, but even the filler is immaculately produced. If the end result doesn't quite gel as an album, that shouldn't be surprising -- this is music by committee, a product that was made to appeal to the widest possible audience. Such a calculated execution guarantees that anyone who liked one of the singles shouldn't be disappointed by Let's Talk About, but it doesn't necessarily mean they'll remember all of the record after it's finished playing. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | The Bee Gees, Luciano Pavarotti, Carole King and Barbra Streisand all in the same place. Is it the inauguration of a new branch of Planet Hollywood? Naw, it's just an album by a little Canadian gal named Celine Dion. True to form, on LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE the key word is big. Songs, arrangements, production, performance, it's all in Cinemascope and Technicolor with Surround Sound to boot. The grand musical gesture is what Celine Dion has founded her career on, and in that regard she certainly doesn't disappoint on this collection of seamless, radio-friendly pop. Her voice is a miraculous instrument and she exploits its range and tone to their fullest on such tunes as "Immortality" (written by and performed with the aforementioned Brothers Gibb) and "The Reason" (with Carole King). | | The Bee Gees, Luciano Pavarotti, Carole King and Barbra Streisand all in the same place. Is it the inauguration of a new branch of Planet Hollywood? Naw, it's just an album by a little Canadian gal named Celine Dion. True to form, on LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE the key word is big. Songs, arrangements, production, performance, it's all in Cinemascope and Technicolor with Surround Sound to boot. The grand musical gesture is what Celine Dion has founded her career on, and in that regard she certainly doesn't disappoint on this collection of seamless, radio-friendly pop. Her voice is a miraculous instrument and she exploits its range and tone to their fullest on such tunes as "Immortality" (written by and performed with the aforementioned Brothers Gibb) and "The Reason" (with Carole King). |
Musical Guests | | Barbra Streisand | | Diana King | | The Bee Gees | | Brownstone | | Carole King | | Steve Porcaro | | Luciano Pavarotti | | Corey Hart |
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