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Taking Chances - Celine Dion
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Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics What's this?

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7.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

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  • Summary: Her first English-language album since 2003 includes songs written by the Eurythmics' David A. Stewart, Linda Perry, and Ne-Yo.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Billboard
    80
    Packing an emotional wallop, Chances should quash critics who insist that Dion's voice is stainless steel.
  2. All Music Guide
    60
    It's an album of its time: it offers extravagance in the guise of self-help, which can be alluring in doses--especially those bizarre blues-rockers--but it's just too much of a very expensive yet not particularly tasteful thing.
  3. Rolling Stone
    20
    Alas, her cat-strangling whine is still a remarkably ugly sound, no matter what she's singing.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 31
  3. Negative: 10 out of 31
  1. ManuelP.
    10
    Best vocal performance Celine Dion , I use to think she was annoying and cheesy but omg , listen to Taking Chances , all the songs are amazing, album of the year.… Expand
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  2. LindaH.
    5
    Very old fashioned music except for a couple of songs. Sorry I purchased it.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JohnB.
    2
    One good song from Heart and the rest you can forget. What is Celine thinking? Some of it sounds like a Brittany Spears album. Awful songs, awful singing, unispired arrangements. A real step backwards. A few more albums like this, and I will be skipping her cd's. what a disappointment and what a sell out.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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