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 61 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. Boston Globe
    60
    Are chances taken? Not many, but there are rewards if you're willing to enjoy Dion's precise vocalizing and the hooky songs.
  3. 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.
  4. 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: 21 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 32
  3. Negative: 10 out of 32
  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
  2. aaronpaul121
    8
    This is a great album. Her voice in this album is really good. The tracks are good and I can really connect to it. I don't understand why some users gave it a 0 or 1. All I know is...this is a great one from Celine Dion.............… Expand
  3. LindaH.
    5
    Very old fashioned music except for a couple of songs. Sorry I purchased it.
  4. 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

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