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Taking Chances
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53

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

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6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 68 Ratings

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

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Taking Chances
Don't know much about your life Don't know much about your world but Don't want to be alone tonight On this planet they call earth You don't know... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Amazon.com
    80
    As far as standard Celine fare goes, in fact, Chances is likely her strongest non-French outing since 2002's "A New Day Has Come;" nobody unfolds a lyric with more care or nuance.
  2. Billboard
    80
    Packing an emotional wallop, Chances should quash critics who insist that Dion's voice is stainless steel.
  3. 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.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    It's cool that Dion can mimic everyone from Shakira to Sam Phillips...but her appalling Janis Joplin impression is a Chance too far. [16 Nov 2007, p.76]
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  5. Slant Magazine
    50
    The laborious 16-track record purportedly finds the queen of adult contemporary-turned-Vegas attraction taking chances by modernizing her treacly power ballad sound with lots of overdubbed guitars and of-the-moment collaborators.
  6. NOW Magazine
    40
    The album is also comfortably ignorant of the times. With its feathery production and common pop arrangements, it could have come out in 1996.
  7. 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: 22 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 33
  3. Negative: 10 out of 33
  1. ManuelP.
    Jan 3, 2008
    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 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. DanielW.
    Nov 17, 2007
    10
    Wonderful! Glad to have Celine back!
  4. KysiA.
    Nov 18, 2007
    10
    Outstanding album.
  5. MikeT
    Nov 15, 2007
    8
    It's a good album. Celine's back with a new "update" sound and it's what she needed. I'm not sure of her new way of It's a good album. Celine's back with a new "update" sound and it's what she needed. I'm not sure of her new way of singing -- I think there's sometimes a lack of vocal "technique" if we compared with the way she sang in the past on "Falling Into You" album for example -- where it was perfect.… Expand
  6. aaronpaul121
    May 25, 2012
    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 someThis 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
  7. IgorL.
    Dec 13, 2007
    1
    I really don't get Celine Dion. in "taking chances" she doesn't create nothing and manages to deliver only one good single.
  8. MickeyM.
    Nov 16, 2007
    0
    and that's just from thinking about it.

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#95 Most Discussed Album of 2007
26
#26 Most Shared Album of 2007

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