Falling Into You

Performer: Celine Dion
Artist: Todd Rundgren; Sheila E.; Aldo Nova; Ottmar Liebert; Sue Ann Carwell; Jim Steinman; David Foster; Luis Conte
Engineer: David Reitzas; Erick Benzi; Felipe Elgueta; Bernie Schmitt; Humberto Gatica; John Beverly Jones; Kurt Lundvall; Matthew "Boomer" LaMonica; Paul Boutin; Steve Churchyard; Steven Rinkoff; Terence Dover; Greg Pinto; Bob Cadway
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel includes: Celine Dion (vocals); Gary "Headman" Hasse (conductor, bass); Paul Buckmaster (conductor); Aldo Nova (guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion, background vocals); Jeff Smallwood, Ottmar Liebert (acoustic guitar); Steve Farris (electric guitar, cavaquinho); Tim Pierce, Eddie Martinez, Michael Thompson, Russ DeSalvo, Andre Coutu, Chris Taylor, Basile Leroux, Patrice Tison (guitar); David Foster (piano, keyboards); Roy Bittan (piano); Jeff Bova (keyboards, synthesized bass, programming); Jimmy Bralower (drums, percussion); Sue Ann Carwell, Carl Carwell (background vocals). Producers include: Jim Steinman, David Foster, Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg, Ric Wake. Engineers inlcude: Steven Rinkoff, Felipe Elgueta, Humberto Gatica. FALLING INTO YOU won the 1997 Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year and Best Pop Album. "Because You Loved Me," written by Diane Warren, won the 1997 Grammy for Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television. "Because You Loved Me" was also nominated for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Personnel: Celine Dion (background vocals); Jeff Pascetto, Jean McClain (vocals); Andy Marvel (guitar, keyboards, drums); Aldo Nova (guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion, background vocals); Chris Taylor, Eddie Martinez, Patrice Tison, Basil Leroux, Michael Thompson, Russ Desalvo, Tim Pierce, Andre Coutu (guitar); Jeff Smallwood, Ottmar Liebert (acoustic guitar); Rick Nowels (gut-string guitar, keyboards); Steve Farris (cavaquinho); Denis Chartrand (strings, piano); Rick Hahn (strings, programming); Chistopher Deschamps (saxophone, drums); Sylvain Beuf, Rev. Dave Boruff, Christophe Negre (saxophone); Antoine Russo, Christian Martinez (trumpet); Denis Leloup (trombone); George Whitty (horns, keyboards); G.W. Horn Machine (horns); David Foster (piano, keyboards); Arnaud Dunoyer de Segonzac, Roy Bittan (piano); Jeff Bova (keyboards, programming); Claude Lemay, St. Jacques, Jamie Muhoberac, Robbie Buchanan, Steve Skinner, Yves Frulla (keyboards); Jay Anderson (acoustic bass); Sylvain Bolduc (bass guitar); Jimmy Bralower (drums, percussion); Kenny Aronoff, Mickey Curry, Dominique Messier, Steve Wolf, Steve Ferrone (drums); Curt Bisquera (cymbals, hi-hat); Luis Conte, Sheila E., Bashiri Johnson , Paul Picard (percussion); John Beverly Jones, Simon Franglen (programming); Chris Garcia, Pete Lorimer, Charles Clouser (drum programming); Maxayn Lewis, Robbyn Kirmsse, Carl Carwell, Curtis King, Alanna Capps, Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont, Becky Bell, Myriam Naomi Valle, Eric Troyer, Sisaundra, Fonzi Thornton, Alain Couture, Sharon Bryant-Gallaway, Yvone Jones, Glen Burtnik, Angela Clemmons-Patrick, Kasim Sulton, Kofi , Alex Brown, Maria Vidal, Marie Claire D'Ubaldo, Phillip Ingram, Shelton Becton, Sue Ann Carwell, Audrey Martells, Audrey Wheeler, Tawatha Agee, Terry Bradford , Todd Rundgren, Wil Wheaton, Vaneese Thomas, Billy Porter, Elaine Caswell, Rory Dodd, Carole Fredericks (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Dan Hetzel; Humberto Gatica; Rick Kerr; Steve MacMillan; Tony Phillips. Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Compass Point; Cove City Sound Studios; Hum Inc. Productions; L.I. New York; MEGA Studios; T; The Dream Factory; The Hit Factory, New York, NY; The Power Station, New York, NY; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; Westlake studios. Photographers: George Bodnar; Randee Saint Nicholas. Arrangers: Gary Hasse; Jeff Bova; Jim Steinman; Jimmy Bralower; Andy Marvel; David Foster. With a powerful set of pipes and some killer romantic ballads, Celine Dion is back in full force on this much-anticipated disc. The woman who previously hit it huge in the U.S. with 1991's "Beauty And The Beast" knows how to belt out a song, and then some. FALLING INTO YOU is full of lovely pop ballads, big production and soaring chord changes. Throw in some stadium-ready guitar parts, and it becomes definitive "power love" music. These combined elements help propel the grandiose "Because You Loved Me," among the biggest pure pop hits of early 1996. Dion also manages to achieve a certain level of soul, particularly on "Make You Happy," a slow, funky number with a catchy chorus. But "Declaration of Love" perhaps sums up the singer's style best: upbeat, up front, not quite rockin' but not wimpy either. She's a singer with a big, soaring soprano and a real knack for her chosen genre. Her fans won't be disappointed with this effort.

Entertainment Weekly (3/15/96, p.64) - "There's something compellingly eccentric about even the mushiest ballads on Dion's new set, which features Spanish guitars, African chanting, and ornate orchestral frills..." - Rating: B

Celine Dion's ascent from stardom in her native Canada to the upper echelons of international pop divadom is one of the 1990s major success stories. Blessed with a formidable set of pipes and a preference for heart-in-the-throat ballads, the precociously talented Dion initially won over American listeners in 1991, 10 years after her French-language debut, with the title track from Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. From then on, Dion became a music-biz phenomenon, with platinum record sales, sold-out concerts, and across-the-board appeal rivaling her idol, Barbra Streisand.

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