The Best Of (Celine Dion album)

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The Best Of
Compilation album by Céline Dion
Released	June 6, 1988 (1988-06-06) (see release history)
Recorded	1982-1988
Genre	Pop
Length	45:46
Label	Carrere, Mega
Producer	Didier Barbelivien, A. P. Keller, Eddy Marnay, Romano Musumarra, Rudy, Atilla Şereftuğ
Céline Dion chronology
Incognito (1987) The Best Of (1988) Unison (1990)
Alternate cover
Vivre
Singles from The Best Of
"Ne partez pas sans moi" Released: May 14, 1988

The Best Of is a French compilation album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released in selected European countries on June 6, 1988. It's her 14th French album and 3rd compilation. In Germany it was re-named Vivre.

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The Best Of is a compilation of Dion's previous songs, released thanks to "Ne partez pas sans moi" single success. On April 30, 1988 Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest with that song.^[1]

The album contained mostly singles released in France: "D'amour ou d'amitié" (1983), "Mon ami m'a quittée" (1983), "C'est pour vivre" (1985), "Billy" (1986), "Je ne veux pas" (1987), "La religieuse" (1988) and "Ne partez pas sans moi" (1988). The last four were never released on Canadian albums.

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1. "Ne partez pas sans moi" (Nella Martinetti, Atilla Şereftuğ) – 3:07
2. "Billy" (Eddy Marnay, Patrick Lemaitre) – 3:09
3. "Je ne veux pas" (Marnay, Romano Musumarra) – 4:06
4. "D'amour ou d'amitié" (Marnay, Roland Vincent, Jean Pierre Lang) – 4:05
5. "Mon ami m'a quittée" (Marnay, Christian Loigerot, Thierry Geoffroy) – 3:05
6. "C'est pour vivre" (Marnay, André Popp) – 4:04
7. "La religieuse" (Didier Barbelivien) – 3:32
8. "C'est pour toi" (Marnay, François Orenn) – 4:07
9. "Les chemins de ma maison" (Marnay, Lemaitre, Alain Bernard) – 4:16
10. "Trois heures vingt" (Marnay, Lemaitre) – 3:41
11. "Les oiseaux du bonheur" (Marnay, Popp) – 3:43
12. "Benjamin" (Marnay, Pierre Papadiamandis) – 4:38

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