S'il suffisait d'aimer

Infobox Album | Name = S'il suffisait d'aimer
Type = Studio album
Artist = Céline Dion


Released = Start date|1998|9|7
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Pop
Length = 51:46
Label = Columbia, Epic
Producer = Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8gqpg4amtvjz link]
Last album = "Let's Talk About Love"
(1997)
This album = "S'il suffisait d'aimer"
(1998)
Next album = "These Are Special Times"
(1998)
Misc = Singles
Name = S'il suffisait d'aimer
Type = Studio album
Single 1 = Zora sourit
Single 1 date = September 14, 1998
Single 2 = S'il suffisait d'aimer
Single 2 date = November 23, 1998
Single 3 = On ne change pas
Single 3 date = March 1, 1999
Single 4 = En attendant ses pas
Single 4 date = July 5, 1999
Single 5 = Je crois toi
Single 5 date = July 5, 1999
Single 6 = Dans un autre monde
Single 6 date = August 30, 1999

"S'il suffisait d'aimer" (meaning "If Only Love Could Be Enough") is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on September 7, 1998. It's her 19th French album and 24th in total.

Album information

The project reunited Céline Dion and Jean-Jacques Goldman, who last worked together on the very successful album "D'eux". In their first collaboration Goldman wrote songs for Dion, this time he wrote more in his own style, while letting Céline Dion sing her own unique way, like she has been singing a long time ago. Most of the arrangements on that album are simple to let her voice dominate the songs.

"S'il suffisait d'aimer" won a Juno Award for Best Selling Francophone Album.

The concert at the Stade de France in Paris was recorded and released as "Au cœur du stade", including five songs from "S'il suffisait d'aimer". It was promoted by the video of Céline Dion performing "Dans un autre monde." In addition, video from behind the scenes of the recording session of "S'il suffisait d'aimer" was included as a bonus on the "Au cœur du stade" DVD.

Some tracks from "S'il suffisait d'aimer" were featured on Dion's 2005 greatest hits album "On ne change pas".

Chart success

"S'il suffisait d'aimer" is the second (after "D'eux") best-selling French album of all time. It topped the charts for five weeks in Switzerland, four weeks in France and Belgium Wallonie, and one week in Canada, Greece and Europe. The album sold 4 million copies in total, including 1.5 million in France alone. "S'il suffisait d'aimer" became the second (after "D'eux") French-language album to be certified gold in the United Kingdom. It was certified also in others non French-speaking countries.

Track listing

#"Je crois toi" (Jean-Jacques Goldman) – 5:05
#"Zora sourit" (Goldman, J. Kapler) – 3:51
#"On ne change pas" (Goldman) – 4:09
#"Je chanterai" (Goldman) – 4:10
#"Terre" (Erick Benzi) – 4:17
#"En attendant ses pas" (Goldman) – 4:07
#"Papillon" (Benzi) – 4:01
#"L'abandon" (Goldman) – 4:27
#"Dans un autre monde" (Goldman) – 4:38
#"Sur le même bateau" (Goldman) – 4:25
#"Tous les blues sont écrits pour toi" (Goldman) – 4:48
#"S'il suffisait d'aimer" (Goldman) – 3:35

Chart performance

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