A New Day... Live in Las Vegas

For video album, see Live in Las Vegas: A New Day...
A New Day... Live in Las Vegas
Live album by
Celine Dion
Released14 June 2004 (2004-06-14)
Recorded19–23 November 2003
VenueThe Colosseum at Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, Nevada)
GenrePop
Length58:56
Label
Producer
Celine Dion chronology
1 fille & 4 types
(2003) 		A New Day... Live in Las Vegas
(2004) 		Miracle
(2004)

A New Day... Live in Las Vegas is the first predominantly English-language live album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Sony Music on 14 June 2004. It includes songs from Dion's Las Vegas residency show, A New Day... The album also features studio recordings of two new tracks: "You and I" and "Ain't Gonna Look the Other Way". A New Day... Live in Las Vegas reached top ten in Canada, the United States, France, Belgium and Greece, and was certified Gold in the United States and Greece and Silver in the United Kingdom.

Content

A New Day... Live in Las Vegas features thirteen live tracks from Dion's successful Las Vegas show, called A New Day... and two previously unreleased studio tracks: "You and I" and "Ain't Gonna Look the Other Way". It was also released with a bonus DVD containing 45-min documentary, called One Year... One Heart.

A New Day... Live in Las Vegas includes five live songs which weren't available on Dion's previous albums: "Fever", "I've Got the World on a String", "I Wish", "If I Could" and "What a Wonderful World". The studio versions of last two songs were included on her next album Miracle.

"If I Could" was originally recorded by Nancy Wilson on her Nancy Now! album in 1988. In 1993 Ray Charles covered it on My World, as well as Regina Belle on her album Passion. Barbra Streisand included the song on her Higher Ground album in 1997.

The French edition of A New Day... Live in Las Vegas contains "Contre nature" as a bonus track.

The originally scheduled Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... DVD release date (autumn 2004) was postponed because of changes and improvements made to the show since the initial filming. A New Day... was re-shot in high-definition during the 17–21 January 2007 week and released on 7 December 2007.[1] The two disc DVD contains more than 5 hours of never-before seen footage, including the concert and three exclusive documentaries.[2] Live performances of "Nature Boy", "At Last", "Fever", "Et je t'aime encore" and "What a Wonderful World" are available only on A New Day... Live in Las Vegas CD, as they were removed from the show at the time of filming the DVD.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link

The album met with positive reviews. AllMusic said that "this live document of the Las Vegas show drives home the point that Celine is one of the most potent entertainers in adult contemporary music". According to them Dion is "equally as comfortable in high-tempo numbers chock-full of her signature vocal acrobatics as she is in quiet, contemplative moments. It's an ideal souvenir for those who have experienced the magic with their own ears and eyes. And while it's not the most definitive document of Dion's career, it certainly is a stirring testament to her accomplishments as the standard to whom most vocalists aspire".[3]

Commercial performance

A New Day... Live in Las Vegas has sold 530,000 copies in the United States[4] and was certified Gold by the RIAA.[5] It was also certified Silver in the UK. The album reached top ten in many countries, including number one in Greece and Quebec, number two in Canada, number four in Belgium Wallonia, number seven in Belgium Flanders, number nine in France, and number ten in the United States.[6]

Accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Celine Dion

In 2005, A New Day... Live in Las Vegas was nominated for the Félix Award in category Anglophone Album of the Year.[7]

Track listing

"You and I" was produced by Aldo Nova and Peer Åström, "Ain't Gonna Look the Other Way" by Anders Bagge, Åström and Vito Luprano, and "Contre nature" by Erick Benzi.

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nature Boy"eden ahbez4:13
2."It's All Coming Back to Me Now"Jim Steinman3:37
3."Because You Loved Me"Diane Warren2:28
4."I'm Alive"
4:15
5."If I Could"
5:15
6."At Last"
3:30
7."Fever"
2:53
8."I've Got the World on a String"
2:23
9."Et je t'aime encore"
4:42
10."I Wish"Stevie Wonder4:13
11."I Drove All Night"
4:48
12."My Heart Will Go On"
5:24
13."What a Wonderful World"
4:45
14."You and I" (studio recording)
  • Nova
  • Jacques Duval
4:05
15."Ain't Gonna Look the Other Way" (studio recording)
4:25
Total length:58:56
French edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Contre nature" (studio recording)Jacques Veneruso4:09
Total length:63:05
Limited edition bonus DVD
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."One Year... One Heart"Scott Lochmus45:00

Charts

Weekly chart performance for A New Day... Live in Las Vegas
Chart (2004–2010) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 69
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 4
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] 2
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[13] 32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 12
European Albums (Music & Media)[15] 18
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 13
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 20
Greek Foreign Albums (IFPI)[19] 1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[20] 86
Italian Albums (FIMI)[21] 30
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[22] 12
Quebec (ADISQ)[23] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[24] 19
South Korean International Albums (Circle)[25] 75
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[26] 58
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 13
UK Albums (OCC)[28] 22
US Billboard 200[29] 10

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for A New Day... Live in Las Vegas
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Greece (IFPI Greece)[19] Gold 10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[31] Gold 530,000[4]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for A New Day... Live in Las Vegas
Region Date Label Format Catalog
Europe[32] 14 June 2004 Columbia CD
  • 5152252
  • 5152256 (French edition)
CD/DVD
  • 5152253
  • 5152258 (French edition)
Canada[32] 15 June 2004 CD 5152252
CD/DVD 5152253
United States[33] Epic CD 5152252
CD/DVD 92680
Australia 9 July 2004 Epic CD 5152252
CD/DVD 5152253
Japan[34] 22 December 2004 SMEJ EICP-463

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