This is "Taking Chances"? With an adventurous, even daring array of triumphant tracks on Celine Dion's new album, Sony couldn't play it safer than second single choice of a cover of Heart's "Alone." Dion's performance is ever-exceptional—she delivers formidable drama sans bombast—but radio hardly needs a new version of a consummate song that still plays well as catalog (46 AC outlets recently gave it spins). More important, how does this show the singer has spread her wings stylistically—the calling card of the project? Dion's most dedicated followers were polled on celinedionforum.com and 20% agreed that "Fade Away" casts the ideal mix of reinvention and commercial appeal; they're right. "Alone" came in ninth. If those most invested in Dion's success believe the choice off-base, then what's the potential to kindle "Alone" beyond the disappointing No. 6 peak of previous single "Taking Chances"? —Chuck Taylor"Alone" - Live on "Saturday Night Divas"
"Fade Away"
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