Dali (Dalida album)
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| Studio album by Dalida | ||||
| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | World music, pop, new wave, adult contemporary | |||
| Label | Orlando International Shows, Carrere Records | |||
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Dali is a French-language album released in 1984 by French singer Dalida.
This album sees new collaborations with French song writers like Didier Barbelivien, Claude Barzotti, and François Valéry among others. Also Dalida decided to record a lot of covers for this album, huge international hits like I Just Called to Say I Love You (Pour te dire je t'aime), Against All Odds (Toutes ces heures loin de toi), Baby, Come to Me (C'etait mon ami) and Kalimba de Luna.
Releasing 3 main singles from it, Dalida was present almost every other week on French television during 1984. She also enjoyed many TV appearances on German TV and went back to Italy for a few TV shows after a 4-year break from Italian television. Dalida also launched her last big tour in France performing every night in front of sell-out crowds all over the French countryside.
To promote the album, a television special later released on VHS called Dalida Idéale was filmed in 1984, and directed by then highly rated director Jean-Christophe Averty. Although highly campy, this television special includes Dalida singing in 7 languages and dancing her way through a huge number of her earlier hits, all with the best video effects available at the time. Dalida also had a prestigious wardrobe during this show, changing more than 40 outfits from the best French and international fashion designers, showing off her amazing mannequin body for a woman of her age and keeping her "Glamour" and "DIVA" trademark gained during the disco era in the late seventies.
It was "Soleil" that gained favorable reviews and popularity especially in the French-speaking world where it became an all time favorite summer hit. "L'Innamorata" was not included in the album though it was performed on many TV shows in France.
Dalida recorded "Soleil" in Italian and went on to promote the single in Italy performing it in 2 TV shows. This marks the last TV appearance of Dalida on Italian television.
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