

Reception Īccording to Chuck Taylor from Billboard, "Dion does not disappoint with ballads like the rafter-shaking 'I Surrender' where she sings of forbidden love amid a firestorm of utterly volcanic instrumentation". The song was produced and arranged by Grammy award winner and Golden Globe nominee Simon Franglen. The song was described as a "bombastic, heart-pounding" ballad, which has become a popular song choice for contestants on reality television singing competitions like American Idol. It uses a Neapolitan chord of Ab major before a suspended chord at the end of the verses. The chorus uses the common chord progression of vi–IV–I–V, with Dion's vocal range spanning from note D ♭ 3 to D ♭ 5. Critics also praised “Ten Days”, “Goodbye’s (The Saddest Word)”, “I’m Alive”, “When the Wrong One Loves You Right”, “The Greatest Reward”, and two covers: “Nature Boy” and “At Last”.Having a tempo of 57 beats per minute with syncopation, the song is written in the key of G minor and it would feature piano, string ensemble, drums and a synthesizer. However, the album also contains the usual adult contemporary songs, including power ballads like “I Surrender” and “Have You Ever Been in Love”, or the title track. Dion’s long-time producer and friend, David Foster, did not appear on this album.Ī New Day Has Come garnered mostly positive reviews from the music critics, who noticed that Dion explores a “broader, more adventurous” range of pop music and “dips its toe” into modern music, particularly dance (“Sorry for Love”). She collaborated on A New Day Has Come with various producers, including Anders Bagge and Peer Åström for the first time. Dion returned to the music scene after a two-year hiatus when she gave birth to her first child. It was her first new studio album since 1997’s Let’s Talk About Love. A New Day Has Come is the seventh English-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Sony Music Entertainment on 22 March 2002.
