Comme Si de Rien N'Etait

Downtown, 2008, Audio CD

Product Description

14-track CD album - Carla Bruni has always had a certain poetry. A definite je ne sai quoi. The grace, style & beauty of this Italian-born, France-raised thirty-something is legendary; her intellect & vitality striking, even formidable. Now as the first lady of France, Carla Bruni is one of the most photographed women of the world but she doesn't want this to affect people's perception of her or her music. She wants the music to speak for itself and here it does.

Tracks Information

Ma Jeunesse
La Possibilité d'Une Île - Carla Bruni, Houellebecq, Michel
L' Amoureuse
Tu Es Ma Came
Salut Marin
Ta Tienne
Péché d'Envie
You Belong to Me - Carla Bruni, King, Pee Wee
Le Temps Perdu
Déranger Les Pierres - Carla Bruni, Clerc, Julien
Je Suis une Enfant (Sur Les Motifs du Lied Robert Schumann)
L' Antilope
Notre Grand Amour Est Mort
Il Vecchio E il Bambino - Carla Bruni, Guccini, Francesco

Product Details

Title: Comme Si de Rien N'Etait
Sales Rank: 314 in Music
Artist: Carla Bruni
Label: Downtown, 2008-08-05, Audio CD, 1 Disc
Package Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches, 0.2 pounds

Customer Reviews

Dull...: I was curious to hear this CD given Bruni's notoriety over the years. Overall it's a dull outing. The production is virtually identical from song to song, with Bruni's average voice (sounds like a French Dido) mixed far forward with almost no reverb in every song. And there's nary a backing vocal or harmony track anywhere on this CD. Just the same… More reviews

good come-back: carla bruni said in a recent interview that she hopes people will love her music; but if they don't listen to her because she's the first lady of France, she will also understand.
This album is in my opinion, less straight forward than her previous two. Carla experiments with more instrumentations and new sounds. There is a good variation… More reviews

Does not disappoint: Nice overall record. Even though I don't speak the language, Carla Bruni is just so much more in French to me. "No Promises" fell short of my expectations because most of the songs were in English. This one is good, though nothing compares to the sexiness of "Quelu' un m'adit".… More reviews

Good stuff: This album doesn't live up to Carla's previous ones, and though I certainly preferred Quelqu'un M'a Dit, this is a pretty good listen. Her voice is deep and sultry, as always, and at least three of the songs will stay in your head and keep you humming after you're finished listening. A pretty good buy. More reviews

Enjoyable: I did not know what to expect from Carla Bruni. I ordered all three of her CD's and found them enjoyable. Since I don't understand French, her English CD was rather revealing.… More reviews