Carla Bruni - Comme Si De Rien N'etait (2008)

Artist...............: Carla Bruni
Album................: Comme Si De Rien N'etait
Genre................: Folk
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 2008
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: FLAC
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 325 Mb


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The title of Carla Bruni's 2008 album, Comme Si de Rien N'Etait (As If Nothing Had Happened), is a
good joke. After all, since her last album Bruni fell into a whirlwind romance with French President
Nicolas Sarkozy and ended up marrying him and becoming the "First Lady" of France. That's a pretty
big "something," and indeed it isn't often that the romance of a singer and a president is chronicled
on record as it is here -- though you need to be fluent in French to catch the details, since only
her cover of '50s pop classic "You Belong to Me" (which is a witty nod to a semi-scandalous trip the
couple took to Egypt and other exotic locales before they were wed) is in English. You don't need to
know exactly what's going on lyrically, because the intimate-sounding arrangements on the ballads and
the light and breezy sound of the more uptempo tunes clue you in that there is romance in the air.
Along with the nice arrangements, the best thing about the album is Bruni's intimate and sultry
singing. She can purr like a Gainsbourg girl, strut sassily, or croon quite tenderly -- sometimes all
within the same song. Most of the time she sounds like you always hoped a '60s French bombshell would
sound but never quite did (think Bardot or Birkin). Not surprisingly, Bruni appears totally in
control throughout the album, which could be down to her having written almost all of the songs
herself, or could be down to her new position in the world. Whatever the reason, it makes for quite
an improvement over her previous album, No Promises, and fulfills the promise of her charming debut,
Quelqu'un M'a Dit. It is probably the best album released by a "First Lady," but beyond that, it's a
pleasant, sometimes compelling album by a singer/songwriter with some stories to tell and a lovely
way of telling them.


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Tracklist
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01. ma jeunesse
02. la possibilite d'une ile
03. l'amoureuse
04. tu es ma came
05. salut marin
06. ta tienne
07. peche d'envie
08. you belong to me
09. le temps perdu
10. deranger les pierres
11. je suis une enfant
12. l'antilope
13. notre grand amour est mort
14. il vecchio e il bambino