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Comme Si de Rien N'Etait

Comme Si de Rien N'Etait
Artist: Carla Bruni
Label: Downtown
Category: Music

List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $14.99
You Save: $3.99 (21%)



Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 18 reviews
Sales Rank: 384

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3

MPN: 70045
UPC: 878037004526
EAN: 0878037004526
ASIN: B001BBH6OU

Release Date: August 5, 2008
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Tracks:

  • Ma Jeunesse
  • La Possibilite d'Une Ile - Carla Bruni, Houellebecq, Michel
  • L' Amoureuse
  • Tu Es Ma Came
  • Salut Marin
  • Ta Tienne
  • Peche d'Envie
  • You Belong to Me - Carla Bruni, King, Pee Wee
  • Le Temps Perdu
  • Deranger 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

Similar Items:

  • Quelqu'un M'a Dit
  • No Promises
  • Viva La Vida
  • All I Intended to Be
  • 19

Editorial Reviews:

Album 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.


Customer Reviews:   Read 13 more reviews...

2 out of 5 stars Dull...   November 17, 2008
yaztheman
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

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 presentation song after song. Was the producer asleep?

And the writing? Well the first tune, "Ma Jeunesse", grabbed me until I realized it's a virtual carbon copy of the Beatles' "For No One", down to the French horn solo. (Paul & co. should sue for copyright infringement.) Beyond that, I didn't hear any great melodies here.

Overall she'll remain more famous for her "off the record" activities...



4 out of 5 stars good come-back   October 6, 2008
Ying Lu (Detroit, MI United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

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 of tunes and some of them take time to really delve into. My favorite is still her first album- simple, unpretentious. This one feels a bit hurried and unpolished.



4 out of 5 stars Does not disappoint   September 22, 2008
M. Ward (America)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

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".


4 out of 5 stars Good stuff   September 21, 2008
Sandra R (New York)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

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.


4 out of 5 stars Enjoyable   September 18, 2008
Harvey W. Serrano (Olongapo City)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

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.

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