Carla Bruni - No Promises
List Price:
Our Price: $9.95
You Save: $7.03 (41%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $4.40 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: Carla BruniEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2008-02-19
Music Label: Downtown Records
Soundtracks:
- Those Dancing Days Are Gone
- Before the World Was Made
- Lady Weeping at the Crossroads
- I Felt My Life with Both My Hands
- Promises Like Pie-Crust
- Autumn
- If You Were Coming in the Fall
- I Went to Heaven
- Afternoon
- Ballade at Thirty-Five
- At Last the Secret Is Out
Free Music Notes for No Promises
Free Music Review: Beautiful!
Hit: 5 Stars
Rich sound of acoustic guitars perfectly balanced with beautiful soft voice and touching melodies, this album is a great addition to Carla's first release (which is more gentle and sofisticated than this one - however, "No Promises" has "catchier" songs). The arrangements on both albums are fantastic - accompanying instruments are naturally blended into Carla's guitar and vocal lines; you are getting a truly harmonic experience here.
I was introduced to Carla's music in 2003 by a friend from France, and Quelqu'un M'a Dit (her first album) just would not leave my car stereo for almost a month. I remember that at the time it reminded me of Norah Jones' "Don't know why". It was very difficult to find Carla's albums in US at the time, so you guys are lucky you can simply order them from Amazon US! I would highly recommend "No Promises" (and the first one, of course).
No Promises Poster
Italian-born/French-raised chanteuse Bruni has written a poignant record establishing her as an undeniably gorgeous new voice to American ears. With two previous records, heralded in her home of Europe, Bruni's current creation is her first English language album to hit US shores via Downtown records. Carla's fascination and appreciation of the language prompted her to make an album comprised of her favorite poems (from Emily Dickinson to WH Auden to William Butler Yeats), interpreting them into delicate and introspective songs. Profound, potent, and imbued with a delicate beauty."Come, let me sing into your ear," purrs Carla Bruni to open her second album, her French/Italian heritage betrayed in a pan-European accent that's as breathy and relaxing as a summer afternoon nap on the Riviera. Though the prospect of a former supermodel's career exploits is sometimes prettier than others (depends if you prefer the Project Runway pronouncements of Heidi Klum or the talk show/tabloid antics of Tyra Banks), Carla Bruni approaches music armed with something of a legitimate pedigree, both her parents having been musicians in their own right. Calling the album No Promises may reflect some intentional lowering of expectations for Bruni's experiment here, setting 11 reverently-chosen lyric poems by the likes of Emily Dickenson, W.B. Yeats, and Dorothy Parker to her own mellow, wispy music and pleasant voice. Where artists like Feist or Keren Ann use spare instrumentation and airy vocals to achieve delicacy and nuance, the compositions on No Promises seem to run together without much to distinguish one from another, and the result is neither offensive nor particularly inspirational. Maybe next time Carla Bruni will inject a little more fire into her belly and add some sparkle to her hushed soundscape. --Ben Heege
International Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in International Music CDs
Hopscotch - Wishful WayRelease date: 2003-11-03; Music CD
Price in other shops:
![Coral Sea Dreaming [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
David Hannan - Coral Sea Dreaming [VHS]Compass Records; Release date: 1998-11-17; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $7.70
Price in other shops:
![20th Anniversary Celebration [VHS] Image](/images/20th-Anniversary-Celebration-VHS-6302274060-X.jpg){kind=small}
Steeleye Span - 20th Anniversary Celebration [VHS]Shanachie; Release date: 1995-04-16; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $5.94
Price in other shops:
Chris Rea - Return of the Fabulous Hofner BluenotesRelease date: 2008-03-11; Music CD
Best price: $37.97
Price in other shops:
A Concert Of Angels mini: Music From J.S. Bach To Gustav Mahlerby edel Classics GmbH
Edel Classica Gmbh; Published: 2006-11-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.52
Price in other shops:
Artist Not Provided - Tanzkurs Vol 4Release date: 2007-06-26; DVD
Price in other shops:
Sascha Hehn & The New Symphonic Orchestra - Peter Und Der Wolf/ Karneval Der TiereRelease date: 2010-04-27; Music CD
Best price: $7.84
Jurgen Fritsche, Sven Gortz - Edgar Allan Poe: Das Grauen IIRelease date: 2009-12-08; Music CD
Best price: $6.57
Price in other shops:
Sorene. CD. Kinderlieder aus Äthiopien - Children's Songs from Ethiopiaby Peter Pannke
Sunnymoon Distribution; Published: 2000-03-01; Audio CD; Book
Tibetan Meditation Music: For Quiet Mind and Peaceful Heartby Nawang Khechog
Sounds True 2007-04-01; Published: 2007; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $10.22
Top Rated Albums
Putumayo Presents - Samba Bossa NovaRelease date: 2002-01-08; Music CD
Best price: $9.24
Price in other shops:
Madeleine Peyroux - Careless LovePEYROUX,MADELEINE; Release date: 2004-09-14; Music CD
Best price: $9.11
Price in other shops:
Putumayo Presents - Brazilian CafeRelease date: 2009-07-28; Music CD
Best price: $8.25
Price in other shops:
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IrmRelease date: 2010-01-26; Music CD
Best price: $7.89
Price in other shops:
I Love Paris: 18 Sensuous French ClassicsRelease date: 2002-03-26; Music CD
Best price: $26.51
Carla Bruni - Quelqu'Un M'a DitRelease date: 2005-03-22; Music CD
Best price: $39.96
C'Est L'Amour: Romantic French ClassicsC'EST L'AMOUR!; Release date: 1996-07-02; Music CD
Best price: $4.53
Price in other shops:
PUTUMAYO PRESENTS - ParisRelease date: 2006-04-18; Music CD
Best price: $8.87
Price in other shops:
Carla Bruni - Comme si de rien n'étaitRelease date: 2008-08-05; Music CD
Best price: $12.00
Price in other shops:
Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un m'a ditRelease date: 2009-07-28; Music CD
Best price: $6.80
Price in other shops: