Carla Bruni - No Promises
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Artist: Carla BruniBrand: Dig
Edition: Music CD
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
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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
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