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Comme Si de Rien N'Etait | 
 enlarge | Artist: Carla Bruni
Label: Downtown
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 359
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
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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 |
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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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 love it as much as her first CD August 13, 2008
Claudia Goedde (Oceanside, California USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Her music is just sweet, bluesy, dreamy and so relaxing- It makes you drift off and slow down, which is something you can't get enough of in this hectic day and age. Plus, even my wild 3 year-old boy approves of it and totally mellows out. I would recommend it and buy it for my friends:-)
Not Bruni's best, but still magnificent September 1, 2008
V. Lanzani (Varese, Italy)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ms Bruni is a superbly gifted chanteuse.
There's no bad song on this album (actually, not one on any of her three albums).
The lyrics are ironic, insightful, mature and clever. The arrangements are gorgeous, and they make this a truly "folk" album.
In "Ma Jeunesse" and "Je Suis Une Enfant" Bruni jokes about her age and revels in the memory of childhood.
"Salut Marin" is a perfect folk waltz, dedicated to her late brother Virginio.
"Ta Tienne", which is the best song on the album in my opinion, is reminiscent of "L'Excessive" and "Le Toi Du Moi": it's just as fun and cheerful.
"Il Vecchio E Il Bambino" was originally a political song (by Francesco Guccini), but it fits the mood of the album, despite its genuinely peculiar meaning.
Other amazing tracks are her cover of "You Belong To Me", "L'antilope" and "Notre Grand Amour Est Mort" (those who say Bruni's singing voice is flimsy had better listen to this track, and to the whole album).
I still think "Quelqu'un M'a Dit", her debut album, is better than this last effort of hers -- still, "Comme Si De Rien N'Etait" is the best album I've bought this year, so far.
Absolutely fabulous September 3, 2008
J. Heng (Iowa)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love French music and I love this CD, because it is sung in French, but more than that, I truly enjoy Carla Bruni's voice. As I listen, I just smile. Truly what I was hoping for and got.
Faulous CD September 7, 2008
F. Malone (Florida)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD is brilliant. The music is soft and Carla Bruni is a delight. My husband and I are very pleased. We learned of this CD on a TV program with Barbara Walters.
A Wonderful Surprise September 14, 2008
Elizabeth Kaponya (Needham, MA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had heard so many diverging views on Carla's singing talent, that I didn't know quite what to expect. I was most pleasantly surprised - she is very talented - the lyrics are beautiful - many of which she wrote herself - and the musical arrangements led me to listen to this CD over and over. To think that in France this poor woman was ripped to shreds from both sides of the political spectrum when she started dating Nicolas Sarkozy. To stop even more controversy she will not make any stage appearances (just TV shows), and donate the proceeds of the CD to a charity. However this album is not selling well in France - her traditional audience is of the left - and they feel she betrayed them by marying Sarkozy. The people of the right don't like her political views, and don't think she fits the mold for what a traditional French 1st lady should be like. I wish her all the best in her artistic career.
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