Author: Bruni, Carla

Release Date: 2003-04-29

Details: Product Description Another retired supermodel who prides himself on jingles? No way. For Carla Bruni, who started at the school of Julien Clerc, the one directed by masterful words by Étienne Roda-Gil or Jean-Loup Dabadie, the affair is more poetic than anecdotal. Using a formula patented by Gainsbourg, the vowels enacted in "Raphaël" align themselves with the model of "Laëtitia" – she fishes out from the discography of the man with the head of cabbage "La Drowned" -, Carla Bruni plays in the category of singers with texts, a cheesy category which discredits the sober and subtle arrangements, discreetly hand-stitched by Louis Bertignac, ex-Téléphone. With her sensually hoarse voice, she reveals her intimacy on well-trimmed folk tunes. A cover, a song co-written with filmmaker Léos Carax, an adaptation of an Italian hit from the 1950s, Carla Bruni sings without make-up or embellishment. A successful conversion. --Sabrina Silamo Rarely does an album come along that touches everyone who listens to it, even those that do not speak the language in which it was recorded. Someone M'a Dit, the first album from the acclaimed French singer-songwriter, Carla Bruni, captures you with the first note and leaves you humming the last. With a band led by ex-Telephone guitarist Louis Bertignac, the Franco-Italian beauty sings of love and loves lost with the ability to evoke powerful images across any language barrier. Originally best-known as an Italian-born model who had affairs with Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton, Bruni has matured into a remarkably talented and self-possessed singer-composer-guitarist. Her debut album, sung mostly in French, could best be described as neo-chanson. Bruni's whispery, wobbly, husky voice, wryly deadpan delivery and introspective lyrics recall Francoise Hardy, Barbara, Jane Birkin and Nico. But unlike her forebears, who so often posed as waif-like child-women and doormat-like victims of passion, Bruni remains firmly on top. Her lyrics can and do celebrate true love but she also praises the delights of female sexual empowerment in no uncertain terms, as on J'en Connais ("I've Known A Few"). Musically, the tunes range from French folk to echoes of hot jazz to bluesy torch numbers. The spare, mostly acoustic instrumentation is unfussy and atmospheric, while the I-couldn't-care-less ambience is occasionally punctuated by chimes, insouciant whistling or an impudent, sly giggle. --Christina Roden Amazon.ca Another retired supermodel who prides himself on knowing how to sing the refrain? No way. For Carla Bruni, who started at the school of Julien Clerc, the one directed by masterful words by Étienne Roda-Gil or Jean-Loup Dabadie, the affair is more poetic than anecdotal. Using a formula patented by Gainsbourg, the enacted vowels of "Raphaël" align themselves with the model of "Lætitia" - she fishes out from the discography of the man with the cabbage head, with "La Drowned" . Carla Bruni plays in the category of singers with texts, an old-fashioned category which favors sober and subtle arrangements, discreetly hand-stitched by Louis Bertignac, ex-Téléphone. With her sensually hoarse voice, she reveals her intimacy on well-trimmed folk tunes. A cover, a song co-written with filmmaker Léos Carax, an adaptation of an Italian hit from the 1950s, Carla Bruni sings without make-up or embellishment. A successful conversion. -- Sabrina Silamo

UPC: 064027116427

EAN: 0064027116427

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood