Author: Bruni, Carla

Release Date: 29-04-2003

Details: Product Description Another retired supermodel trying her hand at tunes? Not at all. For Carla Bruni, who started out at the school of Julien Clerc, the one led by master wordsmiths like Étienne Roda-Gil or Jean-Loup Dabadie, this is more poetic than anecdotal. Using a formula patented by Gainsbourg, the vowels articulated in "Raphaël" align with the model of "Laëtitia" – she even fishes "La Noyée" out of the discography of the "man with the cabbage head" – Carla Bruni plays in the category of lyrical singers, an old-fashioned category that favors sober and subtle arrangements, discreetly hand-stitched by Louis Bertignac, formerly of Téléphone. With her sensually husky voice, she reveals her intimacy through well-crafted folk melodies. A cover, a song co-written with filmmaker Léos Carax, an adaptation of an Italian hit from the 50s, Carla Bruni croons without artifice or embellishment. A successful career change. --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. Quelqu'un 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 folk Français to echoes of le jazz hot 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 trying her hand at knowing how to sing a tune? Not at all. For Carla Bruni, who started out at the school of Julien Clerc, the one led by master wordsmiths like Étienne Roda-Gil or Jean-Loup Dabadie, this is more poetic than anecdotal. Using a formula patented by Gainsbourg, the vowels articulated in "Raphaël" align with the model of "Lætitia" – she even fishes "La Noyée" out of the discography of the "man with the cabbage head". Carla Bruni plays in the category of lyrical singers, an old-fashioned category that favors sober and subtle arrangements, discreetly hand-stitched by Louis Bertignac, formerly of Téléphone. With her sensually husky voice, she reveals her intimacy through well-crafted folk melodies. A cover, a song co-written with filmmaker Léos Carax, an adaptation of an Italian hit from the 50s, Carla Bruni croons without artifice or embellishment. A successful career change. -- Sabrina Silamo

UPC: 064027116427

EAN: 0064027116427

Languages: French

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood