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Quelqu'un M'a Dit | 
| Artist: Carla Bruni
Label: V2 North America
Category: Music
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 968
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 27242
UPC: 638812724229
EAN: 0638812724229
ASIN: B0007KTAU4
Release Date: March 22, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Quelqu'un M'A Dit | | • | Raphaël | | • | Tout le Monde | | • | Noyée | | • | Toi du Moi | | • | Ciel Dans une Chambre (Il Cielo in Una Stanza) | | • | J'En Connais | | • | Plus Beau du Quartier | | • | Chanson Triste | | • | Excessive | | • | Amour | | • | Dernière Minute |
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Amazon.com
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
Album Description
V2 Records cordially invites you to a very special listening experience of Carla Bruni. 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. The Franco-Italian beauty sings of love and loves lost with the ability to evoke powerful images across any language barrier.
Album Description
The critically acclaimed hit 2002 debut album for the Italian super model previously linked to Mick Jagger & Eric Clapton. 12 tracks, written by Carla, with arrangements by Louis Bertignac of French new wave act Telephone. Naive.
Album Details
Bruni Has Been Drawn to Music Since She was Little, with her Parents Both Being a Composer and a Pianist. At Age 9, She was Already Playing Guitar and Listened to the Music of Rickie Lee Jones, Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris as Well as Barbara and Jeanne Moreau. Her Musical Muse Had to Be Tucked Away for a While While She Fulfilled the Promise of a Successful Modelling Career. Her First Love Never Left her However, and She Managed to Write Six Songs for Popstar Julien Clerc. This Album is the First Fruit Produced for her Own Enrichment and that of her Fans. It's a Very Personal Work, Filled with Grace and Lyrical Virtuosity as Well as a Few Covers. The Album Has Sold Over 200,000 Copies as of this Writing and Going Higher, Giving her Double Gold Awards with More to Come!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 49 more reviews...
 One-note album lacking personality and originality. May 8, 2005
D. Mok (Los Angeles, CA)
84 out of 118 found this review helpful
I've listened to quite a bit of French-language music while growing up. Perhaps that made me immune to the "exoticism" of French lyrics, because this album does absolutely nothing for me, despite all the glowing reviews posted on here.
Carla Bruni's voice is annoyingly monotone, displaying a marked lack of range and expression. Her "melodies" tend to stay within a very narrow cluster of notes, sounding repetitive and unengaging, and she overuses the vocal device of lapsing into "breathing" a lyric instead of singing it. It might sound sexy for a song or two, but when every song is saturated with this gimmick, I can't help but suspect it's because she ran out of breath. The songwriting is flat, without a single memorable lyric hook or melody, and the whole album conveys the same mood over and over -- a low-flame kind of seduction that wears thin after three songs. There isn't enough variety in tempos -- all the slow songs ("Quelqu'un m'a dit", "Tout le monde", "La noyee" etc.) sound the same, while the few slightly faster numbers ("Raphael", "Le plus beau du quartier", "L'excessive") also sound alike, the same lilting rhythm employed ad nauseam. The only tracks I like are "Le ciel dans une chambre", whose folkish melody carries some hint of soul, and "J'en connais", which has some interestingly off-kilter harmonies, a little more rhythmic drive than the other songs, and good nylon-string guitar arrangements.
If you like this kind of cool-sexy mood, try a singer like Lynda Lemay or Axelle Red instead -- these are singers who can veer towards the cool spectrum without sounding musically bland. Not to mention a singer's singer like Souad Massi, who can make magic with just a guitar and her voice, whose songwriting is soulful yet often deceptively simple, traversing language barriers via pure emotion. Carla Bruni, on the other hand, is stuck firmly in one mode, and nothing on this record suggests she'd be able to break through into something interesting anytime soon.
 A supermodel sings... April 9, 2005
ewomack (MN USA)
77 out of 100 found this review helpful
A local radio station (one of the only english-based stations in my area that has the guts to play music not sung in english) one day played "Quelqu'un m'a dit" in the middle of a set of songs. I was hooked! What a great song! I sat through the entire set to hear who the artist was. They finally said her name, and I wrote it down to look up later. Now maybe I'm a bit out of it, but I had never heard the name "Carla Bruni" before that day. Here I thought the radio station had done a great service in introducing an obscure up-and-coming French Bob Dylan to the all too homogenous American airwaves. Images of a bumming coquette bouncing around the cafés of Paris bounced around in my head. What a find! A new voice! A beautiful voice! Très romantique!
So I put her name into Google and was quite surprised. Hm! There must be another "Carla Bruni" out there who's an Italian supermodel. I kept searching for my dream ragamuffin musician but found only lots of nudes of Mrs. Bruni scattering the pages of my Google image search. Then the idealism was shattered like a thin chunk of obsidian: Carla Bruni the musician and Carla Bruni the supermodel were one and the same. Whoa.
I'm not a fan of the fashion industry. I don't want to support supermodels. I don't think a person should have an unfair advantage over others simply because they're beautiful. And I definitely don't want to give such people my money. So I was a little distressed, because the song wouldn't completely leave me. But I also wanted nothing to do with it.
Nonetheless, though Carla Bruni doesn't need a cent of my money or my support (the romantic ragamuffin probably would have), I relented and bought the CD. It was in the "Italian Music" section of a local CD shop. The song was just as great as I remembered it from the radio. And now the big surprise: the rest of the CD is also very good. Not only that, Carla Bruni herself had a major hand in most of the songwriting and wordsmithing on this lovely CD.
"Quelqu'un m'a dit" is simply a great song. Not much else to say there. Most of the album follows the mood of that song. Lots of nylon-stringed guitar, some strings here and there, minimal percussion, and Bruni's smooth voice sticking out over the mix. The music fits the French language perfectly (It's harder to imagine this music sung in Italian). The pace picks up in a few places, such as "L'excessive" with its bouncy jazzy beat. But the mood is mostly mellow, sensuous, and beautiful. The album closes appropriately with "La dernière minute" or "The Last Minute" which is, appropriately, a minute long.
This music apparently took some time to make it to the states. It was orginally released in 2002. That says droves about the english-centric mainstream music industry in the United States.
So in the end I completely relented, and I love the CD, though I'm still not thrilled that she's a supermodel. Though sometimes we forget that things work a little differently over in europe. They definitely have good taste in music.
 Life is unfair, isn't it October 3, 2003
Megami (Darwin, Australia)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
Free-spirited and girly, yet sexy and passionate, this is a great album from Carla Bruni. I first heard this in a Youth Hostel in Lyon, and it is still on regular rotation now i am at home. Not only is Carla Bruni a beautiful model, but she is also a talented musician, singing and playing guitar on this album, as well as writing much of it herself. You don't need to know French to appreciate this album, as its (mainly) happy mood will take you to the cafes of France on its own. Well worth searching for.
 Not particularly original, but enjoyable and easy. December 21, 2005
Gilberte (Port Jefferson, NY USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I have always been a fan of the "French Chanteuse" tradition, and it is nice to see some new women singers evolve in the style of such women as Barbara--whom I unconditionally adore! Consequently, Bruni's c.d. is a new essential in my collection.
However, I am inclined to agree with some of the less than glowing reviews concerning Bruni as an "artist." The music on the c.d. can be monotonous, and her singing style is wearing after 12 tracks. To hear Bruni whisper through a song, and then to hear a singer such as Keren Ann...let's just say, in my humble opinion, that they are not in the same league. Keren Ann is an "artist." Barbara is an "artist." Bruni is trying really hard. Not that that's a bad thing....
For the most part, the songs I most prefer are the ones that Bruni did not entirely write herself. "Quelqu'un m'a dit," "La Noyee" et "Le Ciel Dans Une Chambre" are wonderful! I listen to them constantly, and they alone make this album worth the purchase. As to the others...well, how many of us really love every song on every c.d. we buy?
If you're thinking of buying this CD, do it already! November 18, 2004
mademoiselle (USA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I love this album. Carla Bruni has one of the most delicious and sensual voices I've ever heard. The songs on this album are little more than that gorgeous voice against the light strumming of her acoustic guitar. It feels so intimate to listen to, as if she's whispering these songs live right in front of you. Such a refreshment from much of the new crop of singers who require massive studio production just to get out a good sounding song. The lyrics are absolutely beautiful as well, like poetry. Cheers to Carla Bruni, who even as an Italian can sing French in the most beautiful and soft of accents.
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