Track Listing

1. Those Dancing Days Are Gone
2. Before the World Was Made
3. Lady Weeping at the Crossroads
4. I Felt My Life with Both My Hands
5. Promises Like Pie-Crust
6. Autumn
7. If You Were Coming in the Fall
8. I Went to Heaven
9. Afternoon
10. Ballade at Thirty-Five
11. At Last the Secret Is Out

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25897 in Music
• Released on: 2007-03-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.com
"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

Amazon.ca
Difficile de rebondir après un premier album au succès fracassant (200 000 exemplaires vendus dans le monde) que personne n'attendait ? Deux ans après le surprenant et ô combien séduisant Quelqu'un m'a dit, l’ex-mannequin vedette Carla Bruni surprend encore. Surprise, parce que la belle à la voix de soie brute a choisi de chanter en anglais ; surprise aussi parce qu’elle a rangé sa plume ludique et littéraire pour se laisser porter par les mots de poètes (mais surtout de poétesses) de la fin du XIXe et du début du XXe siècles. En égrenant doucement les mots un peu désuets de Dorothy Parker, Emily Dickinson, William B. Yeats, Christina Rossetti, etc., elle réussit à s’approprier sans les trahir des destins mélancoliques et solitaires. Sur cette langue aux accents romantiques, Carla Bruni pose sa voix incomparable, ses ballades folk rythmées et ses guitares sensuelles. Louis Bertignac, ancien guitariste du groupe Téléphone, ajoute sa touche rock à la réalisation pour finalement composer une  uvre qui distille son charme au fil des écoutes. --Pascale Millot

Album Description
Deluxe edition includes a bonus CD Single 'Those Dancing days Are Gone" feat. Lou Reed along with a book of Poems in French & English chosen by Carla Bruni. With her debut album more than 2 millions copies sold in the world, no one could miss the sexy sweety voice and music talents from the supermodel turned singer songwriter Carla Bruni. Her talent is further affirmed by her 2nd folk style album "No Promises", which received many positive feedbacks from both music critics and audiences. Now we are proud to present the Special deluxe edition of "No Promises" with extra CD single "Those Dancing Days Are Gone" featuring the Velvet Underground man Lou Reed, and a beautiful printed poetry with poems all chosen by Carla Bruni, surely a collector item for all all Carla Bruni's fans, and the best Valentine's gift for all music lovers. Naive. 2007.