''No Promises'' is the second album by the Italian-French singer
Carla Bruni
Carla Bruni-Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi; ; 23 December 1967) is an Italian and French singer, songwriter and fashion model who served as the List of spouses or partners of the president of France, first lady of Fran ...
. It was recorded during 2006 and released in January 2007. While Bruni's début album, ''
Quelqu'un m'a dit
''Quelqu'un m'a dit'' (; ''Someone told me'') is the debut studio album of Italian-French singer Carla Bruni. It was produced, recorded and mixed by Louis Bertignac and released in 2003.
Reception
''Quelqu'un m'a dit'' debuted at number one ...
'', was sung in
French
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Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
; this album was sung in English.
All tracks on the album are adapted by Bruni from poems by 19th- and 20th-century authors.
Review
AllMusic
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said: "Carla Bruni's sophomore effort takes a more difficult route and sees her setting canonical works by such poets as Yeats and Emily Dickinson to music, often calamitously" and concludes "It is a brave failure, but a failure nonetheless."
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
References
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2007 albums
Carla Bruni albums
Music based on poems
Musical settings of poems by Christina Rossetti