No Promises (Carla Bruni album) explained

No Promises
Type:studio
Artist:Carla Bruni
Cover:No Promises (Carla Bruni album) cover.jpg
Released:15 January 2007
Recorded:2006
Genre:
Language:English
Label:Naïve
Prev Title:Quelqu'un m'a dit
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Comme si de rien n'était
Next Year:2008

No Promises is the second album by the Italian-French singer Carla Bruni. It was recorded during 2006 and released in January 2007. While Bruni's début album, Quelqu'un m'a dit, was sung in French; 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 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."

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[1] 20
European Albums (Billboard)[2] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)! scope="col"
Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 37
European Albums (Billboard)[5] 65
French Albums (SNEP)[6] 70
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 99
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 41

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Albums : Top 100 . . 25 March 2007 . 15 April 2022 . usurped . https://archive.today/20070403195920/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html . 3 April 2007.
  2. Web site: Sexton . Paul . Bruni, Aguilera Secure European Chart No. 1s . . 25 January 2007 . 14 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220206194454/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bruni-aguilera-secure-european-chart-no-1s-1327386/ . 6 February 2022 . live.
  3. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2007 – Albums. nl. Ultratop. 10 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Rapports annuels 2007 – Albums. fr. Ultratop. 10 October 2020.
  5. Web site: Year End Charts – European Top 100 Albums . Billboard . 2007 . 14 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090225012214/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european-top-100-albums.jsp . 25 February 2009.
  6. Web site: Top de l'année Top Albums 2007. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. fr. 10 October 2020.
  7. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2007. de. GfK Entertainment. 10 October 2020.
  8. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007. hitparade.ch. de. 14 April 2022.