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Carla Shares New Album on Website

French first lady puts her new music online for free

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 10, 2008 10:07 AM CDT
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(Newser) – If Coldplay and Radiohead can do it, then so can the first lady of France, reports the Wall Street Journal. Carla Bruni is inviting her fans to listen to up to 2 hours of her new album for free on her website. The album, which has sparked extreme interest among her husband's constituents, ranges from bluegrass to Bob Dylan-inspired. 

Bruni often focuses on her love for her new husband, such as in the bluesy “Tu Es Ma Came” (You Are My Drug), which has incited protest. “You are my drug,” she sings huskily. “More lethal than heroin from Afghanistan and more dangerous than Colombian white. You are my solution, my sweet problem.” Dozens of French magazines have featured the album on their covers in the past week.

Not all of Bruni-Sarkozy's lyrics are sitting well with listeners. Colombian officials object to her mentions of heroin, and others would rather not hear so much about her passion for the French President.
Not all of Bruni-Sarkozy's lyrics are sitting well with listeners. Colombian officials object to her mentions of heroin, and others would rather not hear so much about her passion for the French President.   (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy adjusts her hair during a party with the French community in Israel in Jerusalem, Monday, June 23, 2008.
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy adjusts her hair during a party with the French community in Israel in Jerusalem, Monday, June 23, 2008.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his then girlfriend - supermodel-turned singer Carla Bruni, left, walk to visit the Pyramids at sunset in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his then girlfriend - supermodel-turned singer Carla Bruni, left, walk to visit the Pyramids at sunset in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007.   (AP Photo)
IFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has a new album, Comme si de rien n'etait (As If Nothing Had Happened), coming out on July 11.
IFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has a new album, "Comme si de rien n'etait" (As If Nothing Had Happened), coming out on July 11.   (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, file)
If you can't wait for Bruni-Sarkozy's new, mostly self-written album to come to stores, you can while away two of the hours in the meantime listening to tracks for free online.
If you can't wait for Bruni-Sarkozy's new, mostly self-written album to come to stores, you can while away two of the hours in the meantime listening to tracks for free online.   (AP Photo/Charles Platiau, Pool)
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