Big Album Release Today

IT'S NOT OFTEN (ever?) that the first-lady of a major western country releases a pop album. But that all changes today as French first lady Carla Bruni releases her third album. Bruni, who has been married to French President Nicholas Sarkozy for about six months, is a former supermodel who has been featured as a cover girl on all the big name fashion mags (here are a couple of Elle covers from the mid 1990s).
The new album is called Comme si de rien n’était (As if Nothing Had Happened). Actually, that's only the name of the album during the free 'online preview' period -- the name of the album when it hits stores will be Simply. I won't do into any sort of album review, but if you are really dying to read a review you can read one here. You might be more interested in hearing a clip from the album. OK, probably not, but you could listen to it here if you wanted to.

I must admit that the Sarkosy/Bruni courtship is fun to watch if only because it could never happen in the States. Sarkosy has been president of France for 13 months, and in that time he has divorced his wife and married a supermodel/singer that he takes (flaunts?) on official State visits where she often gets more press attention than he does. And Bruni seems to be helping Sarkosy in terms of his domestic and foreign press coverage. Can you image a similar story in the United States? [Note: on a personal note, the fact that Bruni is 3 or 4 inches taller than Sarkosy only makes watching them more fun].

So that's a quick update on Mrs. President of France. I can assure you that I'm not going to buy her album. But I may try to get my hands on one of those old issues of Elle.
CJS