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Artist...............: Francesco De Gregori
Album................: Amore Nel Pomeriggio
Genre................: Pop
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 2001
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 332 Mb
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After 1992's excellent Canzoni d'Amore, Francesco De Gregori spent the rest of the decade in creative
limbo. Amidst rumors of alcoholism and depression, he made only one new album (the lackluster Prendere e
Lasciare) that quickly got lost in a plethora of repetitive live releases. The fact that these continued to
sell very well probably only worsened De Gregori's fear of having turned into some sort of national
monument, with an audience only interested in listening over and over to the same old classics. To critics,
he was a relic from the golden days of the cantautori in terminal has-been status. Then seemingly out of
nowhere came Amore Nel Pomeriggio, a record so shockingly good that one is tempted to speak not merely of a
renaissance, but of a revelation. Everything that made De Gregori one of the most important Italian artists
of his generation is present here in spades, and in awe-inspiring form. Musically this is one of his most
elegant collections since Titanic, bathed in a lush acoustic feel that gives Amore Nel Pomeriggio its
pensive, elegiac grandeur. Lyrically, this is classic De Gregori: a series of ruminations about love,
history, philosophy, and Italian society that sounds both intelligent and moving. It is hard to single out
highlights for such a consistently brilliant effort; perhaps the disarmingly beautiful "Deriva" among the
love songs, and "Il Cuoco di Salò," certainly the album's centerpiece. Helped by an epic opera-like
production courtesy of Franco Battiato, De Gregori once more retells History from the point of view of its
minor protagonists, in this case a hotel's chef witnessing the last days of the fascist republic of Salò.
Last but not least, the album includes a tribute to master and friend Fabrizio De André, who passed away in
1999. De Gregori reprises "Canzone per l'Estate," a song from the album he helped De André co-write (1974's
masterpiece V. 8), but replaces the irony of the original version with poignant world-weariness. Amazingly
for a pop recording artist entering his fourth decade, Amore Nel Pomeriggio may very well prove to be
Francesco De Gregori's best album of his entire career. Furthermore, thanks to this album's critical and
popular acclaim, a rejuvenated De Gregori entered a furiously productive period, releasing five albums over
the following four years, including a collaborative effort with folksinger Giovanna Marini and two
outstanding new studio albums, 2005's rock-oriented Pezzi and 2006's beautiful Calypsos.
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Tracklist
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01. L'aggettivo ''Mitico''
02. Canzone Per L'Estate
03. Deriva
04. Spad VII S2489
05. Natale Di Seconda Mano
06. Quando E Qui
07. Condannato A Morte
08. Il Cuoco Di Salo
09. Cartello Alla Porta
10. Caldo E Scuro
11. Sempre E Per Sempre
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