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The album is considered the first Italian concept album, where seamless, all songs develop a single theme: the vision of the world in the eyes of a poet.
lyrics are by Richard Mannerini and then pass through the hands of Fabrizio De André, who, like a mosaic, (the precise words of De André), assembles them by fitting them in the metric.
The music is all by Nico Di Palo and Vittorio De Scalzi, except Signore, io sono Irish written by Gian Piero Reverberi, who works with the New Trolls on the arrangements, is the author of the short instrumental interludes that connect the songs and is also the producer of the album (with De André), and Vorrei comprare una strada, written by Reverberi with De André, De Scalzi and Di Palo.
Particularly noticeable two tracks: the dreamy Vorrei comprare una strada and the antiwar Ti ricordi, Joe?, Dialogue between two marines veterans.
Track listing
Ho veduto
Vorrei comprare una strada
Signore, io sono Irish
Susy Forrester
Al bar dell'angolo
Duemila
Ti ricordi, Joe?
Padre O'Brien
Tom Flaherty
Andrò ancora
Personnel
Vittorio De Scalzi - guitar, keyboard, voice
Nico Di Palo - guitar, voice
Giorgio D'Adamo - bass
Gianni Belleno - drums
Mauro Chiarugi - keyboard
See also
Italian progressive rock
Fabrizio De André
Notes
External links
(in English) progarchives.com - commenti all'LP
(in Italian) viadelcampo.com - testi e commento di Cesare Romana
(in Italian) Rai International Online - articolo di Luciano Ceri
(in Italian) barock.it - analisi poetica e musicale dell'album
(in Italian) La versione originale di Signore, io sono Irish
(in Italian) I manoscritti di Signore, io sono Irish
(in Italian) Un viaggio lungo 40 anni, recensione
(in Italian) Fabrizio De André parla di Riccardo Mannerini