Francesco De Gregori - Musica Leggera (1990) [FLAC]
Label Serraglio Edizioni
Orig Year 1990
Catalog number 4671572
Discs 1
Release Date 1990
Studio/Live Live
Mono/Stereo Stereo
After a pause of several years, De Gregori returned with the album Titanic, the first part of which was like a concept album devoted to the famous episode of the sinking of the eponymous liner. The ballad "San Lorenzo", with a rare piano performance by De Gregori, concerns the dramatic episode of the bombing during World War II of the quarter in Rome by Allied planes. The freshness of the music and lyrics made this an outstanding commercial success, as well as earning the praise of critics. Titanic has been recently declared the best Italian LP of the period 1975-2005, in a poll conducted for the authoritative Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera.
The following year de Gregori released a mini-LP containing his most long-standing success, La Donna Cannone. The 1985 album Scacchi e tarocchi ("Chess and Tarots"), was not as successful, but contained another classic, "La Storia" ("History"). De Gregori's new melancholic inspiration was confirmed by the subsequent Terra di nessuno ("Nobody's Land"). On the other hand, Miramare 19-4-89 showed a more bitter mood, but again was not as successful as his albums of the 1970s and early 1980s.
1990s and 2000s
De Gregori in concert, March 2008
Tracks:
Natale - 2.58
Cercando un altro Egitto - 5:20
La ragazza e la miniera - 4:16
Buenos Aires - 3:47
Cose - 5.30
Ciao ciao - 2:45
Caterina - 4:51
Pablo - 5:17
Il canto delle sirene - 6:39
Raggio di sole - 3:28
La storia - 2:52
