Volume 3 (Fabrizio De André album)

Infobox Album
Name = Volume 3
Type = Studio album
Artist = Fabrizio De André


Recorded = 1968
Released = 1968
Genre = Folk
Length = 27:19
Label = Bluebell Records Produttori Associati Ricordi BMG
Producer = Gian Piero Reverberi Giorgio Agazzi
Reviews =
Last album = "Tutti morimmo a stento" (1968)
This album = "Volume 3" (1968)
Next album = "Nuvole barocche" (1969)

"Volume 3" is the name of an album released by Italian singer/songwriter Fabrizio De André. It was first issued in 1968 on Bluebell Records. The album was re-released several times by Produttori Associati, Ricordi and BMG. The album contains four new tracks ("S'i' fosse foco", "Il Gorilla", "Nell'acqua della chiara fontana", "Il re fa rullare i tamburi"), the others are re-recordings of songs which appeared on previous albums and/or singles.

Track listing

All songs written by Fabrizio De André, except where indicated.
* "La Canzone di Marinella" (3:20)
* "Il Gorilla" (Georges Brassens, translation by De André) (2:59)
* "La Ballata dell'Eroe" (2:35)
* "S'i Fossi Foco" (Cecco Angiolieri, musical arrangement by De André) (1:14)
* "Amore che Vieni, Amore che Vai" (2:50)
* "La Guerra di Piero" (3:04)
* "Il Testamento" (Georges Brassens, translation by De André)(3:47)
* "Nell'Acqua della Chiara Fontana" (Georges Brassens, translation by De André) (2:20)
* "La Ballata del Miché" (2:55)
* "Il Re Fa Rullare i Tamburi" (traditional, arrangement and translation by De André) (1:55)

The songs

* "Il Gorilla" is a translated version of the Georges Brassens' song "Le Gorille". It is about a gorilla which, escaped from its cage, loses his virginity by raping a lawyer instead of an old woman.
* "S'i Fossi Foco" is based on the poem of the same name by Italian poet Cecco Angiolieri.
* "Nell'Acqua della Chiara Fontana" is a translated version of the Georges Brassens' song "Dans l'Eau de la Claire Fontaine".
* "Il Re Fa Rullare i Tamburi" is a translated version of a French traditional song of the XIV Century.