- Radici
Infobox Album |
Name = Radici
Type = Studio album
Artist =Francesco Guccini
Released = 1972
Recorded =
Genre =Italian singer-songwriters
Length = 40 min. 44 sec.
Label =EMI
Producer = Pier Farri
Reviews =
Compiled by =
Chronology =
Last album = "L'isola non trovata
(1970)
This album = "Radici"
(1972)
Next album = "Opera buffa"
(1973)
Misc ="Radici" is an album of Italian singer-songwriter
Francesco Guccini . It was released in 1972 byEMI .The album
"Radici" ("Roots") deals mainly with Guccini's rediscover of his youth, symbolized by the cover's picture, portraying his grandparents and family. The family's house in
Pavana , on the TuscanApennines , is in fact the theme of the title-track. "Il vecchio e il bambino", the last track, is one of most famous Guccini's ballads, as well "La locomotiva", describing a failed rail attempt of a 19th century Bolognese anarchist, and which has since then ended all singer's concertoes. "Piccola città" is about Guccini's youth inModena , where his parents had moved afterWorld War II .A notable poetical effort is present in songs such as "Canzone della bambina portoghese" and "Canzone dei dodici mesi", while "Incontro" deals with the melancholy of a late rendez-vous between Guccini and an old friend.
Personnel
*Francesco Guccini - voice and guitar
*Ares Tavolazzi - bass
*Ellade Bandini - drums
*Vince Tempera - piano, keyboards
*Deborah Kooperman - flute, guitars, banjo
*Maurizio Vandelli - mellotron, moogTrack listing
*"Radici" (7:12)
*"La locomotiva" (8:17)
*"Piccola città" (4:38)
*"Incontro" (3:37)
*"Canzone dei dodici mesi" (5:33)
*"Canzone della bambina porthese" (7:03)
*"Il vecchio e il bambino" (4:19)External links
* [http://delrock.it/album/1972/radici_1.php Album review] it icon
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