Alberto Camerini
Angeli in blue jeans

THE REVIEW

"Angeli in blue jeans," released in 1986, is Alberto Camerini's most polished and adolescent album, as well as the swan song of his mainstream career. Nine more or less homogeneous songs, all characterized by a return to the electric guitar (Camerini is an excellent guitarist) and closer to Italian pop. Indeed, Alberto here abandons the electronic experimentation of "Rockmantico" from a musical point of view and from a thematic perspective leaves the fairy tales and carnival, to allow for more everyday and standard lyrics and themes. The result is a beautiful, enjoyable album, atypical compared to what Alberto had shown us up to that point. As mentioned, the songs are nine, with a fabulous A-side, containing four beautiful songs: "Va bene così," the title track "Angelo in blue jeans" (in the top 10 among the 114 tracks composed by the electronic Harlequin), "Cuori senza rima" (with "blue jeans" recurring and reappearing in "Romeo"); "Monnalisa," with one of the best melodies on the album. The B-side is equally pleasant, with more substantial tracks like "Romeo" and "Storie così," while "C'è una chitarra" and "Ti voglio" are a tad less successful. The album closes with a song that brings us back to the theatrical and fairytale-like Camerini, "Bettina," a minute and ten seconds that cannot help but remind one of "Miele" or "Rosabella." As mentioned, this would be Camerini's last album in TV and charts, before depression, drugs, divorce, and nine years of absence from the music production scene.