CCCP - Fedeli alla linea
Epica Etica Etnica Pathos

THE REVIEW

The year 1989 is very important for CCCP, both musically and ideologically: after the concert in Moscow (with Litfiba), the band, which until then consisted of Giovanni Lindo Ferretti (singer) and Davide Zamboni (guitars) plus Danilo Fatur and Annarella Giudici ("actors" during the surreal-erotic performance concerts), expands to include bassist Gianni Maroccolo, keyboardist Francesco Magnelli, and drummer Ringo De Palma, exiting from Litfiba, plus second guitarist Giorgio Canali; but '89 is especially famous for the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communism.

For this reason, CCCP, who had always been attracted to leftist ideologies, realize that a world has come to an end and therefore their existence as well. However, they emerge with their heads held high from this situation, having the opportunity to write their own funeral, represented by this beautiful CD. Musically, thanks to the new musicians, the punk rawness of previous albums transforms into an orchestration capable of varying among the many styles proposed in the album. It can be considered the first experiment of the future C.S.I.

The work is divided into 4 parts, each dealing with one of the themes expressed in the title. "Epica" begins with a masterpiece, "Aghia Sophia": in the 9 minutes of the track, tango-like rhythms, pauses, ecclesiastical choirs, and martial marches perfectly blend together. "Paxo De Jerusalem" is a mystical-oriental track that recalls the previous album, while "Sofia" is a parenthesis for accordion. "Etica" starts with another 9-minute collage track: "Narko $ (contains Baby Blue)." The first part, dominated by a distorted bass, melts into an almost piano-bar piece sung by Fatur, only to return to the initial theme. "Campestre" is a bucolic, very relaxed song, while "Depressione Caspica" returns to the mystical theme, here too supported by a great bass. "Etnica" opens with a traditional Calabrian track "In occasione della festa," followed by "Amandoti" (so-called cover), a love song with a tango rhythm, "L'andazzo generale" dedicated to the theme of the mafia, the acoustic "Al Ayam" with lyrics in Arabic, "Mozzill'o Re" with a tarantella rhythm, and the reprise of "Campestre" sung by a female choir. "Pathos" features two songs: the beautiful "MACISTE contro TUTTI," a long suite that musically retraces all the styles played by CCCP, and the lullaby "Annarella," in which a conscious Ferretti beautifully closes the decade-long career of CCCP.

"Leave me here Leave me alone Leave me like this Don't say a word that Is not of love For me For my life that Is all I have It's all that I have and it's not yet Over Over..."