Charlie & The Cats
Baciami l'orso

THE REVIEW

Glittering guitars, unstoppable grooves, hypnotic beats, fiery rhythms... of course, I'm not talking about this album, which marks the end of the dialectal project Charlie & The Cats.

"Baciami l'orso", released in 1996, is a tired work, far from inspired, a result of the tensions that arose between frontman Charlie Cinelli and shadow-frontman Alan Farrington: forget the unrestrained revelry of "Greatest Tits", the groove of "Orzinuovi" and the eclectic dynamism of "Vakaputanga".

Despite everything, there are songs in a typically Cats style: Höpei che Spöha is the classic unpretentious rock much loved by Charlie, Behcia Blues follows the same line but with a touch more humor, Nel Carmen is an interesting experimental dialogue with a jazz flow that can make you smile but nothing more. Unfortunately, three songs are not enough to make an album memorable or even sufficient; indeed, it's the average quality of the work that leaves you perplexed: if it's possible to note a few positive moments, it's equally true that the majority of the songs go by unnoticed. There's very little of value left: the epic Aggettivi 3, a seven-minute compendium of Brescian epithets and insults, deserves a mention.

In conclusion: a bittersweet ending for one of the most beloved bands by the Brescian public, leaving us with an album that, if possible, will be appreciated only by long-time fans. Charlie Cinelli will embark on a successful singer-songwriter career, while the remaining Cats (of marble) Farrington and Valbusa will not be able to repeat the success of the good old days.