Claudio Baglioni
Oltre (Cd1-Cd2)

THE REVIEW

In 1990 Claudio Baglioni, after a five-year break, decided to release what can easily be listed among the great albums of Italian music. The result of a long reflection, the work merges unique melodies that are extremely varied with lyrics that create a dense web of words on which to let oneself fall and slowly roll.

The album is divided into two CDs for a total of 20 songs, almost all of which are intense. Worth mentioning are certainly the following: "Io dal mare" where you can notice the collaboration with Pino Daniele both musically and vocally, "Stelle di stelle" which unites two of the best voices in our country. In fact, there's an emotionally stirring duet with Mia Martini. It isn’t the usual "duet," and perhaps this word is wrong in itself. "Duet" suggests two people physically apart, but in this song, the vocal fusion work is unique. Following are songs like "Tamburi lontani", "Signora delle ore scure", "La piana dei cavalli bradi", "Pace" which should all be examined under an emotional microscope, but sometimes words are not enough to capture the exact essence of songs that are extremely varied. A special mention goes to the gem "Mille giorni di te e di me" which is the ultimate synthesis between poetry and song.

Every note perfectly aligns with every word, and the lyrics themselves propagate infinitely, much like that number "Mille," which symbolizes a love that wants to challenge eternity but finds itself imprisoned in different lives where the only connection is a mutual friend – the union of different stories and an unfeasible love that touches the sublime. Each person can find themselves in this song and perhaps give it their interpretation, but it is maybe for this reason that it is unique in its kind. We all have different musical tastes because melodies are subjective, a bit like beauty. However, when musical and artistic perfection is nearly achieved in a single song, it is hard not to be somewhat in agreement and find a single objective point of view.