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THE REVIEW
Here I am, ptr... entrusting these few lines... with my posthumous reflections on this album... forgive the sluggishness and slowness in writing... this DeReview... but I am now inert and semi-conscious in my bathtub... holding only the cover of this LP... as I listen with resigned diligence to all the songs of this... notorious singer-songwriter of yesteryear... To think I was supposed to just have a quick bath, eat a pizza, and maybe go dancing but, alas, it was stronger than me... the desperate, futureless melancholy of the soft, introspective singing of songs that an optimist would describe as "suicidal" ("Io ti racconto" for example or "Amico di leva"...) cohesively combined with the dismal strumming (?!) of a semi-tuned tragic y solitary y final guitar... in short... this whole post-sixties singer-songwriter legacy... induced me, after just one listen, to make an extreme... and irrevocable decision.
Sure, Lolli of the early '80s veered towards more lively prog/fusion solutions with quirky and innovative lyrics but... unfortunately, the record I got is this one... sigh!
A simple lift of the needle after the second song would have sufficed... a distracted listen at volume 1... a blackout in the building... but unfortunately, the Lolli of the early '70s, with his "joie de vivre" took over... and slitting both wrists was the only possible reaction... inevitable and, if I must say, let's even call it "liberating"... so I bid you farewell as I sink relentlessly, dejected yet at the same time "relieved," into the now crimson waters of my tomb-like tub... glug... glug...
(P.S. I only apologize for the small stains I left on the cover...)
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This review expresses a deeply emotional and resigned reaction to Claudio Lolli's album 'Un uomo in crisi.' The melancholic, slow-paced songs and somber guitar evoke a heavy, almost suicidal mood. The reviewer contrasts this with Lolli's later more lively prog/fusion style but ultimately criticizes this specific early 1970s work for its bleak tone and difficult listening experience.Tracklist Videos
Claudio Lolli
Claudio Lolli (Italian; Bolognese singer-songwriter) debuted in the early 1970s and became known for stark existential writing and openly political, communist-leaning themes. Reviews highlight major peaks in the mid-1970s and a final acclaimed album released in 2017, shortly before his death in 2018.20 Reviews
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By Carlo V.
'The album opens and closes with two very good episodes, 'Io ti racconto'... and 'La giacca,' where the musings stand on their own, just listen to the poetic quality of the text.'
'Un uomo in crisi doesn’t have much to say to those who know Lolli... it suffers from a lack of inspiration, from the obsessiveness of concepts that are neither original nor easy to listen to.'
By Mr.Black
Claudio Lolli, a songwriter of unique sensitivity far too forgotten, returns a year after his magnificent debut album with an LP of similar tones, if possible even darker and gloomier.
These are not fifty minutes to be taken lightly.
