Enzo Carella
Se Non Cantassi Sarei Nessuno

In the mid-90s, when it seemed like his music career was over, Enzo Carella managed to create an entirely new album, or almost. In fact, introducing this If I Didn't Sing, I'd Be No One: The Odyssey of Panella and Carella, were already two tracks from the single released in 1993, namely "La miseria" and "Partire (televisori viaggiatori)," the latter more successful and rhythmic, so much so that it was even used as the theme for Telemontecarlo’s show Haphazard Travel Notes. To these are added eight brand new tracks, swinging between pop, funk, and rock.

The first three tracks immediately certify a newfound inspiration. Just listen to the choruses of "Odissea" to be captivated! The song, as usual, has a surreal text, where "Ulisse, tied to the post"... Beautiful as well "Solitudine vera" and even more "Cara al cuore."

"Parti nude" flows by less engagingly, but the album quickly picks up with the excellent "Capebomma," truly enjoyable.

"Solo cielo e mare" seems to be the most "workmanlike," while the intense rock of "Tiempo doce doce" brings the album back to superior levels. Notably, Pasquale Panella has lived and lives in Campania, which explains two titles in Neapolitan. Even in the previous album, there was a reference to Sorrento.

"My baby is back" is also well interpreted but with a different style.

This Odyssey represents the best work of the second Carella.

Just as more than ten years had passed since Sfinge, another twelve will pass before the swan song of the man who inspired the second Lucio Battisti. A swan song that has vocalizations as its title, as if to reiterate that all "conventional" linguistic solutions have perhaps been exhausted.