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Here we are again talking about an album that has topped all the charts! After the political albums of the '70s (political but not only, often ironic, melancholic, and frequently brilliant), Gianfranco Manfredi, known to some for his long partnership with Ricky Gianco, to others for being the screenwriter of Bonelli's Magico Vento, and to yet others for the numerous novels he has published since the '90s, releases this album that perfectly captures the predominant ebb of the period. This is the main subject of tracks like "Allo Sbando" and "Abbiamo scherzato", where the harsh changes of recent years are ironically depicted, and the quick transition from barricades to capital by many former comrades, protagonists of the rampantism of the following years, is hinted at.
Changes that seep into the private as in "Insonnia", "Silenzio" or "Questa sera", which already from the titles recall the necessity of a new course, far from the clamor of the crowd, an intimate return to oneself.
In other songs, Manfredi's biting edge still manages to sting, as in the portraits of "Il saggio" or "Il mago" and in the tirade "Case", perhaps the most convincing piece along with "E' Cinema", born from the author's experiences on set, lively and amused, one of the most beautiful Italian songs on the subject.
The album not only doesn't bore (Manfredi, with Gianco's help, is a master at dressing his lyrics in captivating melodies) but is well played and sung, rich in quirky arrangements; Manfredi confirms the creativity of the previous years and updates it to the changed social climate without losing incisiveness and intelligence. For a long time, it will be Manfredi's last recording effort, returning with a full LP under his name only in 1993 with 'In paradiso fa troppo caldo', another excellent work. To close, just one sentence, to the Magician who shouts: "Today I will erase even God!", Gianfranco, wittily responds: "Too easy: there isn't; erase one of your white hairs!"
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