Johnny Dorelli
30 Anni Di Canzoni D'Amore

The album is a sort of collection of light music hits during the war and post-war period, here interpreted by Dorelli.

The album starts with a classic "Parlami D'Amore Mariù" song, interpreted many times, if not too many, but still well performed by Dorelli. It then moves on to "Nostalgico Slow," a song that, as the title suggests, is slow, indeed very slow. To listen to this record, two requirements are needed: either you are a fan of Dorelli, or you like slow songs. After two slow songs à la Dorelli, we move on to "Non Dimenticar (le mie parole...)," which is definitely more swing and lively compared to the previous dull songs. Now Dorelli lines up and makes a phenomenal hat trick ("Un Giorno Ti Dirò" by the great Kramer, "Bambina Innamorata," and "Silenzioso Slow" or "Abbassa La Tua Radio..." or whatever you want to call it), which ensures a nap, just kidding :), partly :). Finally, we move on to the swing songs, a genre which this record should be. After the beautiful albeit very slow three songs, we get to two swing and much more energetic songs (as energetic and fast as Dorelli can be) which are "Melodie Al Chiaro Di Luna" and "Il Giovanotto Matto" by Luttazzi, which make the record take off after the slight previous push.

We turn the record and change the side, starting right away with another slow song, how strange :) "Quando Piange Il Ciel," very well interpreted by Dorelli and less slow than expected. It continues with a dynamic "Che Musetto!" by Testoni-Ceragioli, who is also the conductor of Dorelli's record, not to be confused with "Musetto" by Modugno. The record seems to restart well, until we come to "Scalinatella," very beautiful and intense, well interpreted but very unsuited for the album. The album continues, and two more slow songs "Amore Baciami" and "T'ho Voluto Bene" ("Non Dimenticar Che...") arrive, very well interpreted and much appreciated by the audience. In fact, Dorelli also reinterpreted them in his evening TV show "Johnny Sera." After more slow songs, it moves to a more swing and American version of "Arrivederci Roma," very surprising. Then it goes to an echoing "Angela," a fabulous song by Tenco. Dorelli chooses Tenco's song, previously interpreted by him (Dorelli indeed interpreted the song in 1963, including it in the single Mi Sono Innamorato Di Te/Angela), a song that wasn't noticed by the public and didn't achieve success in either Tenco's original version or Dorelli's version. The album closes with a classic like at the beginning "Roma Non Fa' La Stupida Stasera," which does not positively impact the record, even if the interpretation is good.

However, it's a good album that would be nice if there were more swing tracks that Dorelli seems to try to use as a sideshow :)