"....I'm sure that, for every drop, for every drop that falls a new flower will bloom, and on that flower, a butterfly will fly..." this is how this fabulous album by Johnny Dorelli begins. These verses belong to the beginning of the famous song written by Don Backy, "L'Immensità", I challenge someone not to know it. The song was presented by the author in a duo with Dorelli at the Sanremo Festival 1967, achieving a meager ninth place, although both (more Dorelli) made up for it with sales, entering the top ten singles sold of the year, making the song one of the most popular in the history of Italian music. The song is interpreted in a more melodic and sentimental style, compared to Don Backy’s more rock and youthful version. After the first light but beautiful song, we move on to the theme of "Johnny Sera," Dorelli's program, the theme is "Al Buio Sto Sognando", a song from 1966, it is a very beautiful Beat song, among Dorelli’s most famous, in fact, it achieved considerable success in sales and popularity. Dorelli then moves on to one of his classics, a song from a true American crooner, "Solo Più Che Mai", a cover of Sinatra's song "Strangers In The Night", also present on the record but on side B. This track is so well known that it doesn’t need a description at all, so I will only tell you that it is a classic, with an Easy Listening style. After three of Dorelli’s masterpieces, we move to the B-side of the 45 rpm "L'Immensità", "Soltanto Il Sottoscritto", a track inspired by American rhythm & blues songs, written by Dorelli himself, here it’s inconceivable not to say that he gives us a gem, unfortunately known by few. Then we move on to "Che Uomo Inutile", a nice track, with a Latin-American style, which is pleasant to listen to. We close side A with another rhythm & blues song, "L'Orgoglioso", a very beautiful song, also included as the B-side of the 45 rpm "Arriva La Bomba", to keep the value of the record high.
Well, let's move on to side B, which will surely please fans of English songs or those who don’t like pop because Dorelli wants to take risks and he does it very well, including six tracks in Italian on side A, while on side B, six in English. The album resumes with two classics from the history of music from the 50s/60s, "A Foggy Day", a track performed several times and included in two or three Dorelli albums, and "Strangers In The Night", very beautiful songs, but the choice to include them almost ruins the album because: The first has been included in too many albums and is unsuitable for the genre of this album, and the second because there is already the Italian version on Side A, and duplicates on the same record are not liked, at least by me! Dorelli resumes a bit breathlessly with "Games That Lovers Play", a track with many nuances, ranging from Jazz, to Latin, and to pop, which makes the album regain its initial charm. We continue with another mistake, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco", the same reason as "A Foggy Day". Now it's the turn of a piece by Frank Sinatra, again, yes indeed, because Dorelli sings the beautiful and little-known "Somewhere In Your Heart", a very sentimental song, but disappointing and unsuitable for the record. It closes with "I'll Stand By You" the original version of "Tu Che Piangi" by Dorelli. The song strangely sounds more catchy in Italian, even though a beat track like this is always liked.
Overall, this 33 "L'Immensità" by Dorelli presents various nuances, going from classics, to Jazz, to Rhythm & Blues, being one of Dorelli’s most particular records. Congratulations to Dorelli for creating this record which is certainly the best of his!!!
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