Max Gazzé
Maximilian

Recently, I discovered this album almost by accident and I was hopeful because the singles "La vita com'è" and "Ti sembra normale" I had heard on the radio years ago and I liked them. And the expectations certainly did not disappoint.

"Mille volte ancora" is one of the best songs of recent years, with a pop rhythm and a beautiful text (that touches me deeply). Skipping "Un'uomo diverso", a song I don't hate but didn't drive me crazy, we arrive at "Sul fiume", a ballad with no other pretensions than to narrate a finished love story; simply wonderful. Everyone has already talked about "La vita com'è", so why repeat it; however, to be honest, it doesn't have much to do with the rest of the album, but that doesn't detract from its beauty. "Nulla" seems to be a poem set to music; meh, not really memorable but still acceptable. "Ti sembra normale" has a nice pop rhythm and a catchy chorus that acts as a battering ram to the listener's brain (trust me, you won't get it out of your head). "Disordine di aprile" is a very particular track, because it deals with the theme of a love story, but this time the girl in the song acts like a jerk and won't reciprocate his love; a rather fitting piece. I'll try to tell you "In breve" in short: a good part of the text is taken from "Alzo le mani", a piece written together with Silvestri and Fabi and recorded in the three's album Il padrone della festa, and it's this that doesn't convince me; it seems that in this piece Gazzè has recycled that part of the text and put it in this song which remains worthy, but I sincerely hope that the part of the text of "Alzo le mani" is a citation and not recycled verses. "Teresa" seems to be the opposite of "Disordine d'aprile": this time it's the man who rejects the woman, preferring to stay at his parents' home; rather abnormal as a piece but that's why it's interesting. This album concludes with "Verso un'altro immenso cielo", perhaps the most experimental track of the album: it begins with a waltz only to end in a series of orchestrations (which already anticipate the intentions that the following "Alchemaya" will have).

So what to say about Maximilian? An album that today sounds rather unusual, a record so experimental by Gazzè hasn't been seen in quite a while. I recommend listening to it because it can surprise those who don't know Gazzè.