1) The Order From Above; 2) East; 3) To Be or Not to Be; 4) Standing; 5) Blind Star;
6) I Confess; 7) Foreign Body; 8) Clench Your Fists; 9) Volcanoes; 10) Soldier; 11) The Voice of Love.
Danilo Sacco (Vocals and Rhythm Guitar)
Massimo Vecchi (Vocals and Bass)
Beppe Carletti (Keyboards).
Cico Falzone (Guitar).
Sergio Reggioli (Percussion and Violin).
Daniele Campani (Drums).
The Nomadi have just gone through the most triumphant phase of their career, culminating in 2002 with the album "Amore Che Prendi Amore Che Dai", which reached first place in sales, and in 2003, their best year ever, with the anthology "Nomadi 40", which remained in fourth place for several weeks in sales in Italy, and with dozens of awards received, including that of best DVD of the year with the DVD "Nomadi 40", which recorded the Riccione concert celebrating their fortieth anniversary, introduced by images of historic vocalist Augusto Daolio who began the twentieth anniversary back in 1983.
After the euphoria, the Nomadi return to work and present an album that definitively consolidates the almost hard rock shift hinted at in the three studio albums recorded with the current lineup ("Una Storia Da Raccontare" from 1998, "Liberi di Volare" from 2000, and "Amore Che Prendi Amore Che Dai" from 2002), culminating in an album played with more anger than its predecessors, influenced by the virtuosity of Cico Falzone, an excellent guitarist, and the incisive rhythm section of Massimo Vecchi and Daniele Campani, with the ever-present keyboards of Beppe Carletti framing the whole, the percussion and violin of Reggioli cradling the listener’s ears and the extraordinary vocal performances of Danilo Sacco, who sometimes gives way to the more raspy Massimo Vecchi.
The opening is entrusted to "The Order From Above", with the intent to immediately clarify the group's new sound, with the driving rhythm section and Falzone's guitar taking the lead, leaving Carletti and Reggioli the task of providing the frame and Massimo Vecchi as the narrator with his raspy voice, narrating the abuses of power by those at the top who force the poor people into war. In second position is the first single from the album, namely "East": it is opened by a tribal rhythm of Reggioli's percussion, then introduces a purely rock atmosphere with the arrival of drums, bass, guitar, and keyboards, all framed by a splendid text sung perfectly by Danilo Sacco, author of an admirable performance. "To Be or Not to Be" enjoys its nice riff and a great solo, with Danilo Sacco playing with the problems of those who do not feel accepted in this world, who is afraid to show themselves but, in the end, surrenders and displays their intimate beauty to the world, even quoting the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa. "Standing" is the second single (the one released with the album already in stores), more in a ballad style, introduced by a great piano show by Beppe Carletti, with Sacco’s very good vocal performance narrating those who, despite all the difficulties that appear in front of them, decide to stay standing, proudly, to continue on the path they have chosen. "Blind Star" marks a return to a more rock atmosphere and Vecchi's voice, which blends with the violin and a sound that unites rock music and the typically "nomadic" melodic component, to talk about a girl full of insecurity who lives for her great love and sees her dream of love shattered, with many others, and ends up surrendering to the evidence of the utopia of realizing one's dreams, a very pessimistic vision for a Nomadi text.
"I Confess" completely abandons rock themes and presents a typical medieval music, characterized by a good violin performance by Reggioli, with Sacco clarifying the difference between confessing and confiding. "Foreign Body" appropriates an excellent sound, always very hard rock, with the percussion helping Vecchi's nice bass line, leading to Sacco singing "All armed in line says the foreign body, all armed within the era of the foreign body...", to make clear once and for all what the problems of third world countries are, where sometimes even children are forced to take up arms and go to war. "Clench Your Fists" aims to reassure those people who don't like anything about themselves, asking them to never stop being who they are, and to continue to fight, to clench their fists to achieve their dreams. "Volcanoes" presents a more lyrical composition, open to different interpretations, with Carletti’s melancholic piano followed in turn by Reggioli's violin, with Sacco perfectly framing the whole, in a piece asking the listener to reflect on why some men put down roots while others wander without a destination, that is, choose to be nomads. "Soldier" tells of young men who, for money, decide to embark on military missions around the world, ignoring the risk of not returning, taking a stance against war. The finale is entrusted to "The Voice of Love", which with a return to Vecchi's voice, encloses the album with a perfect hard rock rhythm and a text that narrates how people who cannot defend themselves should be protected.
The album is beautiful and soared to fourth place on the charts in just a few weeks, with 100,000 copies sold in a few weeks and the usual massive subsequent tour, one of the most followed in the band's forty-year history, which shows that they haven't lost their edge but, on the contrary, have significantly enriched their substance.
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