12°: NOVE
And so Ivan also ended up in the whirlwind of 80s music, with its pop keyboards and the desire to have fun without a care in the world. And Nove is the album that marks the beginning of our most pop period. An album that has the great quality of conveying through its tracks what Ivan felt back then, that is, the urge to express himself openly, simply saying what he wanted to say; but despite this, it remains an album too standardized to appeal to the masses of those years, with tracks that, while retaining Ivan's essence, sound too commercial (Minù Minù, Gangsters) when they don't come off as terribly cheesy (Limiti is perhaps the most glaring example, a banal text with good intentions). To be fair, there are also some nice tracks carefully arranged and written; one could mention, for example, the crazy story of Io che c'entro or the romantic issues in Blouson noir, not to mention the final Lucetta fra le stelle, in which Ivan manages to maintain his originality while still being commercial. We’re not talking about a bad album here, just an album composed specifically to appeal to the masses, partly out of obligation and partly out of challenge.

The gem: Lucetta Fra Le Stelle