9. Volume 8
After the aforementioned Canzoni, De Andrè establishes a collaboration with a young De Gregori, which will result in 5 tracks that make up the album Volume 8. They are, in no particular order: La cattiva strada, a piece that according to De Andrè tells of Jesus; Oceano, a mysterious piece dedicated to his son Cristiano; Le storie di ieri, entirely by Francesco; Canzone per l'estate, one of the deepest and most bitter texts in his repertoire; and Dolce luna, a maritime story as cryptic as it is underrated. Our dear singer-songwriter will come out with only 3 pieces... and what pieces! The first is Nancy, a translation of a Cohen piece that honestly goes a bit unnoticed; Giugno 73, practically a film, where De Andrè analyzes a recent relationship of his and how, in the end, it was better to give in than to never have met at all. But above all, above all, THE song BY De Andrè: his most representative song, the most bitter, the most personal, the most true, one where you can feel the red of blood and wine mixing in an immense vortex of whispered suffering. And this last piece alone is enough to lift this album to miraculous heights.
Picky rating: 9-
THE ABSOLUTE GEM: Amico fragile