Here we go. I don't know how well this new season will go; I won’t even mention the sacred monsters at the level of De Andrè or Carella or even just Ivan Graziani, but I particularly care about this one. Five singers who were adopted in the 90s and who continue to produce some great albums to this day...more or less. Let's start with the one who made his debut in the music world first: Samuele Bersani. I believe everyone knows what I think of him; I’ve been listening to him since I was a child, so the difficulty of objectively ranking his albums has been incredible. But here it is, ready to come to light. Let's get started!
9th place: C'hanno preso tutto
Let's start with the facts: it's 1992, Samuele has just come out of the experience of Lucio Dalla's Tour for the album Cambio, where he had a moment on stage to perform his first official song, Il mostro. Later that year, he released another single, Chicco e Spillo, which had a decent success despite being quite unusual as a piece. From these premises, one would expect a debut album close to excellence... right? It's difficult for me to talk about this album; it's qualitatively light years away from what Samuele has produced since '97 onwards. Musically, it's quite plastic and not very original; lyrically, there are some rather tedious jabs at the gggggiov youth (Restiamo ancora qui, Dalla piccola finestra), stories of betrayals (Due settembre), and even dreamy snapshots (Voglio un pianoforte). There’s personality and good episodes, but not memorable ones like Domatore or Bottiglie vuote demonstrate. Initially, Samuele fails to express what he’s trying to communicate. In the early years of his career, he was confined to this character tailored to "the pretty boy who breaks hearts and appeals to teenage girls," creating a huge limit on creativity: all his ideas were filtered and often sterilized by the factor of "you need to please teenagers." Despite this, the two gems at the start, Il mostro and Chicco e Spillo, remain some of his most remembered and performed tracks to this day.
Meticulous rating: 6+
The gem (in its very first version on record): Il Mostro (Live)
9th place: C'hanno preso tutto
Let's start with the facts: it's 1992, Samuele has just come out of the experience of Lucio Dalla's Tour for the album Cambio, where he had a moment on stage to perform his first official song, Il mostro. Later that year, he released another single, Chicco e Spillo, which had a decent success despite being quite unusual as a piece. From these premises, one would expect a debut album close to excellence... right? It's difficult for me to talk about this album; it's qualitatively light years away from what Samuele has produced since '97 onwards. Musically, it's quite plastic and not very original; lyrically, there are some rather tedious jabs at the gggggiov youth (Restiamo ancora qui, Dalla piccola finestra), stories of betrayals (Due settembre), and even dreamy snapshots (Voglio un pianoforte). There’s personality and good episodes, but not memorable ones like Domatore or Bottiglie vuote demonstrate. Initially, Samuele fails to express what he’s trying to communicate. In the early years of his career, he was confined to this character tailored to "the pretty boy who breaks hearts and appeals to teenage girls," creating a huge limit on creativity: all his ideas were filtered and often sterilized by the factor of "you need to please teenagers." Despite this, the two gems at the start, Il mostro and Chicco e Spillo, remain some of his most remembered and performed tracks to this day.
Meticulous rating: 6+
The gem (in its very first version on record): Il Mostro (Live)
Martello
5 jul 21
DeRank ™: 17,55
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