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Let's resume, gentlemen. We were saying the 90s. After Bersani, let's move to the Roman walls. The Roman school undergoing reform, thanks to interesting figures like... Daniele Silvestri. And would we like to see what the good son of art has done in the last 27 years? Amidst remarkable highs and equally remarkable lows, our guy has always managed to stand out by continuously exploring different genres while keeping his own essence intact.
9th: The Fugitive
After 5 years since the success of Salirò and 3 from the live album that includes the unreleased Kunta Kinte, Daniele returns to Sanremo with a song, La Paranza, which, despite having good intentions, proves to be too frivolous, too loud, too confident, too meticulously crafted to replicate a boom. Indeed, it not only placed fourth in the national competition but also became one of the most listened-to tracks that year. This did not bode well for the album, and lo and behold, The Fugitive, to my utmost surprise, is a terribly subdued album. There are great moments, no doubt, the opening track Mi persi is to be counted among our classics, Sulle rive dell'Arrone is a nice reflection on the arrival of middle age, A me ricordi il mare is catchy and evokes typical images of the Italian summer, but the rest struggles quite a bit. Faccia di velluto, Il suo nome, Gino e l'Alfetta, and Love is in the air try to be pieces of life and social criticism but unfortunately fall flat with a lack of depth, leading to themes that are sometimes modest and at times forgettable. And then, what should the lullaby in Roman dialect, Ninnetta nanna, represent for me? If there’s a language in which it’s impossible to feel emotional, it’s definitely Roman dialect. But for the first time in an album, I found a track whose existence I had long denied: Che bella faccia is a song that attempts to be engaged with a carefree marching band vibe but ends up being just 2 minutes and something useless and irritating. This album could have been a grand comeback, but instead, it was Daniele Silvestri's first album to fall into what he had perfectly avoided in previous years, delivering us bland, poorly crafted songs with promises almost never kept. I'm sorry, Daniele, but this time you missed the mark.
Meticulous rating: 4/5
The gem:
Daniele Silvestri - Mi Persi
 
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