Pooh
Dove comincia il sole

The title track is something stunning, wonderful, and one is left awestruck. It almost seems like "Parsifal," the masterpiece by Pooh from 1973: eleven minutes of fantasy, rhythm changes, and excellent music. Even the vocals seem in great form in the first of the two parts of the piece (the vocal one), followed by an entirely instrumental part, and it's hard to say which is better.

Surely, the weight of age is not felt at all in this melody. After listening to it several times, one goes through the other songs on the CD out of curiosity to see if there are other gems present. Skipping over the monotonous "Fammi sognare ancora," you stop at "L'aquila e il falco," because it is a truly interesting chapter. It is indeed something new in the Pooh repertoire, where quite explicit is the homage to Pink Floyd's "The Wall," and it will remain the second-best song on the record. "Il cuore fra le mani" and "Reporter" instead bring us back a bit to the classic atmosphere of Pooh from the '90s and 2000s, calm and honeyed songs, with the usual (nice) lyrics but monotonous. Finally something more original around the middle of the CD: "Isabel," which echoes "L'aquila e il falco" and evokes medieval atmospheres, really well musically reproduced. Another good track is "Vento nell'anima," which recalls "Uomini soli," while the album closes with some good music present in "Questo sono io," which seems autobiographical.

It is almost needless to reiterate, because it is already understood, that the title track is something unique in these years regarding Italian pop music. And, wouldn't you know it, it's produced by Pooh themselves... as if to say that to find something valuable in this field, it's better to take refuge in the old-timers rather than the new (commercial) that advances.