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Rating: After reaching one of his absolute peaks by releasing “Samarcanda”, a year later the Brianza singer-songwriter returns with “Calabuig, Stranamore ed altri incidenti”. The lyrics are always very deep and direct, describing stories as in the best tradition of the professor. “Stranamore (pure questo è amore)” is one of Vecchioni's famous pieces. Catchy and engaged at the same time. “Ninni” is a piece that opens with a piano and the singer-songwriter's voice, the instrumental coda with the guitar elevates the piece distinctly and makes everything very touching. The tones do not change in “A Te”, dedicated to a woman loved but, for one reason or another, not reciprocated.
“A te nemmeno un sogno
nemmeno un'emozione
A te non ho lasciato
che una brutta canzone.”
In “Calabuig” and “Sette meno uno (il cane, la volpe, la civetta, il fagiano, il cavallo, il falco)”, the same musical structure of “Samarcanda” is resumed. The slow “Il Capolavoro”, the intense “Il Castello”, and the triumphant “L’estraneo” conclude an album that remains in the annals of Italian musical history, just like the singer-songwriter who even nowadays continues to delight us with his compositions, albeit not like those of the past.
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By Carlo V.
Among strange references, it refers to an intellectual poet searching for values of goodness and purity in a perhaps idealized past.
A Vecchioni with his back to the wall, with no more women to sing about, with a difficult family situation, thus a gloomy album, difficult.
By withor
Maybe you don’t know, but this too is love.
In conclusion, for me, this is an excellent album that is part of Vecchioni’s 'magic period.'
