Tiziano Ferro
Rosso Relativo

THE REVIEW

Hey folks,

I believe there are artists who have two types of images; one reflects their true personality, and the other is the image that skillful music industry marketers have crafted to turn them into money-making machines. An exemplary case is the artist I am currently reviewing.

"Rosso relativo" was the incredibly lucky start of Tiziano Ferro’s extraordinarily fortunate career, who today, in less than 10 years, is already a star selling millions of copies, commercially comparable to sacred monsters of the Italian music industry like Ramazzotti, Ligabue, Pausini, or Vasco.

Many of you might think that good Tiziano owes his success to the fact that he works strategically with Maionchi and a team of fierce managers to craft songs conceived to get some pre-eighteen-year-old with pimples to wet her panties. A singer for teenage girls, in short...

Well, I don’t know... even though the clean voice and pseudo-macho-sexy moves of this first work by Tiziano (which, unfortunately, already start to fade by the second album, unlike the reputation of Teen Idol that it generated) might lead many to believe so, I doubt it.

I believe a singer for teenage girls doesn’t talk about his habit of going to prostitutes ("Le cose che non dici"), about the death of childhood and thus the loss of innocence ("Il bimbo dentro"), about succeeding in life by believing in oneself ("L'olimpiade") or try with a song to lift a friend in difficulty ("Mai nata").

Of course, the theme of love and sex so dear to Teen idols isn't missing, like in the title track or in "Imbranato", but just listen to a sentimental piece like "Primavera non è più" to realize that there is much more to Tiziano.

This first work presents R’n’B sounds that were almost unknown in Italy, and it develops them much more here than in his later works.

Now, a reflection. On EMI's official website (which, by the way, is the record label of the artist I am currently reviewing), if you open the "Casting" section, you will find a presentation phrase that says something along the lines of they are not looking for technically perfect musicians but people who can communicate something with their art and convey emotions.

I don’t know what music you listen to on DeBaser (forgive me, but you all seem a bit "fake alternative because it's cool"), but I like Tiziano a lot, his music makes me reflect and conveys a lot of emotions to me, especially this album, which for me deserves 5 stars.

Take care.