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THE REVIEW
Hello people,
every great musician, since the world began, has had a starting point. I'm not talking about the debut album, mind you, but about the record that launches a great artist (or at least a great star) into the musical Olympus.
Well, if Michael Jackson had "Thriller", Britney Spears "Baby One More Time", Ligabue "Buon compleanno Elvis", Vasco, in 1983 (chronologically before the three examples mentioned...), released his consecration as a rockstar: "Bollicine".
Let me be clear, people, this is NOT Vasco's best album (as many critics enjoy claiming). The rocker's masterpieces are others: from the previous "Vado al massimo" to "C'è chi dice no", not to mention "Gli spari sopra". However, "Bollicine", certainly helped by the irreverent performance at Sanremo with "Vita spericolata", a track that became a generational anthem for the youth of the time, was his first album to sell a million copies.
Of course, this work contains some gems, from the aforementioned flagship song "Vita spericolata" to the very romantic "Una canzone per te" up to the raw "Portatemi Dio" (which has the flaw, however, of having too many purely instrumental parts), the ironic "Mi piaci perchè" and the pleasantly disillusioned "Giocala".
The other tracks aren't that much: the very famous title track is interesting on first listen for the catchy metaphor we all know, but in the long run it becomes tiresome; "Ultimo domicilio conosciuto", an instrumental track with female choruses, in my opinion, is just filler to avoid making a disc poorer than the classic 8 songs; "Deviazioni" has a good text but is too short, leaving too many only musical spaces open, therefore, as above, over time it becomes boring.
The themes of the album show, like all his works, both his romantic soul and his more reckless side, a distinction that can be felt both in the music and the lyrics.
"Vita spericolata" remains an example of a "cursed" text that fits perfectly on deep and enveloping music, creating an interesting contrast.
My overall rating is three stars.
Cheers.
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Bollicine is Vasco Rossi's breakthrough album that launched him into the rockstar realm in 1983. While not his absolute best work, it features iconic tracks like 'Vita spericolata' that defined a generation. The album mixes romantic and reckless themes but includes some weaker instrumental fillers. Overall, the review gives it a balanced three-star rating.
Vasco Rossi
Vasco Rossi is an Italian rock singer-songwriter from Zocca, active since the late 1970s. Known for stadium-filling shows and generational anthems like Siamo solo noi, Vita spericolata and Albachiara, he is one of Italy’s most prominent rock artists.89 Reviews
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By silverblasco
With Bollicine, Vasco forcefully enters the ranks of the big names in Italian music.
Bollicine is one of Blasco’s best albums: aggressive, transgressive, and romantic!!!
By primiballi
For many, this is the last noteworthy Vasco. The spiritual testament of the early period, the rock-singer-songwriter period, the true one.
Even the most zealous critics of Vasco have never been able to answer with elegant clarity a simple question, 'where did Vasco get tracks like "fegato spappolato," "giocala," or "siamo solo noi"?'
By panama
I want to remember you when you had ideas and not like now when you get on stage like the circus animal you’ve become.
Bollicine... few songs, only 8, but made with the desire to be a NUISANCE, listen to PORTATEMI DIO or DEVIAZIONI and then, like in summer games, spot the differences.
