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Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari

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Adelmo "Zucchero" Fornaciari (born 25 September 1955) is an Italian singer-songwriter known for blending blues, soul and rock. He rose to prominence in the 1980s (appearing at Sanremo in 1982) and has released landmark albums such as Oro Incenso & Birra and Rispetto.

Stage name Zucchero; birth name Adelmo Fornaciari; rose to national attention in the early 1980s; best-known for mixing blues and soul with Italian songwriting; the song "Diamante" and the album Oro Incenso & Birra are widely cited in coverage and reviews.

Three DeBaser reviews discuss Zucchero's blend of blues, soul and rock across albums from Rispetto to Black cat. Critics praise his vintage-soul reinventions and flagship tracks like "Diamante" while noting moments of monotony and stylistic repetition. Collaborations and international influences are recurrent themes.

For:Fans of blues, soul and Italian singer-songwriters; readers of album reviews

 "Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down..." sang an artist of no particular repute some years ago.

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 A superb album that knows how to blend the sacred and the profane, with mystical tracks that exalt pure love, even to an Overdose.

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 I’ve chosen a singer not exactly loved by everyone, and from whom I bought [for the third time in my life] a new album.

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