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Exclusive Satisfaction Rating: 90% Based on 52 reviews.
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Search eBay for this item. Release Date: June 9, 1998
Artist: Paolo Conte
Package Dimensions (in inches): 0.5 x 5.6 x 5
Package Weight: 0.25 pounds
Other Details
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075597951226
Label: Nonesuch
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
MPN: 79512
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Nonesuch
Studio: Nonesuch
UPC: 075597951226
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Editorial/Description:Amazon.com's Best of 1998: This poet, painter, and former lawyer from Asti, Italy, has been dazzling Italian audiences since the early 1970s but has just blazed into U.S. consciousness like a meteor with his Best Of debut album on Nonsesuch. After listening to his European style of cabaret music, you too will be hooked on the crooner who is widely appreciated for rhyming Napoli with Minneapoli. The selection of 20 songs ranges in style from a mixture of French chansonette to tango. All feature his raspy voice (Americans may be reminded of Tom Waits) with unmistakably wry lyrics that offer lovers and listeners alike the sensuality and complexity of gelato al limon (lemon ice cream). --Cristina Del Sesto Amazon.com: Paolo Conte is a completely original talent, and his leathery, life-weary face on the cover is the first clue to the evocative music of this poet, painter, musician, and lawyer from Asti in northern Italy. Observations on the tide of human existence deftly rendered in vividly poetic lines that startle with their originality are highlighted in smoky vignettes of '40s jazz- and tango-inflected tunes, teetering between Cabaret, The Circus, and 42nd Street. Conte's unfiltered raspy voice is the perfect vehicle for his poignant view of the foibles of adult life mused from the corner barstool, admiring women whose "pungent smells [beckon] him like an old-fashioned grocery, its doors flung open to the spring outside." The music is a treat in itself, but the real gold is to be found in his lyrics, and luckily translations are in the liner notes. --Derek Rath
Tracks:Disc: 1
1. Via con Me
2. Sotto le Stelle del Jazz
3. Elisir
4. Boogie
5. Sparring Partner
6. Come Di
7. Azzurro
8. Un Gelato Al Limon
9. Happy Feet
10. Gli Impermeabili
11. Max
12. Gong-Oh
13. Colleghi Trascurati
14. Bartali
15. Alle Prese con Una Verde Milonga
16. Dragon
17. Hemingway
18. Ho Ballato Di Tutto
19. Quadrille
20. Genova Per Noi
Customer Reviews:
UNIQUELY AWFUL!!
December 7, 2008
I, quite frankly, hated this cd. One reviewer says he is "unique" - I say
"uniquely awful". Sorry, guess I am just an old fashioned broad who
loves singers with great voices singing those wonderful Italian romantic
songs. Hey, if you come to my garage sale, you can pick this cd up for
free in my "please take these from me - their free" section.
Ciao and good luck.
Boogie Woogie
(1 of 1 Found this Helpful)
April 29, 2008
I don't understand Italian, but the music is universal. The piano is "electric", the beat is ever present, the boogie woogie is contagious, the ambiance is plain fun. I enjoy listening to this CD over and over.
MARVELOUS Paolo Conte
April 11, 2008
Paolo Conte, whose song made in to Mostly Martha and No Reservations, is absolutely marvelous.
A Italian Mel Torme with gravelly voice and perfect timing and phrasing.
THE BEST OF PAOLO CONTE
April 5, 2008
IT'S PAOLO CONTE'S GRITTY VOICE THAT PROVIDES THE RAW ENERGY TO DRIVE HIS SONGS. HIS INTERPRETATION OF A SONG PULLS ONE INTO THE HEART OF IT AND ALWAYS LEAVES YOU WANTING MORE. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ITALIAN, EVERYONE PERFORMANCE IS SHEER TOE TAPPING ENJOYMENT. EACH SONG ON THIS CD IS PURE FUN AND YOU WILL COME AWAY FROM LISTENING TO IT WITH AT LEAST ONE SONG ECHOING IN YOU HEAD.
Makes me joyful!
March 20, 2008
Living in the Northwest the days are gray and long. This CD lifts me up and gives me energy I found Paolo Conte from the movie A Good Year.
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