Franco Battiato - L'Era Del Cinghiale Bianco (1979) [Reissue 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 212 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 74 MB | Covers - 48 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: EMI (50999 522401 2 6)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 212 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 74 MB | Covers - 48 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: EMI (50999 522401 2 6)
In 1979, after some years of soporific avant-garde, Franco Battiato woke up and turned his attention to the public. However "L'Era Del Cinghiale Bianco" is not just an easy pop album or a bleak effort to reach a commercial success. In that period the "Halcyon days" of prog were gone and Franco Battiato, like many other artists, was looking for new musical ways. Here classical music and Mediterranean and Middle- Eastern folk influences are blended with rock and pop in a very personal way, with the help of a group of excellent musicians. Lyrics don't tell stories but the words are just like "flashes" trying to suggest imagines. The result is surprisingly good! The album is short (it lasts only 31 minutes) but every track is worth listen to. "L'Era Del Cinghiale Bianco" is still far from the clever pop of Battiato's following albums and in the whole it could be an excellent addition to an Italian prog collection.