Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: Belle Antique
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: August 25, 2021 (CD)
Tracklist
1. It’s Only Make Believin’ (3:27)
2. Nirvana (2:52)
3. Carousel (2:32)
4. Into the Kama (5:50)
5. Bitches (4:35)
6. You Still Shine (4:16)
7. Sex Toys R Us (3:41)
8. 2 Thousand 10 (1:58)
9. Sacred & Profane (7:13)
10. We Are the World We Created (5:21)
11. Peace on Earth (2:10)
12. Finale ( taken from Pinocchio’s main suite theme) (2:40) - bonus track
Nik Comoglio: hammond, juno dist., moog, keyboards, orchestration, backing vocals
Riccardo Ruggeri: lead vocal, overtone singing, backing vocals
Gigi Rivetti: hammond , acoustic grand piano, electric pianos, wah clavinet
Marta Caldara: vibraphone, timpani
Simone Rubinato: bass, fretless bass, minitaur
Eddy Franco: drums, percussions
With
Riccardo Di Gianni - tampura (1, 4), sitar (4)
Annie Barbazza - vocals (4)
Gianluca Cagnani - pipe organ (5)
David Jackson (VDGG) - flute & double sax solo (7)
Vincent Boniface - crystal flute (4)
Claudio Adamo - baritone electric guitar (7)
Andrea Manco - flute (4)
Luigi Finetto - oboe (4)
Luigi Picatto - clarinet in Bb (4)
Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by Francesco Zago
Description/Reviews:
The band may distance themselves from myths they tend to shape on their albums by letting “It’s Only Make Believin'” begin this one with a perfect instance of cosmic hard rock and marry multifaceted ivories assault, a mélange of Moog and Hammond, to Simone Rubinato’s mighty bass rumble before Riccardo Ruggeri’s vocals creep into the aural picture to set the scene for a haunting, if half-hysterical, drama which will kick in when chorale harmonies of a piano-propelled “Nirvana” are unraveled to a great polyphonic effect. Yet while instrumental funfair “Carousel” offers an orchestral swirl, frisky and solemn in equal measure, “Into The Kama” is a tremulous serenade that must melt the hardest of hearts – and win it once the piece’s Eastern-flavored coda has elevated the spirit of love to the heavenly realm, only for the heavy groove of “Bitches” to break the spell and drench the cut’s riff in strings.Read the full review at dmme.net
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