Released 1974 Label Cramps Records | Length 32:19 Caution Radiation Area(1974) Crac!(1975) Release date 1974 | |
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Recorded Fono-Roma-Milano Sound Recording Similar Area albums, Italian progressive rock albums, Other albums | ||
Caution Radiation Area is the second album of the Jazz fusion band Area and was released in 1974. This is the first album that contains the better known line up, with Ares Tavolazzi replacing Patrick Djivas on bass. This album is notable also for being the first one in which experimental music is introduced. For example, "MIRage? Mirage!" contains a part in which the whole band can be heard whispering readings (for example a negative review of "Arbeit Macht Frei", a TV guide...), and "Lobotomia" (which means "lobotomy") is constructed using loud synth noise, with the clear intention to disturb the listener (as pointed out on the booklet). Quotes of opening themes of Italian TV programs are heard during the track. The lyrics for "Cometa Rossa" are sung in Greek. "Brujo" means "wizard" in Spanish.
Contents
Side one
- "Cometa rossa" – 4:00
- "ZYG (Crescita Zero)" – 5:27
- "Brujo" – 8:02
Side two
- "MIRage? Mirage!" – 10:27
- "Lobotomia" – 3:57
Personnel
Songs
1Cometa rossa3:57
2ZYG (Crescita zero)5:25
3Brujo7:56