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Released
  
1973

Label
  
RCA Italy

Release date
  
1973


Contaminazione (1973)
  
...Giudizio avrai (1988)

Artist
  
Il Rovescio della Medaglia

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Italian progressive rock

Similar
  
Palepoli, Felona E Sorona, Dedicato a Frazz, Zarathustra, Milano calibro 9

Absent for this consumed world il rovescio della medaglia


Contaminazione is the third studio album by the Italian progressive rock band Il Rovescio della Medaglia, released in 1973.

Contents

It's arranged by Luis Enríquez Bacalov, refers to the symphonic prog especially the inclusion of the Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach: the full title of the album is in fact Contaminazione di alcune idee de certi preludi e fughe del Clavicembalo ben temperato di J.S. Bach (Contamination of some ideas of some preludes and fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier by JS Bach).

Apart from a few isolated cases in fact (in example, "Alzo un muro elettrico"), the work is structurally compact and indivisible. Not by chance, it will not extract any 7", in this critical context, the quality of the disc are immediately obvious:

  • Compact and tonal balance and artistic where the "full and empty spaces" created dall'arrangiatore are largely enhanced by the dynamic response of the incision.
  • Greater ease in implementation, which makes the product even and pleasant.
  • Substantial lack of stylistic limitations that result as the value of the individual instrumental skills of the musicians.
  • Greater consistency between acoustic and electric instruments that makes the "sound" overall unique and original for the Italian scene.
  • Parts vocal and choral never invasive but fell harmoniously into the musical story.

    • The album was re-recorded in English in 1975 under the title Contamination, with little changes to text and titles and with a different cover art.

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    Track listing

    Regular version

    1. Absent for this consumed world (1:05)
    2. Ora non ricordo più (1:47)
    3. Il suono del silenzio (5:16)
    4. Mi sono svegliato e...ho chiuso gli occhi (4:19)
    5. Lei sei tu: lei (2:04)
    6. La mia musica (4:10)
    7. Johann (1:23)
    8. Scotland machine (3:06)
    9. Cella 503 (3:18)
    10. Contaminazione 1760 (1:04)
    11. Alzo un muro elettrico (2:55)
    12. Sweet suite (2:17)
    13. La grande fuga (3:42)

    English version

    1. Absent Mind
    2. Orphan Me
    3. Johann's Rock
    4. Another Name Am I
    5. Crazy Baby
    6. Lost Myself Today
    7. Johann
    8. Scotched
    9. I Can Fly
    10. Contamination
    11. Isolation Ward
    12. For The Love Of Anna
    13. Bach Lives

    Personnel

  • Pino Ballarini - vocals
  • Gino Campoli - percussives
  • Enzo Vita - guitar
  • Stefano Urso - bass
  • Franco di Sabatino - keyboard

    • Songs

    1Absent for This Consumed World1:18
    2Ora non ricordo più3:41
    3Il suono del silenzio3:32

    References

    Contaminazione Wikipedia
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