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Fabrizio De André (album)

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Released
  
July 21, 1981

Length
  
40 min 02 s

Fabrizio De André (1981)
  
Crêuza de mä (1984)

Genre
  
Blues, pop

Label
  
Ricordi

Fabrizio De André (album)

Producer
  
Mark Harris, Oscar Prudente

Fabrizio De André is an album released by Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André, released in 1981. The songs were written by Fabrizio De André and Massimo Bubola. It is also known as L'Indiano (The Indian) due to the picture of a Native American on the cover. The picture is a painting by Frederic Remington named The Outlier.

Contents

Overview

The album is a comparison of two peoples, Sardinians and Native Americans.

"Fiume Sand Creek" ("Sand Creek river") refers to the Sand Creek massacre in 1864. "Hotel Supramonte" refers to the kidnapping of De André and Dori Ghezzi in 1979 in the Supramonte area of Sardinia.

Track listing

Side A
  1. "Quello che non ho" – 5:51
  2. "Canto del servo pastore" – 3:13
  3. "Fiume Sand Creek" – 5:37
  4. "Ave Maria" – 5:30
Side B
  1. "Hotel Supramonte" – 4:32
  2. "Franziska" – 5:30
  3. "Se ti tagliassero a pezzetti" – 5:00
  4. "Verdi pascoli" – 5:18

Personnel

  • Fabrizio De André - Acoustic guitar in Franziska and Hotel Supramonte, backing vocals, vocals
  • Lele Melotti - Drum kit
  • Pier Michelatti - Bass guitar
  • Tony Soranno - Acoustic and electric guitars
  • Mark Harris - Keyboards, backing vocals
  • Aldo Banfi - Synthesizer
  • Pietro Pellegrini - Oberheim
  • Maurizio Preti - Percussions
  • Andy J. Forest - Harmonica in Quello che non ho
  • Bruno Crovetto - Acoustic bass guitar in Franziska and Hotel Supramonte
  • Paolo Donnarumma - Acoustic bass guitar in Canto del servo pastore
  • Massimo Luca - Acoustic guitar in Franziska
  • Claudio Bazzari - Electric guitar in Se ti tagliassero a pezzetti and Canto del servo pastore
  • Sergio Almangano - Violin in Hotel Supramonte
  • Cristiano De André - Violin and hoopoe's verse in Fiume Sand Creek
  • Dori Ghezzi, Mara Pacini, Massimo Bubola, Oscar Prudente - Choirs

    • References

    Fabrizio De André (album) Wikipedia
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