Released November 1972 Length 34:09 Artist Premiata Forneria Marconi Label Numero uno | Recorded 1972 Language Italian Release date November 1972 Genre Progressive rock | |
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Producer Premiata Forneria Marconi Per un amico
(1972) Photos of Ghosts
(1973) Similar Premiata Forneria Marconi albums, Progressive rock albums | ||
Premiata forneria marconi per un amico 1972 full album
Per un amico ("For a Friend") is the second album from the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi. Released in 1972 by all the initial members of the group, it is considered their breakthrough album that put them on the map. The album remains popular among progressive rock fans throughout Italy and the group will usually still perform all tracks on the album today.
Contents
- Premiata forneria marconi per un amico 1972 full album
- Composition and critical reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- All Time Ranking
- Songs
- References
The album, still progressive at heart, additionally borrows influences from a variety of rock genres and subgenres. In an Allmusic review, Per un amico was lauded as a classic within the genre and deemed par to the work of the biggest progressive rock acts of the 1970s. Many of the songs from this album would appear either in their original form or re-recorded with vocals in English on PFM's English-language albums Photos of Ghosts.
Composition and critical reception
Per un amico is rooted within the progressive rock genre, yet includes elements of music ranging from avant-garde to hard rock. The lyrics in the album are also sung in Italian.
Robert Taylor, in an Allmusic review, gave the album a four-and-a-half stars out of five and a positive review. Deeming it, along with its predecessor, as a classic, he claimed that it was as "fine" as the music of major groups such as Genesis, Yes, or King Crimson, and concluded by saying "Always intelligent, but without pretension, this is progressive rock in its most literal definition".
Track listing
All songs written by Mauro Pagani, Franco Mussida, Flavio Premoli, except Generale!, by Mussida and Premoli.
Personnel
All-Time Ranking
Per un amico is ranked number 16 on the Prog Archives Top Studio Albums of All-Time. Rolling Stone listed the album at 19th in their "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time" list.
Songs
1Appena un po'7:46
2Generale4:18
3Per un amico5:24