Francesco De Gregori - Mira Mare 19.4.89 (1989)

Artist...............: Francesco De Gregori
Album................: Mira Mare 19.4.89
Genre................: Pop
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 1989
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 246 Mb


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Francesco De Gregori went through a spell in the '80s when he failed to deliver the sort of absolute

classics that populated his '70s records. This is not to say, however, that he was making weak albums. Mira

Mare 19.4.89 is the best example of both these two seemingly opposite statements. While several of these

songs became concert favorites, none remotely achieved the popularity of De Gregori's best-known songs.

Yet, this is arguably his strongest album of the decade, after the masterpiece Titanic. Compared to the

patchwork feel of his last two albums, Scacchi e Tarocchi and Terra di Nessuno, Mira Mare 19.4.89 makes for

a more cohesive, compelling statement, both in its sound and in its thematic. Its peaks may not soar as

high as " "La Storia" or "I Matti," but these nine tracks unfold with no discernible dips in quality or

tone. The album is dominated by a sense of rightful anger at the current state of affairs, as De Gregori

takes a deep look at an Italian society that seems to be rotting away at all its angles. Widespread

corruption ("Dr. Doberman"), lack of ethics and ideology ("Pentathlon"), a sense of impending disaster

("Cose"), mindless exploitation of natural and human resources ("Carne di Pappagallo") and, above all, the

certainty of an all-conquering numbing stupidity taking control over our world ("Bambini Venite Parvulos")

permeate from virtually every single track of this surprisingly strong, overlooked collection. De Gregori

would continue along the same lines on Canzoni D'Amore, the superb follow-up to Mira Mare 19.4.89 that does

everything this album does -- and tops it.


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01. Bambini Venite Parvulos
02. Miramare
03. Dr. Dobermann
04. Cose
05. Pentathlon
06. 300.000.000 Di Topi
07. Vento Dal Nulla
08. Carne Di Pappagallo
09. Lettera Da Un Cosmodromo Messicano