Lucio Dalla

This self-titled album by Lucio Dalla, released in 1979, marked an important point in his career. It is an album where the artist himself was responsible for composing both the music and the lyrics, consolidating his artistic vision. The production was handled by Renzo Cremonini and Alessandro Colombini for the RCA Italia label. The overall sound moves between pop and avant-rock, and its total duration is 37 minutes and 19 seconds.

Year: 1979
Songs: 9
Duration: 39 min 15 seg

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9 song|s

Song list

# Title Available ⏱

L’ultima luna

Intermediate

5:43 02

Stella di mare

Intermediate

5:56 03

La signora

Advanced

4:00 04

Milano

Intermediate

3:30 05

Anna e Marco

Advanced

3:43 06

Tango

Intermediate

4:00 07

Cosa sarà

4:20 08

Notte

Intermediate

3:38 09

L’anno che verrà

Intermediate

4:25

Genres

singer-songwriter Pop Blues Jazz Rock

Details

Year: 1979
Songs: 9
Duration: 39 min 15 seg

About the album

Lucio Dalla, according to DoReSol

Within this work, we find some of Dalla's most recognized pieces. Songs like Anna e Marco and Milano became public favorites, as did L’anno che verrà. In Cosa sarà, Dalla collaborated with Ron on the composition and shared the performance with Francesco De Gregori. A distinctive sonic characteristic of the second half of the album is the incorporation of a string orchestra, which adds a particular texture to the compositions.

It was originally planned for release at the end of 1978, but the record label RCA decided to postpone the date to boost sales of the single Ma come fanno i marinai, a collaboration between Dalla and De Gregori, during the Christmas season of that year. Finally, the album was released in February 1979. The success was considerable, selling over 500,000 copies and becoming the best-selling album of that year in Italy.

Discography