Mondo Cane (album)
Mondo Cane is an album by Mike Patton, released on May 4, 2010 through Ipecac Recordings. It features cover versions of 1950s and 1960s Italian pop music, performed by Mike Patton with an orchestra of about 65 people. The album was originally planned for release in "summer of '08",[1] then again "in early '09"[2] but ultimately went unreleased until May 2010,[3] some of these songs are available online on the Italian magazine Rockit.[4]
Reception
The album has been met with generally favorable reviews. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard Classical Albums chart,[8] and #7 on the Heatseekers chart.[9]
Track listing
Writer(s) |
1. |
"Il cielo in una stanza" |
Gino Paoli, Mina |
3:55 |
2. |
"Che notte!" |
Fred Buscaglione, Leo Chiosso |
3:18 |
3. |
"Ore d'amore" |
Bert Kaempfert, Carl Sigman, Franco Migliacci, Fred Bongusto, Herbert Rehbein |
2:52 |
4. |
"Deep Down" |
Ennio Morricone |
3:21 |
5. |
"Quello che conta" |
Ennio Morricone, Luciano Salce |
4:03 |
6. |
"Urlo Negro" |
The Blackmen |
2:49 |
7. |
"Scalinatella" |
Enzo Bonagura, Giuseppe Cioffi, Roberto Murolo |
3:15 |
8. |
"L'uomo che non sapeva amare" |
Elmer Bernstein, Mogol, Nico Fidenco, Vito Pallavicini |
3:17 |
9. |
"20 km al giorno" |
Mogol, Nicola Arigliano, Pino Massara |
2:55 |
10. |
"Ti offro da bere" |
Gianni Meccia, Gianni Morandi |
2:27 |
11. |
"Senza fine" |
Enzo Gragnaniello, Gino Paoli, Ornella Vanoni |
4:37 |
External links
References
- ^ Kharakh, Ben, Mike Patton Talks 'I am Legend', 'Mondo Cane', (interview). Starpulse.com. January 17th, 2008. Accessed: 6 May 2010
- ^ Mastrapa, Gus, Mike Patton | Music | Interview | The A.V. Club (interview). A.V. Club. July 17, 2008. Accessed: 6 May 2010
- ^ Mike Patton | The A.V. Club
- ^ Mondo Cane review (Italian) - Includes three streaming mp3s of full songs.
- ^ Lymangrover, Jason. "allmusic ((( Mondo Cane > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1784438. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- ^ Bloomfield, Philip. "Mondo Cane review". Drowned in Sound. May 2010, cited June 9.
- ^ Cataldo, Jesse. "Mondo Cane". Slant Magazine. April 2010, cited May 5, 2010.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/chart-beat-thursday-glee-club-of-hits-expands-1004091043.story,
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/classical-albums#/charts/heatseekers-albums