Tutti morimmo a stento
Tutti morimmo a stento (We All Barely Died or We All Died Agonizingly)[1] is the third album and the second studio release by Fabrizio De André, issued in 1968 by Bluebell Records. The album, whose lyrics are inspired by the poetry of François Villon, is considered one of the first concept albums ever realized in Italy.
Track listing
- "Cantico dei drogati" (Canticle of Junkies) (De André, Riccardo Mannerini) (7:06)
- "Primo intermezzo" (First Intermezzo) (1:58)
- "Leggenda di Natale" (Christmas Legend) (De André, Georges Brassens) (3:14)
- "Secondo intermezzo" (Second Intermezzo) (1:57)
- "Ballata degli impiccati" (Ballad of the Hanged) (De André, Giuseppe Bentivoglio) (4:21)
- "Inverno" (Winter) (4:11)
- "Girotondo" (Ring-a-Ring-o' Roses) (3:08)
- "Terzo intermezzo" (Third Intermezzo) (2:11)
- "Recitativo (Due invocazioni e un atto di accusa)" (Recitative (Two Invocations and an Accusation)) (0:47)
- "Corale (Leggenda del re infelice)" (Chorale (Legend of the Unhappy King)) (4:59)
The English version
In 1969 Italian producer Antonio Casetta had the idea to realize an English version of the record, so De André re-recorded the vocal tracks. This version was never officially released and the only printed copy was thought to be lost until 2007, when a U.S. collector revealed that it had been in his possession for almost 40 years[2].
- Tutti morimmo a stento English version tracklist
- "Lament of the Junkie" (7:06)
- "First Intermezzo" (1:58)
- "Legend of Christmas" (3:14)
- "Second Intermezzo" (1:57)
- "Ballad of the Hanged" (4:21)
- "Winter" (4:11)
- "Ring Around the H-Bomb" (3:08)
- "Third Intermezzo" (0:47)
- "Relativity" (5:45)
Songs
- "Cantico dei drogati" is based on a Riccardo Mannerini poem entitled "Eroina" ("Heroin").
- "Leggenda di Natale" is based on the song "Le Père Noël et la Petite Fille", written by Georges Brassens.
- In "Girotondo" De André sings together with the children's choir I Piccoli Cantori.
- The two final tracks "Recitativo" and "Corale" can be considered as a single track.
References
- ^ The two proposed translations are interchangeable, because the phrase "a stento" in Italian is used to refer to something that almost failed, but ended up succeeding. So in Italian, the title is a pun contrasting the positivity of a thwarted sinister outcome and the negativity of death.
- ^ (Italian) Scoperto negli Usa inedito di De André Canta in inglese "Tutti morimmo a stento". Bruno Persano, published September 21, 2007
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| Live albums |
Fabrizio De André in concerto (1979) • Fabrizio De André in concerto vol. 2 (1980) • 1991 concerti (1991) • In concerto (1999) • Ed avevamo gli occhi troppo belli (2001) • In concerto volume II (2001) • Fabrizio De André e PFM in concerto (2007)
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| Anthologies |
Tutto Fabrizio De André (1966) • La canzone di Marinella (1968) • Nuvole barocche (1968) Fabrizio De André (Black Anthology) (1976) • Fabrizio De André (Blue Anthology) (1986) • Il viaggio (1991) • La canzone di Marinella (re-issue) (1995) • Mi innamoravo di tutto (1997) • Da Genova (1999) • Peccati di gioventù (2000) • In direzione ostinata e contraria (2005) • In direzione ostinata e contraria 2 (2006)
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| Singles |
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"Nuvole barocche" (1961) • "La ballata del Michè" (1961) • "Il fannullone" (1963) • "Il testamento" (1963) • "La guerra di Piero" (1964) • "Valzer per un amore" (1965) • "Per i tuoi larghi occhi" (1965) • "La città vecchia" (1965) • "La canzone dell'amore perduto" (1966) • "Geordie" (1966)
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"Preghiera in Gennaio" (1967) • "Via del Campo" (1967) • "Caro amore" (1967) • "La canzone di Barbara" (1968) • "Carlo Martello ritorna dalla battaglia di Poitiers" (1968) • "La canzone di Marinella" (1968) • "Il gorilla" (1969) • "Leggenda di Natale" (1969) • "Il pescatore" (1970) • "La stagione del tuo amore" (1970) • "La stagione del tuo amore" (1970) • "Nuvole barocche" (re-issue) (1971) • "Un matto (Dietro ogni scemo c'è un villaggio)" (1971) • "Suzanne" (1972) • "la cattiva strada" (1974) • "Il pescatore" (re-issue) (1978) • "Una storia sbagliata" (1980)
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| Tributes |
Canti randagi • Äia da respiâ - Genova canta De André • Faber - Amico fragile • Mille papaveri rossi • Non più i cadaveri dei soldati • 2004 Crêuza de mä • Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo • PFM canta De André • Duemila papaveri rossi • Fabrizio 2009 • De André canta De André • Sogno n°1
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