''Chocolate Kings'' is the sixth album by

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band

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(also known as PFM). It was released in 1975 by Numero Uno, a division of

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in Italy. It was also released with different cover art by

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in the UK and

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in the USA. It was the first album to include Bernardo Lanzetti (formerly singer of

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) on lead vocals. This was also their first album where the lyrics were originally written in English, as the band felt they were better suited to the music they were making at this time. The lyrics for "From Under" and "Chocolate Kings" were written by Marva Jan Marrow, an American friend of the group, then living in Italy.

Track listing

# "From Under" (Flavio Premoli, Franco Mussida, Mauro Pagani, Ivan Graziani, Marva Jan Marrow) – 7:29 # "Harlequin" (Premoli, Pagani) – 7:48 # "Chocolate Kings" (Mussida, Pagani, Marrow) – 4:39 # "Out of the Roundabout" (Mussida, Pagani) – 7:53 # "Paper Charms" (Mussida, Pagani) – 8:30

Personnel

Bernardo Lanzetti Bernardo is a given name and less frequently an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish surname. Possibly from the Germanic "Bernhard". Given name People * Bernardo the Japanese (died 1557), early Japanese Christian convert and disciple of Saint Franc ...

– vocals *

Franco Mussida Franco Mussida (born in Milan, Italy, on 21 March 1947) is an Italian guitar player, composer, and singer. Biography He is best known as a founder and prominent member of the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM), establi ...

– guitar, voice *

Flavio Premoli Flavio Premoli (born 1949 in Varese) is an Italian musician and composer, one of the four founding members of the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM). Premoli is currently endorsed by Yamaha Yamaha may refer to: * Yamaha ...

– keyboards, vocals *

Mauro Pagani Mauro Pagani (born 5 February 1946) is an Italian musician and singer. Pagani was born in Chiari, Lombardy. A multi-instrumentalist, he made his debut in the music world in 1970 as violinist and founding member of the progressive rock band Premi ...

– flute, violin, vocals *

Patrick Djivas Patrick may refer to: * Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People * Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...

– bass, vocals * Franz Di Cioccio – drums, vocals

References

{{Authority control Premiata Forneria Marconi albums 1975 albums