''Crac!'' is the third album of the
Jazz fusion band
Area
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and was released in 1975. With this album, the band gained more popularity in Italy, thanks to songs like "L'elefante Bianco", "La Mela di Odessa (1920)" and "Gioia e Rivoluzione", which quickly became concert favourites. All songs were written by Tofani, Fariselli and Tavolazzi, except for "Area 5" which was written by Juan Hidalgo and Walter Marchetti.
When touring for this album the band even played in Paris and in Lisboa (as documented posthumously in the album "
Parigi Lisbona" released in 1976, while a
live album from their Italian tour was released later that year).
Track listing
All tracks by Patrizio Fariselli, Ares Tavolazzi & Paolo Tofani except where noted.
Side one
# "L'elefante Bianco" – 4:33
# "La Mela di Odessa (1920)" – 6:27
# "Megalopoli" – 7:53
Side two
# "Nervi Scoperti" – 6:35
# "Gioia e Rivoluzione" – 4:40
# "Implosion" – 5:00
# "Area 5" (Juan Hidalgo, Walter Marchetti) – 2:09
Personnel
* Giulio Capiozzo – drums, percussion
* Patrizio Fariselli – electric piano, piano, clarinet, synthesizer
*
Demetrio Stratos
Efstratios Dimitriou ( el, Ευστράτιος Δημητρίου; 22 April 1945 – 13 June 1979), known professionally as Demetrio Stratos, was a Greek lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, music researcher, and co-founder, frontman and lead singe ...
– vocals, organ, harpsichord, steel drums, percussion
* Ares Tavolazzi – acoustic bass, electric bass, trombone
* Paolo Tofani – guitar, synthesizer, flute
* Piero Bravin – engineering
* Ambrogio Ferrario – engineering
References
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1975 albums
Area (band) albums