''L'orso bruno'' is a music album by the Italian singer-songwriter

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, released by It in 1973. It was his first solo album, after '' Theorius Campus'' (1972) in collaboration with

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. The latter co-wrote the song "L'ingresso della fabbrica". After the album's release, Venditti declared his dissatisfaction for

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's production; this led him to personally arrange and play all the songs in his following work, the minimalistic ''

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''. This included also another version of the

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song "E li ponti so' soli".

Track listing

#"E li ponti so' soli" (3:03) #"L'uomo di pane" (5:09) #"L'ingresso della fabbrica" (4:13) #"Lontana è Milano" (4:18) #"L'orso bruno" (4:21) #"Il mare di Jan" (7:53) #"Dove" (7:04) #"Sottopassaggio" (4.22) Orso bruno Orso bruno {{1970s-album-stub