Lucio Dalla - Come E' Profondo Il Mare (1977)

As the title of one of his most famous songs states, Lucio Dalla was born on March 4, 1943, and became one of the most important, as well as most popular, figures in Italian pop music of the second half of the 20th century. Dalla's career was a fascinating musical rollercoaster through several distinct periods. More than once he managed to enrapture and then enrage fans and critics with his sudden changes of musical direction, which were, as is often the case in Italy, invariably perceived as sheer ideological betrayals. Still, at the same time that he was alienating one audience, he was attracting a new and often bigger one. Typically unfazed by controversy, Dalla never let criticism get behind his perennial sad buffoon façade, and kept doing things his way, even at the risk of self-parody. By the early 21st century, Dalla had long become an untouchable icon of Italian pop culture as everybody's favorite mischievous uncle.            

His album Come è profondo il mare was released in 1977 by RCA Italiana. It was the first work in which Dalla wrote both the music and lyrics, after three albums in which the latter had been provided by poet Roberto Roversi.

Tracklist:

1. "Come è profondo il mare" - 5:24
2. "Treno a vela" - 3:27
3. "Il cucciolo Alfredo" - 5:22
4. "Corso Buenos Aires" - 4:38
5. "Disperato erotico stomp" - 5:52
6. "Quale allegria" - 4:30
7. "...E non andar più via" - 3:25
8. "Barcarola" - 3:50

Lucio Dalla - Come E' Profondo Il Mare (1977)
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