Due anni dopo
Studio album by
Francesco Guccini
ReleasedJanuary 1970
RecordedNovember 1969
GenreItalian singer-songwriter
Length40:44
LabelEMI
Francesco Guccini chronology
Folk beat n. 1
(1967)		 Due anni dopo
(1970)		 L'isola non trovata
(1970)

Due anni dopo is the second album by Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini. It was released in 1970 by EMI.[1]

Overview

The album was recorded in November 1969 in Milan.[2] On the front cover the name was simply "Francesco"; this was the second time that had happened, as Folk beat n. 1, Guccini's debut, featured this as well.[3] Due anni dopo was the first album in which Guccini collaborated with Deborah Kooperman, an American folksinger who played fingerstyle guitar, a style which was not well known in Italy at the time.[4] Her name was misspelled as "Deborah Kopperman" in the credits. Giorgio Vacchi is listed as arranger, while Guccini wrote all the songs on the album.[3] The main theme was the passage of time, and how bourgeois hypocrisy affects everyday life;[5] notable influences were French music and the style of the Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi. [6][7] "Primavera di Praga" was a criticism of the 1968 Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia,[8] while the title track is about the years he spent in Modena, in his teens. The two songs, along with "Vedi cara", became Guccini's classics.[9]

Reception

The album was generally well received by critics. Allmusic says it was a "strong collection", while the Italian music website Ondarock states Due anni dopo had lyrics with clear "poetic and narrative connotations".[10][11]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Lui e lei" – 3:12
  2. "Primavera di Praga" – 3:38
  3. "Giorno d'estate" – 3:47
  4. "Il compleanno" – 3:31
  5. "L'albero ed io" – 2:54
  6. "Due anni dopo" – 3:43

Side B

  1. "La verità" – 3:21
  2. "Per quando è tardi" – 3:31
  3. "Vedi cara" – 4:58
  4. "Ophelia" – 2:26
  5. "L'ubriaco" – 2:33
  6. "Al trist" – 3:41

References

  1. ↑ "Discography" (in Italian). concerto.net (Guccini's official discography). Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Due anni dopo" (in Italian). viafabbri43.net. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Due anni dopo" (in Italian). Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  4. ↑ Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto (in Italian). Firenze: Giunti. 1999. pp. 59/69. ISBN 88-09-02164-9.
  5. ↑ Jachia, Paolo (2002). Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni (in Italian). Roma: Editori Riuniti. pp. 116–117/135. ISBN 88-07-81471-4.
  6. ↑ Jachia, Paolo (2002). Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni (in Italian). Roma: Editori Riuniti. pp. 76–77. ISBN 88-07-81471-4.
  7. ↑ Jachia, Paolo (2002). Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni (in Italian). Roma: Editori Riuniti. pp. 91–94. ISBN 88-07-81471-4.
  8. ↑ Semmola, Edoardo (24 February 2009). "Guccini dà i voti alla sinistra In concerto al Mandela". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  9. ↑ Castaldo, Gino (9 December 1988). "Imponente, giovane Guccini". La Repubblica (in Italian). p. 29. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  10. ↑ Margiotta, Emanuele. "Francesco Guccini – Ritratto di un cantastorie" (in Italian). Ondarock. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  11. ↑ Prunes, Mariano. "Francesco Guccini". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
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