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'71-'75

Delirium

Rock Progressivo Italiano


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4.07 | 10 ratings | 3 reviews | 50% 5 stars

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Boxset/Compilation, released in 2005

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1 (77:33)
1. Preludio (paura) (3:56)
2. Movimento I (egoismo) (4:40)
3. Movimento II (dubbio) (3:24)
4. To Satchmo, Bird And Other Unforgettable Friends (dolore) (5:41)
5. Sequenza I e II (ipocrisia - verità) (3:35)
6. Johnnie Sayre (il perdono) (4:57)
7. Favola o storia del lago di Kriss (libertà) (4:22)
8. Dolce acqua (speranza) (5:51)
9. Canto di osanna (singolo) (4:46)
10. Deliriana (singolo) (3:33)
11. Jesahel (4:08)
12. Villaggio (5:13)
13. Tremori antichi (2:21)
14. Gioia, disordine, risentimento (7:17)
15. La mia pazzia (3:26)
16. Sogno (5:46)
17. Dimensione uomo (4:37)

CD 2 (72:28)
1. Culto disarmonico (3:44)
2. Pensiero per un abbandono (4:37)
3. King's Road (strumentale - singolo) (4:37)
4. Haum! (singolo) (3:19)
5. E' l'ora (singolo) (3:57)
6. Treno (singolo) (2:53)
7. Il dono (4:16)
8. Viaggio negli arcipelaghi del tempo (4:38)
9. Fuga n°1 (6:42)
10. Dio del silenzio (2:56)
11. La battaglia degli eterni piani (6:42)
12. Un uomo (2:06)
13. Viaggio n°2 (4:25)
14. Ancora un'alba (2:47)
15. Buana, The Rainbow (singolo) (4:04)
16. Signore (singolo) (3:58)
17. Cow boy (singolo) (3:59)
18. Corri bambino (singolo) (2:48)

Total Time 150:01

Line-up / Musicians

- Ivano Fossati / lead vocals, acoustic & electric flute, acoustic guitar, recorder, harmonica (CD 1 tracks 1-11)
- Marcello Reale / bass, contrabass, guitar, vocals
- Peppino Di Santo / drums & percussion, timpani, vocals
- Ettore Vigo / piano, Moog, organ, electric piano, celesta, vibraphone, cembalo, prepared piano, harmonium
- Mimmo Di Martino / guitars, vocals
- Martin Frederick Grice / flute, saxophones, vocals, keyboards (CD 1 tracks 12-17 - CD 2)

Releases information

2CD Warner Music 5050467-7070-2-3 (2005)

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DELIRIUM '71-'75 ratings distribution


4.07
(10 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(50%)
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Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(50%)
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Review by andrea
PROG REVIEWER
4 stars This is not a simple anthology, this is a kind of early Delirium's "opera omnia" remastered and put together on two CDs (for the price of one). You can find here all the three Delirium's albums from the seventies ("Dolce acqua", "Lo scemo e il villaggio" and "Delirium III: Viaggio negli arcipelaghi del tempo") along with ten other songs previously released only as singles. While "Jeshael", their most successful single, was included as a bonus track on the CD edition of "Dolce acqua", you can't find elsewhere the other rarities (among others "Haum", "E' l'ora" and "Canto di Osanna") and this makes of this collection a very useful item for the fans of the band. Unfortunately, the booklet is very poor (there's no information about the musicians, the recording details and the history of the band), nonetheless I think that this collection is an excellent bargain.
Review by Todd
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR RPI / Heavy Prog Team
4 stars What a bargain! There's a lot of great music here. In fact, on 2 discs we get every one of Delirium's three studio albums, with no deletions! As a bonus, we also get 11 singles they released from 1971 through 1975. That's a lot of music for a low price, and much of that music is excellent, perhaps even essential.

Regarding the three studio albums, I am in the minority in favoring III and Lo Scemo over Dolce Acqua, though I enjoy all three. But you can look at the separate reviews of those albums. Regarding this collection, the booklet is pretty much useless. I also have the Italian mini-LP version of III, and that booklet is better. However, the sound isn't different to my ears, and the booklet is a small price to pay in my opinon for all the great music you get in this collection.

The singles are less to my taste--very pop, though tastefully done for the most part. An exception is King's Road (Strumentale), which is outstanding.

Overall, this collection is THE way to meet the band, and also THE way to complete the Delirium catalogue. I would consider their second and third albums as at least four stars by themselves, so for me the collection merits four stars.

Edit: Since the BTF reissue of the first three albums as Italian mini lps, these are the preferred way to experience the band. The singles really don't make the collection necessary if you have the individual albums. However, if you're on a tight budget, this is definitely something to consider.

Review by Marty McFly
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator
4 stars EDIT: As collection, it is almost supposed to have few blind spots of not so interesting music. But that's not case of this album so much, as most of songs here sounds good. Even it's based on three albums and ten singles (thanks previous reviewer for correcting facts), they're planted here, put together in very clever way, that you won't even notice that it's collection. The best sounding "epic" epic of 70's? Probably not, but still it's a good album. When listening all tracks at once, it (2 hours, 30 minutes, do you even have a time to listen it at once?), it can be somehow weary, as it "sounds" quite similar. Something that Jethro Tull (flute somebody? I hear it here) managed, to have distinct sound.

Really good deal. It is long, in fact, it is as long as 2 CD's can be, so of course, there will be some boring parts (they can't have every song perfect) and I'm aware of that. But when considering it's a compilation, for me, it stands very high above other collections. It's basically offering of their entire material from studio albums I believe (I hope). Musically, it's one of the better, old RPI groups (for me at least), I like them for their unique sound and for having good elements in their music. And also for their accessibility, almost everybody can listen to it, while maintaining high standard of music.

4(-) for moderately good collection of mostly good songs. Just hear it for yourself, it's worth of it.

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