IL VOLO

One of the stellar and yet underrated classics of the golden age of Italian prog.This debut album in 1974 still shines for me today, 30 years later, a true monument of symphonic elegance with a much maligned dual guitar and dual keyboard set-up that exude rich pulsating e-piano motifs, sweeping synth strings (the legendary italian Eminent) , and inspired acoustic/electric interplay. But its the vocals that blow me away, richly gorgeous and inspiring, highly evocative indeed. The first 5 tracks in particular are just plain breathtaking , especially the way "il Calore Umano" segues into "Il Canto della Preistoria" , in my opinion , the finest 10 minutes of Italian prog ever recorded. The opener "Come un'zanazar en Africa" is a swirling tempest of e-pianos, booming bass, rippling drums, squeaky guitar bursts and some of the finest harmony and lead vocals anywhere. A majestic ISP monument .

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