CONTAMINATION

An English version of Il Rovescio della Medaglia's 1973 excellent album composed and recorded in collaboration with Maestro Luis Enriquez Bacalov, "Contaminazione", was released in 1975 on the RCA label for the international market with a different art cover where the name of the band was reduced to its acronym, R.D.M. (following in the steps of Premiata Forneria Marconi that became P.F.M. for the Manticore albums). The album was retitled "Contamination" and features adapted English lyrics that do not exactly translate the original versions but just follow the same plot that is summarized in the liner notes. In my opinion, the result is not completely convincing and I prefer by far the original Italian album where the vocals sound in some way more natural and fit better the pieces. The music, of course, is great...