Le nuvole
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Le nuvole is the name of an album released by Italian
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 singer-songwriter
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 Fabrizio De André
Fabrizio De André
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, released in 1990. The songs were written by Fabrizio De André and Mauro Pagani
Mauro Pagani
Mauro Pagani is an Italian musician and singer.Pagani was born in Chiari, Lombardy. A multi-instrumentalist, he made his debut in the music world in 1970 as violinist and founding member of the progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi. In 1977 he left the band to follow a solo career, but...

.

Overview

Mégu megún and  çímma are written in Genoese
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,
Monti di mola in Gallurese. Don Raffaè, referred to the Italian criminal Raffaele Cutolo
Raffaele Cutolo
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 is partly sung in Neapolitan
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. In 1992 it has been sung by Roberto Murolo and is included in his album "
Ottanta voglia di cantare".

Track listing

  1. Le nuvole (De André/Pagani) - 2:16
  2. Ottocento (De André/Pagani) - 4:56
  3. Don Raffaè (De André/Massimo Bubola
    Massimo Bubola
    Massimo Bubola is an Italian singer-songwriter, record producer and arranger.During his career, he cooperated with lot of Italian musicians in writing lyrics and musics, and his most significant cooperation was with Fabrizio De André...

     - De André/Pagani) - 4:08
  4. La domenica delle salme (De André/Pagani) - 7:35
  5. Mégu megún (De André/Ivano Fossati
    Ivano Fossati
    Ivano Alberto Fossati is an Italian pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and percussionist born in Genoa. Fossati has several albums to date and has worked with such musicians as Fabrizio De André, Riccardo Tesi,Anna Oxa, Mia Martini, Ornella Vanoni, Francesco De Gregori and...

     - De André/Pagani) - 5:22
  6. La nova gelosia (Neapolitan
    Naples
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     anonymous, 18th Century) - 3:04
  7. Â çímma (De André/Fossati - De André/Pagani) - 6:18
  8. Monti di mola (De André/Pagani) - 7:45


Awards

  • The album won the 1991 "Targa Tenco" prize for albums
  • La domenica delle salme won the 1991 "Targa Tenco" prize for songs

External links

"Le Nuvole" on viadelcampo.com
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