Tutti Morimmo a Stento is the third album released by Fabrizio De André

Fabrizio De André

Fabrizio De André was an Italian singer-songwriter.Known for his sympathies towards anarchism, libertarianism, and pacifism, he also was a convicted atheist , and his songs often featured marginalized and rebellious people, prostitutes and knaves, and attacked the Catholic Church...

. It was issued in 1968

1968 in music

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 both by Bluebell Records and Produttori Associati. It was reissued several times by Ricordi

Casa Ricordi

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 and BMG

BMG

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. De André wrote the lyrics for the album inspired by the poetry of François Villon

François Villon

François Villon was a French poet, thief, and vagabond. He is perhaps best known for his Testaments and his Ballade des Pendus, written while in prison...

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Note on the translation

The English translation of the title "Tutti morimmo a stento" could alternatively be "We all barely died", because the phrase "a stento" in Italian is used to refer to something that almost failed, but ended up succeeding. So in Italian, the title is a pun contrasting the positivity of a thwarted sinister outcome and the negativity of death.

Track listing

songs written by Fabrizio De André

Fabrizio De André

Fabrizio De André was an Italian singer-songwriter.Known for his sympathies towards anarchism, libertarianism, and pacifism, he also was a convicted atheist , and his songs often featured marginalized and rebellious people, prostitutes and knaves, and attacked the Catholic Church...

, except where indicated.

1. "Cantico dei Drogati" (De André, Riccardo Mannerini) (7:06)
2. "Primo Intermezzo" (1:57)
3. "Leggenda di Natale" " (De André, Georges Brassens
   Georges Brassens
   Georges Brassens , 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981), was a French singer-songwriter and poet.Brassens was born in Sète, a town in southern France near Montpellier...
   
   ) (3:14)
4. "Secondo Intermezzo" (1:56)
5. "Ballata degli Impiccati" (De André, Giuseppe Bentivoglio) (4:22)
6. "Inverno" (4:10)
7. "Girotondo" (3:06)
8. "Terzo Intermezzo" (2:12)
9. "Recitativo/Corale (Leggenda del Re Infelice)" (De André) (5:45)

Song meanings

"Cantico dei Drogati" is based on a Riccardo Mannerini poem entitled "Eroina" ("Heroin").

"Leggenda di Natale" is based on the song "Le Père Noël et la Petite Fille", written by Georges Brassens

Georges Brassens

Georges Brassens , 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981), was a French singer-songwriter and poet.Brassens was born in Sète, a town in southern France near Montpellier...

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