Per un Amico

Artist: PFM
Label: Sony / Bmg Import
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 035627178429
EAN: 0035627178429
ASIN: B0000072VM

Release Date: 1998-07-23

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Tracks:

Appena un Po'
Generale - Premiata Forneria Marconi
Per un Amico
Il Banchetto
Geranio

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Customer Reviews:

A classic prog album for the Italian ELP.......2006-10-04

In my opinion, this album is an indisputable classic. The emotions flow throught the album, with the best and coolest effects -for a 70's record.-Check this one out, specially the incredible "Il Banchetto". If you like classic prog, you will find out that is really not important to speak Italian to enjoy this masterpiece.

PFM's Masterpiece.......2005-08-11

When your 2-year-old daughter starts singing the little choir of a rock band you know you are listening more than to progressive rock. The choir is in "Geranio", the closing track of an absolutely beautiful album. You will get to there through the semi-military bumps of "Generale", the melancholy of the title track, and the rhythmical clarity of "Il banchetto". But even in a masterpiece album there is the supreme moment, and that certainly is the opening title "Appena un po'"(Just a bit). If not available to every audiophile's ears it should be played in schools to illustrate how grand and magnificent music, even the contemporary product of a progressive rock band, can be: It will open people's heart and mind. May the endorphins be with you.

Not as good as Storia di un Minuto.......2003-08-06

As you probably know, PFM is an Italian progressive rock band. This is their second album. The sound quality on the CD is excellent. It is 35 minutes long.

I don't think this is as good as their first album, Storia di un Minuto. It is a little bit more bombastic and pretenious. Overblown excesses by groups like Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer are what killed off progressive rock. This ablum suffers a tiny bit from that on songs like Generale and Il Banchetto. Some of these songs can get tedious on repeated listenings. But, it is a minor complaint and this album comes close to 5 stars.

The lyrics to this album are in Italian. There is a reworked version of this album with English lyrics called Photos of Ghosts. Pete Sinfield (who wrote much of the early King Crimson lyrics) supplied the lyrics. No one in PFM had much English speaking ability and the English lyrics are sung phonetically. The lyrics are meaningless and take away from beauty of the album. It is better to get this Italian version. Photos Of Ghosts does have one extra track, Celebration, which is an English verion of E'Festa from the first album.

PFM was a completely different band in concert. Instead of playing mellow, progressive rock, they were a hard core, jamming band. Many of thier live albums are excellent. I would reccmmend the 4 CD set, Gil Anni Live 1970 to 1981. If you can't find that, get Live in USA (also called Cook).

melodies do not really stand out.......2003-02-14

This is not that memorable of a recording, as the style tends to leave a lot of dead space between passages. It's as if the band did not have the technical ability to sustain what they were playing for too long. On top of this, the melodies stick too much to the scales, so it's not very inventive. Fans say it's a "pretty" album and I think it's fair to say that it somewhat accomplishes that in the production side of things, but again the melodies are not very interesting at all. I don't agree that this is the masterpiece that everyone thinks it is. But I got another PFM record that is better--Chocolate Kings. Although they sing in English in that one and sound kind of stupid, it rocks! It sounds like a different group to me.

Per un Amico.......2003-02-02

is a very good album, it's more of progressive rock than their first record, all selections well composed and performed. Generale features excellent guitars, the title track and Il Banchetto are pretty good too. It's not exactly 5 star though, more like 4.8.

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