Due anni dopo

Due anni dopo
Studio album by Francesco Guccini
Released	January 1970
Recorded	November 1969
Genre	Italian singer-songwriter
Length	40:44
Label	EMI
Francesco Guccini chronology
Folk beat n. 1 (1967) Due anni dopo (1970) L'isola non trovata (1970)

Due anni dopo is the second album by Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini. It was released in 1970 by EMI.^[1]

Overview

The album was recorded in November 1969 in Milan.^[2] On the front cover the name of the author was simply "Francesco"; this already occurred in Guccini's first album, Folk beat n. 1.^[3] Due anni dopo was the first album in which Guccini collaborated with Deborah Kooperman, an American folksinger who played fingerstyle guitar, a style which was not well-known in Italy at the time.^[4] Her name was misspelled as Deborah Kopperman in the credits, where Giorgio Vacchi is listed as arranger, while Guccini is the author of all the songs in the album.^[3] The main theme was the passage of time, and how bourgeois hypocrisy affects everyday life;^[5] notable influences were French music and the style of the Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi. ^[6][7] "Primavera di Praga" was a criticism of the 1968 Sovietic occupation of Czechoslovakia,^[8] while the title track is about the years he spent in Modena, in his teens. The two songs, along with "Vedi cara", became Guccini's classics.^[9]

Reception

The album was generally well received by critics. Allmusic says it was a "strong collection", while the Italian music website Ondarock states Due anni dopo had lyrics with clear "poetic and narrative connotations".^[10][11]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Lui e lei" – 3:12
2. "Primavera di Praga" – 3:38
3. "Giorno d'estate" – 3:47
4. "Il compleanno" – 3:31
5. "L'albero ed io" – 2:54
6. "Due anni dopo" – 3:43

Side B

1. "La verità" – 3:21
2. "Per quando è tardi" – 3:31
3. "Vedi cara" – 4:58
4. "Ophelia" – 2:26
5. "L'ubriaco" – 2:33
6. "Al trist" – 3:41

References

1. ^ "Discography" (in Italian). concerto.net (Guccini's official discography). http://www.concerto.net/guccini/discography.htm. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
2. ^ "Due anni dopo" (in Italian). viafabbri43.net. http://www.viafabbri43.net/discografia-album.asp?go=due_anni_dopo. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Due anni dopo" (in Italian). Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana. http://discografia.dds.it/scheda_titolo.php?idt=576. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
4. ^ (in Italian) Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.. Firenze: Giunti. 1999. pp. 59/69. ISBN 88-09-02164-9. 
5. ^ Jachia, Paolo (2002) (in Italian). Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni. Roma: Editori Riuniti. pp. 116–117/135. ISBN 88-07-81471-4. 
6. ^ Jachia, Paolo (2002) (in Italian). Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni. Roma: Editori Riuniti. pp. 76–77. ISBN 88-07-81471-4. 
7. ^ Jachia, Paolo (2002) (in Italian). Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni. Roma: Editori Riuniti. pp. 91–94. ISBN 88-07-81471-4. 
8. ^ Semmola, Edoardo (24 February 2009). "Guccini dà i voti alla sinistra In concerto al Mandela" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. http://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/firenze/notizie/spettacoli/2009/24-febbraio-2009/guccini-da-voti-sinistra-concerto-mandela-1501032301447.shtml. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
9. ^ Castaldo, Gino (9 December 1988). "Imponente, giovane Guccini" (in Italian). La Repubblica: p. 29. http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1988/12/09/imponente-giovane-guccini.html. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
10. ^ Margiotta, Emanuele. "Francesco Guccini – Ritratto di un cantastorie" (in Italian). Ondarock. http://www.ondarock.it/italia/francescoguccini.htm. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
11. ^ Prunes, Mariano. "Francesco Guccini". All Music. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/francesco-guccini-p199807/biography. Retrieved 21 October 2011.