- Volume 8
Infobox Album
Name = Volume 8
Type = Studio album
Artist =Fabrizio De André
Recorded =Milan ,Ricordi studios,1975
Released =1975
Genre =Italian singer-songwriters
Length = 32:51
Label =Ricordi BMG
Producer = Roberto Dané
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Last album = "Canzoni" (1974)
This album = "Volume 8" (1975)
Next album = "Rimini" (1978)"Volume 8" is the name of an album released by Italian
singer/songwriter Fabrizio De André . It was first issued in 1975 onRicordi and then re-released byBMG .Track listing
*"La Cattiva Strada" – 4:33
*"Oceano" – 3:11
* "Nancy" (Leonard Cohen , translation by De André) – 3:57
* "Le Storie di ieri" (Francesco De Gregori ) – 3:15
*"Giugno '73" (De André) – 3:31
* "Dolce Luna" – 3:25
* "Canzone per l'estate" – 5:21
* "Amico fragile" (De André) - 5:29All songs written by
Fabrizio De André andFrancesco De Gregori , except where indicated.Personnel
*
Fabrizio De André - Guitars, Vocals
* Luigi Cappellotti - Bass
* Andrea Surdi - Drums
* Oscar Rocchi - Keyboards
* Carmelo La Bionda - Guitars
* Michelangelo La Bionda - Guitars
* Claudio Bazzari - Guitars
* Ernesto Verardi - GuitarsThe songs
* "Nancy" is a translated version of the
Leonard Cohen 's song "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy", originally from his "Songs from a Room " album. The lyrics are about the true story of a young girl fromMontréal who committed suicide."
* "Le storie di ieri", completely written by De Gregori (who re-recorded the song on his album "Rimmel" of the same year) is about the choice of the fascist ideology and its transformation into the MSI (post-fascist Italian party) after its downfall.
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