Passpartu [Import]

1. Viene il Santo

2. Svita la Vita

3. Se Fossi Cosa

4. Trame Blu

5. Passpartu

6. I Cavalieri del Tavolo Cubico

7. Su Una Mosca E Sui Dolci

8. Fantalita

Tracks:

Viene il Santo
Svita la Vita
Se Fossi Cosa
Trame Blu
Passpartu
I Cavalieri del Tavolo Cubico
Su Una Mosca E Sui Dolci
Fantalita

Album Description

Japanese pressing packaged in a miniature LP sleeve of this 1978 album by Italy's most famous Progressive Rock band. Uno. 2006.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Average customer rating:

Passpartu
Great progressive pop
A departure for PFM - - Very uplifting
Ending an era in style
3.5 stars

Passpartu
PFM
Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000072VL
Release Date: 1998-07-16

Tracks:

Viene il Santo
Svita la Vita
Se Fossi Cosa
Trame Blu
Passpartu
I Cavalieri del Tavolo Cubico
Su Una Mosca E Sui Dolci
Fantalita

Customer Reviews:

Passpartu.......2006-10-16

It's "back to songs." And not the best ones. If their first few albums also featured songs (with the only exception being Jet Lag), they were more of a prog band. Here they turned into an Italian pop group.

Great progressive pop.......2006-06-27

This 1978 album marks the band turning away from the full blown prog of the mid 1970s, the transitional proggy jazz rock of Jet Lag (1977), and adopting a predominantly pop style with an admixture of prog and some jazz-pop. Fortunately, we are talking PFM here so the musicianship is still excellent even though the tracks are pretty short and the emphasis is on melodies - which are incredible by the way. Bernardo Lanzetti even softens his vocal style on this album and turns in what I regard to be his best performance. If I had to sum this album up briefly, it is an excellent example of progressive pop. The arrangements are interesting enough, the playing is stellar, and greater emphasis is placed on melodies. Chances are that if you like this combination, you would also like Le Orme's superb album Storia O Leggenda (1977), which features a similar blend of prog and pop styles. Recommended.

A departure for PFM - - Very uplifting.......2006-03-21

These songs are very catchy. "Svita la vita" bounces along with such grace and the vocal line is simply brilliant. The percussion really spices up some of the songs. "Le trame blu", "Passpartu", and "I cavalieri del tavolo cubico" have a layed back sophistication to them, that certain magic PFM touch . This CD is so different from any of their other ones, a must have for Italian/Progressive fans.

Ending an era in style.......2003-02-10

The last of an unbroken line of great prog albums. PFM have recently resurrected themselves quite respectably on Ulysse, but fans of their classic 70s stuff may have missed this underrated gem, the last facet in the end-of-the-70s triptych that also included Chocolate Kings and Jetlag. Passpartu is more commercial, to be sure, but the emphasis is still very much on prog ideas, given the fluid musicianship and Lanzetti's gorgeous Gabrielesque vocals. The title track, "Svita la Vita," and the opening and closing numbers wouldn't be out of place on Jetlag, and the production is immaculate. No epics or even ferocious jams -- no "Traveler" or "Chocolate Kings," in other words -- but a brace of subtle yet never simple songs that continue their prog tradition while bettering the kind of pop that would come on later albums like Miss Baker. Give a listen to "Su Una Mosca E Sui Dolci" and you'll be convinced.

3.5 stars.......2000-02-19

This is a major shift in style and focus for this brilliant Italian band. This is not a progressive rock album. It is more focused on melody and song structure than previous efforts. Perhaps best described as progressive pop. The musicianship, as always, is terrific. Unfortunately, they do not stretch out the compositions as they did with past efforts. Vocalist Bernardo Lanzetti tones down the warble and vibrato to present his most accessable singing to date. Patrick Djivas bass playing swings. It's a shame that Franco Mussida and Flavio Premoli are so subdued as their respective brilliance is not as evident as one would hope. Not among their best but still enjoyable and worth purchasing...Simon

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