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 was simply "Francesco"; this was the second time that had happened, as Folk beat n. 1, Guccini's debut, featured this as well.[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. Giorgio Vacchi is listed as arranger, while Guccini wrote all the songs on 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 Soviet 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). Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
2. "Due anni dopo" (in Italian). viafabbri43.net. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
3. "Due anni dopo" (in Italian). Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
4. Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto (in Italian). Firenze: Giunti. 1999. pp. 59/69. ISBN 88-09-02164-9.
5. Jachia, Paolo (2002). Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni (in Italian). Roma: Editori Riuniti. pp. 116–117/135. ISBN 88-07-81471-4.
6. Jachia, Paolo (2002). Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni (in Italian). Roma: Editori Riuniti. pp. 76–77. ISBN 88-07-81471-4.
7. Jachia, Paolo (2002). Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni (in Italian). 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". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 19 November 2011.
9. Castaldo, Gino (9 December 1988). "Imponente, giovane Guccini". La Repubblica (in Italian). p. 29. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
10. Margiotta, Emanuele. "Francesco Guccini – Ritratto di un cantastorie" (in Italian). Ondarock. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
11. Prunes, Mariano. "Francesco Guccini". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2011.