Customer Reviews

All the Best From Italy

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Well I own this album and can safely say I played it once and then put them away with a couple of other never to be played again cd's.

I did not realize at first that these were cheesy imitations of the real thing. If you want Italian compilations put a little more money in and buy the original artists and songs.

I would like to know what criteria is used to determine what songs are included on these "All the best from.." titles. As far as I'm concerned most of these songs don't even qualify for "good"! Most songs have folk or rock n roll rhythms with Italian words. Even the so called classics (O Sole Mio, Volare) leave a lot to be desired. Minimal use of accordions and mandolins but lots of guitar and piano.

A much better choice is "La Musica from Italy"

a good start on world music, but I have to ask what the heck was on the Italy disc. I'm getting ready to major in Italian in college and was hoping to have some "theme" music for studying. Imagine my surprise when all but about 4 songs are horribly-made 80's imitations! I imagine this is an insult for people of Italian heritage, and it certainly is an earache for the rest of us! There is only about 4 (1 one of the new songs are semi-ok) songs I care for off the whole thing, and I just wasted 12 dollars of my weekly pay! They should have a warning on the label!

Disappointing! These are not original recordings but poor imitations by lounge lizards. Don't waste you money.

This compilation is a list of popular music that are indeed, the best from Italy. You have to realize that these songs/pieces are not Italian-American songs that many may assume; i.e. this is not a Ratpack CD. Instead, it is a CD compiled with numerous Italian folk songs in which I grew up listening. My Nonna (Grandma) is from Italy (Tuscany)and when I burned her a copy, she melted! She knew all of the tracks and loved how it took her back to her days in Lucca. She played the CD whenever she had free time up until her death.

A lot of the ratings on this page bash the CD because it has a relatively new recording style and was scored with modern day synthesizers and beat samplers. However, folk music is meant to be the sound from a particular region or culture. This CD encapsulates this sound in a modern form. Simply put, many folk songs from yesteryear were never ever recorded due to the given limitations. Furthermore, when searching the titles that are on the CD, I have only come up with this CD, which means that nobody else out there has really taken the time to capture the sound of Italy and record it. This is as good as it gets in the interim; and if people from Italy even know the tunes, what more can you ask for?

For those that criticized Canada and said "Where does it get off publishing Euro-Italian compilations, Canada actually has a strong Italian presence in Quebec and in Toronto (rightfully so since it is right above New York)!

Johnny Toscani
Chicago

This was a total waste of money! This had to be the cheesiest Italian recordings that I have ever heard. Don't bother.

My husband(who is Italian), and I listen to this often...especially in the car. I think it is a great buy for the number of songs you get. Also, the quality of the music is pretty good for the price as well. Afterall, it's not like you are buying Bocelli....
So given what it is...remakes of popular songs... I say this music is "Pretty Good Music" for a great price.

Those are my favorite 2 CDs! I highly recommend the 2 All the Best from Italy CDs!

"All the Best from Italy" is a peppy, energetic, truly enjoyable CD for anyone--whether you know Italian or not. It's great traveling music for the car or just music to listen to anytime. I have also heard selections from this 2 CD set played in Italian restaurants while dining there. The reasonable price shouldn't fool you. It's really good quality. It's refreshing to be able to hear songs you may never have heard before that have such ethnic energy and varied styles.

I borrowed these CD's from the library and did not expect too much from it. But it surprised me that the singers are excellent. These songs "Ti amo" "O sole mio" "Funiculi Funicula" and "Arrivederci Roma" are familiar for the people from Taiwan, but I discovered many wonderful Italia songs from these two CD's. CD 1 is my favoriate.