Calogero [Import]

Calogero | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mercury Import
• ASIN: B000068GLT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,895 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2002 album from the Italian born Antonio Calogero, San Francisco's master of classical & acoustic finger style guitar. Mercury. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good pop rock with intelligent lyrics, May 23, 2004

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Sandy (Brussels, Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calogero (Audio CD)

Calogero began his career in the 80's as the singer of The Charts. When the band called it quit, he spent several years trying to gain personal recognition. Pascal Obispo brought him back in the spotlight. The discreet success of his first solo album was only a preparation for his explosion in 2002/2003 with the second, soberly called "Calogero". After 85 weeks of chart presence, this album was still in the top 20 in Belgium, while its follower "3" was in the top 5. It should give you an idea of the guy's popularity...

Calogero is a solid melodist. He can mix a rock oriented guitars use with his pop sense of songwriting and possess a flexible voice capable of rock grits as well as sensuous murmurs. The lyrics are often straightforward and talk about simple things of life as well as more serious issues. Most of them are signed Lionel Florence.

The album gave 4 hit singles. "En apesanteur" tells the fantasm of a man alone in an elevator with a beautiful stranger. "Aussi libre que moi" is an hymn to the perfect love partner, independent enough to build up her own life outside of the couple. "Tien An Men" is a reflexive ballad about the protection of personal rights ("Maybe Tien An men is closer than we think, that our small fights are also worth it but we don't see it"). "Prendre racine" talks about roots and building up a stable life and your personality by separating yourself from it (to better appreciate them).

Other tracks I'd like to pin point would be: the feel good "Prouver l'amour" (about living together with your loved one), "A la gueule des noyés" (story of a boy who lost a brother to the ocean but still wants to leave himself, between love and hate for the big wide open), "Une dernière chance" (written by Françoise Hardy, telling a couple's fight), the post breaking up song "Je vis ou tu m'as laissé". Note as well there is a hidden track ("L'européen") after "Partir ou rester".

His new album "3" keeps the same style, with a dirtier sound. I also recommend it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD is awesome!, September 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Calogero (Audio CD)

I am an American but while touring in France I heard "En Apesenteur" on the radio and searched forever to find the artist of the song - I found at it long last and then did some research on the artist. I quickly found that most of his other songs are just as good too! It's a shame that "Prendre l'Air" isnt on this CD, but its awesome anyways!! Calogero himself isnt too bad looking either... ;-)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars french revelation, May 7, 2003

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mathieu (Edmundston, New-Brunswick,Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calogero (Audio CD)

C'est un des meilleurs album pop rock fran?is.
One of the best pop rock french album.