Confusa e Felice [Import]

Carmen Consoli | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 2, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram
• ASIN: B000003PTR
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,397,793 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bonsai #1

2. Uguale a Ieri

3. Diversi

4. Confusa e Felice

5. Fidarmi delle Tue Carezze

6. Un Sorso in Più

7. Venere

8. Per Niente Stanca

9. Fino all'Ultimo

10. Blunotte

11. La Bellezza delle Cose

12. Bonsai #2

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elegance and Violence from Sicily, Italy, December 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Confusa e Felice (Audio CD)

This album should be heard by all people who understand both italian and pop music. Italian is required because Carmen is a highly lyric and powerful writer. Her songs are NOT poems, though: they are plain everyday language monologues (she is usually talking to someone) that capture the 'beauty of things'. The beauty of things, Carmen tells us in one of the tracks, likes to hide itself. Carmen's songs are often a successful attempt at unveiling, rediscovering such beauty. Lovers of Pop music will find in Carmen an exceptionally gifted guitarist who manages to transduce a bunch of influences (Tracy Chapman, PJ Harvey, grunge etc.) into a strongly personal style. She is the only artist on the current Italian music scene to have been able to achieve so much. Her music manages to be upsetting (almost violent at times) and elegant at the same time. Carmen is at best enjoyed live. 'Confusa e Felice' is the closest you can get to hear her live. The album was recorded at an amazing speed, during just two weeks. So: listen to the record, and then watch out for the times when Carmen will start performing around the world. That day is not far anymore.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A pity no Amercian listener will ever buy it!, July 17, 2000

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Claudio (Milan, Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Confusa E Felice (Audio CD)

I am Italian, so you might think I'm partial, no way! I listen to very little Italian music, I don't like Italian music, but this is one of the few exceptions. Carmen is a mix between Sinead O'Connor and Skunk Anansie, and is definitely worth buying even for people who don't speak Italian and therefore cannot understand the beautiful lyrics she writes. Her melodic skill is well above the average, and this is really a beautiful album. The music is pure rock, but her peculiar voice and her good composition skills make it very different from the average.Try it, you will not be disappointed!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars bellisimo, September 4, 2002

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dave (Merion, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Confusa E Felice (Audio CD)

It's a shame i had to spend 5 months in Italy to discover Carmen Consoli, but I'm so glad I did. I speak and understand some italian and her songs make me want to understand every word she's saying. After hearing her i bought all of her available albums and am a fan for life. She's a gem! Her music combined with her lyrics and that beautiful voice will have anyone who hears her wanting to learn italian. You gotta check her out!