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Girasole

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I am an American living in Italy and I was searching for an artist to listen to that I enjoyed to help with the language but in addition I found an artist who is now one of my favorites. Girasole is a real coming out for Giorgia. Her self confidence in her voice is now apparent and the music is now much more minimal than in past records. She is not afraid now to let her voice be the star of the record. Songs like Girasole, Io come te and Parlami d'amore really are sparsly arranged, and allow Giorgia's voice and emotion to carry the song. I also like the "girasole" is tight conceptually. I think basically the album is about love, pain, longing and hope. Every song transmits those themes not just lyrically but musically, and even if you don't speak Italian, Giorgia's singing beautifully communicates her message. I think an non Italian speaking person could make a good guess as to the emotions in a given song. If you live in the US, I think you'll love having this CD as it is fresh and nobody else will have it. I bet this review sounds like I work for Giorgia but I swear I don't. This album is a true classic and only to make my point, I really do not recommend Giorgia's previous CDs. They sound mostly like bad 70's disco. To many synthesizers etc... This album is acoustic guitars, piano a few hy tech things but mostly sparse, fresh music

What a marvelous album. I picked this CD up in Milan this past spring and each time I listen to it, I feel sunshine on my back and a lump in my throat. Such sensuality and passion from a most unique and sensitive artist. To know the music of love is to listen to this album. Given the chance, Giorgia would receive far more acclaim than Andrea Bocelli in the states. If she can overcome the language barrier, look out! Each song on this CD is well written, beautifully versed and balanced between vocals and accompaniment. Giorgia's voice is passionate and real, and stands well on it's own merits. Although the words translated are beautiful and haunting, it is the exquisite blending of words and music that make this music memorable. This is one the best CDs I have ever heard. Lo compri! (Buy it!)

I was lucky enough to have found this CD just stumbling around Amazon's recommended titles... what a treasure it has turned out to be. Giorgia's voice is truly uncomparable, an amazing range and lots of emotion. The album has lots of great stylistic variety including pop-y fare to jazzy sounding stuff (Il cielo in una stanza '99) to some really beautiful ballads (Tradirefare). All of the tracks are pretty light lyrically, mostly proclamations of love, etc., which I personally don't mind at all, and if you don't understand Italian, then it really doesn't matter anyway. In sum, quite a pleasureable listening experience. I had never had any experience with Giorgia before but I am definitely going after her other albums. I'm hooked.

If you do not know who Giorgia is, go to Pavarotti, the cd he recorded live as "Pavarotti and Friends 2(London Records)," the one from Modena, on which Bryan Adams is the featured artist, among others. Giorgia is the Italian singer who performs a haunting, moving tribute to Freddie Mercury by singing his "Who Wants to Live Forever?" Listen to that performance. If you are not immediately moved, stirred even to emotion, then you are not fully awake in this life!

Bottom line? ANYTHING by Giorgia is good, but GIRASOLE, is amazing, a delight, empassioned, and nothing like what you would expect as a listener who speaks no Italian. Get this CD and get ready to jam, jump up and dance, and wish you could understand that language!

Happy listening!

I first heard Giorgia singing the Duet "Vivo Per Lay" with Andrea Bocelli on his Romanza CD. I instantly fell in love with her voice and search around for her CDs. I did not find any in the local stores but was glad to see Amazon carries a full slate. This CD Girsole is very good and I would divide it up into two types of songs. Pretty Love songs (or ballads) and Infectious pop songs that go from funky techno electrica to a bluesy rock feel. The Pretty love songs are; "Tradirefare"-which has a nice acoustic feel to it, it is also a pretty song with a sad feel. "Dicembre"-slow ballad with a great chorus. "Voglio Solo Te"- Wonderfully sang, a beatiful song. "Solo Amore, "Se Cj Sei," and "Il Cielo Una Stanza 99" again all wonderfully sang. The songs that very from pop to rock are Girsole, "Io Come Te"- A very catchy song with a rock blues feel, it almost reminds me of the fun Dobbie brothers songs. "E La Verita"- a very funky song, "Parlami D Amore" A bluesy song with pretty vocals that have a lot of emotion in them. "Dimmi Che Tieni"- Very cool funky song, again very catchy as are all the songs on this CD. And "What is love," a Very electronic song, very fast paced but with haunting vocals in the chorus, very cool. Giorgia's singing is excellent on all the songs, the musicians on the album are top notch and the harmonies are wonderful. Giorgia has a Wonderful Voice and Girasole is a Wonderful CD.

Giorgia, I love you. Listen folks, since the moment i heard her voice, I have told everyone that she has the best voice on Earth, including Mariah Carey. Every song(I mean it) on this album is good. So good that when i listen to it in my car, i get goosebumps. The things she does with her voice....Most of the songs on this album are ballads. This is my favorite CD. No falsettos for Giorgia. If she wants to hit a high note, she does it naturally, with power, with calm and cool vibrato. Her phrasing....amazing. Look, just buy this CD. Giorgia will tell you herself.

Heard her first with Andre Bocelli and since then have tried to find a CD by her.She has put out a fine CD that will please anyone who enjoyed her singing with Andre. Maybe two weak songs. All in all she has got a great voice! Thanks AMZN for making it easy to obtain this CD.

This CD is one of Giorgia's best. You can really tell that she put a lot of energy and hard work into making it. Each song is moving with a mix of slow, love songs to fast dance music. The music is great but it is an added bonus that her voice rivals that of the angels! She is without a doubt one of the best voices that has ever come out of Italy, or any other country for that matter. Nello883@yahoo.com

I can't say enough about this album. I first heard of Giorgia on a trip to Italy when I came across one of her older albums. Her amazing voice grabbed my attention on the first song. She has such a beautiful voice which makes this album a pleasure to listen to. Moreover, she sings about feelings that she has obviously experienced - otherwise she's done a great job of imagining those experiences - each and every word sung with such emotion. Standouts for me are 'Dimmi che ci tieni' and 'Il cielo in una stanza', though I haven't been able to stop playing the entire album since I bought it. I think you'd enjoy this album whether you understand the language or not, it's that fantastic. Plus the words are included in the album sleeve, so even if you don't understand them, you can still sing along!

Giorgia is an excellent artist! Great music, great lyrics, and a super voice. One of Italy's finest!