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Nadie Esta Solo

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I'm a big fan of Tiziano since Rosso Relativo, which was a more R&B/Pop album with influences of 90's R&B and a more recent soul. Then 111 was another record taken to a more soft side of R&B turning it to classic R&B and giving a more ceremonial sound. When I heard that he was about to sing a duo with Laura Pausini I was wondering how it would sound. So I bought this record wanting to hear the duo but ain't nothing about that so don't hope you'll hear of it in here.

Now as I was saying Tiziano was taking the big long R&B road when he stopped to be a more 80's trendy (like Nelly Furtado did, or Justin will or Madonna) So took and sample a very odd hit of 80's song "Fade To Grey" and used it to create the Stop! Olvidate! which is a cool song and a very understandable by the way, comparing that usually Tiziano writes really weird things.

The album is a compilation to R&B tracks with influence of 80's dance or 80's slow jams plus dance tracks such as lampy-dumpy Y Rafaella es mia (And Rafaella is Mine) The song talks about fan obsession with italian diva Rafaella Carra. The song is so damn stupid that I felt sorry of Rafaella. Another lampy dumpy song is Tarantula De Africa (Africa's Tarantula) which talks about a tarabtula (really not joking Tiziano sings like he was a tarantula) The topic song is interesting and being an animal song has been considered really hard writting process (a good example of a good created song based on an animal is "Ballena Azul" of peruvian band NSQ y NSC) The song goes around and around of if the tarantula feels free and if its life would have changed if it would have been other animal or been in another place but in a cadge. Well, as I explained it do feels like it's a dumb topic.

Ballads like Te Tomare Una Forto (I'll Take A Picture Of You) and El Miedo Que (The fear that...) are really good but average compared to Sere Nere or Alucinado. I don't believe the album is bad compared to last releases cuz the last ones were also kind a missing - something. This one is ten times worst... this isn't Tiziano at all. It's more like a very odd guy who writtes weird things (or nonsenses) and believes he's a singer. Don't expect to hear a more mature vocal artist in here, a difference of 111 in this album Tiziano don't show off his vocals skills as much as he did before but he forgot that his voice sounds incomplete without his high notes.

Recomendation before you buy it: I might not like this as much as you could so hear previews of the song so you'll be more in touch of it.

NADIE ESTA SOLO is also available in Italian here on amazon (as NESSUNO E' SOLO). Here's my "review":

Eleven very entertaining songs -- one in duet with the best-selling Italian recording artist Biagio Antonacci (it works) -- make a worthwhile purchase. If you have listened to Tiziano's other two albums to date, the sound is similiar, though -- as stated here on amazon -- more mature. Some of them have a more electronic sound, but -- again as stated above -- the whole album cannot be characterized as "electronic." TZN's passionate voice is strong in each recording, from the laments to the aggressive dance-floor rhythms. Three songs fit the dance category: STOP! Dimentica, E Raffaella e' mia, and Baciano le donne. I'm generally NOT a techno fan, or a dance music fan (exceptions are the many classics like "Superfreak"). I love the Italian language, and, as I've stated in my other "reviews" of Italian recording artists, the lyrics are enunciated (studenti d'italiano!), passionate, and fun (despite the melancholy themes/tone of many of them). The lyrics are all listed, in Italian, in the accompanying insert-booklet. Tracks are:

Tarantola d'Africa -- Ti scattero' una foto -- Ed ero contentissimo -- STOP! Dimentica -- E fuori e' buio -- Salutandotiaffogo -- E Raffaella e' mia -- La paura che... -- Baciano le donne (feat. Biagio Antonacci) -- Gia' ti guarda Alice -- Mio fratello

And let the CD play through to the very end as you will hear a hidden track with a very young Tiziano (he dates the recording at 1987) practicing a song. Though charming, his voice doesn't sound very promising. I guess Ferro's success should be all the more encouraging to parents with budding vocalists.

N.B.: Do a TITLE search on amazon to find several listings of NESSUNO E' SOLO -- some links are much less expensive than others (including those to other vendors).

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NESSUNO E' SOLO (and the other two CD-albums (and some CD-singles) by Ferro are also available in SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSIONS here on amazon.

P.S. Another Italian singer-songwriter/musician, the ROK STAR Gianluca Grignani, has recorded (only)his first (of many) CD release(s) in Spanish: DESTINO PARAISO. If you enjoy "TZN" you may enjoy Grignani as well.

You can definitively listen to a lot of new sounds not available in his two first albums. You can listen to a lot of musical and sound experimentation which really convinces me, specially BEAUTIFUL acoustic guitar arrangements... BUT, there's still something missing, because I was expecting some more R&B and two-step music. Instead, 7 songs out of 13 are ballads... but GREAT ballads!

Tiziano Ferro's third production opens with "Tarántula de África"; an excellent song where you can listen to his evolution: this song has great musical arrangements and the instrumentation is just great. At some times, this song reminds me Train's "Drops of Jupiter" or one of those instrumental-rock songs. Next we have "Te Tomaré Una Foto"; a pretty ballad with a great acustic guitar intro and has a great potential to become another of his hit-single. "Y Estaba Contentísimo" is an excellent sad-tempo ballad with great arrangements and also a great single-potential.

Song #4 is the first single: "Stop! Olvídate", an 80's-sampled song which also reminds us Kelly Osbourne's "One Word". This is JUST A LITTLE BIT more like Tiziano Ferro's first Pop/R&B songs, but yet sounds completely different. The chorus at "Y Está Oscuro" might remind us a lot like "No Me Lo Puedo Explicar". "Despidiéndoteahogo" is also a sad, yet powerful song.

The we arrive to the first Pop song: "Y Raffaella Es Mía", whick talks about a fan's obsession for Italian diva Raffaella Carra; it's a funny-catchy song, but will never be a single. Next we have "El Miedo Que...", which can become this album's "Tardes Negras"-like hit-single: it's a sad ballad full of beautiful arrangements and a powerful lyric. "Baciano Le Donne" is an excellent 80's-like Pop/Dance song that WILL make you dance, and it's also Tiziano Ferro's third duet in his career, this time with Biagio Antonacci. "Gia Ti Guarda Alice" is a slow ballad, and "Mio Fratello" is that sad song that always signs the end of his album, just like "Il Bimbo Dentro" and "13 Anni/13 Años".

Generally it's a great album, but Tiziano Ferro's formula of 2-Step-Pop-R&B-catchy-dance songs is -once again- not found in this third album as it was in his first and lost in his second; and this formula may have possibly disappeared. I recommend this album to everyone who likes ballads... because these are just EXCELLENT in this new material!

Tiziano Ferro has been my favourite Italian/Spanish-language pop/R&B artist since I first discovered him in Spain in 2002. On his third album Nessuno e solo (Nadie está solo), Tiziano returns to soulful ballads, along with nods to 1980s synth (Y Raffaella es mía, Stop! Dimentica, Baciano le Donne). There's less R&B to be found than on his debut Rosso Relativo, and I found the duet with Pepe Aguilar on "Mi Credo" to be too slow to my liking, but in general Tiziano's embracing of new styles is for the better.

As for the lyrics: I agree with the previous reviewer, they are a bit...creative, but hey, call me shallow, but I don't listen to TzN entirely for the lyrics. His soulful delivery, killer backing tracks, and uptempo grooves are the draw for me (he could be singing the phonebook backwards and I'd still buy it).

I feel that "Nessuno e solo" has built on Tiziano's maturation as a singer/songwriter. TzN is one of the few artists who's escaped the dreaded "sophomore slump": after a stellar debut, I always find subsequent albums lacking (like Dido, Lhasa, and Nelly Furtado's second albums). However, Tiziano is just as intensely listenable as when I first heard him on the radio in Northern Spain four years ago.

I would love to see him come out with an English-language album after his English stint on Xdono (English version) and Universal Prayer with Jamalia on 2004's Olympics album---he has the potential for North American crossover success with his addictive blend of strong ballads, trendy sampling, and Italian-influenced soul and R&B.

I am a long time Tiziano fan, and I believe this is his best album out... including A Mi Edad. The music, lyrics, content... everything is just above and beyond on this album. I can listen to it over and over again and still be moved. By far the best!

I have all of his cd's so when i heard the song "stop!olvidate" i thought it was going to be R&B and similar to his old cd's...although it;s good i was a little dissapointed that most of the songs in this cd are a bit slow and not like his previous albums...maybe his next cd is better?

I used to like Tiziano Ferro Songs. His first album was a straight hit in the face, a WOW! Great dinamic songs. 111 was more normal, more calm. But this one is really really slow... He changed his usual pop style for a R&B that doesn't convince a lot.

If you like calm balads or are a fan of Tiziano, then you'll like it, but if you don't.... Better don't buy it.