Television [Import]

Paola, Paola & Chiara | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Columbia/Sony
• ASIN: B00004U07U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #679,566 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Vamos a Bailar [Esta Vida Nueva]

2. Amoremidai

3. Anni Luce

4. Buona Stella

5. Vicky

6. Tu Sei Per Me

7. Viva el Amor

8. +Forte Di Te

9. Arsenico

10. Fino Alla Fine

11. Television

12. Vamos a Bailar [Pool-K Remix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful sisters, inventive songwriters, excellent product, January 21, 2001

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Kandrax "atv2k" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Television (Audio CD)

Paola & Chiara are two sisters from Milano, Italy, with a passion for music. They compose all their songs, even their debut single "Amici come prima" (1997, Friends like yesterday). With this song they won the Sanremo Festival in the "New Artists" category, and later in the year they performed "Ti vada o no" (If it's okay for you or not), the Italian version of "I won't say" for the Disney's release "Hercules". That leaded them to republish their first album "Ci chiamano bambine" (1997, They call us children) with some extra tracks and to perform life as guest stars on a Michael Jackson's concert.

Paola & Chiara are mainstream songwriters who like to ride the times, so in 1997 they released a Celtic-inspired album, on 1998 they sound like Cranberries and year 2000 they sound a little bit like William Orbit meets Ricky Martin. They took all the best and the worst in international pop and produced a great album.

"Television" is their third album, released on April 2000 and including one of the most enjoyable pop-dance songs ever produced in Italy: "Vamos a bailar" (Let's go dancing).This track has been a huge hit in its country, so that a shy English version has been released, with lyrics written by former member of Spandau Ballet, Gary Kemp. The video for this version was in high rotation on MTV Europe, but the original version keeps on being more famous, even outside Italy, thanks to the Pool-K Remix, even more danceable and also available on the album (track 12).

Buy this excellent pop album, with catchy danceable songs as "Viva el Amor" (Hurray for Love) and "Buona stella" (Lucky star); with very good lyrics in "Amoremidai" (Loveyougivetome); with high level textures as for "+ forte di te" (Stronger than you), my favourite, "Tu sei per me" (For me you are) and "Television" (an instrumental track); and finally a nice love song, more traditional, like "Anni luce" (Light years). It's easy to play pop music, it's very hard to produce a 12-tracks album where all the songs are good, as it is the case for "Television".

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Angels of Italpop Really Get It Right, June 27, 2004

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Lupin (South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Television (Audio CD)

A more than equal follow up to 'Giornata Storica'. The Italian sister's show amazing maturity on this album compared to the schoolgirl voices in their previous material. Paola e Chiara are the most talented vocal duo in Europe at the moment and have the most soothing voices that can stir up any kind of emotion.

Apart from the obvious hits 'Vamos a Bailar' and 'Fino Alle Fine' there is also a deeply moving set of longing and melancholy tracks, namely 'Piu Forte di Te' and 'Anni Luce'..if these 2 songs don't give you goosebumps, then you must have left your heart somewhere else!

Paola e Chiara, quite frankly, have the voices of angels and this album is a true testament to their original song writing abilities and their touching voices..even if you don't speak Italian, you will hear an unparalelled passion in their music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars again a very nice surprise, June 21, 2001

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R. A. Bosch (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Television (Audio CD)

I knew the song Vamos A Bailar from when I was in Italy, and I already had it on a compilation CD I bought there. It is a very poppy summer hit, but I didn't think their album would be worth while buying. Then came Viva El Amor, which is very much in the same style. Since I liked both songs I was considering buying the album. Some time ago I came across it in a used CD shop and couldn't not buy it. And I must say, it is an excellent CD that is much better than I expected.

Their songs are very easy to listen to, without being too cheesy. Track 8 sounds very much like Rain from Madonna, and in fact I can easily imagine all the songs on a Madonna album (even though some of them would have been on one of the older albums).

I'm sure I will be playing this CD very often!