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Television

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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".

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.

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!

One word to describe this is bellisima! The first time I heard the music of the Iezzi sisters, Paola and Chiara, I fell in love with their upbeat and sophisticated european songs. When you hear Vamos a Bailar, you couldn't help but dance (which is what the title hopes for). For anyone who is looking for nice Italian music, this CD is a nice introduction.

A little background on some of the songs:

Vamos a Bailar is shot in a sophisticated beach house, but there has been debate within the fan sites whether it was in Ibiza or Capri. The song is actually about dance and how it pervades our daily lives. It is actually an invitation to make dance a part of our lives. This was widely popular in Europe the summer it was released and you'll see why once you listen to it.

Amoremidai literally means "You give me love" in Italian and the whole premise of the song is, as long as you give me love, I will be fine. Such powerful statements about love abound in this CD. I don't know if that's typically Italian or if it's just them, but it makes for such powerful music. By the way, this song was an award winning song of Paola e Chiara, and it won in the San Remo competition, one of the most prestigious music competitions in Italy. Also, although you wouldn't know it from the video, it was shot in Paris.

Viva el Amor is such a lovely song. Its the type of song that won't get boring, even though you've heard like a thousand times. Just a little trivia. The song is actually a prayer, meant to protect us from sadness and give us hope. The song is so full of imagery and symbolisms and it gives us an idea how powerful love and yearning is. "perché nessuno potrà mai dividermi più da me, sento il mio cuore che batte più forte"

The first three are probably the most popular in the CD and have been the first three songs that made me fall in love with the duet in the first place (so naturally, I know a lot about these three). However, don't think that the other songs in the album are not worth listening to. The album offers such variety in terms of mood that you'd be left wanting more. Giornata Storica, which is their first album, is very much Celtic in inspiration, and in this CD, you can here traces of that previous style. Although not as strong, the Celtic flavor found in this CD is refreshing. Anos Luz provides a more contemplative mood for the listener. Melancholy in a sense, but overall, it is absolutely beautiful.

The songs in the CD actually came in three versions, in Italian, Spanish and English. The CD only contains two versions of Anni Luce (Anos Luz in Spanish), Viky in Spanish and the rest of the songs in Italian. The CD also contains remix version of Vamos a Bailar (Bahia Sun gives the song a Samba Bossa Nova flavor), as well as remix versions of Fino alla Fine (which has one line in French) and Amoremidai. The songs are quite fashionable (they seem to be connected with Dolce and Gabbana, not sure though) and would be nice for a party of one or a million. The CD contains a video of Vamos a Bailar (which is not to be missed), but I seem not to be able to play it. It doesn't work in DVD or in the computer, which is bizarre. The CD doesn't provide information how to play the video, or what requirements you should have to play it, so you might find it frustrating, but if you're able to play it, it would be totally worth it.

Television by Paola e Chiara is definitely one of the best CDs to have come from Italy. I am quite happy to own this extraordinary CD. Trust me, you won't be disappointed with the Iezzi sisters!

This CD is one of the best Italian albums this summer. It has songs for every mood, but mostly songs to get up and dance. The songs are beautifully written by the Italian sisters, who started their career 10 years ago. From my 45 year old father to my 8 year old cousin, they all love their songs. It's a must have.

Those of you who like Mecano will truly love Paola Ierri. Very similar, catchy tunes and voice. The first track "Vamos a Bailor" is a soaring, live for life, type of song and worth the price of admission alone. There are too many versions of the same song on the CD, but that's what they do. The unplugged versions feature beautiful guitar work and focus on Paola's vocals. I think the two harmonize and trade off lines well. I haven't figured out how to play the video on my DVD, but if anyone knows what magic wand to wave please tell me.

I own their entire small canon... hope they don't stop anytime soon! Honestly I don't like this one as much as the first two, but it's still good enough to merit 5/5.

This is the third album I have from Paola and Chiara, these two sisters should congradulate themselves for the tremendous work they have done. These two Italian sisters sure have some talent. Other than Italian, they aslo sing in Spanish and English. WAY TO GO GIRLS!!!!!Keep up the excellent work.

This is the original version of Television. They released another version in 2001 with extra 'unplugged' tracks (and an mpeg video in English of Vamos a Bailar). They also replaced Viva el Amor with a dance version (the version on this album is better IMHO, gets inet radio airplay and is what drew my family to them).

Either version is worth getting and if you don't speak Italian or Spanish, well, guess what: IT DOESN'T MATTER! You get to enjoy the music of their voices without passing judgement on the lyrics (BTW, the English versions out there aren't the same as the Italian; they'll be a letdown).

Now go and buy this CD before it's gone and you kick yourself for letting it get away.

Two Beautiful italian sisters!!television album most perfect album that i have ,specially the Hit single "Vamos A Bailar" it is the best song , i dont mean that it is the only good song .nop of cours i like all the other songs, you should have it ,it`s great album i realy like it.