Crac!
by Area
- Type: Album
- Released: August 1975
- Label: Cramps
- Country: Italy
- Length: 37:17
- Community rating: 4.26/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Ares Tavolazzi, Demetrio Stratos, Giulio Capiozzo, Patrizio Fariselli, Paolo Tofani
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Delivering their most direct and arguably their best classic-era release, Italy's Area infused their radical communist politics with slightly funkier, hyper-kinetic instrumental firepower. 'Crac!' is a wildly energetic, intensely manic avant-prog explosion, blending fiercely complex, highly rhythmic jazz-rock improvisations with Demetrio Stratos's astonishing, uniquely quirky vocal gymnastics.
Genres
Descriptors: improvisation, progressive, political, uncommon-time-signatures, rhythmic, experimental, avant-garde, fusion
Tracklist
- L'elefante bianco (4:32)
- La mela di Odessa (1920) (6:38)
- Megalopoli (7:49)
- Nervi scoperti (6:33)
- Gioia e rivoluzione (4:36)
- Implosion (4:58)
- Area 5 (2:08)
Credits
- Area - primary artist, producer
- Gianni Sassi - art direction
- Edoardo Sivelli - design
- Ares Tavolazzi - electric bass, acoustic bass, trombone, music by, lyrics by
- Paolo Tofani - electric guitar, synthesizer [e.m.s.], flute, music by, lyrics by
- Patrizio Fariselli - electric piano, piano, bass clarinet, percussion, synthesizer [a.r.p.], music by, lyrics by
- Ambrogio Ferrario - engineer [assistant]
- Piero Bravin - engineer [sound]
- Gian Michele Monti - illustration
- Giulio Capiozzo - percussion, drums
- Fabio Simion - photography
- Roberto Masotti - photography
- Demetrio Stratos - voice, organ, harpsichord, steel drums, percussion
- Juan Hidalgo - music by
- Walter Marchetti - music by