Clowns

by Nuova Idea

Clowns cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1973
  • Label: Ariston
  • Country: Italy
  • Length: 34:52
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Their third and final studio album represents a massive compositional leap, shedding their earlier pop inclinations for wildly complex, jazz-inflected symphonic rock. Highlighted by frantic synthesizer work, massive choral harmonies, and shifting polyrhythms, it stands as the absolute creative pinnacle for the overlooked Genoese quintet.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, complex, polyrhythm

Tracklist

  1. Clessidra (5:27)
  2. Un'isola (8:04)
  3. Il giardino dei sogni (5:16)
  4. Clown (10:42)
  5. Una vita nuova (5:21)

Credits

  • Nuova Idea - primary artist, written-by [tutti i pezzi sono stati scritti], arranged by
  • Paolo Siani - drums, timpani, tam-tam, congas [tumbe], guiro, crotales, triangle, voice
  • Claudio Ghiglino - electric guitar, shaker [ka-me-so], voice
  • Ricky Belloni - electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, violin, crotales, voice
  • Giorgio Usai - electric organ [hammond c-3, l-122], clavinet [hohner clavinet], organ [eminent], piano [pianoforte], synthesizer [moog synthesizer iiip], bells, bongos, voice
  • Flaviano Cuffari - guest [collaborato], tam-tam
  • Emilio Soana - guest [collaborato], trumpet, soloist [tromba solista]

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