Oro incenso e birra

Oro incenso e birra
Oro Incenso e Birra
Studio album by Zucchero
Released June 13, 1989
Recorded Real World Studios, Bath, England
Ardent Studios, Memphis, USA
The Power Station, New York
Umbi Medicina Blanche Studio, Modena, Italy
Genre Rock, blues, pop
Length 39:26
Label Polydor Records
Producer Corrado Rustici
Zucchero chronology
Snack Bar Budapest
(1988)
Oro Incenso e Birra
(1989)
Zucchero
(1991)

Oro Incenso e Birra is the fourth studio album released by the Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero on 13 June 1989. As with his previous album Blue's, the album is credited to "Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari". Its title represents a pun on "oro incenso e mirra", the Italian for "gold, frankincense and myrrh", with mirra being replaced by birra, meaning beer. It has sold an estimated 1.7 million copies in Italy and 8 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album internationally by an Italian until it was overtaken by Andrea Bocelli's album Romanza in 1997.

This was the last Zucchero album to be sung entirely in Italian: subsequent albums have been released in international versions with English lyrics on some tracks. The guitar solo in "A Wonderful World" was written and performed by Eric Clapton, a close friend of Zucchero's. The Italian singer-songwriter Francesco de Gregori wrote the lyrics for the song "Diamante", one of Zucchero's biggest hits to date. On the album credits "Diamante" is dedicated to Diamante Arduini Fornaciari, Zucchero's grandmother (nonna). The song was included in the Baywatch episode "Tequila Bay" in Season 3. The album also features guest performances by Clarence Clemons, Rufus Thomas, James Taylor and Jimmy Smith.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Zucchero Fornaciari, except where indicated. 

No. Title Length
1. "Overdose (d'Amore)"   5:21
2. "Nice (Nietzsche) Che Dice"   3:19
3. "Il Mare Impetuoso al Tramonto Salì Sulla Luna e Dietro una Tendina di Stelle..."   3:56
4. "Madre Dolcissima"   7:17
5. "Diavolo in Me"   4:03
6. "Iruben Me"   5:49
7. "A Wonderful World"   4:33
8. "Diamante" (music by Zucchero Fornaciari, lyrics by Francesco de Gregori) 5:44
9. "Libera l'Amore" (music by Ennio Morricone, lyrics by Zucchero Fornaciari) 2:13
Total length:
39:26

Personnel

Band

[1]

  • Zucchero - vocals, Hammond organ on "Diavolo in Me"
  • Corrado Rustici - guitars, sitar, computer programming, additional keyboards, effects
  • David Sancious - keyboards
  • Giorgio Francis - drums
  • Polo Jones - bass

Additional musicians

  • Amelia Monari - "Nonna" on "Diamante"
  • Ardent Gospel Choir - vocals on "Madre Dolcissima", "Diamante"
  • Arthur Miles - backing vocals on "Nice (Nietzsche) Che Dice", sermon on "Diavolo in Me"
  • Clarence Clemons - saxophone on "Il Mare Impetuoso..."
  • Ennio Morricone - music and arrangement on "Libera l'Amore"
  • Eric Clapton - guitar on "A Wonderful World"
  • Fanta Toure - Swahili choir on "Il Mare Impetuoso..."
  • James Taylor - Hammond organ on "Nice (Nietzsche) Che Dice", "Il Mare Impetuoso..."
  • James Thompson - backing vocals on "Nice (Nietzsche) Che Dice"
  • Jay Blackfoot - vocals on "Madre Dolcissima"
  • Jimmy Smith - Hammond organ on "Overdose (d'Amore)"
  • Lisa Hunt - backing vocals on "Overdose (d'Amore)", "Madre Dolcissima", "Diavolo in Me"
  • The Memphis Horns (Wayne Jackson - trumpet, trombone; Andrew Love - saxophone) on "Overdose (d'Amore)", "Madre Dolcissima", "Diavolo in Me"
  • Mory Thioune - Swahili choir on "Il Mare Impetuoso..."
  • Rosario Jermano - percussion on "Overdose (d'Amore)", "Il Mare Impetuoso...", "Madre Dolcissima", "Diavolo in Me", "Iruben Me", "A Wonderful World"
  • Ruby Wilson - vocals on "Madre Dolcissima"
  • Rufus Thomas - vocal introduction on "Overdose (d'Amore)"
  • Simone Pirone - backing vocals on "Overdose (d'Amore)", "Madre Dolcissima", "Diavolo in Me"
  • Il Coro delle Voci della Chiesa Avventista del Settimo Giorno - vocals on "Il Mare Impetuoso..."

References


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