Paolo Conte, The Best of Paolo Conte - 1h 10m 39s

Tracks & Durations

1. Via Con Me	2:27
2. Sotto Le Stelle Del Jazz	3:32
3. Elisir	2:21
4. Boogie	5:50
5. Sparring Partner	4:09
6. Come Di	3:58
7. Azzurro	2:44
8. Gelato Al Limon	4:27
9. Happy Feet	3:21
10. Gli Impermeabili	3:53
11. Max	3:42
12. Gong-Oh	3:15
13. Colleghi Trascurati	3:37
14. Bartali	2:18
15. Alle Prese Con Una Verde Milonga	6:20
16. Dragon	4:09
17. Hemingway	4:51
18. Ho Ballato Di Tutto	2:50
19. Genova Per Noi	2:46

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Review

This poet, painter, and former lawyer from Asti, Italy, has been dazzling Italian audiences since the early 1970s but has just blazed into U.S. consciousness like a meteor with his Best Of debut album on Nonsesuch. After listening to his European style of cabaret music, you too will be hooked on the crooner who is widely appreciated for rhyming Napoli with Minneapoli. The selection of 20 songs ranges in style from a mixture of French chansonette to tango. All feature his raspy voice (Americans may be reminded of Tom Waits) with unmistakably wry lyrics that offer lovers and listeners alike the sensuality and complexity of gelato al limon (lemon ice cream). --Cristina Del Sesto Paolo Conte is a completely original talent, and his leathery, life-weary face on the cover is the first clue to the evocative music of this poet, painter, musician, and lawyer from Asti in northern Italy. Observations on the tide of human existence deftly rendered in vividly poetic lines that startle with their originality are highlighted in smoky vignettes of '40s jazz- and tango-inflected tunes, teetering between Cabaret, The Circus, and 42nd Street. Conte's unfiltered raspy voice is the perfect vehicle for his poignant view of the foibles of adult life mused from the corner barstool, admiring women whose "pungent smells [beckon] him like an old-fashioned grocery, its doors flung open to the spring outside." The music is a treat in itself, but the real gold is to be found in his lyrics, and luckily translations are in the liner notes. --Derek Rath

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

The Best of Paolo Conte

Tracks: 19, Disk length: 1h 11m 53s (+1m 14s)

The Best of Paolo Conte

Tracks: 19, Disk length: 1h 12m 10s (+1m 31s)

The Best of Paolo Conte

Tracks: 19, Disk length: 1h 12m 14s (+1m 35s)

The Best of Paolo Conte

Tracks: 20 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 14m 31s (+3m 52s)

The Best of Paolo Conte

Tracks: 20 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 14m 38s (+3m 59s)

The Best of Paolo Conte

Tracks: 13 (-6 tracks), Disk length: 55m 4s (-16m 25s)

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