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- Date Released: July 12, 2005
- Genre: International
- Style: Italy, Pop
- Label: Universal Music Italia s.r.l. - Hear / Concord
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We Say...
In 1994, Italian singer/songwriter Adelmo Fornaciari (a.k.a. Zucchero, Italian for "sugar") performed alongside Eric Clapton and Pavarotti at the Woodstock Festival in what was his first real exposure to American audiences. Though he's still largely anonymous to those on this side of the Atlantic, his status among his peers is another thing altogether, as the names on this album make clear. John Lee Hooker, Sheryl Crow, Sting, Miles Davis, BB King, Macy Gray, Solomon Burke and the aforementioned Clapton and Pavarotti each perform with the singer on straightforward mainstream pop-rock songs spiced with unassuming electronic beats and layered like Italy's own mountainous topography.
The tracks are nebulous enough that each takes on the distinctive characteristics of its collaborator. Thus, Crow's "Blue" (co-written by Zucchero and Bono) contains the same jangly flavor as her breakthrough "All I Wanna Do," and Sting's "Muoio Per Te," which he co-wrote with Zucchero, easily rests aside his post-Police work. The only straight cover here is the dreamy "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime," first performed in 1980 by one-hit wonders the Korgis (their James Warren penned the tune) and recently covered by Beck on the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack. It's the place to start.
Because of the many collaborations and the occasionally suffocating production (the songs are packed so tightly with bells and whistles that only a cockroach could survive them), Zucchero & Co. is a slippery album. It's difficult to discern exactly who Zucchero is, besides a friend of many famous musicians. But with friends like these... -
They Say...
Italian star Zucchero has coaxed a wide variety of fellow artists into the studio over the years, and those vocal duets and other collaborations are gathered together on this collection, covering a period of over 15 years. This is one of those albums on which, intentionally, the selling point is the laundry list of co-stars, which is formidable: Jeff Beck, Andrea Bocelli, Bono (as a songwriter), Solomon Burke, Vanessa Carlton (on piano), Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Miles Davis, Haylie Ecker of Bond, Macy Gray, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Cheb Mami, Mexican group Maná, Dolores O'Riordan of the Cranberries, Luciano Pavarotti, Sting, and Paul Young. These luminaries join Zucchero to sing and play a batch of his songs (and sometimes co-write them), with many of the lyrics in English. Zucchero has one of those familiar gruff rock baritones, most reminiscent of Peter Gabriel, though it sounds at times like Joe Cocker and even ascends into a Sting-like tenor. The music is mostly also familiar, bearing the trappings of Euro-American classic rock balladeering in a manner that ruled adult contemporary radio for much of the 1980s and '90s. It's no wonder that the album is a co-production of the Concord label, known for its classy jazz catalog but lately branching out into pop, and Hear Music, the recording arm of the Starbucks Coffee company. It's easy to imagine this music playing at a low volume in the nearest Starbucks coffee shop and intriguing patrons who recognize the voice of Sheryl Crow or a guitar lick by Eric Clapton and wonder where it comes from. And that's appropriate, since this album is as much a marketing concept as it is a musical one.
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| 01. |  |
I Lay Down with John Lee Hooker |
4:57 |
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| 02. | |
Blue with Sheryl Crow |
4:49 |
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| 03. | |
Pure Love with Dolores O'Riordan |
3:29 |
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| 04. | |
Baila Morena with Mana |
4:08 |
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| 05. | |
Dune Mosse with Miles Davis |
5:43 |
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| 06. | |
Muoio Per Te with Sting |
3:24 |
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| 07. | |
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime with Vanessa Carlton feat. Haylie Ecker |
4:06 |
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| 08. | |
Like The Sun - From Out Of Nowhere with Macy Gray feat. Jeff Beck |
3:58 |
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| 09. | |
A Wonderful World with Eric Clapton |
4:38 |
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| 10. | |
Hey Man - Sing A Song wth BB King |
4:38 |
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| 11. | |
Cosi Celeste with Cheb Mami |
4:44 |
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| 12. | |
Senza Una Donna - Without A Woman with Paul Young |
4:30 |
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| 13. | |
Diavolo In Me - A Devil In Me with Solomon Burke |
4:03 |
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| 14. | |
Miserere with Luciano Pavarotti And Andrea Bocelli |
4:11 |
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14 Total Tracks, 61:18 Total Length
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Credits
- John Lee Hooker - Vocals // John Lee Hooker - Vocals // Cheb Mami - Vocals // Jeff Beck - Guitar (Electric) // Jeff Beck - Guitar (Electric) // Jeff Beck - Guitar (Electric) // Jeff Beck - Guitar (Electric) // Miles Davis - Trumpet // Miles Davis - Trumpet // Miles Davis - Trumpet // Miles Davis - Trumpet // Miles Davis - Trumpet // Miles Davis - Trumpet // Miles Davis - Trumpet // Miles Davis - Trumpet // Miles Davis - Trumpet // David Sancious - Piano // David Sancious - Organ (Hammond) // David Sancious - Fender Rhodes // Zucchero - Synthesizer // Zucchero - Guitar (Acoustic) // Zucchero - Arranger // Zucchero - Piano (Electric) // Zucchero - Vocals // Zucchero - Producer // Zucchero - Mellotron // Zucchero - Pre-Production // Sheryl Crow - Vocals // Zachary Alford - Drums // Eric Clapton - Guitar (Electric) // Eric Clapton - Guitar (Electric) // Eric Clapton - Vocals // Eric Clapton - Vocals // Simon Climie - Producer // Mark Feltham - Harmonica // Steve Gadd - Drums // Mick Guzauski - Mixing // George Horn - Mastering // Nick Ingman - Conductor // Nick Ingman - String Arrangements // Pino Palladino - Bass // Devon Rietveld - Engineer // Devon Rietveld - Mixing // Corrado Rustici - Guitar (Acoustic) // Corrado Rustici - Arranger // Corrado Rustici - Guitar (Electric) // Corrado Rustici - Keyboards // Corrado Rustici - Programming // Corrado Rustici - Producer // Lester Snell - Arranger // Lester Snell - Director // Michael Urbano - Percussion // Michael Urbano - Drums // Sharon White - Vocals (Background) // Tom Bender - Mixing Assistant // Will Malone - Conductor // Will Malone - String Arrangements // Arthur Miles - Vocals (Background) // Lawrence Johnson - Vocals (Background) // Luciano Luisi - Synthesizer // Luciano Luisi - Guitar (Acoustic) // Luciano Luisi - Piano // Luciano Luisi - Arranger // Luciano Luisi - Keyboards // Luciano Luisi - Organ (Hammond) // Luciano Luisi - Programming // Luciano Luisi - Fender Piano // James Thompson - Vocals (Background) // Michele Torpedine - Executive Producer // Mino Vergnaghi - Vocals (Background) // Stefano Steo Zacchi - Design // Richard Rainey - Mixing // Polo Jones - Bass // Gaetano Diodato - Bass // Robyx - Arranger // Robyx - Pre-Production // Toby Baker - Keyboards // Toby Baker - Programming // Toby Baker - Producer // Leonardo Rosi - Arranger // Leonardo Rosi - Pre-Production // Lisa Hunt - Vocals // Ruggero Robin - Guitar (Acoustic) // Macy Gray - Vocals // Claire Lewis - Mixing Assistant // Adrian Hall - Mixing Assistant // Fabio Berruti - Art Direction // Fabio Berruti - Cover Art Concept // Fabio Berruti - Design Assistant // Marco Canepa - Arranger // Marco Canepa - Pre-Production // Haylie Ecker - Violin // Vanessa Carlton - Piano // Marco DAgostino - Assistant Engineer // Marco Biscuola - Assistant Engineer // Massimo Marcolini - Guitar (Acoustic) // Massimo Marcolini - Dobro // Massimo Marcolini - Arranger // Massimo Marcolini - Programming // Massimo Marcolini - Pre-Production // Davide Roveri - Mixing Assistant // Enrique Gonzales Muller - Assistant Engineer // James Thomson - Vocals (Background) // Alessandro Carli Ballola - Assistant Engineer // Paolo Biavati - Mixing Assistant // David Eustace - Photography // Giorgio Francis - Drums // Stefano Zappaterra - Leader // Stefano Zappaterra - Coordination // Stefano Zappaterra - A&R
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