Yeah, I'm too late. I wanted to go to Italy to buy this album, but I haven't managed to do that yet. So I waited, and I filled my days with other great artists to love and adore. But I haven't forgotten about it, and now it's here - the new Paola & Chiara album. How I loved these two ladies from Milano, and in a different way (and yeah, to a lesser degree), I still do. I still do. Two creative artists, openminded, always ready to push boundaries and always there for you with their wisdom and their love for people and music. How can you not love them? I just don't know.(So yes, this album has a silly title like all of their albums have)
Cool intro... God have I missed them.
Oh my God, great 80ies synthies on 'vanity & pride'! And their voices, oh the beauty! How cool and effortless they smoothly come over you and take you in and own you. And it's true, Chiara does sound a bit like Madonna when she's singing English. Have I mentioned how much I love their voices?
'second life' was the first single so I already knew it. I don't think it's that strong, but it has a nice disco bass that tries to lead the song. Nice one, but the chorus is strangely rushed and it's certainly not an attention grabber.
Oh, the production and the beats are awesome. I love how smooth and retro (in the best possible way) their dance tracks sound, and 'secret' is no exception. I'm already looking forward to listening to this album again and again and again, especially in summer, baby :-) Oh, summer... Also here it seems that they quote Madonna a bit (also in the lyrics). Which, just in case you're not aware of it, is one of the best things you can possibly do on this planet, in my opinion.
Oh I love these beats.
'cambiare pagina' then finally is in Italian again. I have to say, I like when they sing English on this album, but hell, Italian is still so much better. This track is beautiful and cool and their voices... oh, I already said that I think.
'rumors' sounds modern and fresh, they took the next step - this sounds unusual for them. Again Madonna-esque, although I can't explain it (it might just always be Chiara's voice). This is great and different and creative. I could cry... they are so brave.
By the way, I have to add that I am in no way objective about Paola & Chiara - I just love them too much.
Electro pop takes you in its arms again with 'i can't forget'. What else can I say? They just do it right on this album for me, this is what I want and they do it so so well.. It's so cool, but still driven. Awesome beats. But I think I'm repeating myself.
I think at this point I cannot say that this is a music revolution or even that it exceeds my expectations in a new P&C record. It's more the happiness and even euphoria that they actually did what I expected and continued with the electro pop (which seems to be my new happiness in life anyway, see Róisín Murphy's newest record which I adore).
A dancefloor that is rocking but still safe enough to hold your drink - is that something that your music should be? I don't care, 'morphine' is just that, and it's fucking good.
My lord, I love the way this is done. And with 'tu sei il futuro' we get further prove that singing the whole album in Italian would have been even greater, seriously. They just sound so promising, so mystical and sexy in Italian. 'buona stella' comes to mind at this point, a song from "Television" that went into this direction. It doesn't matter, I cannot bring myself to write about their evolution as singers and songwriters, it doesn't make any damn difference. The only thing that's important is that 'tu sei il futuro' sounds cool as the night and has them singing awesome melody lines. This song is big love.
Oh hell hell, those great beats that bring us '99 %'. If I could marry beats they would certainly be among the top ten to choose from. I think you will easily find 20 people who will say that this album is nothing special, boring, that there are hundreds of artists who do the same and that their English lyrics stay on a certain level that usually doesn't add anything useful to your life. But these people just don't get them, they haven't tried to read their Italian interviews with a heavy dictionary on their knees, they didn't look at their posters for years and they can't just accept that cool electro pop doesn't have to be "innovative" to function.
The outro says that the "official" part of the album is over now... on to the bonuses and add-ons.
We start with 'i'll be over you/turn the page' that remixes what we heard before. It sounds like a remix and it's nice, but I'm not falling in love.
Totally Madonna on 'back to the future' (which is - duh - the English version of 'tu sei il futuro'). And yes, even if they'd sing it in Dutch, this song makes you fall to your knees and thank God for your ears (and your style because you find it cool, and your brain because you get it).
This album is, above all, cool and still driven. I don't understand how this combination is possible, but that's what this is. If you don't find anything else that excites you here, Paola & Chiara's voices certainly will.
Then 'cambiar de página' (yep, Spanish version) and we're still in love.
We leave the record with 'electro me (ana b'koach)', and yes, here we say "Kabbalah" again I'm sure. And the oh so smart people will tell me why Kabbalah is in a way like Scientology. And I will tell them to leave me the hell alone because, even though I personally don't care about the Kabbalah, it's spirituality and spirituality is a good thing. (Scientology is not spirituality, don't even get me started).
But since this is about music and nothing else here (and thank God cause who cares about Scientology, and why did I even mention it), I can just go back to track number 1 and finally be with Paola & Chiara again. You just don't know how you miss them until you get a taste again.
--Sapnish--, happy
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