Chocolate Kings

Chocolate Kings
Studio album by Premiata Forneria Marconi
Released	October 1975
Recorded	June–July 1975 [1]
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	36:19
Label	Manticore
Producer	Claudio Fabi, PFM
Premiata Forneria Marconi chronology
The World Became the World (1974) Chocolate Kings (1975) Jet Lag (1977)
Original Studio Album chronology
L'isola di niente (1974) Chocolate Kings (1975) Jet Lag (1977)

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Chocolate Kings is the sixth album by Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (also known as PFM). It was released in 1975 by Numero Uno, a division of RCA Records in Italy. It was also released with different cover art by Manticore Records in the UK and Asylum Records in the USA.

It was the first album to include Bernardo Lanzetti (formerly singer of Acqua Fragile) on lead vocals. This was also their first album where the lyrics were originally written in English, as the band felt they were better suited to the music they were making at this time. ^[3] The lyrics for "From Under" and "Chocolate Kings" were written by Marva Jan Marrow, an American friend of the group, then living in Italy.

Track listing

1. "From Under" (Flavio Premoli, Franco Mussida, Mauro Pagani, Ivan Graziani, Marva Jan Marrow) – 7:29
2. "Harlequin" (Premoli, Pagani) – 7:48
3. "Chocolate Kings" (Mussida, Pagani, Marrow) – 4:39
4. "Out of the Roundabout" (Mussida, Pagani) – 7:53
5. "Paper Charms" (Mussida, Pagani) – 8:30

Personnel

• Bernardo Lanzetti – vocals
• Franco Mussida – guitar, voice
• Flavio Premoli – keyboards, vocals
• Mauro Pagani – flute, violin, vocals
• Patrick Djivas – bass, vocals
• Franz Di Cioccio – drums, vocals

References

1. "PFM – Chocolate Kings", Discogs , 1975, retrieved 16 January 2024
2. "allmusic ((( Chocolate Kings > Overview )))". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
3. Di Cioccio, Franz. "Lanzetti e Chocolate Kings". PFM – Premiata Forneria Marconi Official Site. Retrieved 29 September 2013.