Darwin!

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Darwin!
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Studio album by
Released1972
Genre Italian progressive rock
Length46:50
Label Ricordi
Producer Alessandro Colombini
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso chronology
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
(1972)
Darwin!
(1972)
Io sono nato libero
(1973)
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Darwin! is the second studio album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, released in 1972 on the Ricordi label. It is a concept album about the birth and the evolution of life on Earth.

Contents

The album is highly rated by progressive rock fans as one of the top albums in the genre. [2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Vittorio Nocenzi and Francesco Di Giacomo; all music is composed by Vittorio Nocenzi

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."L'evoluzione (Evolution)"13:59
2."La conquista della posizione eretta (The Conquest of the Upright Stance)"8:42
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Danza dei grandi rettili (Dance of the Big Reptiles)"3:42
2."Cento mani e cento occhi (One Hundred Hands and One Hundred Eyes)"5:22
3."750000 anni fa...l'amore? (750000 Years Ago...Love?)"5:38
4."Miserere alla storia (Lament to History)"5:58
5."Ed ora io domando tempo al tempo ed egli mi risponde...non ne ho! (And Now I Ask Time for More Time and He Answers Me...I Don't Have Any!)"3:29

Personnel

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