Litfiba 3

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Litfiba 3
Litfiba 3.jpg
Studio album by
Litfiba
Released1988
Genre Rock, post-punk, world music
Length45:24
Label I.R.A. Records
CGD (reprints)
Litfiba chronology
Live 12-5-87 (Aprite i vostri occhi)
(1987)		Litfiba 3
(1988)		 Pirata
(1989)

Litfiba 3 is the third studio album by the Italian rock band Litfiba. It ends the "Trilogy of power" started with the first album Desaparecido . It is the last album on which new wave influences can be heard. [1]

Contents

Lyrics deal much with social and political criticism. "Louisiana" is about death sentence, through the story of Willie Jasper Darden (depicted in the cover), a citizen who was sentenced even though it existed strong doubts about his guilt. "Santiago" is about Pope John Paul II's visit to Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. "Tex" is about the genocide of Native Americans, with its title referencing popular Italian comic book series Tex : the song features western sounds, as it happens on other Litfiba songs (e.g. their single "Il mio corpo che cambia", from their album Infinito ). "Paname" is a song about the protests against war in France, with lyrics in Italian and French referencing the Paris Carnival ("Paname" is in fact the French nickname of Paris). [2] The song "Cuore di vetro" has been described as "the first Italian grunge song". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Santiago" – 3:38
  2. "Amigo" – 3:20
  3. "Louisiana" – 5:32
  4. "Ci sei solo tu" – 4:58
  5. "Paname" – 4:57
  6. "Cuore di vetro" – 4:55
  7. "Tex" – 3:33
  8. "Peste" – 5:30
  9. "Corri" – 3:49
  10. "Bambino" – 5:16

Some editions for export outside Italy also contains 5 live bonus tracks and a different front cover:
11. "Come un dio" – 8:05
12. "Resta" – 3:00
13. "Apapaia" – 4:59
14. "Re del silenzio" – 5:21
15. "Tziganata" – 4:35

Personnel

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy
sales 1988-1989 		—40,000 [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Recensione pietra miliare: Litfiba – 3 – 1988" (in Italian).
  2. ↑ Valerio Di Marco. "Litfiba - Litfiba 3" (in Italian).
  3. ↑ Tommaso Franci. "Litfiba - Firenze wave". ondarock.
  4. ↑ Caroli, Daniele (9 December 1989). "Italy > Talent Challenges" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. 101 (49). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: I-8. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 26 July 2020– via World Radio History.


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