Palepoli is a progressive rock album released in 1973 by the Italian band Osanna, widely considered amongst the best in the Italian progressive rock genre.[2] The album is taken up by two song side long suites, with their being a shorter track on side one the serves as a refrain of the opening to the first song Oro Caldo. The album blends Mediterranean folk influences with progressive rock and eclectic jazz along with wide instrumentation [3]
Palepolis was the name of the pre-Greek settlement of Naples, the city from which the band members originated. The album shows a wild mix of progressive and Neapolitan-Mediterranean influences. The lyrics, composed by vocalist Lino Vairetti, mix social themes with mythological and mystic ones.
Track listing
"Oro caldo" – 18:30
"Stanza città" – 1:45
"Animale senza respiro" – 21:36
Personnel
Danilo Rustici – guitars, vox organ, electric piano, vocals
Lino Vairetti – lead vocals, rhythm guitars, ARP 2600, Mellotron
Elio D'Anna – tenor and soprano sax, flute, vocals
Massimo Guarino – drums, vibraphone, percussion
Lello Brandi – bass
Release information
The Fonit Cetra CD version of the album (in 1980) has "Stanza Città", the second track of the LP, put at the very end of "Oro Caldo", while the second track of the CD is not the real "Stanza Città" but a rehash of the beginning of "Oro Caldo" intertwined with a reversed track ("There will be time" from "Milano Calibro 9"). Lino Vairetti, lead singer and frontman of Osanna, confirmed this multiple times.
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