Terremoto

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Terremoto
Litfiba Terremoto.jpg
Studio album by
Litfiba
ReleasedJanuary 1993 [1]
Genre Hard rock [2]
Length41:45
Label CGD
Producer Alberto Pirelli
Litfiba chronology
Sogno Ribelle
(1992)		Terremoto
(1993)		Colpo di coda
(1994)

Terremoto is the fifth studio album by the Italian rock band Litfiba. It is the second chapter of the "tetralogy of elements", started on El Diablo . It is dedicated to earth. It was produced by Alberto Pirelli. It is considered one of their most hard rock albums, with many songs featuring socially and politically charged lyrics. [3] [4] It sold over 700,000 copies. [5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Dimmi il nome" – 3:41
  2. "Maudit" – 4:54
  3. "Fata Morgana" – 5:13
  4. "Soldi" – 3:49
  5. "Firenze sogna" – 4:38
  6. "Dinosauro" – 3:47
  7. "Prima guardia" – 4:56
  8. "Il mistero di Giulia" – 5:57
  9. "Sotto il vulcano" – 4:50

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1993)Highest
position
Europe (European Top 100 Albums) [6] 33
Italy ( Discografia internazionale ) [7] 2
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [8] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 28

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References

  1. ↑ Terremoto at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Tommaso Franci. "Litfiba: ascesa e caduta dei waver italiani". ondarock.it. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Ferraris, Gabriele (11 March 1993). "Liffiba: I nostri soldi ci piacciono". La Stampa . No. 69. p. 46. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ↑ Di Marco, Valerio. "1993: il "Terremoto" dei Litfiba al grido di "dentro i colpevoli"". SentireAscoltare (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  5. ↑ "Rock, rabbia e passione con il Terremoto Litfiba". La Stampa . 1993-07-03. p. 32. Retrieved 2016-08-10. Il travolgente gruppo toscano, conosciuto nei locali più «out» di Firenze, porteranno allo stadio Mercante il loro rumoroso e istrionico «Terremoto». 700 mila copie già vendute a pochi mesi dall'uscita, che vanno ad aggiungersi alle 400 mila di «El diablo» del 1990 e alle 700 mila dell'antologia «Sogno ribelle» del '92 [The overwhelming Tuscan group, known in the most "out" clubs of Florence, will bring their noisy and histrionic "Terremoto" to the Mercante stadium. 700 thousand copies already sold a few months after its release, in addition to the 400 thousand of «El diablo» of 1990 and the 700 thousand of the anthology «Rebel dream» of '92]
  6. ↑ "European top 100 albums" (PDF). Music & Media (Pag. 18). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Top 10 sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media (Pag. 14). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 7 May 2024. Set "Tipo" on "Album". In the "Artista" field, search "Litfiba", then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Terremoto".
  9. ↑ "Litfiba - Terremoto" (in German). Schweizer Hitparade . Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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