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.
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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