Adriano Celentano - The Evils of the Century - CD

Adriano Celentano - Evil Of The Century- Album CD - 8 Songs - Rarity

The ills of the century is an album by Adriano Celentano published May 5, 1972.

This is a very important record in the discography of Adriano Celentano: it is in fact the first in which the singer-songwriter signs, as well as all the music, also all the texts (except two), although it is presumable that even in the past, especially for the texts signed by Beretta and Del Prete, Celentano did not miss his contribution.

Another peculiar characteristic of the disc is in the topics dealt with: in fact, almost all of them are engaged pieces, in which Celentano expresses his point of view on various topics.

But also in the sounds is a record that hints to new ways for him: in fact they collaborate on the record two musicians of the group Il Balletto di Bronzo, Gianni Leone on keyboards and Giancarlo Stinga on drums, while in the choirs there is a not yet famous (but already good) Giuni Russo.

The album opens with a cover, Ready Teddy, almost wanting to re-link to its roots rock'n'roll, followed by the first thematic song, also published on 45 rpm: A tree of thirty floors in which Celentano takes up a theme for him by now customary, that of ecology, and attacks the building speculation and pollution, taking it in particular, in the end of the song, with the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan (which has, in fact, thirty floors).

The song is also published in Spanish under the title Un arbòl de 30 pisos (on the back there is Ready teddy) for the Spanish and Latin American market.

The back of the Italian 45 laps is instead Maybe you were better than her, on the crisis of the couple, which is the third track of the album, followed by the cheerful Pinocchio's ballad.

In the final song of side A, Disse, the Celentano preacher reappears and even identifies himself with God and, turning to men, encourages them not only to worry about accumulating money and wealth.

Then we have the animalist The Last of Birds and La Siringhetta, song about drugs (one of the first in Italy to tackle this topic).

The two final pieces, in fact, are two different versions of the same song, that gentleman upstairs: the first anticipates a few months what will be his success at the end of the year, namely Prisencolinensinainciusol, being sung in the Celentane language, ie a language invented near the fake English, while the same song is then performed in Italian, with a text in which that lord of the upstairs is identified with God (which reappears for the second time in the texts of the album).

The arrangements and orchestra directions were given by Celentano: Ready Teddy to Nando De Luca. The ballad of Pinocchio and that gentleman upstairs at Christmas Massara. The thirty-story tree - She said - The syringe - Perhaps you were better than her - the last of the birds to Detto Mariano who, for the execution of his arrangements, asked courtesy to Giancarlo Stinga and Gianni Leone of the prog group " Bronze Ballet ", for which he was collaborating in those days to the realization of their LP" YS ", to act as performers. It was during the creation of "YS" that Detto Mariano asked Giuni Russo (on that occasion as a choir) to participate in the arrangement of the piece "La siringhetta". She, nicely accepted ... and had a lot of fun too !! (DM).

On the cover there is a photograph of Celentano sitting in the middle of a metropolis in miniature, with a pale sun in the background.


Tracks Adriano Celentano I Mali Del Secolo 

1.     Ready Teddy (testo e musica di Robert Blackwell e John Marascalco)
2.     Un albero di trenta piani (testo e musica di Adriano Celentano)
3.     Forse eri meglio di lei (testo e musica di Adriano Celentano)
4.     La ballata di Pinocchio (testo e musica di Adriano Celentano)
5.     Disse (testo e musica di Adriano Celentano)
6.     La siringhetta (testo e musica di Adriano Celentano)
7.     L'ultimo degli uccelli (testo e musica di Adriano Celentano)
8.     Quel signore del piano di sopra - versione in lingua celentana e italiana (testo e musica di Adriano Celentano, Luciano Beretta, Miki Del Prete)