The Best of Paolo Conte is currently the only collection of the Italian singer/songwriter's music that is readily available in America. Fortunately for those with a soft spot for quirky romantics, it is a fine representation of his life's work. Conte is often compared to Tom Waits, presumably because both men have gravelly voices and write from a skewed, sometimes surreal perspective. Like Waits, Conte is a jazz aficionado, but despite these shared characteristics, the two sound nothin...   [ read more ]

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A return album for the U.S. after the success of the Best Of album from Paolo Conte. His gravely voice croons through some works and narrates others. The compositions are all older works, revised and rearranged for the purpose of Reveries. At times using elements of Neapolitan music, at times stuck in French chanson, and at times in the cabaret forms, Conte is constantly moving from one style to the next, ably changing the mood with the piano before he even utters a word in the next style...   [ read more ]

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Paolo Conte appears on the cover of his sixth overall, and third eponymous, album striking a pose, microphone in hand, during a performance. Appropriately, this is about the time that the great Italian barroom poet started to become an international celebrity (at least in Europe), mostly thanks to his impeccable showman credentials. A more subdued version of its predecessor, Appunti di Viaggio, this record is a mature, solid collection of sinuous piano-driven jazzy tunes. This is perhaps best exempli...   [ read more ]

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