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LUCA CARBON[ "WE THINK THE IDEA IS VERY GOOD Forza Azzuri! The blue Italian army of singers is conquering Europe in a rush. After signifi- AND FOUND THE PACKAGE VERY cant Euro-crossover successes by Zucchero, INFORMATIVE." Gianna Nannini, Paolo Conte, Vasco Rossi and Eros Ramazzotti, Luca Carboni is on PETER LOSSACK, HEAD OF MUSIC his way to joining this Italian squad on the RADIO CD INTERNATIONAL/ international path. In singing the lovely tune Siamo Le Stelle Del Cielo (We Are The Stars VIENNA Of The Sky), he is not exaggerating-he's cer- tainly up there with them. And he shine. bright on the single Le Stolle D'Amore (Love ton, and Linda Stories), enclosed with M&M's Track Attack. well-one in June and the other in July. Ronstadt-is on one of those pages. As a In all respects, Carboni is a true ambas- Earlier in his career, he released an album musician, she first made her mark as synthe- sador for his country. The song taken from his completely in Spanish. He's also delivered two sizers' programmer on 's fifth album, titled simply albums in Germany Faith. Carboni, is the kind of bal- and a compilation Following the debut album by Tori Amos, lad sung with Italian album in France. But east west presents us with another interest- patented passion. At first this time it's for real. ing UK -based female singer/ from impression, it doesn't seem BMG/Italy interna- the US. Unlike Amos, Cook is focused on to be the easiest pro- tional marketing MOR-oriented material, much like Sarah grammable song, but manager Eugenio McLachlan. On some tracks of her extraordi- repeated play does won- Morgantini sounds nary debut album The Girl Who Ate Herself, ders. After a while, one very determined. Cook is helped out by and will discover the haunting "Now we have to go . She wrote the song Wonder- melody line of this sparsely on the European .land especially for ; you can hear arranged tune. market with no it here for the first time in her own rendition. Whereas Carboni often restrictions whatso- The album is a gold mine for album rock shows us his restrained ever. With all those programmers. Its wide variety and unmistak- side, he exposes more pri- recent Italian success- able class make it almost impossible to pick mordial instincts in Ci es, the time is right out a favourite. Would it be the up -tempo Vuole Un Fisico Bestiale for Carboni. For that track Look To Yourself or the intriguing politi- (You Need Animal Physics). purpose, we are cal song Docklands? Those from east west After a mildly -sung first using Track Attack. must have asked themselves the verse, the caged animal After the Italian con- same question, and not finding an answer, breaks loose on a cert tour, we'll spend decided to enclose the complete album in Motown beat. While he's our time more on M&M's Track Attack box! hunting, there's no escaping the strong European promotion." Explains head of international Anne melody. Once bitten by the infectious tune of Marie Nicol, "We decided to do this to have La Mia Citta (My City), you'll feel the strength the opportunity to display the enormous of the compositions by this man who has sold diversity. The first single Love Is In The Groove 300.000 copies of the album at home since its is a dance track, while the second single How release on January 7. It peaked at number 1 Can I Believe is a ballad. Both tracks are in both Italian album charts-Rai Radiodue aimed at different markets and radio formats. and Musica E Dischi. "Because every track is totally different, we In Switzerland-where the album was It's hardly imaginable these days, but in the feel you have to listen to the album as an released on the same day-it sold 15.000 golden days of pop music in the '60s, profes- entity and hope to encourage programmers units. During Carboni's Italian tour from the sional sat behind a desk and to do so. You can appreciate the album on end of March to the beginning of May, he'll composed tunes from two levels; for the make three side steps into Swiss territory, nine -to -five. Surprisingly music-the pretty doing two gigs each in Zurich, Bern and Chi- enough, this working style songs-or for the depth of asso. lives on in Nashville, the the lyrics. She's an album In the upcoming months, the album will be capital of . artist, and we believe this released through RCA in the Benelux, France, Hits were born either in is not the kind of album to Germany (on Ariola) and Spain, where three the Brill Building or in Tin market upfront. That tracks in Spanish will be added to the set. Pan Alley in New York. would do Cook no justice. Two Spanish promo tours are planned as Some of those tunesmiths For Simply Red, it was a later started an active steady eight -year process. career singing their own By sending the record to songs, including Neil Dia- the right people, we hope "WE LIKE THE IDEA OF TRACK mond and Carole King. to get across our mes- sage." ATTACK. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A Female songwriter Betsy Cook has made a The album was picked BROADER RANGE OF MUSIC TO comparable switch from up at the end of February CHOOSE FROM! " sheet music to the micro- by UK retail chain Our phone, to sing from her Price as a "recommended JOHN ROSBOROUGH, PROGRAMME own rich songbook. The release." On March 4, she DIRECTOR DOWNTOWN RADIO - grammy-nominated Linda Thompson -co - performed live at the London Jazz Café, with international press attending. COOL FM/BELFAST written song by the Trio-consisting of country divas Dolly Par -

TA 2 MUSIC & MEDIA APRIL 4 1992