released: Sep. 3, 1990
format: cd (1991 reissue)
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: various
label: London Records - nationality: Italy
1st compilation album by Zucchero had some issues with the sticker: "Zucchero Sings His Hits In English". This is the first album released for the Italian market completely without his usual stage name "Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari". The first issues consisted of only nine compositions (which also applies for all vinyl pressings), whereas cd re-issues from '91 and later all came with twelve tracks.
On some lists the album is filed as a studio album, and I admit it is difficult to label entirely. Fact is, the songs here have all been issued before-hand, BUT never in these versions. British songwriter Frank Musker has written English lyrics for seven of the original nine compositions - the last two songs are together with the additional three extra tracks held in the original Italian versions. This makes the majority of the songs appear in new versions and in new arrangements, but then again: they have been selected for the purpose of widening the knowledge of Zucchero's music, and five of the songs still come in their original versions...
Anyway, the collection is fine, the songs are splendid and show what a great songwriter Zucchero is.
It's a recommended acquisition of alternative international versions of his older songs, although, later compilations better this one.
