Disco de Laura Pausini: “Laura Pausini [Italian]”

I don't know why but this is Laura's Cd which I keep playing again and again, and I own almost all of her albums. It's her first one, her voice is at peak form, she sings in italian which I think suits her better than spanish, although she does a wonderful work singing in the latter, and last but not least, here you can find two wonderful songs that you cannot find anywhere else (not even in spanish): "Dove Sei", just as awesome as "La Solitudiné" and the uplifting "Baci Che Si Rubano". This Cd is worth every cent. After buying this one, "The Best of Laura Pausini" is an excellent next choice

I bought this CD pretty much out of spite in 1997 or so. I had been an exchange student in Mexico long enough to become fluent, and upon returning to Pittsburgh, to help keep my Spanish as active as possible, I did the only thing available at that time (1980 onward) - I browsed the one record store that had a Latin section (rather than just a World Music section). Well, around 1996 or so, this CD by Laura ended up in that section. I guess the store clerks had no idea it was Italian and not Spanish. After seeing her face on that CD staring at me over 4 or 5 months, I just said, "What the heck! I'll buy it." I loved it so much, I bought 3 more copies for my niece and a couple of friends. I listen to it regularly and there's not a bad song on it. The more I listen to it, the more I love it. Each song grows on you with time. I've bought more of Laura's CD's, and though her voice may have improved, the songs and the quality of the lyrics have not - none of her later CD's can match the quality of this one. I think as she got more popular she also got more cheesy and more politico-pushy as some artists tend to do. I want to hear you sing without hearing your political views in every song! But, thanks to this CD I decided to learn Italian. I studied it mostly on my own and part of my self-teaching involved writing down the words to these songs just from listening to them and then translating them to Spanish, then to English. My Italian is not as good as my Spanish, but I've been to both Rome and Milan on business and had no trouble getting by on my own. Thanks, Laura! There's only one other Italian singer who had as much influence on me (Fiorella Mannoia, who I discovered after Laura through a friend who lived in Milan) and her CD's are just as wonderful but harder to find in the US, the best one is "Le Canzoni." I would suggest her stuff, too.

I've listened to this album a number of times (in Italian). Certainly Laura Pausini has a pretty voice and sings with excellent clarity. However those who might be looking for a powerful, dramatic voice may be disappointed. In particular the music on this album seems to me very ordinary and 100% derived from American 1980's pop, with not much variety from one song to another. Finally, I was disappointed that the album has only 8 songs and is just 33 minutes long.

Escrevo de Sao Paulo, Brasil para dizer que esse primeiro cd da Laura Pausini, assim como os demais que ela tem e maravilhoso! Laura e o fenomeno da cançao italiana, canta e encanta todos com sua belissima e inigualavel voz. As minhas preferidas musicas desse disco sao La Solitudine, Non C'e e Dove Sei, mas todas as outras sao lindissimas. Recomendo a todos esse cd, que e divido. Vale a pena conferir!

Bravissima! Wonderful, brilliant songs set to catchy rhythms & lyrics! Audiophiles, this is definitely one to buy!