Zucchero Album: “Miserere”

I love Zucchero. I came to the U.S.A. 1992 and I missed his music. Thanks to Amazon.com I can still buy my favorite Italian CDs. This is the real thing, Zucchero is one of the best Italian singers, and I hope more Italian American kids will get to know him.

CD's that you own of Zucchero's. His music is original, inventive and interesting. No cookie-cutter stuff from this guy. With this CD the hilights are: "The Promise," "Ana Solatia" and "Come Back The Sun." This doesn't mean the other songs are to be dismissed. You can choose your own faves. I believe his ultimate CD so far, is BlueSugar. Try that one too! Zucchero belongs in the genre of rock stars who put thought and emotion into their works. Something that you usually have to take a big step back in time to find. He is here and now. ciao~

Zucchero IS the primary rock-pop-blues talent of Italy. This album DOES contain the magnificent duet w/Pavarotti (co-written by U2's Bono). And it does have a lot of fun and a lot of great melodies. That being said, Zucchero's translators have done nothing but BUTCHER his haunting lyrics when turning them into something vaguely resembling English words, and when he sings a song exclusively in English, he sounds--well, like an Italian man singing in English. Buy the Italian (or Spanish!) versions of his work instead--and the more recent, the better!