Chocabeck
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| Studio album by Zucchero | ||||
| Released | November 3, 2010 | |||
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EastWest Studios, Hollywood Henson Studios, Hollywood |
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| Genre | Blues rock, Pop rock, Folk rock | |||
| Length | 43:30 | |||
| Label | Polydor, Universal | |||
| Producer | Don Was, Brendan O'Brien, Zucchero Fornaciari | |||
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Chocabeck is the eleventh studio album by Italian blues rock singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari released in 2010.
The term "chocabeck" derives from Emilian dialect and is an Italian word "schioccabecco", meaning the sound of empty beak. He heard it from his father when was very young, showing the social conditions at the time. The dialect term "Spicinfrin" means a cute, but rebellious boy. He made this kind of album in rebellion against the current music industry system.
It is a concept album, describing a typical Sunday day from dawn to dusk in a small countryside Italian town or village where he grow up, with autumnal cycle of songs. It's an album about his roots, introspective, allegorical, with life, positivity, hope. For each song was recorded and released a music video, with Guccini in the video of "Un soffio caldo".
Like his previous albums it includes many notable collaborations.Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys played back vocals in eight tracks. The lyrics of the opening song "Un soffio caldo" were co-written with renowned Italian songwriter Francesco Guccini, while "Oltre le rive" with Pacifico. The lyrics of the last song "God bless the child" were written by Roland Orzabal from the band Tears for Fears, Chaz Jankel, and Derek Hussey. The English versions of "Alla fine" ("Too Late") and "Chocabeck" ("Spirit Together") were written by Iggy Pop.
The collaboration with U2's Bono and friend is third after translating in English songs "Miserere" (1992) and "Blu" ("Blue"; 1998). The lyrics of "Someone Else's Tears" were written by Bono, while Zucchero freely translated them in the counterpart "Il suono della domenica". The song in English is included as bonus track in the Italian edition in iTunes store. According to Zucchero's interpretation of English lyrics, Bono when wrote the song was probably inspired by something painful he saw or felt. When he heard Zucchero's version before the U2's concert in Rome, Bono, initially silently concentrated during its listening, in the end cried. Zucchero considers the song "Il suono della domenica" as the most representative of the album.
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