PIERROT LUNAIRE

The first of two albums of this Italian band is such a piece of colection. The arrangements seems to be so simple but they are really complex and full of little delicious details, specially on strings because the album is full of guitars, sitars and mandolins. Really difficult to categorize because every song has elemnts from folk, soft prog, avant garde and even classical influences.

Some highlights: the beautiful Raipure, the amazing arrangements of Invasore and the awsome songs Arlecchinata and Mandrangola.

Special mention to the beautiful voice of Arturo Stalteri... Why he doesn't appear on the best vocalists polls?

Anyway, this album is a necessary piece in any prog colection... 4* and a half!!