Due parole

1996 studio album by Carmen Consoli

Due parole

Studio album by

Carmen Consoli

Released

26 February 1996

Genre

pop rock^[1]

Length

41:37

Label

Cyclope
Polydor

Producer

Francesco Virlinzi
Allan Goldberg

Carmen Consoli chronology

Due parole
(1996)

Confusa e felice
(1997)

Due parole (lit. 'Two words') is the debut studio album of Italian singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli.

It was released after Consoli's participation in the 46th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Amore di plastica", and also include the debut single of Consoli, "Quello che sento".^[2] The third single was "Lingua a sonagli", of which was also released a music video, directed by Dominic DeJoseph and shot in Venice, while "Questa notte una lucciola illumina la mia finestra" was only released as promotional single.^[1] The song "Sulla mia pelle" was inspired by Dacia Maraini's novel The Silent Duchess and was also featured in the 1998 charity album Canzoni per loro.^[1]

The album was produced by Francesco Virlinzi on the basis of a tape with 22 "voice and guitar" demos that Consoli had given to him.^[2] Mario Venuti and Kaballà collaborated to the composition of some songs.^[3] It was recorded and mixed by Allan Goldberg in his studio "The Music Terminal".^[4] It was runner-up at Targa Tenco in the best debut album category.^[4]

In March 2021, on occasion of its 25th anniversary, the album was reissued, and it was also released in vinyl for the first time.^[3]^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Amore di plastica"	Carmen Consoli Mario Venuti	4:04
2.	"Questa notte una lucciola illumina la mia finestra"	Consoli	2:50
3.	"Sulla mia pelle"	Consoli	3:00
4.	"Posso essere felice"	Consoli	3:14
5.	"Lingua a sonagli"	Consoli	2:43
6.	"Non ti ho mai chiesto"	Consoli Francesco Virlinzi Kaballà	4:03
7.	"Vorrei dire"	Consoli	3:29
8.	"La stonato"	Consoli	3:14
9.	"Nell'apparenza"	Consoli	3:47
10.	"La semplicità" (feat. Mario Venuti)	Consoli	3:14
11.	"Quello che sento"	Consoli	3:41
12.	"Fino a quando"	Consoli Kaballà	4:14

Charts

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Italy (FIMI) ^[5]	59

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Raugei, Elena (21 January 2010). "La luce di un brivido". Carmen Consoli: Fedele a se stessa (in Italian). Arcana. ISBN 978-88-6231-614-9. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b Deregibus, Enrico (2006). Dizionario completo della canzone italiana (in Italian). Giunti. p. 123. ISBN 978-88-09-04602-3.
^ ^a ^b Gardon, Gianni (20 February 2021). "Oggi "Due parole" di Carmen Consoli compie 25 anni". Indie For Bunnies (in Italian). Retrieved 7 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cantire, Davide (25 February 2021). "Carmen Consoli. Per la prima volta in vinile arriva l'album "Due parole"". SentireAscoltare (in Italian). Retrieved 7 November 2023.
^ "Classifica settimanale WK 10". FIMI (in Italian). Retrieved 7 November 2023.