Oro incenso e birra
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Oro incenso e birra is an album released by Zucchero in 1989. It is the best-selling Italian LP to date, and is Zucchero's 4th studio album. Its title represents a pun on "oro incenso e mirra", the Italian for "gold, frankincense and myrrh", with "mirra", myrrh, being replaced by "birra", meaning beer.
This was the last Zucchero album to be sung entirely in Italian: each subsequent albums would include international versions with English vocals on some tracks. The guitar solo in "A Wonderful World" was written and performed by Eric Clapton, a close friend of Zucchero's. Italian singer-songwriter Francesco De Gregori wrote the lyrics for the song "Diamante", one of Zucchero's greatest hits to date. This song was included in the Baywatch soundtrack in Season 3 episode "Tequila Bay".
[edit] General information
- Label: Polydor Records (Italy)
- Released: 13 June 1989
- Written by: Zucchero, Francesco De Gregori, Ennio Morricone, Mino Vergnaghi, Matteo Saggese
[edit] Track listing
- "Overdose (d'amore)" - 5:23
- "Nice (Nietzsche) che dice" 3:19
- "Il mare impetuoso al tramonto salì sulla Luna e dietro una tendina di stelle..." - 3:56
- "Madre dolcissima" - 7:18
- "Diavolo in me" - 4:05
- "Iruben me" - 5:49
- "A Wonderful World" - 4:35
- "Diamante" - 5:52
- "Libera l'amore" - 2:13
