Volume 3 (Fabrizio De André album)

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Volume 3 is the name of an album released by Italian singer/songwriter Fabrizio De André. It was first issued in 1968 on Bluebell Records. The album was re-released several times by Produttori Associati, Ricordi and BMG. The album contains four new tracks (S'i' Fosse Foco, Il Gorilla, Nell'Acqua della Chiara Fontana, Il Re Fa Rullare i Tamburi), the others are re-recordings of songs which appeared on previous albums.

Track listing

All songs written by Fabrizio De André, except where indicated.

1. "La Canzone di Marinella" – 3:20
2. "Il Gorilla" (Georges Brassens, translation by De André) – 2:59
3. "La Ballata dell'Eroe" – 2:35
4. "S'i Fossi Foco" (Cecco Angiolieri, musical arrangement by De André) – 1:14
5. "Amore che Vieni, Amore che Vai" – 2:50
6. "La Guerra di Piero" – 3:04
7. "Il Testamento" – 3:47
8. "Nell'Acqua della Chiara Fontana" (Georges Brassens, translation by De André) - 2:20
9. "La Ballata del Miché" – 2:55
10. "Il Re fa Rullare i Tamburi" (traditional, arrangement and translation by De André) - 1:55

Song Meanings

• "Il Gorilla" is a translated version of the Georges Brassens' song "Le Gorille". It is about a Gorilla which, escaped from its cage, loses his virginity by raping a lawyer insted of an old woman.
  
• "S'i Fossi Foco" is based on the poem of the same name by the Italian poet Cecco Angiolieri.
  
• "Nell'Acqua della Chiara Fontana" is a translated version of the Georges Brassens' song "Dans l'Eau de la Claire Fontaine".
  
• "Il Re fa Rullare i Tamburi" is a translated version of a French traditional song of the XIV Century.