Caronte (album)

Caronte
File:Caronte (The Trip album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by The Trip
Released	1971
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	RCA Italiana
The Trip chronology
The Trip (1970) Caronte (1971) Atlantide (1972)

Caronte (Charon) is the second album released by the Italian progressive rock band The Trip, in 1971. It is a concept album based on the Charon character from Dante's Divine Comedy, recast as a metaphor of conformism; Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin are mentioned, respectively in songs Ultima ora e ode a Jimi Hendrix ("The last hour and ode to Jimi Hendrix") and Little Janie, as victims of a conformist society.

Caronte was the most successful release of the band. With respect to their previous, debut album, which was mostly blues-oriented, Caronte was a major drift towards British-style progressive rock, with obvious influences from King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and, to some extent, Pink Floyd. Joe Vescovi, keyboardist and leader of the band, was at the time a self-proclaimed imitator of Keith Emerson.

The cover art from the album included drawings by Gustave Doré.

Track Listing

1. "Caronte I"
2. "Two brothers"
3. "Little Janie"
4. "L'ultima ora e Ode a Jimi Hendrix"
5. "Caronte II"

Personnel

• Joe Vescovi - keyboards, vocals
• Billy Gray - electric guitar
• Arvid Andersen - bass guitar, vocals
• Pino Sinnone - drums

External links

• (in Italian) Article on Caronte and the Trip from the Ciao 2001 magazine