Storia di un impiegato

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1973 studio album by Fabrizio De André

Storia di un impiegato

Studio album by

Fabrizio De André

Released| 1973
Recorded| 1973
Length| 35:34
Label| Produttori Associati
Ricordi
BMG
Producer| Roberto Dané
Sergio Bardotti
Fabrizio De André chronology
| Non al denaro, non all'amore né al cielo
(1971)  | Storia di un impiegato
(1973)  | Canzoni
(1974)

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Storia di un impiegato ("Story of a white-collar worker") is an album released by Fabrizio De André. It was issued in 1973 by Produttori Associati and reissued several times by Ricordi and BMG.

## Track listing

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1. Introduzione (Introduction) (1:42)
2. Canzone del Maggio (May's song) (2:24)
3. La bomba in testa (The bomb in the mind) (4:01)
4. Al ballo mascherato (At the masquerade ball) (5:12)
5. Sogno numero due (Dream number two) (3:13)
6. La canzone del padre (Father's song) (5:14)
7. Il bombarolo (The bomber) (4:20)
8. Verranno a chiederti del nostro amore (They'll come to ask you about our love) (4:19)
9. Nella mia ora di libertà (In my out-of-cell time) (5:09)

## Overview and songs

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This is a concept album based on the Protests of 1968; its story-line is about a 30-year-old white-collar worker who chooses to join in the riots after listening to a song about the events of May 1968 in France.

* Introduzione and Canzone del Maggio set the scene, stimulating the protagonist's desire to join the protests.
* In La bomba in testa, he daydreams about building a bomb.
* In Al ballo mascherato, he attends a masquerade ball, whose attendees are all dressed up as famous characters from literature, history, movies, comics and even from the Bible. The song is intended as a satire of fame and celebrity.
* Sogno numero due is a spoken word piece, where the protagonist imagines being judged in a courtroom by an all-powerful judge, who is the ultimate symbol of power. Notably, De André never recorded a Sogno numero uno (i.e. "Dream number one"), although Sogno n° 1 was used as a title for a 2011 posthumous tribute album by conductor Geoff Westley.
* In Canzone del padre, the dream goes on and the singer imagines himself as his own father, which points out to the protagonist the vacuity of his current life, and further heightens his desire for revenge.
* In Il bombarolo, the protagonist actually builds and plants his bomb; however, in the last verse (where De André suddenly switches from first-person to third-person narrative), the bomb accidentally blows up a newsstand instead of the intended target, and the protagonist is imprisoned.
* Verranno a chiederti del nostro amore is a love song; the protagonist, now behind bars, reassures his woman that his love for her will never end. As the only song in the album which is not actually connected to the overarching story and functions well on its own, it became a hit and De André continued performing it live during his later years, independently from the album.
* In Nella mia ora di libertà, the protagonist talks about his life in prison; he recounts the trials he underwent and comes to the realization that collective struggle is more effective than what he could accomplish by himself, so he and his inmates rebel to the prison authorities and lock up their wardens. The lyrical tone of this song is notably more lightweight than the rest of the album.[1]

## Personnel

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* Fabrizio De André - Guitars, Vocals
* Silvano Chimenti - Guitars
* Bruno Battisti D'Amario \- Guitars
* Daniele Patucchi - Bass guitar
* Enzo Restuccia - Drum kit
* Antonio Ferrelli - Double bass
* Nicola Piovani \- Piano
* Giorgio Carnini - Synthesizer

## References

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1. ^ Criteser, Dennis (May 2014). "Storia di un impiegato: Nella mia ora di libertà - In My Hour of Freedom". Fabrizio de André in English. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

## External links

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* music portal

* (in Italian) History, lyrics and censored versions of "Storia di un impiegato"

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Fabrizio De André

Studio albums|

* Vol. 1° (1967)
* Tutti morimmo a stento (1968)
* Vol. 3° (1968)
* La buona novella (1970)
* Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo (1971)
* Storia di un impiegato (1973)
* Canzoni (1974)
* Vol. 8° (1975)
* Rimini (1978)
* Fabrizio De André (1981)
* Crêuza de mä (1984)
* Le nuvole (1990)
* Anime salve (1996)

Live albums|

* Fabrizio De André in Concerto - arrangiamenti PFM (1979)
* Fabrizio De André in Concerto - arrangiamenti PFM vol. 2 (1980)
* 1991 concerti (1991)
* In concerto (1999)
* Ed avevamo gli occhi troppo belli (2001)
* In concerto volume II (2001)
* Fabrizio De André e PFM in concerto (2007)

Anthologies|

* Tutto Fabrizio De André (1966)
* La canzone di Marinella (1968)
* Nuvole barocche (1968) Fabrizio De André (Black Anthology) (1976)
* Fabrizio De André (Blue Anthology) (1986)
* Il viaggio (1991)
* La canzone di Marinella (re-issue) (1995)
* Mi innamoravo di tutto (1997)
* Da Genova (1999)
* Peccati di gioventù (2000)
* In direzione ostinata e contraria (2005)
* In direzione ostinata e contraria 2 (2006)
* Effedia: Sulla mia cattiva strada (2008)

Singles|

| Karim period|

* "Nuvole barocche" (1961)
* "La ballata del Michè" (1961)
* "Il fannullone" (1963)
* "Il testamento" (1963)
* "La guerra di Piero" (1964)
* "Valzer per un amore" (1965)
* "Per i tuoi larghi occhi" (1965)
* "La città vecchia" (1965)
* "La canzone dell'amore perduto" (1966)
* "Geordie" (1966)

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Post-Karim|

* "Preghiera in Gennaio" (1967)
* "Via del Campo" (1967)
* "Caro amore" (1967)
* "La canzone di Barbara" (1968)
* "Carlo Martello ritorna dalla battaglia di Poitiers" (1968)
* "La canzone di Marinella" (1968)
* "Il gorilla" (1969)
* "Leggenda di Natale" (1969)
* "Il pescatore" (1970)
* "La stagione del tuo amore" (1970)
* "La stagione del tuo amore" (1970)
* "Nuvole barocche" (re-issue) (1971)
* "Un matto (Dietro ogni scemo c'è un villaggio)" (1971)
* "Suzanne" (1972)
* "la cattiva strada" (1974)
* "Il pescatore" (re-issue) (1978)
* "Una storia sbagliata" (1980)

Tributes|

* Canti randagi
* Äia da respiâ - Genova canta De André
* Faber - Amico fragile
* Mille papaveri rossi
* Non più i cadaveri dei soldati
* 2004 Crêuza de mä
* Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo
* PFM canta De André
* Duemila papaveri rossi
* Fabrizio 2009
* De André canta De André
* Sogno n° 1

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* MusicBrainz release group

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