Storia di un minuto

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1972 studio album by Premiata Forneria Marconi

Storia di un minuto

Studio album by

Premiata Forneria Marconi

Released| January 1972
Recorded| 1971
Genre| Progressive rock
Length| 34:25
Language| Italian
Label| Numero Uno
Premiata Forneria Marconi chronology
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(1972)  | Per un amico
(1972)

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Storia di un minuto ("One minute story") is the first album of the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi. It was recorded in Milan and released by the Numero Uno division of RCA Records in Italy.[1] The album topped the Italian album charts after one week from the release – the first time occurrence in the Italian charts up until then.

Storia di un minuto is a progressive rock album with traces of symphonic rock, and borrows influences from a range of genres. Contemporary reviews deemed the album as one of the greatest debuts in the history of prog rock. It includes re-recorded versions of "Impressioni di settembre" b/w "La carrozza di Hans" (previously released as a single). Other songs like "È festa" (later re-titled as "Celebration") and "Dove... quando..." went on to become pillars of the band's performances.

## Composition and critical reception[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic[2]|

The album follows the lines of progressive rock and symphonic rock,[3] yet it includes elements of other genres, ranging from classical and folk to jazz music.[4] Nevertheless, the style is also eclectic, going from pop-oriented melodies ("Dove... quando" and "Impressioni di settembre") to more heavy rock-sounding tracks ("È festa").[5]

Storia di un minuto was acclaimed in a retrospective Allmusic review, where it was given four-and-a-half out of five stars.[6] In it, Robert Taylor called it an "excellent recording",[7] comparing the album's creativity to fellow British bands, and finally deeming it as "one of the best progressive rock debuts in history [...] essential to any serious collection".[8]

## Track listing[edit]

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Introduzione"| Franco Mussida| 1:09
2.| "Impressioni di settembre"| Mussida, Mogol, Mauro Pagani| 5:44
3.| "È festa"| Mussida, Pagani| 4:52
4.| "Dove... quando... (parte 1)"| Mussida, Pagani| 4:10

Side twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Dove... quando... (parte 2)"| Mussida, Pagani| 6:01
2.| "La carrozza di Hans"| Mussida, Pagani| 6:45
3.| "Grazie davvero"| Mussida, Pagani| 5:51

## Personnel[edit]

* Franco Mussida – electric & acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, mandocello, lead vocals (tracks 1,2,4 and 6), backing vocals
* Flavio Premoli – organ, piano, Mellotron, harpsichord, Minimoog, lead vocals (tracks 3 and 7), backing vocals
* Mauro Pagani – flute, piccolo, violin, backing vocals
* Giorgio Piazza – bass, backing vocals
* Franz Di Cioccio – drums, Moog synthesizer, gadgets, backing vocals

## Release history[edit]

Year  | Region  | Label  | Format  | Catalog

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1972  | Italy  | Numero Uno  | LP  | ZSLN 55055
1989  | Europe  | RCA  | CD  | ND 74059
2000  | Italy  | BMG  | CD  | 74321 765422
2003  | Japan  | BMG (Japan)  | CD  | BVCM-37423
2006  | South Korea  | Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Korea)
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Korea)  | CD  | SB30149C
82876 85413 2

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Premiata Forneria Marconi – Storia di un minuto (LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/storia-di-un-minuto-mw0000460508
3. ^ "Storia di un Minuto - PFM, Premiata Forneria Marconi | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
4. ^ "Storia di un Minuto - PFM, Premiata Forneria Marconi | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
5. ^ "Storia di un Minuto - PFM, Premiata Forneria Marconi | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
6. ^ "Storia di un Minuto - PFM, Premiata Forneria Marconi | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
7. ^ "Storia di un Minuto - PFM, Premiata Forneria Marconi | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
8. ^ "Storia di un Minuto - PFM, Premiata Forneria Marconi | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.

* v
* t
* e

Premiata Forneria Marconi

* Franz Di Cioccio
* Marco Sfogli
* Patrick Djivas
* Lucio Fabbri
* Alessandro Scaglione
* Roberto Gualdi

* Franco Mussida
* Flavio Premoli
* Mauro Pagani
* Giorgio Piazza
* Bernardo Lanzetti
* Gregory Bloch
* Walter Calloni
* Piero Monterisi

Studio albums|

* Storia di un minuto (1972)
* Per un amico (1972)
* L'isola di niente (1974)
* Chocolate Kings (1975)
* Jet Lag (1977)
* Passpartù (1978)
* Suonare Suonare (1980)
* Come ti va in riva alla città (1981)
* PFM? PFM! (1984)
* Miss Baker (1987)
* Ulisse (1997)
* Serendipity (2000)
* Dracula (2005)
* Stati di immaginazione (2006)
* A.D.2010 - La buona novella (2010)
* PFM in Classic – Da Mozart a Celebration (2013)

English translations|

* Photos of Ghosts (1973)
* The World Became the World (1974)

Live albums|

* Live in USA aka Cook (1974)
* Fabrizio De André in Concerto - Arrangiamenti PFM (1979)
* Fabrizio De André in Concerto - Arrangiamenti PFM, vol 2 (1980)
* Performance (1981)
* www.pfmpfm.it (1998)
* Live in Japan 2002 (2002)
* Piazza del Campo (2005)
* PFM canta De André (2008)
* Live in Roma guest Ian Anderson (2012)
* Un Minuto (2014)
* Un Amico (2014)
* Un'Isola (2014)
* A Ghost (2015)
* The World (2015)

Associated companies|

* Numero Uno [it]
* Manticore
* Apple
* IOM
* RRC

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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