Desaparecido is the first full-length studio album by the Italian rock band Litfiba, though the band had previously released five EPs or singles and a soundtrack album, Eneide di Krypton. The music is very British new wave-influenced, though the lyrics are in Italian.[2]

Desaparecido
Studio album by
Released1985
GenreNew wave, post-punk, darkwave[1]
Length33:28
LabelI.R.A. Records
CGD (reprints)
ProducerAlberto Pirelli
Litfiba chronology
Eneide di Krypton
(1983)
Desaparecido
(1985)
17 RE
(1986)

It is the first part of the "Trilogy of power": a group of albums whose main theme is the rejection of violence and totalitarianism. The sound combines new wave influences with a taste for typically Mediterranean melody, a characteristic strongly sought after by the band at the time. The complex lyrics often have a dreamlike and lysergic component, and are characterized by the use of metaphor.

Track listing

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  1. "Eroi nel vento" – 3:47
  2. "La preda" – 2:52
  3. "Lulù e Marlene" – 4:43
  4. "Istanbul" – 5:44
  5. "Tziganata" – 2:56
  6. "Pioggia di luce" – 4:30
  7. "Desaparecido" – 3:25
  8. "Guerra" – 5:29

Personnel

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Produced by Alberto Pirelli

Bibliography

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  • AA.VV. Luca Frazzi (ed.). "Litfiba - Desaparecido". Rumore 100 - 100 Dischi Essenziali della New Wave & Postpunk Italiani.
  • Alberto Campo (1995). Nuovo? rock?! italiano!: una storia, 1980-1996. Prato: Giunti Editore. ISBN 88-09-20999-0
  • Federico Guglielmi (2000). A denti stretti: la vera storia dei Litfiba. Giunti. p. 35. ISBN 978-88-09-01729-0. ISBN 88-09-01729-3

References

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  1. ^ Sigfrido Menghini (1 November 2006). "Litfiba - Desaparecido". ondarock.
  2. ^ Valerio Di Marco. "Litfiba - Desaparecido".
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