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Not the best Paolo

Robert Cohen | Rockaway, NJ USA | 07/02/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"If all you've heard of Paolo Conte is the American Nonsuch collection, this is not the best next step. There are relatively few Conte vocals, the quirkiness that was so appealing in the collection I found a bit much here. The influences here are less jazz and European music than 19th century American music. A similarity could be found to some of the quirkier Van Dyke Parks records, which also had a heavy Stephen Foster influence. The other vocalists sounded fine, but when you're expecting Paulo Conte, you want his voice on all the vocal cuts. Tournee 2 was much better for me."