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[cotty-150]

Los peluches de Isbela en el mundo Furranimal (Parte 1)

Aquí la parte 1 de un crossover extraño.

[bertmango]

Shadwell Basin, Sir Richard MacCormac, Wapping, London, 1983

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[laurapausinifinland]

Album review: Anime Parallele

We have a new LP album! After highly successful and Latin Grammy winning Fatti Sentire / Hazte Sentir in 2018 we fans have been waiting for five long years for Anime Parallele / Almas Paralelas to arrive!

Promo in March 2023.

BACKGROUND:

Fair to say Laura has been treating us well during these albumless years with two tours (2018, 2019), Golden Globe winning Io Sí (Seen) and docufilm Laura Pausini - Pleased to meet you featuring new song Scatola / Caja. She's been also active on television hosting Eurovision Song Contest and Latin Grammy's last year respectively.

During the pandemic Laura did reveal that new songs and album are on the making. However in 2023 she told in her socials how she struggled during the pandemic to find her voice and felt lost after the Io Sí success in spring 2021. She calls this album the most difficult one to make during her long career. The album is also very fresh as it was still recorded during summer 2023.

Laura while making Anime Parallele / Almas Paralelas.

The new album is part of Laura's 30th anniversary of career celebrations. Instead of releasing another Greatest Hits collection she releases an album of almost 20 new songs!

PROMOTION:

The album announcement came early in 2023 . The highly anticipated first single Un buon inizio / Un bien inicio was released already in March and was performed during Laura's 24h marathon concerts on February 27th (actual 30 anniversary of Sanremo victory). Tour dates have been dropping along the way and we've already seen the magnificent shows of Venice and Sevilla last summer. The tour continues in December from Italy, to EU and from there to Americas. Meanwhile Laura toured Italian radio stations just like 30 years ago.

Laura during her radio tour in Italy in spring 2023.

Like many albums today, the songs were dropped little by little. We alreday saw this happening with FS / HS five years ago. Second single Il Primo Passo Sulla Luna in June, Durare / Durar in September and Davanti a noi / Frente a nosotros (Laura's & Paolo's wedding song) + Dimora Naturale / Hogar Natural (featuring daughter Paola) closer to the anticipated October 27th. Snippets of the rest of the songs were released 3 days prior to the album release on Tiktok. I chose not to listen to these snippets no to ruin the album experience. Zero / Cero was released as a single from the album in early November.

Personally I'm not the fan of this new way to promote the albums as I think the listening experience as whole tends to suffer. I miss the days when all was kept hidden and secret and we only had one song out when the album actually was released. Nowadays, things must be viral and trending - albums are not bought anymore as physical product and the power of media, radio stations have decreased. We're all part of this new way of consuming entertainment.

Laura performing at Sevilla in July 2023, one of the cities she's never performed for 30 years!

THE TEAM:

Familiar songwriters and makers returned for Anime Parallele / Almas Paralelas: Paolo Carta (now also the husband), Cheope (90s hits especially), Virginio Simonelli (The greatest hits), Edwyn Roberts (LDDC), Daniel Vuletic (rock songs over the years), Niccolo Agliardi (Invece no / En cambio no), Biagio Antonacci (Vivimi / Viveme) but also bunch of new ones arrived also. I like the new energy as Laura has a very distinguished way of writing especially with people she's worked in the past so getting some new blood, so to say serves much needed fresh air.

The song titles were interesting and aroused curiosity such as Zero, Flashback, Peró etc.

I will always prefer Laura in Italian however I do listen some of her songs in Spanish and Portuguese as well. But albums at first listen I always go for Italian version.

Promo for the album.

THE ALBUM:

The album stands strong and musically it's quite connected - I can hear a theme here. However it's a bit difficult to separate the songs from each other at one listen even though one might argue that this makes the perfect listening experience. This factor reminds me of PIA (2008) which also had the same dilemma (but which I love a lot!).

We haven't had up-beat album starter since Inedito (2011) and Zero does kick off things with a big bang! This is a load and full album. Laura's vocals are superb as always but arrangements feel heavy too.

We have a few rockier ballad here but nothing that can be compared to Frasi a metá / Verdades a medias (2018). I keep comparing individual pieces to FS (2018) and Simili (2015) even though I do think Anime / Almas might fall somewhere in their between. It's not as good as Simili from 2015 (I don't know if anything can be!) but still I find it better as a whole than FS (2018).

There's a lot energy, speed on this album and after the 16 songs one finds herself out of breath. I kind of miss the instrumental moments from Simili (2015) here. On this album Laura returns to her pop roots and steps away from the Latin sounds that we heard on her two previous albums (Nuevo 2018, Innamorata/ Enamorada 2015). This is such a disco album with lots of references from the 80's but also having modern electronic sounds. This is an album to be danced to or putting on while running, hiking on top of the mountain - when you need strength, energy and volume. This is something I'm not used to I guess even though I understand the musical need to evolve and grow.

Durare / Durar music video was shot in Sweden which makes it the second Nordic LP videoclip to day (after Incancellabile).

As a big fan of Biagio Antonacci's LP songs I had high hopes for Piú Che Un'idea. Even though Antonacci's sound can be heard on the piece the song hasn't ticked all the right boxes for me yet - even though it's not the weakest link of the album either. I would have wanted perhaps to hear Biagio's voice along Laura's on this one. The title song reminds me of the Biagio Antonacci duet from 2019 In Questa Nostra Casa Nuova. The new songwriters do pop out clearly for those of us who've been listening to Laura's music for years.

Ballad section speaks to me the strongest and Cos'é and Tutte Le Volte are definitely my favourites when Flashback inspired by domestic violence victim's story doesn't reach the same levels for me. Unfortunately I don't find equivalent for the big ballad Non é detto / Nadie ha dicho (2018) either - Durare / Durar is a decent effort but doesn't reach the same hights.

Laura described this as a difficult album to record - well it's also difficult album on my side. This reminds me of Inedito (2011) which was a positive album with lots of new sounds and rhythm which I also couldn't handle at the time. It took a few years to open to that one so I believe me and Anime / Almas are not done yet.

Promo for the album.

The most played songs: Cos'é, Tutte le volte, Venere, Oltre la superficie

Songs I tend to skip: Vale la pena, Il primo passo sulla luna, Davanti a noi

What do you think of Laura's new album? What are your favourites or did you have any disappointments?

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@cotty-150

*c auto dispara*

Con todo ese cahuín incluso me hiciste recordar a alguien lol

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[lukasnovo]

Shadwell Basin Housing in Wapping, 1988. LDDC, which was redeveloping the area, prescribed the use of 'traditional' London stock bricks and slate roofs in all the designs. Thankfully, this housing stayed traditional only in material.

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[legomyleseastman]

Recording Test 6 | Sonic The Hedgehog (Master System)

[shadowron]

The Dogs and the Docklands in the London Sourcebook for Shadowrun (1st Edition)

The Isle of Dogs

Mother Shaftoe kept track of her boy’s ages on her fingers, of which there were six. When she ran short on fingers – that is, when Dick, the eldest and wisest, was nearing his seventh summer – she gathered the half-brothers together in her shack on the Isle of Dogs, and told them to be gone, and not to come back without bread or money.

Quicksilver, Volume One of the Baroque Cycle, Neal Stephenson

When the London Sourcebook was published in 1991, the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), having been formed a decade earlier to rejuvenate the London Docklands area after the shipping business dried up, was both nearing completion of its new construction at Canary Wharf and on the verge of bankruptcy.

In the Sixth World, it is only in 2052 that the corp complex at Canary Wharf is being built, which will include a trio of towers each a mile and a half (!) tall.

In reality, One Canada Square, while only 1/7 mile high, was completed in 1991 and was at the time the tallest building in the UK. The continuing development has transformed this area into a business district second only to central London itself.

Which means – this is where shadowruns definitely happen.

Hotel California

You can check out any time you like. And you can leave. It’s not a magical hotel.

The Lounging Lizard

High security corp-club. This is where meets with Mr. Johnson happen. Shoeless, apparently.

[joseangelmtv]

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[cotty-150]

Dibujos hechos en Paint en clase mientras nos dejo rato libre en computación

[laurapausinifinland]

Happy Birthday Laura's "brother" Biagio Antonacci!

Succesful singer and songwriter himself but won LP fan hearts over by writing LP hits such as Tra te e il mare, Vivimi and LDDC (+other Simili tracks). He's also the author of Laura's new song Piú che un idea (Anime Parallele).

[tommato-coffee]

Terminado 😋 https://www.instagram.com/p/CT59lb-LDDC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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