Eva contro Eva explained

Eva contro Eva
Type:studio
Artist:Carmen Consoli
Cover:Eva contro Eva consoli.jpg
Released:May 12, 2006
Length:43:17
Label:Universal Music Group
Producer:Francesco Barbaro
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Eva contro Eva (Italian for Eva against Eva) is the sixth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli, released in 2006.

Release and artwork

The album was released in Italy on 12 May 2006.The cover art is a picture by Elliott Landy, who had known Consoli during a visit of her at Natalie Merchant's house.[1]

The album was also published in the United States in 2007.

Composition

The two singles of the album were "Signor Tentenna" and "Tutto su Eva". The album also contains collaborations with Goran Bregovic and Angelique Kidjo, respectively in "Il pendio dell'abbandono" (originally closing credits song of the Roberto Faenza's film The Days of Abandonment) and "Madre Terra".[2] "La dolce attesa" samples the Rosa Balistreri-Otello Profazio folk song "Ninna nanna di la guerra".

Reception

The album debuted at the first place in the Italian album charts, selling about 80,000 copies and gaining platinum status. It has been described as "maybe [Consoli's] best work", with "warm arrangements of strings and woodwinds" and Consoli abandoning electric guitars and "returning to the sounds of Sicilian tradition".

Notes and References

  1. Book: Raugei . Elena . Carmen Consoli: Fedele a se stessa . 21 January 2010 . Arcana . 978-88-6231-614-9 . 31 May 2024 . Antichi splendori.
  2. Book: Deregibus . Enrico . Dizionario completo della canzone italiana . 2006 . Giunti . 978-88-09-04602-3 . 123–4 .
  3. Web site: Classifica settimanale WK 20 (dal 12.05.2006 al 18.05.2006). FIMI. 19 September 2023 . it-IT.