| Picchio dal Pozzo | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Picchio dal Pozzo |
| Cover: | Picchio dal pozzo.jpg |
| Released: | 1976 |
| Genre: | Progressive rock, Italian progressive rock |
| Label: | Grog |
| Next Title: | Abbiamo tutti i suoi problemi |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
Picchio dal Pozzo is the debut album by the Italian progressive rock band Picchio dal Pozzo, released in 1976.
The album was released on vinyl in 1976 by Grog Records, a record label founded by Aldo De Scalzi, the band's leader. It is a work in its own right in the panorama of Italian progressive, similar in some ways to the style of groups of such so-called Canterbury scene bands as Soft Machine and Gong. Dominated by keyboards and horns, accompanying vocals characterized by the surreal lyrics and unusual vocal effects.[1]
The album is dedicated to Robert Wyatt[2] and the opening track "Merta" closely follows the melodic line of Wyatt's "Sea Song" from his 1974 album Rock Bottom.