Poké melodrama explained

Poké melodrama
Type:album
Artist:Angelina Mango
Cover:poké melodrama.jpeg
Length:38:44
Language:Italian
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Poké melodrama is the debut studio album by Italian singer Angelina Mango. It was released on 31 May 2024 through Warner Music Italia.[1] The album include the Sanremo-winning entry "La noia", which also represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.[2]

The album includes collaborations with Marco Mengoni and Bresh, and singles "Che t'o dico a fa'", "Fila indiana" and "Melodrama". It debuted at number one on the Italian Albums Chart, becoming Mango second consecutive record project to achieve a top3 debut.[3]

Composition

The album featured fourteen songs, including collaborations with Marco Mengoni, Bresh, Dani Faiv, and VillaBanks.[4] [5] In an interview with Rockol Mango explained the meaning of the album and its production process:[6]

Critics reception

Poké melodrama received generally favorable reviews from Italian music critics.[7] [8]

Gianni Sibilla of Rockol associated the album with the word “heterogeneity” because “she goes from one musical genre to another, often combining them and mixing them until they become one.” Although the journalist believed that the singer manages “to attend all these genres with a remarkable naturalness,” demonstrating “a very strong musical personality and an immediate recognizability,” he stated that in the future the artist “will have to make choices, turn her music into dish with less flavors, but stronger and even more defined.”[9]

Claudio Tudesco of Rolling Stone Italia wrote that the project “hints at the possibility that Italian pop can be made in a slightly different way than usual” associating it with a coming-of-age novel in the lyrics that deal with “typical teenage headshots, a life to be understood and invented.” However, he found a “heap of authors and producers,” not feeling Mango's talent was enhanced in the collaborations, stating that “if they had pushed the accelerator on the search for a more original sound by putting a couple of less pieces, Poké Melodrama would have been better than it is.”[10]

In a negative review, Antonio Silvestri of Ondarock described the album "mismatched and stereotyped" consisting of "shameless mix of pop styles in bulk into which to throw different moods" with "immature lyrics". Silvestri focused on two tracks, describing "Gioielli di famiglia" as an "unacceptable banality" with "rehashed orchestral arrangement" and the collaboration "Uguale a me" a "pure cliché between vocals and suffering lyrics".[11]

Charts

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Italian Albums (FIMI)[12] 1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bizzoco . Mara . 18 April 2024 . Angelina Mango: in arrivo il primo album Poké Melodrama . 27 April 2024 . . it.
  2. Web site: Ferraro . Lorenza . 17 April 2024 . Angelina Mango annuncia la data d'uscita del suo primo album... "Poké melodrama" . 27 April 2024 . All Music Italia . it.
  3. Web site: 7 June 2024 . Hit parade, Angelina Mango subito prima con poké melodrama - Musica - Ansa.it . 7 June 2024 . . it.
  4. Web site: Laffranchi . Andrea . 31 May 2024 . Angelina Mango: «Canto della mia famiglia: non è più un tabù parlarne» . 7 June 2024 . . it.
  5. Web site: Saltalamacchia . Stefania . 31 May 2024 . Angelina Mango: «Ho sempre avuto tantissime crush, ma l'amore è un'altra cosa. Oggi lo so» . 7 June 2024 . . it.
  6. Web site: Cabona . Claudio . 31 May 2024 . Angelina Mango: "Quando scrivo voglio che mi tremino le gambe" . 7 June 2024 . . it.
  7. Web site: Durante . Federico . 31 May 2024 . Fuori "Poké Melodrama" di Angelina Mango: «Coerente nella mia incoerenza» . 3 June 2024 . . it.
  8. Web site: Antonucci . Gabriele . 31 May 2024 . Angelina Mango: Poké Melodrama è un mix tra radici folk e aspirazioni internazionali . 3 June 2024 . . it.
  9. Web site: Sibilla . Gianni . 31 May 2024 . Angelina Mango, il poké, i generi mescolati e il senso dell'album . 3 June 2024 . . it.
  10. Web site: Tudesco . Claudio . 31 May 2024 . Angelina Mango, la recensione di Poké Melodrama . 3 June 2024 . . it.
  11. Web site: Silvestri . Antonio . 6 June 2024 . Angelina Mango - Poké Melodrama :: Le Recensioni di OndaRock . 7 June 2024 . OndaRock . it.
  12. Web site: Album – Classifica settimanale WK 23 (dal 31.05.2024 al 06.06.2024). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. 8 June 2024.