Desaparecido (album)

Desaparecido
Studio album by Litfiba
Released	1985
Genre	New wave, post-punk, darkwave
Length	33:28
Label	I.R.A. Records CGD (reprints)
Producer	Alberto Pirelli
Litfiba chronology
Eneide di Krypton (1983) Desaparecido (1985) 17 RE (1986)

Desaparecido is the first full-length studio album by the Italian rock band Litfiba, though the band had previously released five EPs or singles and a soundtrack album, Eneide di Krypton. The music is very British new wave-influenced, though the lyrics are in Italian.

It is the first part of the "Trilogy of power": a group of albums whose main theme is the rejection of violence and totalitarianism. The sound combines new wave influences with a taste for typically Mediterranean melody, a characteristic strongly sought after by the band at the time. The complex lyrics often have a dreamlike and lysergic component, and are characterized by the use of metaphor.

Track listing

1. "Eroi nel vento" – 3:47
2. "La preda" – 2:52
3. "Lulù e Marlene" – 4:43
4. "Istanbul" – 5:44
5. "Tziganata" – 2:56
6. "Pioggia di luce" – 4:30
7. "Desaparecido" – 3:25
8. "Guerra" – 5:29

Personnel

• Piero Pelù - vocals
• Ghigo Renzulli - guitars
• Ringo de Palma - drums
• Antonio Aiazzi – keyboards
• Gianni Maroccolo - bass
• Additional keyboards by Francesco Magnelli

Produced by Alberto Pirelli

Bibliography

• AA.VV. Luca Frazzi (ed.). "Litfiba - Desaparecido". Rumore 100 - 100 Dischi Essenziali della New Wave & Postpunk Italiani.
• Alberto Campo (1995). Nuovo? rock?! italiano!: una storia, 1980-1996. Prato: Giunti Editore. ISBN 88-09-20999-0
• Federico Guglielmi (2000). A denti stretti: la vera storia dei Litfiba. Giunti. p. 35. ISBN 978-88-09-01729-0. ISBN 88-09-01729-3

External links

• Desaparecido at AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2021.