Chocolate Kings is the sixth album by Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (also known as PFM). It was released in 1975 by Numero Uno, a division of RCA Records in Italy. It was also released with different cover art by Manticore Records in the UK and Asylum Records in the USA.
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| Released | October 1975 | |||
| Recorded | June-July 1975[1] | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 36:19 | |||
| Label | Manticore | |||
| Producer | Claudio Fabi, PFM | |||
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It was the first album to include Bernardo Lanzetti (formerly singer of Acqua Fragile) on lead vocals. This was also their first album where the lyrics were originally written in English, as the band felt they were better suited to the music they were making at this time.[3] The lyrics for "From Under" and "Chocolate Kings" were written by Marva Jan Marrow, an American friend of the group, then living in Italy.
Track listing edit
- "From Under" (Flavio Premoli, Franco Mussida, Mauro Pagani, Ivan Graziani, Marva Jan Marrow) – 7:29
- "Harlequin" (Premoli, Pagani) – 7:48
- "Chocolate Kings" (Mussida, Pagani, Marrow) – 4:39
- "Out of the Roundabout" (Mussida, Pagani) – 7:53
- "Paper Charms" (Mussida, Pagani) – 8:30
Personnel edit
- Bernardo Lanzetti – vocals
- Franco Mussida – guitar, voice
- Flavio Premoli – keyboards, vocals
- Mauro Pagani – flute, violin, vocals
- Patrick Djivas – bass, vocals
- Franz Di Cioccio – drums, vocals
References edit
- ^ "PFM – Chocolate Kings", Discogs, retrieved 16 January 2024
- ^ "allmusic ((( Chocolate Kings > Overview )))". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ Di Cioccio, Franz. "Lanzetti e Chocolate Kings". PFM – Premiata Forneria Marconi Official Site. Retrieved 29 September 2013.