Litfiba 3 is the third studio album by the Italian rock band Litfiba. It ends the "Trilogy of power" started with the first album Desaparecido. It is the last album on which new wave influences can be heard.[1]

Litfiba 3
Studio album by
Released1988
GenreRock, post-punk, world music
Length45:24
LabelI.R.A. Records
CGD (reprints)
Litfiba chronology
Live 12-5-87 (Aprite i vostri occhi)
(1987)
Litfiba 3
(1988)
Pirata
(1989)

Lyrics deal much with social and political criticism. "Louisiana" is about death sentence, through the story of Willie Jasper Darden (depicted in the cover), a citizen who was sentenced even though it existed strong doubts about his guilt. "Santiago" is about Pope John Paul II's visit to Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. "Tex" is about the genocide of Native Americans, with its title referencing popular Italian comic book series Tex: the song features western sounds, as it happens on other Litfiba songs (e.g. their single "Il mio corpo che cambia", from their album Infinito). "Paname" is a song about the protests against war in France, with lyrics in Italian and French referencing the Paris Carnival ("Paname" is in fact the French nickname of Paris).[2] The song "Cuore di vetro" has been described as "the first Italian grunge song".[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Santiago" – 3:38
  2. "Amigo" – 3:20
  3. "Louisiana" – 5:32
  4. "Ci sei solo tu" – 4:58
  5. "Paname" – 4:57
  6. "Cuore di vetro" – 4:55
  7. "Tex" – 3:33
  8. "Peste" – 5:30
  9. "Corri" – 3:49
  10. "Bambino" – 5:16

Some editions for export outside Italy also contains 5 live bonus tracks and a different front cover:
11. "Come un dio" – 8:05
12. "Resta" – 3:00
13. "Apapaia" – 4:59
14. "Re del silenzio" – 5:21
15. "Tziganata" – 4:35

Personnel

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Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy
sales 1988-1989
40,000[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Recensione pietra miliare: Litfiba – 3 – 1988" (in Italian).
  2. ^ Valerio Di Marco. "Litfiba - Litfiba 3" (in Italian).
  3. ^ Tommaso Franci. "Litfiba - Firenze wave". ondarock.
  4. ^ Caroli, Daniele (9 December 1989). "Italy > Talent Challenges" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. 101 (49). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: I-8. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 26 July 2020 – via World Radio History.
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