Giving justice to the name "Grandi"

What a stunning surprise! Irene Grandi is quite comparable to Carmen Consoli; however, she spans further in different directions. With the help of the undeniable Vasco Rossi on Sanremo's "La tua regazza sempre" and collaboration with Sheryl Crow on "Limbo," Grandi belts out some memorable songs. Her voice is distinctive and creative and most definitely memorable. "Eccezionale" will have you singing its corus on a regular basis and "Sto peggiorando," with its Jovanotti-ish hook, is definitely worth repeating a couple times in a row. This album will attack your senses in every way possible.

SIMPLY THE BEST!!!!

I love Irene Grandi, she is definitely the BEST female singer EVER! Carmen Consoli, Elisa, Mietta, and Laura Pausini are all great Italian singers, but IRENE GRANDI IS PERFECT!! She proved it by recording this great album!!!!All the tracks in this album ROCK!!!

Irene at her best

Having had the pleasure of seeing Irene perform live in Italy during her Verderossoblu 'tour estivo 2000', I will say that she has returned to her roots of pop/rock, as opposed to more of a 'funky' beat in per fortuna purtoppo album, and it definitely works for her. This album is solid from start to finish, combining her great voice with acoustic/electric guitars, drums of course, keyboards/synthesizer, and some special "phase" sound effects. All songs are keepers, and there is a nice balance between pop/rock songs with an "edge", to songs you'd be best to have someone special nearby. Irene's slower tracks can evoke a little emotion/passion if you're not careful. Tracks #1 & #2 (title track) are nice little pop/rockers along with #8 & #9, but my favorite tracks include #3-Tutta Diversa (Come Mi Vuoi), a mellow song that let's Irene's passion come through, and #6-Limbo, a sexy song with some special phase effects. True to her form, irene saves the best for last, and puts perhaps her most compelling song of the album as the last track (#11-Rido Senz'anima) to keep you hooked. If you're not familiar with Irene, I'd almost recommend starting out with track #11, then track #3 to get you warmed up before starting at track #1 for a great journey through the album. As I indicated in a review of a previous irene album, you don't need to 'parlo italiano' to throughly enjoy her CD! As a side note, "on stage" she combines a bit of the sweetness/beauty of Meg Ryan with a lot of energy, and a touch of Courtney Love edgyness, if you can imagine that. Her voice, energy and vocal range is something special to see/hear.