Catalog Number: ER1295LP Color: White Format: LP UPC: 8428846112954 "Chansonnier". That man that is equal parts age and class, full of wit, charm, irony and insight, who possesses a voice that is an exercise in persuasion in and of itself. The most recent album from Fitness Forever focuses on this figure that has almost completely disappeared from the musical universe, and belongs to decades past. "Amore e Salute", far from being an exercise in nostalgia, musically recreates the atmospheres that surrounded these characters and remembers the stories of some of them, many of whom we have met on the various advance singles - songs that play with funk and disco music from infinite perspectives, taking it around the world and filling it with the group's trademark exuberant arrangements. Advance single "A Vele Spiegate", is a collaboration with Italy's Calcutta, and is an exercise in colorful jazz-funk that makes us think of composers like Alberto Radius or the arrangements of Arthur Verocai. "Ischia" was another advance single, with a powerful collaboration from Peppino Di Capri, one of the greats of Italian music, and who was a close, personal friend of Fred Bongusto, who the song is dedicated to. Fred lived in Ischia for many years and he left his mark on the island even after his death. This magic circle makes "Ischia" one of the most special songs ever written by Valderrama. "L'Amour" was the third and final advance single, and song that reflects a night when Valderrama himself, in the middle of the Montmartre neighborhood, at the mercy of events beyond his control, turned into a monumental "chansonnier". Exquisite. "Amore e Salute" is a travelogue of sounds, styles, arrangements and, above all, stories. Fitness Forever always convinces us to go with them on every journey; we would do it a thousand times. All you have to do is press play.