Track Listing

1. Only You (Luna)
2. La Sete Di Vivere (Thirst For Life)
3. Aria e Memoria (Breath and Memory)
4. Siena
5. Il Mirto & La Rosa (Myrtle and Roses)
6. 'Stu Bbene (Feeling Fine)
7. Saro Con Te (I Will Be With You)
8. Il Profumo del Cielo (Blue Heaven)
9. Arrivederci America (Goodbye America)
10. Insieme A Te (Together With You)
11. Ehyeh (Instrumental)
12. Diva Mea (Instrumental)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26225 in Music
• Released on: 2002-04-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

From Amazon.com
An Italian tenor in the tradition of the enormously popular Andrea Bocelli, Alessandro Safina has long been admired and championed in the Netherlands, though he's made light of by his native country. Now, with his American major label debut, a self-titled collection, Safina soars into the popera limelight, his darkly sensual vocals powerful, assured, and flat-out sexy. Melodically affecting in a manner oddly parallel to that of the Eminem/Dido vocal juxtaposition on "Stan," Safina opens with "Only You (Luna)," wherein his masculine posturing is underscored and buffeted by an angelic female vocal refrain until the song fairly bursts like showers of fireworks in an open canvas of sky. Starting with the bar quite high, Safina's pipes nonetheless maintain the emotional posture of the record throughout, positing the singer as dream tenor of the year. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews

Alessandro Safina
He's definitely no Bocelli! When I listen to the clear and pure beauty of Andrea Bocelli's voice, I am filled with the passion he presents when he sings. He either brings me to tears or calms me. Alessandro Safina, on the other hand, did not show any feeling in his singing and I found his voice rather irritating. He has very little range. Maybe he should contact Bocelli for voice lessons.

honest
I just loved the honest way he approaches the material. He is not perfect and that is what makes his voice so real. There is a real quality and passion in his voice, one that comes from in side the heart. It is also nice to play music that my friends enjoy and to hear them request to look at the liner notes.

Overproduced
Safina does indeed have a beautiful voice. I would like to hear him actually sing a song or an aria, but on this album all we get is heavily orchestrated production numbers starting with a few simple lines and building to throbbing, bellowing conclusions. Mario Frangoulis brings off this kind of album with more variety and finesse. Hopefully Safina's other discs are more varied and restrainied.