Crac!

Crac! is the third album of the jazz fusion band Area and was released in 1975. With this album, the band gained more popularity in Italy, thanks to songs like "L'elefante Bianco", "La Mela di Odessa " and "Gioia e Rivoluzione", which quickly became concert favourites. All songs were written by Tofani, Fariselli and Tavolazzi, except for "Area 5" which was written by Juan Hidalgo and Walter Marchetti.
When touring for this album the band even played in Paris and in Lisboa.

Track listing

All tracks by Patrizio Fariselli, Ares Tavolazzi & Paolo Tofani except where noted.

Side one

"L'elefante Bianco" – 4:33
"La Mela di Odessa " – 6:27
"Megalopoli" – 7:53

Side two

"Nervi Scoperti" – 6:35
"Gioia e Rivoluzione" – 4:40
"Implosion" – 5:00
"Area 5" – 2:09

Personnel

Giulio Capiozzo – drums, percussion
Patrizio Fariselli – electric piano, piano, clarinet, synthesizer
Demetrio Stratos – vocals, organ, harpsichord, steel drums, percussion
Ares Tavolazzi – acoustic bass, electric bass, trombone
Paolo Tofani – guitar, synthesizer, flute
Piero Bravin – engineering
Ambrogio Ferrario – engineering