It is almost impossible to talk about Modena City Ramblers and understand their aesthetics and production without having an idea of the Italian socio-political situation of the early ’90s, when the collective was founded in the heart of the Emilia Romagna region. Ideologically left-winged, they could wisely combine words of strong social denouncement with traditional Irish music, auto-proclaiming themselves as a ‘combat folk’ or ‘patchanka Celtic’ band.
Published in a period of absolute ferment for the Italian rock scene (the first releases by bands such as Afterhours, Marlene Kuntz, C.S.I. date back to those same years), “Riportando tutto a casa” (a title that literally cites Bob Dylan’s “Bringing it all back home”) is a unique cauldron that immediately distinguished itself from everything else, and even today, almost 25 years after its conception, remains one of the most loved albums by MCR fans.
First LP edition ever, on red vinyl!
Side A:
1.In un giorno di pioggia
2.Tant par tachèr / The Atholl Highlanders
3.Quarant’anni
4.Delinqueint ed Mòdna
5.Morte di un poeta – dedicata a Helno
6.I funerali di Berlinguer
Side B:
7.Il bicchiere dell’addio
8.Canto di Natale
9.Ahmed l’ambulante
10.Contessa
11.Bella ciao
12.the Great Song of Indifference (Bob Geldof)
13.Ninnananna
