Darwin!

Darwin!
Studio album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Released	1972
Genre	Italian Progressive Rock, Progressive rock
Length	46:50
Label	Ricordi
Producer	Alessandro Colombini
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso chronology
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (1972) Darwin! (1972) Io sono nato libero (1973)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Darwin! is the second album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. It was released in 1972 on Ricordi. It is a concept album about the birth and the evolution of the species on the Earth.

The album is highly rated by progressive rock fans as one of the top albums in the genre.^[2]

Track listing

Music by Vittorio Nocenzi. Lyrics by Vittorio Nocenzi and Francesco Di Giacomo.

1. "L'Evoluzione" – 13:59
2. "La conquista della posizione eretta" – 8:42
3. "Danza dei grandi rettili" – 3:42
4. "Cento mani e cento occhi" – 5:22
5. "750.000 anni fa ... L'amore?" – 5:38
6. "Miserere alla storia" – 5:58
7. "Ed ora io domando tempo al tempo ed egli mi risponde ... Non ne ho!" – 3:29

• A translation into English could be as follows:

1. "Evolution"
2. "The Conquest of the Upright Stance"
3. "Dance of the Big Reptiles"
4. "One Hundred Hands and One Hundred Eyes"
5. "750,000 Years Ago ... Love?"
6. "Have Mercy to History"
7. "And Now I Ask Time for Time and He Answers Me ... I Don't Have Any!"

Personnel

• Francesco Di Giacomo — vocals
• Marcello Todaro — Electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Vittorio Nocenzi — Organ, harpsichord, synthesizer
• Gianni Nocenzi — Piano, clarinet
• Renato D'Angelo — Bass guitar, double bass
• Pier Luigi Calderoni — drums, timpani

Production

• Produced By Alessandro Colombini
• Engineered By Walter Patergnani

References

1. Allmusic review
2. The Gnosis database