| 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 Luna tu Quanti sono i canti che hai ascoltato gia Desideri che attraverso i secoli Han solcato il cielo per raggiungerti Porto per poeti che non scrivono E che il loro sennospesso perdono Tu accogli i sospiri di chi spasima E regali un sogno ad ogni anima Luna che mi guardi adesso ascoltami Only you can hear my soul, only you can hear my soul Luna tu Che conosci il tempo delléternita E il sentiero stretto della verita Fa piu luce dentro questo Cuore mio Questo cuore d'uomo che non sa, non sa Che l'amore puo nascondere il dolore Come un fuoco ti puo brucaire l'amima Only you can hear my soul, omly you can hear my soul Luna tu Tu ... |
