Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un amico (1972)
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Side one
1. "Appena un po'" 7:44
2. "Generale!" 4:18
3. "Per un amico" 5:24
Side two
1. "Il banchetto" 8:39
2. "Geranio" 8:04
Premiata Forneria Marconi Band Members / Musicians
Franco Mussida – vocals, electric & acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, theorbo, mandocello
Flavio Premoli – spinet, keyboards, Hammond organ, Minimoog, Mellotron, tubular bells, harpsichord, piano, vocals
Mauro Pagani – flute, piccolo, violin, vocals
Giorgio Piazza – bass, vocals
Franz Di Cioccio – drums, percussion, vocals
Per un amico ("For a Friend") is the 2nd album from the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi. Released in 1972 by all the initial members of the group, it is considered their breakthrough album that put them on the map. The album remains popular among progressive rock fans throughout Italy and the group will usually still perform all tracks on the album today.
The album, still progressive at heart, additionally borrows influences from a variety of rock genres and subgenres. In an Allmusic review, Per un amico was lauded as a classic within the genre and deemed par to the work of the biggest progressive rock acts of the 1970s. Many of the songs from this album would appear either in their original form or re-recorded with vocals in English on PFM's English-language album Photos of Ghosts.