Italian Songs reviews from Reddit

"Elisa - anche fragile, ti vorrei sollevare"

"Elisa"

"I would happily dance with her "A modo tuo", sung by Elisa"

"Luce by Elisa (winner in Sanremo 2001) and her classy 2022 entry O Forse Sei Tu"

"I suggest any best of from: Elisa"

"Personally my favorites have been Elisa"

"Elisa - L'anima vola"

"A modo tuo by Elisa"

"I have started learning Italian because of Marco Mengoni so I would definitely suggest listening his music, especially his latest album Materia!"

"Guerriero by Marco Mengoni (this actually my father dedicated to me after I came out of the closet so I may be biased to this one)"

"Marco Mengoni"

"If you are looking for some good italian lyrics I suggest you artists like Marco Mengoni"

"Men: Marco Mengoni, Nek, Eros Ramazzotti, Vasco Rossi, Zucchero"

"Marco Mengoni (another Eurovision contestant)"

"You should look for Claudio Baglioni, Renato Zero, Antonello Venditti, Francesco De Gregori, Lucio Battisti, Tiziano Ferro, Elisa, Carmen Consoli, Giorgia, Annalisa, Mina, Patty Pravo, Paola Turci"

"Claudio Baglioni"

"“Avrai” from Claudio Baglioni"

"Claudio Baglioni"

"[Avrai by Claudio Baglioni] it's imho an entertaining song to play on the piano."

"Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini, Marco Mengoni, Ultimo, Elisa, Fabrizio Moro, Cesare Cremonini."

"Eros Ramazzotti, Lara Fabian, Bocelli, Zucchero, Ricchi E Poveri, Ornella Vanoni :)"

"Se bastasse una canzone, Eros ramazzotti"

"L'aurora by Eros Ramazzotti (this was actually written for his daughter named Aurora)"

"Male: Eros Ramazzotti"

"Pinguini Tattici Nucleari is simply the best of these last years in its genre IMO, the lyrics are very interesting and contemporary and every track just sounds nice."

"Also Pinguini Tattici nucleari"

"Pinguini Tattici Nucleari"

"If you like pop music you could try, Pinguini Tattici Nucleari they're a bit like Coldplay."

"Gioventù brucata by Pinguini Tattici Nucleari"

"Meraviglioso amore mio and La notte by arisa"

"I love Arisa."

"Women: Arisa, Noemi, Anna Tatangelo, Mina, Emma Marrone"

"Arisa - vasame"

"Arisa - Controvento"

"I’ve been listening to a lot of Fabrizio De Andrè recently and I love him."

"I would suggest you Fabrizio De Andrè and Franco Battiato"

"I suggest any best of from: Fabrizio De André"

"For Italian i can suggest Fabrizio De André and Paolo Conte. Both highly valued song writers."

"Lucio Dalla//Caruso"

"I would suggest "Caruso" by Lucio Dalla, it’s a classic."

"I suggest any best of from: Lucio Dalla"

"+1 for Caruso, masterpiece"

"Will suggest Mina "Il Cielo in una Stanza""

"The greatest: Mina"

"I suggest any best of from: Mina"

"Also I suggest Mina - il cielo in una stanza"

"Italodisco - the kolors"

"Un ragazzo una ragazza - the kolors"

"I think you can check the songs from San Remo (some artists would be Ghali, Mahmood, The Kolors, Annalisa, ecc)"

"Italodisco by The Kolors"

"Francesco De Gregori is my favourite. The '70-mid'80 songs are better imho."

"Also Francesco de Gregori"

"I find Francesco Di Gregori to be great. He sings and enunciates very clearly."

"If you are looking for some good italian lyrics I suggest you artists like Ligabue"

"Leggero - Ligabue"

"Other shades of Italian rock: Ligabue (rock ballads)"

"Also, Gianna Nannini of course."

"Search for Gianna Nannini. Beautiful voice."

"Female: Gianna Naninni"

"I love Il Volo - they are my absolute favorites!!"

"Il volo"

"Il Volo"

"I suggest any best of from: Lucio Battisti"

"Battisti +2"

"Battisti +1"

"Coez is pretty good imo"

"Seconding Coez, he has some hip hop type stuff, but also some more indie/slow stuff"

"Oh! Also Coez."

"Famous: Brividi, Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente, I Tuoi Particolari, Fai Rumore, Controvento, Supereroi, Cenere, Tango all of Irama's 3 entries."

"Irama - La genesi del tuo colore, La rappresentante di lista - Ciao ciao, Colapesce Dimartino - Musica leggerissima, Pinguini Tattici Nucleari - Ringo Starr, Levante - Tikibombom"

"A few of my Sanremo faves that never won: Due by Elodie, Made In Italy by Rosa Chemical, Egoista by Shari, SUPEREROI by Mr. Rain, Tua Amelie by Noor, Miele by Giusy Ferreri, Duecentomila ore by Ana Mena, O forsei sei tu by Elisa, Dieci by Annalisa"

"I love Annalisa and Baby K!"

"Personally my favorites have been Annalisa"

"Pino Daniele, which is also one of my fav artists and has some slow songs that would be nice to dance, they're very bittersweet but I found them touching."

"Check some Pino Daniele's songs. I don't know which kind of music you like, but he was the best neapolitan singer."

"PFM"

"If you are into prog look for some bands of the 70s: PFM (Premiata forneria Marconi)"

"Personally my favorites have been Francesca Michielin"

"If you are looking for some good italian lyrics I suggest you artists like Francesca Michelin"

"Would recommend "Canto nomade per un prigioniero politico" from Banco."

"Banco"

"Belle"

"Notre Dame de Paris - Il tempo delle cattedrali"

"Suad by MCR"

"Ninna Nanna by MCR"

"Anything from Caparezza really"

"If you like their funky side, check out also CapaRezza."

"Nek"

"Nek, Laura Pausini, Annalisa, L'Aura, Elisa, Francesca Michielin, Irene Grandi, Arisa, Negramaro, Negrita, Francesco Renga, Max Pezzali, Pago, Cesare Cremonini, Tommaso Paradiso, Ligabue, Eros Ramazzotti, Nesli, Zero Assoluto, Jovanotti, Giorgia, Lorenzo Fragola, Andrea Bocelli, Biagio Antonacci, Modà, Cannella, Il Volo, Emma Marrone, Mr.Rain"

"Afterhours is a good one."

"Other shades of Italian rock: Afterhours (classic rock)"

"Similar to them: Linea 77"

"Search in google / youtube Linea 77"

"If you want a humble advice, these are must listen songs (from punk to rock) - meganoidi --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v_blJpOO7E"

"Search in google / youtube Meganoidi"

"I really like Negrita, especially their older works"

"Similar to them: Negrita"

"Verdena is great."

"Verdena and Bluvertigo are interesting too."

"I love Tananai, a lot of his songs are fast but he has some slow ones"

"Tananai"

"Lazza has a new album coming out on Friday so I would give that a listen."

"Lazza"

"I would add Elodie, Noemi, Madame, and Angelina Mango for the ladies."

"Elodie"

"Other shades of Italian rock: Folkstone (folk metal)"

"Folkstone"

"Gigi d’alessio"

"Gigi d'Alessio"

"Oro Nero - Otto Ohm"

"Josh Groban - Per te"

"Mia Martini - Quando finisce un amore"

"Timoria - Sole Spento ( Switched off Sun )"

"This band is from Naples, "unfortunately" they sing in English but you'll definitely cry, trust me."

"Achille Lauro & Gigi D'Alessio do a great version of Tu Vuo' Fa' L'americano"

"De Andrè - Un Matto ( A Fool )"

"I suggest any best of from: Adriano Celentano"

"If you are looking for some good italian lyrics I suggest you artists like Cesare Cremonini"

"If you are looking for some good italian lyrics I suggest you artists like Jovanotti"

"If you are looking for some good italian lyrics I suggest you artists like Ermal Meta"

"For Italian i can suggest Fabrizio De André and Paolo Conte. Both highly valued song writers."

"Andare Partire"

"Laura Pausini is also very popular."

"Gli Angeli - Vasco Rossi"

"Gli Anni - 883"

"I would recommend you Giorgia, is really easy to follow her lirics."

"If you are into prog look for some bands of the 70s: Le Orme"

"Vecchi difetti by Marta sui tubi"

"If you are into prog look for some bands of the 70s: Banco del Mutuo Soccorso"

"If you are into prog look for some bands of the 70s: Balletto di Bronzo"

"Domenico Modugno - Vecchio frac"

"Maxaphone"

"Area"

"I've been loving il tempo della gioia lately, I think it's probably one of my favourite albums generally at this stage"

"If you want some Zeuhl, then Universal Totem Orchestra are the best modern Zeuhl from anywhere, and my favourite thing form Italy. Extremely creative and unique."

"I advise 1969 Deluxe from Achille Lauro. Glam Rock, Pop Rock and Punk Rock."

"My faves are: Alphataurus - Alphataurus"

"Chi fermera la musica by the band Pooh is a must."

"New release out today I am digging is by GBRESCI (feat. Adelasia) - Niente"

"If you want to check out Italian rock, do check out Piero Pelu and the band he was lead singer in: Litfiba. Check out his 2024 album Deserti"

"From Italy, I (not Italian but love their music) recommend you to check out Leo Gassmann and do check out his 2024 song Take That"

"I also really like La Bocca Della Verita, who have a very fresh take on classic RPI"

"Other shades of Italian rock: Rumatera (they speak venetian but their sound is amazing)"

"Other shades of Italian rock: Zucchero (classic rock/blues)"

"Check out Fast Animals and Slow Kids (that's a one band not two and btw their latest stuff is a little bit poppier than usual)."

"Also Ministri is kinda similar."

"Kose, Italian Hiphop"

"Other shades of Italian rock: Finley (punk rock)"

"Negromaro and Finley are my ins here. Mainly because they were in Rock Band/Guitar Hero, but shhhh"

"Vibrazioni, their first few albums were more rock, lately they became poppier (and flopped)"