Buon compleanno Elvis
Buon Compleanno Elvis is the fifth album by Luciano Ligabue, released by Warner Music Italy on CD, cassette and double LP in 1995.
It marks the beginning of a new artistic phase for the rocker from Correggio (RE): in fact, it is the first record entirely recorded without Clan Destino, the historic band that accompanied him from the beginning, but with a new group of musicians, nicknamed “The Band,” and with record producer Fabrizio Barbacci. The result is an album with a style different from previous ones, influenced by American rock and partly by the blues, which manages to be appreciated by the public and definitively establishes the Emilian singer-songwriter in the Italian music scene.
The title is a reference to Elvis Presley in what would have been the year of his 60th birthday, although Ligabue intends it as a symbol of rock rather than just a tribute. The Elvis quotes are therefore many during Buon Compleanno Elvis! Tour for some songs a huge inflatable puppet depicting the U.S. singer was also placed on stage, for others Ligabue performed with a jacket in the typical style of the Memphis artist.
A remastered version of the CD is released on December 4, 2008, which contains a 40-page booklet telling the story and other trivia about the record.
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