Caronte (album)


Caronte is the second album released by the Italian progressive rock band The Trip, in 1971. It is a concept album based on the Charon character from Dante's Divine Comedy, recast as a metaphor of conformism; Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin are mentioned, respectively in songs Ultima ora e ode a Jimi Hendrix and Little Janie, as victims of a conformist society.
Caronte was the most successful release of the band. With respect to their previous, debut album, which was mostly blues-oriented, Caronte was a major drift towards British-style progressive rock, with obvious influences from King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and, to some extent, Pink Floyd. Joe Vescovi, keyboardist and leader of the band, was at the time a self-proclaimed imitator of Keith Emerson.
The cover art from the album included drawings by Gustave Doré.

Track Listing

  1. "Caronte I"
  2. "Two brothers"
  3. "Little Janie"
  4. "L'ultima ora e Ode a Jimi Hendrix"
  5. "Caronte II"

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