''Chocolate Kings'' is the sixth album by

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band

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(also known as PFM). It was released in 1975 by Numero Uno, a division of

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in Italy. It was also released with different cover art by

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in the UK and

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in the USA. It was the first album to include Bernardo Lanzetti (formerly singer of

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) on lead vocals. This was also their first album where the lyrics were originally written in English, as the band felt they were better suited to the music they were making at this time. The lyrics for "From Under" and "Chocolate Kings" were written by Marva Jan Marrow, an American friend of the group, then living in Italy.

Track listing

# "From Under" (Flavio Premoli, Franco Mussida, Mauro Pagani, Ivan Graziani, Marva Jan Marrow) – 7:29 # "Harlequin" (Premoli, Pagani) – 7:48 # "Chocolate Kings" (Mussida, Pagani, Marrow) – 4:39 # "Out of the Roundabout" (Mussida, Pagani) – 7:53 # "Paper Charms" (Mussida, Pagani) – 8:30

Personnel

* Bernardo Lanzetti – vocals *

Franco Mussida Franco Mussida (born 21 March 1947) is an Italian guitarist, composer, and singer. Biography He is best known as a founder and prominent member of the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) ( ...

– guitar, voice * Flavio Premoli – keyboards, vocals *

Mauro Pagani Mauro Pagani (born 5 February 1946) is an Italian people, Italian musician and singer. Pagani was born in Chiari, Lombardy, Chiari, Lombardy. A multi-instrumentalist, he made his debut in the music world in 1970 in music, 1970 as violinist and f ...

– flute, violin, vocals *

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– bass, vocals *

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– drums, vocals

References

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