''Dopoguerra'' (''Post-war'') is the second full-length
album
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by
Italian
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alternative rock
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band
Klimt 1918. It was released in 2005 on the German label,
Prophecy Productions
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Compared to the band's previous effort, ''
Undressed Momento
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'', Dopoguerra features a much lighter sound, losing a great amount of
gothic metal
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influences to venture into a more
post-rock
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and
new wave influenced style.
Track listing
# "_" – 1:17
# "They Were Wed By the Sea" – 4:36
# "Snow Of '85" – 4:38
# "
Rachel
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" – 4:57
# "Nightdriver" – 5:55
# "Because of You, Tonight" – 3:57
# "Dopoguerra (Postwar)" – 3:29
# "La Tregua (The Truce)" – 3:39
# "Lomo" – 3:49
# "Sleepwalk in Rome" – 5:30
Luxus Edition Digipak
The limited edition comes in a digipak with an additional bonus disc, featuring two unreleased tracks ("Never Ever" and "Cry A Little") and several new versions of album tracks with different titles:
# "They Were Wed By The Sea (rarefied)" – 8:17
# "Never Ever" – 4:30
# "Yanqui Girl In Rafah" – 5:17
# "Cry A Little" – 4:56
# "Driving At The End Of The Night" – 4:04
# "Sleepwalk In Rome (
Chaos/Order remix)" – 14:01
Personnel
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Marco Soellner — vocals, guitar
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Alessandro Pace — guitar
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Davide Pesola— bass
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Paolo Soellner — drums
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Francesco Sosto — keyboards on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 and on all bonus tracks
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Fabiola Pereira — cello on bonus tracks 1, 2
References
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2005 albums
Klimt 1918 albums