Crac! is the third album of the Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...

 band Area

Area (band)

Area - International POPular Group, most commonly known as Area or AreA, is an Italian progressive rock, jazz fusion, electronic, experimental groupb) “It was the mid-1970s and live events roused enthusiasm as never before; they fulfilled the need to be together and the illusion of continuing as a...

 and was released in 1975. With this album, the band gained more popularity in Italy, thanks to songs like "L'elefante Bianco", "La Mela di Odessa (1920)" and "Gioia e Rivoluzione", which quickly became concert favourites. All songs were written by Tofani, Fariselli and Tavolazzi, except for "Area 5" which was wrtten by Juan Hidalgo and Walter Marchetti.
When touring for this album the band even played in Paris and in Lisboa (as documented posthumously in the album "Parigi Lisbona" released in 1976, while a live album

Are(A)zione

Arezione! is the fourth album of the Jazz fusion band Area, and it was the first live album. It was recorded during their 1975 tour in Milano, Napoli, Rimini and Reggio Emilia was released later the same year....

 from their Italian tour was released later that year).

Track listing

All tracks by Patrizio Fariselli, Ares Tavolazzi & Paolo Tofani except were noted

Side one

1. "L'elefante Bianco" – 4:33
2. "La Mela di Odessa (1920)" – 6:27
3. "Megalopoli" – 7:53

Side two

1. "Nervi Scoperti" – 6:35
2. "Gioia e Rivoluzione" – 4:40
3. "Implosion" – 5:00
4. "Area 5" (Juan Hidalgo, Walter Marchetti) – 2:09

Personnel

• Giulio Capiozzo - drums, percussion
• Patrizio Fariselli - electric piano, piano, clarinet, synthesizer
• Demetrio Stratos
  Demetrio Stratos
  Efstratios Demetriou better known as Demetrio Stratos was an Italian lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, music researcher, and co-founder, frontman and lead singer of the Italian progressive rock, jazz fusion band Area – International POPular Group.Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, of Greek...
  
  - vocals, organ, clavicembalo, steel drums, percussion
• Ares Tavolazzi - acoustic bass, electric bass,trombone
• Paolo Tofani - guitar, synthesizer, flute

• Piero Bravin - engineering
• Ambrogio Ferrario - engineering