Shake (Zucchero album)
Shake is the ninth studio album by the Italian blues rock singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari, released on 14 September 2001. The album was mostly recorded in 2001 at The Plan Studios in Hollywood with producer Corrado Rustici, and previewed near Rovigo, on 9 September 2001. Overview. In this album, the last one produced by the historical producer Corrado Rustici, Zucchero used the technique of sampling. Starting from an old collection of vinyls owned by his American programmer, the Italian bluesman tried to recreate a vintage and blues sound by taking some portions of sound recordings and reusing  them as new instruments. He borrowed the idea from other important albums, such as "Play" (1999) by Moby or works by Fatboy Slim. Composition. The album opens with three blues rock songs. "Sento le campane" whose music is by Zucchero, Isaac Hayes and David Porter, "Music In Me" and "Porca l'oca". The latter samples "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles, who also recordered the song together with Zucchero. The fourth song, "Ali d'oro", represents the last recording of John Lee Hooker's career. The American bluesman sings the chorus "I lay down with an angel". The music, typical of  a blues ballad, is composed by Zucchero and Luciano Luisi. "Ahum" is co-written with the friend and old colleague Roberto Zanetti, as well as "Music In Me" and "Baila (Sexy Things)", and samples Barry White's version of "Just the Way You Are". In "Scintille" samples from "Deceiving Blues" by Teddy Darby and from "Feelin' Lowdown" by Big Bill Broonzy were taken. "Baila (Sexy Things)", released as the first single in Italy, is the true core of the selling success of the entire album, peaking at #1 in Italy, France and Spain. For the composition, Zucchero sampled "Take Me  to the River" by Al Green and "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters. The next two ballads "Dindondio", whose theme is the countryside life, and "Rossa mela della sera" sample the choir "Oh! Death Where Is Thy Sting?" and "Choladas" by M. Vivanco, respectively. After the rock title track, the last song "Tobia", whose lyrics are by the songwriter Francesco De Gregori, is dedicated to the lost Zucchero's dog. The album topped the chart of Italy (for four weeks) and Switzerland (for three weeks) and arrived in the charts of Netherlands, France, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Mexico, Argentina and Austria. Shake