Get you some Spanga, and have a taste of Italy!
Ivana Spanga began her career in the early 80's, writing and providing vocals as part of the the Italo disco group, Fun Fun. The group released two albums, 1984's Have Fun!, and 1987's, Double Fun, but never really made an impact. Spanga would not be part of the second album, opting instead to pursue a solo career, which led to her debut, Dedicated To The Moon.
In terms of her solo career, it's the most commercially successful album in her discography of nineteen albums, comprising of studio and compilation releases. It spawned the mildly successful, "Call Me," and would ultimately sell 500,000 copies. If you haven't heard of her, that would be understandable. Her success has mainly been contained to Europe and the UK.
Dedicated To The Moon is not an album readily available in the USA, and it's because of this, I was actually surprised to find someone as close as Canada who had a CD version for sale. I was further surprised to see that the seller only wanted ten bucks for it. While this is the average price for it if you buy it, those copies typically come from the likes of Norway, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium. Basically, I expected an up-charge for the "convenience", as is often the case.
I'd be lying if I said Spanga was up there with the level of what I have been hearing as of late in recent Retro Spins. Sadly, it's just not. It definitely has a decent synthpop sound, and it's on par with the year it's from. However, in terms of grabbing my overall attention, it does not. With ten songs, and a running time of forty-six minutes, I really expected more than two songs for my shuffle. For the record, those were, Call Me, and Easy Lady.
I'm equally surprised that Spanga has gone on to release so many albums, as noted above, through 2019. That's pretty impressive. However, much like her debut, you're not going to find these floating around the USA. In fact, as of 1995, they haven't even been in English. It's clear that despite her lack of impact on my home turf that she is nothing short of a superstar in her own home, Italy.
I may have expected more, but I suppose I still got a relatively rare album for a good price. If nothing else, it serves as that in my collection. At the end of the day, I'll take that.
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