This one from Acqua Fragile second album
I really like both Chocolate and Jet (Passpartu not too much), but I can give or take Lanzetti's various performances there (and I find his inputs with Acqua equally quite uneven). Still, there's little doubt that Jeff's main point bears complete merit - Lanzetti was an actual vocalist, in that this was the man's sole instrumental function, all formal, technical and timbral challenges included. And he served that function well enough, although the outcome may be an acquired taste.
I can still remember reading an interview somewhere with Mauro Pagani in which he stated that his voice basically wasn't fit at all for anything but very gentle canciones, and that he originally only agreed to give limited vocal contributions to the studio recordings on the condition that he wouldn't have to repeat them in concert. He also said something to the effect that the poor vocals were a reason why he remained highly uncomfortable about pre-Lanzetti era live recordings. If you listen to his first solo album but especially his wonderful classic Creuza de Mä (with legendary singer-songwriter/auteur Fabrizio de André), there's a tastefully perfectionist approach to clear-cut voicings, vocal media and lyrics which makes it somewhat apparent how traumatic that aspect might have been in PFM before Lanzetti.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
I find this live concert very helpful to get who sang what between Mussida, Premoli and Pagani
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