I was in a familiar coffee shop in Munich when I first heard this CD. The disc so intrigued me that I asked the owner and she kindly showed me the disc. I immediately went to the WOM (world of music) shop down the street and purchased the disc. The closest word I can imagine is enchanting. The music and words pull you in and you can't help but enjoy this album.

My sister turned me on to Zucchero. Yet another thing I will never be able to repay. This album is great. If you have never heard Zu's music, this is a good place to start.

I'm an American living in Germany and I never heard of Zucchero until I saw one of his video's, "She's My Baby" on one of the European music channels. I instantly had to find out more about him! I found "Shake" at a local store and I am in love with so many of the songs on it! "I'm In Trouble", "I Lay Down" (w/ John Lee Hooker, "Sparkling Meadows". . .too many to name. I do prefer his slower ballads on the CD (which make up 2/3's of it) over the songs with a "rock" edge to them but even still it's an excellent CD. I highly recommend it to everyone!

You know you've got a good musician when you can be moved by the words and music without even being able to understand the words. And this is what Zucchero is able to do with this album, as well with his others. he'll make a song like Porca l'oca, completely rocking, then go and transition to Ahum or Rossa Mela Della Sera, completely in that Euro-Pop vein, which is all cool, because he has his own voice and own style. The fact that he's charted in roughly a dozen European and South American countries is a testament to the fact that music is a universal language,and that good music is just that, good music, regardless of language.

Song number four, Ali d'oro (wings of gold) is a heart-stopper. Wow. John Lee Hooker and Zucchero (singing like Clapton on a really good day): "I lay down with an angel, lay down thinking, more than I could, really say" Damn, this is what music is about.