Materia (Prisma)

Material: Prism) is the eighth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Marco Mengoni, released by Sony Music Italy on 26 May 2023 as the final installment of the trilogy, Materia, consisting of three separately-released chapters: Terra, Pelle, and Prisma.

"[9] Luca Trambusti of Rockol described the album "the most convincing and the best executed" of the trilogy, with "inclination toward black music and blends the elements in perfect balance and harmonious".

[10] Gabriele Fazio of Agenzia Giornalistica Italia considered that the album, compared to the previous two chapters in which he recognizes Materia (Terra) as the most successful, "lives more of the need to say something, to launch messages" in which Mengoni produces a "refined pop, very contemporary; [...] imbued with meaningful and welcoming words.

"[11] Andrea Conti of Il Fatto Quotidiano defined the project as "political, full of anger but also of hope for the future" in which Mengoni is "more direct" as he "exposes his thoughts without frills and laying bare his feelings.

"[12] Silvia Gianatti of Vanity Fair Italia described the album musically with inspiration ranging "from soul to electronica" through eleven tracks in which he also manages "to show a newfound lightness, the result of a growth and awareness acquired in these years of career" and to draw "attention to the themes that have always been important to him, the battle for rights, inclusion, love".