Azimut is the fifth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1982 on EMI Music.
| Azimut | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock | |||
| Length | 36:46 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Angelo Carrara | |||
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Singles released from the album include "Messaggio" (1982), "A cosa pensano" (1982) and "Chan-son Egocentrique" (1983), the latter a duet with Franco Battiato. The track "Messaggio" was co-written by Battiato under one of his pseudonyms, "Albert Kui". The closing track "Laura degli specchi" ("Laura of the Mirrors") is a folk-pop song written by singer-songwriter Eugenio Finardi, whose "Le ragazze di Osaka" Alice would later cover on her 1989 album Il sole nella pioggia.[1]
An alternate version of the track "La mano" appears on the 1987 album Elisir. Re-recorded versions of both "A cosa pensano" and "Chan-son Egocentrique" were included in the 2000 career retrospective Personal Jukebox.
Track listing
edit- Side A
- "Azimut" (Alice) – 3:44
- "A cosa pensano" (Francesco Messina, Alice) – 3:42
- "Animali d'America" (Alice) – 4:09
- "Deciditi" (Alice) – 3:39
- "Messaggio" (Alice, Albert Kui (pseudonym for Franco Battiato), Giusto Pio) – 3:46
- Side B
- "Principessa" (Alice) – 4:28
- "La mano" (Alice) – 5:35
- "Chan-son Egocentrique" (duet with Franco Battiato) (Franco Battiato, Francesco Messina, Tommaso Tramonti) – 3:52
- "Laura degli specchi" (Eugenio Finardi) – 3:51
Personnel
edit- Alice – lead vocals, piano & synthesizer tracks A1, A3 & B2
- Matteo Fasolino – keyboards, piano, synthesizer
- Alfredo Golino – drums, percussions
- Franco Testa – bass guitar
- Paolo Donnarumma – bass guitar track A5
- Claudio Bizzarri – guitar
- Alberto Radius – guitar track A5
- Claudio Pascoli – saxophone tracks A3 & B3
- Giorgio Baiocco – saxophone track A5
- Filippo Destrieri – keyboards tracks A5 & B4
Production
edit- Angelo Carrara – record producer
- Alice – musical arranger, sound engineer
- Matteo Fasolino – musical arranger, sound engineer
- Alfredo Golino – musical arranger, rhythm section
- Albert Kui (Franco Battiato) – musical arranger track A5
- Giusto Pio – musical arranger track A5
- Eugenio Finardi – musical arranger tracks B2, B4
- Enzo "Titti" Denna – sound engineer
- Recorded at Stone Castle Studios except tracks A5 & B4 at Radius Studio
- Mulino – sound mixing
Charts
edit| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italy (Hit Parade)[2] | 13 |
References
edit- ^ Claudio Fabretti. "Alice - Le canzoni di Carla". Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Salvatori, Dario (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese. p. 217. ISBN 8876054391.