Bye Bye Patty is the first live album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 1997 by Epic Records.

Bye Bye Patty
Live album by
Released19 February 1997
GenrePop rock
Length71:59[1]
LanguageItalian
Label
  • Pensiero Stupendo
  • Epic
ProducerNando Sepe
Patty Pravo chronology
Ideogrammi
(1994)
Bye Bye Patty
(1997)
Notti, guai e libertà
(1998)

Overview edit

The material was recorded live between 16 and 24 January 1997 during concerts in Bergamo, Milan, Florence and Rome. It consists of sixteen songs, most of which come from the earliest years of Pravo's career. The only studio recording is the opening track "...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" which Patty performed at the 47th Sanremo Music Festival in February 1997 and won the critics' award.[2] The song was released as the first single and met with commercial success. A new, rock-influenced version of "Pensiero stupendo" was performed as an encore, followed by nearly two minutes of silence and a secret recording in which a little girl named Federica sings the chorus of "...E dimmi che non vuoi morire". "Pensiero stupendo '97" was released as the second single from the album.

Bye Bye Patty was a top 5 chart hit in Italy on the back of Patty's acclaimed Sanremo performance. It has reportedly sold 250,000 copies by October 1997,[3] and eventually more than 300,000 copies.[4] A video version of the album was released later that year on VHS and DVD, titled Bye Bye Patty – Patty Pravo Live al Piper. It consists of live footage from the show at the Piper Club in Rome.

Track listing edit

  1. "...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" – 4:12
  2. "Intro" – 1:10
  3. "Ragazzo triste" – 2:58
  4. "Qui e là" – 3:12
  5. "Se perdo te" – 2:52
  6. "La bambola" – 3:57
  7. "Pazza idea" – 4:41
  8. "Morire tra le viole" – 3:19
  9. "Pensiero stupendo" – 4:12
  10. "Tutt'al più" – 4:26
  11. "Il paradiso" – 3:31
  12. "Poesia" – 4:13
  13. "Ragazza passione" – 4:55
  14. "La mela in tasca" – 3:51
  15. "Non andare via" – 4:04
  16. "Col tempo (Avec temps)" – 3:48
  17. "A modo mio (My Way)" – 5:29
  18. "Pensiero stupendo ('97)" – 7:05

Charts edit

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[5][6] 3
Italy (Musica e dischi)[7] 4
Europe (European Top 100 Albums)[8] 32

References edit

  1. ^ "Bye bye patty by Patty Pravo on Amazon Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  2. ^ "Patty Pravo Festival di Sanremo 2006 - Festivaldisanremo.com - Il sito Indipendente sul Festival di Sanremo" (in Italian). www.festivaldisanremo.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  3. ^ Laura Putti (1997-10-15). "Patty Pravo: Io Divina? E' Ue Pensiero Stupendo". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  4. ^ "NOTE BIOGRAFICHE" (in Italian). www.pattypravo.it. Archived from the original on 1998-12-06. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  5. ^ "Hits of the World – Italy". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 1997-03-15. p. 60. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  6. ^ "Album & Compilation: Classifica settimanale WK 9 (dal 21.02.1997 al 27.02.1997)" (in Italian). www.fimi.it. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  7. ^ "M&D: Classifiche" (in Italian). musicaedischi.it. Retrieved 2023-04-09. (Enter "Patty Pravo" in the "Artista" field and click "cerca".)
  8. ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 14, no. 11. London. 1997-03-15. p. 14. Retrieved 2019-12-05.

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