Al cinema di lucio battisti biography

  • Lucio Battisti (5 March 1943 – 9 September 1998) was an Italian singer-songwriter and composer.
  • Lucio Battisti (5 March 1943 – 9 September 1998) was an Italian singer and composer.
  • Lucio Battisti (5 March 1943 – 9 September 1998) was an influential Italian singer-songwriter and composer.

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    Lucio Battisti

    Italian singer-songwriter and composer (1943–1998)

    Musical artist

    Lucio Battisti (5 March 1943 – 9 September 1998) was an Italian singer-songwriter and composer. He is widely recognized for songs that defined the late 1960s and 1970s era of Italian songwriting.[1]

    Battisti released 18 studio albums from 1969 to 1994, with a significant portion of this catalogue translated into Spanish (various albums), English (one album), French (two albums), and German (one album). He was known to be an extremely reserved artist, performing only a small number of live concerts during his career. In 1978 he announced that he would speak to the public only through his musical work, limiting himself to the recording of studio albums and disappearing from the public scene.[2]

    Biography

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    Musician and composer

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    Battisti was born in Poggio Bustone, a small town in the province of Rieti (northern Lazio), and moved with his family to Rome in 1950. A self-taught guitarist, Battisti made his debut as musician in the 1960s, performing in local bands in Rome, Naples and later in Milan, where he joined I Campioni (The Champions), the support band of then famous singer Tony Dallara. He also travelled abroad as a working musician in Germany and the

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    Una donna per amico

    This article is about the album by Lucio Battisti. For the Italian television series, see Una donna per amico (TV series).

    1978 studio album by Lucio Battisti

    Una donna per amico (A woman as friend) is the thirteenth studio album by the Italian singer and songwriter Lucio Battisti. It was released in December 1978 by Numero Uno.

    The album was Italy's fourth best-selling album in 1978.[3]

    It appears at 3rd place in the 100 greatest Italian albums of all time list published in 2012 by Italian edition of Rolling Stone magazine.[4]

    The album was recorded at The Manor Studio in Oxfordshire and London with producer Geoff Westley and professional British session musicians.

    Track listing

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    All lyrics written by Mogol, all music composed by Lucio Battisti.

    1. "Prendila così" (Take It As It Comes) – 7:48
    2. "Donna selvaggia donna" (Lady) – 4:39
    3. "Aver paura d'innamorarsi troppo" (Afraid of Falling) – 5:49
    4. "Perché no" (Day to Day) – 5:44
    5. "Nessun dolore" (Pain is Gone) – 6:15
    6. "Una donna per amico" (A Woman as a Friend) – 5:19
    7. "Maledetto gatto" (Damned Cat) – 4:21
    8. "Al cinema" (Let's Go See a Movie) – 4:36

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