Ale (album)

Last updated
Ale
Alexiaale.jpg
Studio album by
Released2008
Genre Pop
Label Edel
Producer
  • Alessia Aquilani
  • Vittorio Costa
  • Umberto Iervolino
Alexia chronology
Le più belle di... Alexia
(2007)
Ale
(2008)
Collections
(2009)
Singles from Ale
  1. "Grande coraggio"
    Released: 2008
  2. "Guardarti dentro"
    Released: 2008

Ale is the eighth studio album by Italian singer Alexia released in 2008. [1] The album is the first release on the Edel label after Alexia left Sony Music in 2007 and was the first studio album Alexia had released since 2004's Gli occhi grandi della luna . The album was released in Italy on CD on 27 June 2008 and for digital download the next day. A version which included the song Biancaneve was released in Europe on 24 July 2009.

Contents

Two singles were released from the album: "Grande coraggio" which had two videos filmed, one of which contained clips of Alexia in the studio recording the album and at the album photoshoot which was used to promote both album and single; "Guardarti dentro" was the second single and as it was just a one track digital release which did not differ from the album, no separate download track was issued. Initially "Estate" was planned to be the first single from the album. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Grande coraggio" – 4:01 (Alessia Aquilani & Carlo Gargioni)
  2. "Occhi negli occhi" – 3:40
  3. "E non sai" – 3:55 (Alessia Aquilani)
  4. "Guardarti dentro" – 4:02 (Alessia Aquilani)
  5. "Il branco" – 3:52 (Alessia Aquilani, Carlo Gargioni & Gianfranco Randone)
  6. "Estate" – 4:16 (Alessia Aquilani; Massimo Marcolin)
  7. "Mio padre" – 4:34 (Alessia Aquilani)
  8. "Il folletto" – 4:10 (Alessia Aquilani, Carlo Gargioni & Vittorio Costa)
  9. "Ale" – 3:32 (Alessia Aquilani & Carlo Gargioni)
  10. "Un attimo nell'infinito" – 4:26 (Alessia Aquilani)
  11. "L'immenso" – 4:35 (Alessia Aquilani; Massimo Marcolin)

Ale & C

Ale & C
Alexiaalec.JPG
Studio album by
Released2009
Genre Pop
Label Edel
Producer Alessia Aquilani, Vittorio Costa & Umberto Iervolino
Alexia chronology
Collections
(2009)
Ale & C
(2009)
Stars
(2010)
Singles from Ale
  1. "Biancaneve"
    Released: 2009
  2. "We Is the Power"
    Released: 2009
  3. "E non sai"
    Released: 2009

In 2009, Alexia re-released the 'Ale' album with different tracks and recordings under the name Ale & C. [1] Four of the tracks carried through from Ale, most notably the two singles "Grande corraggio" and "Guardarti dentro". Two completely new songs were added; "Bianacneve" which was a duet with Mario Lavezzi and "Il mio mondo" (a cover of the song by Umberto Bindi). The tracks "Il branco" and "Un attimo nell'infinito" were re-recorded in English as "We Is the Power" and "Nowhere" respectively, with "We Is the Power" becoming a duet with Bloom06. "E non sai" was re-recorded as a duet with Madame SiSi and released as a single and "Mio padre" (My Father) was re-recorded with Alexia's sister Annamaria Aquilani. The album was released on February 20, 2009 (a day after the release of Sony's second Alexia budget compilation Collections) and reached number 69 in the Italian charts.

Track listing

  1. "Biancaneve" (with Mario Lavezzi) – 3:46 (Mario Lavezzi & Mogol)
  2. "We Is the Power" (with Bloom06)  – 4:16 (Alessia Aquilani, Carlo Gardioni & Gianfranco Randone)
  3. "E non sai" (with Madame SiSi) – 3:55 (Alessia Aquilani)
  4. "Guardarti dentro" – 4:02 (Alessia Aquilani)
  5. "Grande coraggio"- 4:01 (Alessia Aquilani & Carlo Gargioni)
  6. "Mio padre" (with Annamaria Aquilani) – 4:34 (Alessia Aquilani)
  7. "Il folletto" – 4:10 (Alessia Aquilani, Carlo Gargioni & Vittorio Costa)
  8. "Ale" – 3:32 (Alessia Aquilani & Carlo Gargioni)
  9. "Nowhere (L'immenso)" – 4:35 (Alessia Aquilani)
  10. "Il mio mondo" – 3:31 (Umberto Bindi)

Chart performance

CountryPosition [3]
Italy 69

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alexia (singer)</span> Italian singer (born 1967)

Alessia Aquilani, known professionally as Alexia, is an Italian singer. Before recording in Italian in the 2000s, she made records in English in the 1990s. Many of those were international hits. Before her solo career, she was the vocalist of Ice MC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Tatangelo</span> Italian pop singer (born 1987)

Anna Tatangelo is an Italian pop singer and television personality. At the age of 15, she became the youngest person to win the Newcomer's Award at the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival singing contest. Her repertoire consists mainly of pop music with slight influences of neo-melodic in some of the songs composed for her by singer Gigi D'Alessio, but also in the fifth fusion albums Progetto B. She confronted several social issues and current affairs, such as the empowerment of women, homophobia, anorexia and violence against women. Since 2007 she also wrote some songs. She participated in the Sanremo Music Festival six times in ten years, winning in 2002 with the song "Doppiamente fragile" and getting on the podium three more times: in 2005, when she came third in the category "Women" with "Ragazza di periferia", in 2006, when she came third overall and first in the women category with "Essere una donna" and in 2008, when, with the song "Il mio amico" she has reached the second position. The last was in 2011 with the song "Bastardo".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enrico Caruso compact disc discography</span>

The following discography contains information regarding some of the published recordings by Enrico Caruso made from 1902 through 1920 as have been made available in selected compact disc compilations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gianni Morandi</span> Italian singer (born 1944)

Gian Luigi "Gianni" Morandi is an Italian pop singer, actor and entertainer. It is estimated that Morandi has sold about 50 million recordings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Massimo Ranieri</span> Musical artist

Massimo Ranieri is an Italian singer, actor, television presenter and theatre director.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nada (singer)</span> Italian singer (born 1953)

Nada Malanima, known mononymously as Nada, is an Italian singer. She was nicknamed Il pulcino del Gabbro.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Oxa</span> Italian singer (born 1961)

Anna Hoxha, known professionally as Anna Oxa, is an Italian singer, actress and television presenter. She has received mainstream popularity and recognition within Italy due to her numerous participations in the Sanremo Music Festival.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fiorella Mannoia</span> Italian singer and songwriter

Fiorella Mannoia is an Italian singer, songwriter and actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gastone Moschin</span> Italian actor (1929–2017)

Gastone Moschin was an Italian stage, television and film actor.

<i>Facile</i> 2009 studio album by Mina

Facile is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 30 October 2009 by PDU.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Francesco Mulè</span> Italian actor (1926–1984)

Francesco Mulè, was an Italian actor, voice actor and television and radio personality. He appeared in 74 films between 1953 and 1979.

<i>Il cuore a modo mio</i> 2003 studio album by Alexia

Il cuore a modo mio is the sixth studio album by Alexia released in Italy on 7 March 2003. This would be the third album in which Alexia had a hand in production. The lead single from the album "Per dire di no" won the Sanremo Music Festival 2003 and reached the Italian Top 10. The second single "Egoista" also reached the Italian charts.

<i>Da grande</i> (album) 2005 compilation album by Alexia

Da grande is the third compilation album and second greatest hits release by Italian singer Alexia released in 2005. The album spans all her Italian language singles from 2002 to 2005. Two new tracks were included on the album; "Da grande" and "Mai dire mai" with the former being released as a single and the latter as a radio promo single.

<i>Gli occhi grandi della luna</i> 2004 studio album by Alexia

Gli occhi grandi della luna is the seventh studio album by Alexia released in Italy on 5 July 2004. This would be the fourth album in which Alexia had a hand in production. The lead single from the album "Come tu mi vuoi" was written and produced by Sam Watters, Simone Hines, and Louis Biancaniello who had written for Anastacia, with the original English version being a bonus track. The second song to be lifted as a Radio promotional release was "Una donna sola". Both tracks would feature on Alexia's Italian greatest hits CD Da grande along with "Funky al cuore" and "Quello che sento".

<i>Collections</i> (Alexia album) 2009 compilation album by Alexia

Collections is the second budget compilation album of the singer Alexia released after she left the label. It is not regarded as an official Alexia hits compilation as it contains both singles and album tracks. Notably, the songs are from the time after she left Robyx and DWA and cover the albums Mad for Music, Alexia, Il cuore a modo mio and Gli occhi grandi della luna. "Da grande", one of the new songs from her 2005 hits collection Da grande is included and this is the only Alexia compilation album to feature the single Summerlovers. It was released on 19 February 2009 by Columbia and was the first and only release by Alexia on Sony's Columbia imprint.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Inedito World Tour</span> 2011–12 concert tour by Laura Pausini

The Inedito World Tour was the sixth world tour by Italian singer Laura Pausini, supporting her eleventh studio album Inedito / Inédito. It was planned to visit America, Europe and Australia, but ended on 15 September 2012, after Pausini announcing she was pregnant. Because of the announcement, the tour was cut short, and plans for a second American leg, a second European leg and visiting Australia for the first time, were cancelled.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alexia discography</span>

The following is a selective listing of Italian singer Alexia's discography. She had four number-one singles in Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Il cielo in una stanza (song)</span> 1960 single by Mina

"Il cielo in una stanza" is a song written by Gino Paoli and originally recorded by Italian singer Mina for the album of the same name. The song was released as a single in June 1960 by Italdisc. It became a commercial success in Italy, topping the charts for eleven consecutive weeks and later returning to number one for three additional weeks. It is also Mina's best-selling single in Italy, with estimated sales of 400.000 copies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stadio</span> Italian band

Stadio is an Italian pop rock band formed in 1977. The members are Giovanni Pezzoli (drums), Roberto Drovandi, Andrea Fornili (guitar), and Gaetano Curreri.

Nuccio Rinaldis was an Italian sound engineer.

References

  1. 1 2 "ALEXIA Official Web Site - Musica". Alexiaofficial.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. "Alexia - Estate". YouTube. 2009-12-25. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  3. Steffen Hung. "Alexia - Ale & C". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-16.