| L'apparenza | ||||
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| Released | 7 October 1988 | |||
| Genre | Synthpop Pop | |||
| Length | 38:11 | |||
| Label | Numero Uno | |||
| Producer | Robin Smith | |||
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| Ondarock |    – recommended [1] |
L'apparenza (The appearance) is an album by the Italian singer and songwriter Lucio Battisti. It was released on 7 October 1988 by Numero Uno.
The album was Italy's 17th best-selling album in 1988. [2]
All lyrics were written by Pasquale Panella, all music compcompoowas sed by Lucio Battisti.
Lucio Battisti was an influential Italian singer-songwriter and composer. He is widely recognized for songs that defined the late 1960s and 1970s era of Italian songwriting.
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"Amarsi un po'" is a song composed by Lucio Battisti and Mogol, and performed by Lucio Battisti. It was released as a single in March 1977, with "Sì, viaggiare" as B-side. The single peaked at first place ten weeks on the Italian hit parade and was the most sold single of the year in Italy. The same year Battisti released an English version of the single for international markets, with the two songs renamed "To Feel in Love" and "Keep on Cruising" and with lyrics by Peter Powell. They were included in the album Images.
"E penso a te" is a song composed in 1970 by Lucio Battisti based on the lyrics by Mogol. Initially sung by Bruno Lauzi, it was subsequently re-recorded by numerous other artists. The most popular version remains the one which its author gave in 1972.
Mazzini canta Battisti is a compilation album by Mina, released in 1994 by PDU.
"Balla Linda" is a song by Italian musician Lucio Battisti released on 20 April 1968 With this song Battisti participated in the Cantagiro 1968 where he obtained a good success.
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