Don Giovanni (album)

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Don Giovanni
Lucio Battisti - Don Giovanni (LP cover).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1986
Genre Italian popular music
Synthpop
Length36:04
Label Numero Uno
Producer Greg Walsh
Lucio Battisti chronology
E già
(1982)
Don Giovanni
(1986)
L'apparenza
(1988)
Alternative cover
Lucio Battisti - Don Giovanni (CD cover).jpg
CD cover, with a zoom of the LP one
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Don Giovanni is an album by the Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Battisti. Nearly four years in its making, it was released in March 1986 by the Numero Uno label and was later re-released by Sony BMG. In stylistic terms, it features an avant-garde blend of an almost minimalist sound, featuring synthpop inspired electronics, with classic Italian popular music. [1] The title of the album alludes to Mozart's famous work Don Giovanni .

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics written by Pasquale Panella, all music composed by Lucio Battisti.

  1. "Le cose che pensano" (The thinking things) – 4:26
  2. "Fatti un pianto" (Have a good cry) – 4:54
  3. "Il doppio del gioco" (Betting the double) – 4:14
  4. "Madre pennuta" (Feathered mother) – 4:28
  5. "Equivoci amici" (Questionable Friends) – 3:53
  6. "Don Giovanni" – 3:40
  7. "Che vita ha fatto" (What kind of life did he live?) – 4:01
  8. "Il diluvio" (The Flood) – 6:24

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References

  1. 1 2 "Don Giovanni". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  2. Francesco Buffoli. "Lucio Battisti. Un'emozione italiana" (in Italian). Ondarock. Retrieved 25 July 2012.