Gioielli Rubati - Alice Canta Battiato

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Gioielli Rubati - Alice Canta Battiato
Gioielli Rubati - Alice Canta Battiato cover
Studio album by Alice
Released 1985
Recorded 1985
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 31:34
Label EMI
Producer Angelo Carrara
Professional reviews

All Music Guide [1]
Alice chronology
Falsi Allarmi
(1983)		 Gioielli Rubati - Alice Canta Battiato
(1983)		 Park Hotel
(1986)
1997 EMI compilation Alice Canta Battiato
1997 EMI compilation Alice Canta Battiato

Gioielli Rubati - Alice canta Battiato is the seventh studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1985 on EMI Music.

The album whose title translates as Stolen Jewels - Alice sings Battiato followed the highly successful 1984 single and Eurovision Song Contest entry "I Treni Di Tozeur", a duet with the composer. Gioielli Rubati includes songs from Battiato's pop albums L'Era Del Cinghale Bianco (The Era of the White Boar, 1979), Patriots (1980), La Voce Del Padrone (His Master's Voice, 1981), L'Arca Di Noè (Noah's Ark, 1982) and Orizzonti Perduti (Lost Horizons, 1983). "Luna Indiana" ("Indian Moon"), loosely based on Mozart's "Moonlight Sonata" and originally largely instrumental had new lyrics penned by Battiato, partly spoken and partly sung by Alice. Just like the preceding single "I Treni Di Tozeur" the album prominently features strings courtesy of the opera house La Scala, arranged and conducted by classical composer Roberto Cacciapaglia.

The opening track "Prospettiva Nevski", describing a day at Saint Petersburg's Nevsky Prospekt in the early 20th century, became Alice's best-selling single in Continental Europe and Scandinavia since her breakthrough with Sanremo music festival winner "Per Elisa" in 1981. Further single releases from the Gioielli Rubati album include "A Summer on A Solitary Beach", "Luna Indiana" and "Il Re del Mondo". Franco Battiato himself released the album Mondi Lontanissimi (Very Distant Worlds) the same year, which also included a new version of "Il Re Del Mondo" as well as solo interpretations of "I Treni Di Tozeur" and "Chanson Egocentrique", both previously recorded as duets with Alice.

A re-recorded version of "Prospettiva Nevski" with the London Session Orchestra was included on the 2000 career retrospective Personal Jukebox.

The Gioielli Rubati album should not be confused with the EMI budget compilation Alice Canta Battiato which comprises tracks from Gioielli Rubati, Capo Nord (1980), Alice (1981), Azimut (1982) and Elisir (1987), released in 1997 after the artist had left the label and signed with Warner Music.


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Side A
  1. "Prospettiva Nevski" (Franco Battiato) - 3:39
  2. "Il Re Del Mondo" (Franco Battiato) - 2:57
  3. "Mal D'Africa" (Franco Battiato) - 2:56
  4. Segnali Di Vita" (Franco Battiato) - 3:35
  5. "Le Aquile" (Fleur Jaeggy, Franco Battiato) - 2:55
Side B
  1. "Summer on a Solitary Beach" (Franco Battiato) - 4:32
  2. "Gli Uccelli" (Franco Battiato) - 4:07
  3. "Un'Altra Vita" (Franco Battiato) - 3:31
  4. "Luna Indiana" (Francesco Messina, Franco Battiato) - 3:22

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