Io canto

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Io canto
Io canto cover
Italian language edition
Cover album by Laura Pausini
Released November 10, 2006
Recorded Logic Studio
Flag of Italy Milan, Province of Milan
Larione 10
Flag of Italy Florence, Province of Florence
Hanson Recording Studios
Flag of the United States Los Angeles, California
Studio Impatto
Flag of Italy Bologna, Province of Bologna
ORS (Oliveta Recording Studio)
Flag of Italy Castel Bolognese, Province of Ravenna
Sage Studio
Flag of the United States Los Angeles, California
Fonoprint Studios
Flag of Italy Bologna, Province of Bologna
Mulino Recording Studio
Flag of Italy Acquapendente, Province of Viterbo
Nautilus Mastering
Flag of Italy Milan, Province of Milan
Genre Pop rock
Latin pop
Length 68:07
Language Italian
Spanish
French
English
Label Warner Music
Producer Laura Pausini
Professional reviews
Laura Pausini chronology
Live in Paris 05
(2005)		 Io canto
(2006)		 San Siro 2007
(2007)
Yo canto
Spanish language edition
Spanish language edition

Io canto is Italian singer–songwriter Laura Pausini's ninth studio album, issued by Warner Music on November 10, 2006. On November 14, Warner Music released Io canto's Spanish language edition, Yo canto, for the hispanophone market. Yo canto–Io canto is a limited edition double album featuring both the Italian– and Spanish language editions. This marks the first instance in Pausini's multilingual music career in which both editions are offered in a single release. Warner Music issued a third edition pressed exclusively for the French market. This pressing of Io canto features the bonus track "Je chante", a partial French adaptation of the Italian "Io canto".[2]

The album consists entirely of covers. Its repertoire spans three decades of Italian pop music history. Pausini pays hommage to fellow Italian singer–songwriters whose lyrical work have influenced her artistic sensibility throughout the years.[3] In the album's liner notes Pausini reveals:

“ Here is the music I listen to when I'm at my saddest, or when I feel a moment is special, the songs I used to sing as a young girl when I first started performing, and above all, those which taught me to love music, and how music can move you so deeply, regardless of its genre or style. ”

Yo canto features "Dispárame, dispara", also known as "Corazón roto"—opening theme of the Mexican telenovela Amar sin límites (2006).[4] Chile's Canal 13 employed the album's title track for its television series Cantando por un sueño.[5] The Album won the Latin Grammy in 2007 for Best Female Pop Vocal Album.

Contents

[edit] Inception

The decision to present a cover album stemmed from a "pending debt" to Pausini's musical roots and homeland. She first conceptualized the idea approximately ten years prior to Io canto's publication.[6] The idea, however, did not take root until Pausini's golden year in 2006 that culminated in a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album for Escucha (2004) at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. At the post–Grammy press conference, journalists remarked how they admired Pausini for never having abandoned her brand of "Italian pop of always" despite her classification as a "Latin music" artist.[7][8] Alluding to Pausini's "Italian–ness," Randy Cordova for The Arizona Republic concurred, "She doesn't pander to the crowd with Latin guitars, reggaeton remixes or Cuban percussion. [Her music] is all very organic."[9] This acknowledgement moved Pausini to honor Italy by recording a cover album of Italian "classics". Pausini also wished to export underappreciated Italian music to the world as a consequence of her multilingualism.[10][11]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Io canto

# Title Length
01. “Io canto”

• Music: Riccardo Cocciante • Lyric: Marco Luberti

 4:16
02. “Due”

• Music: Raf • Lyric: Raf, Cheope[1]

 4:38
03. “Scrivimi”

• Music & lyric: Nino Buonocore, Michele de Vitis

 3:52
04. “Il mio canto libero” with Juanes

• Music: Lucio Battisti • Lyric: Mogol

 4:33
05. “Destinazione paradiso”

• Music: Gianluca Grignani • Lyric: Gianluca Grignani, Massimo Luca

 3:39
06. “Stella gemella”

• Music: Eros Ramazzotti, Adelo Cogliati • Lyric: Eros Ramazzotti, Giuseppe Tosetto, Mario Lavezzi

 4:37
07. “Come il sole all’improvviso” with Johnny Hallyday

• Music: Zucchero • Lyric: Gino Paoli

 3:19
08. “Cinque giorni”

• Music: Michele Zarrillo • Lyric: Vincenzo Incenzo

 4:04
09. “La mia banda suona il rock”

• Music & lyric: Ivano Fossati

 3:45
10. “Spaccacuore”

• Music: Samuele Bersani, Giuseppe d’Onghia • Lyric: Samuele Bersani, Lucio Dalla

 4:08
11. “Anima fragile”

• Music & lyric: Vasco Rossi

 3:26
12. “Non me lo so spiegare” with Tiziano Ferro

• Music & lyric: Tiziano Ferro

 4:32
13. “Nei giardini che nessuno sa”

• Music & lyric: Renato Zero, Danilo Riccardi

 5:13
14. “In una stanza quasi rosa”

• Music & lyric: Biagio Antonacci

 4:33
15. “Quando”

• Music & lyric: Pino Daniele

 3:41
16. “Strada facendo”

• Music & lyric: Claudio Baglioni

 5:40

[edit] French edition

# Title Length
17. “Je chante (Io canto)” Franco-Italian version

• Music: Riccardo Cocciante • Lyric: Marco Luberti • French adaptation: Jean-Pierre Lemaire[2]

 4:22

[edit] iTunes pre-order edition

# Title Length
17. “È, non è”

• Music & lyric: Niccolò Fabi

 3:38
18. “Non me lo so spiegare” solo version 4:35
19. “Il mio canto libero” solo version 4:40
20. “Come il sole all’improvviso” solo version 3:22

[edit] Yo canto

# Title Length
01. “Yo canto”

• Music: Riccardo Cocciante • Lyric: Marco Luberti • Spanish adaptation: Frank Andrada

 4:16
02. “Dos”

• Music: Raf • Lyric: Raf, Cheope[1] • Spanish adaptation: Ortiz,[3] Laura Pausini

 4:38
03. “Escríbeme”

• Music & lyric: Nino Buonocore, Michele de Vitis • Spanish adaptation: Ortiz, Laura Pausini

 3:52
04. “Mi libre canción” with Juanes

• Music: Lucio Battisti • Lyric: Mogol • Spanish adaptation: Carlos Ramón

 4:33
05. “Destino paraíso”

• Music: Gianluca Grignani • Lyric: Gianluca Grignani, Massimo Luca • Spanish adaptation: Ignacio Ballesteros Díaz

 3:39
06. “Estrella gemela”

• Music: Eros Ramazzotti, Adelo Cogliati • Lyric: Eros Ramazzotti, Giuseppe Tosetto, Mario Lavezzi
• Spanish adaptation: Ignacio de Loyola Mano Guillén, Javier Salvador Sánchez Bori, José Javier Mano Guillén

 4:37
07. “Como el sol inesperado”

• Music: Zucchero • Lyric: Gino Paoli • Spanish adaptation: Ortiz, Laura Pausini

 3:19
08. “Cinco días”

• Music: Michele Zarrillo • Lyric: Vincenzo Incenzo • Spanish adaptation: Ignacio Ballesteros Díaz

 4:04
09. “Y mi banda toca el rock”

• Music & lyric: Ivano Fossati • Spanish adaptation: Hidalgo

 3:45
10. “Dispárame, dispara”

• Music: Samuele Bersani, Giuseppe d’Onghia • Lyric: Samuele Bersani, Lucio Dalla • Spanish adaptation: Ortiz, Laura Pausini

 4:08
11. “Corazón frágil”

• Music & lyric: Vasco Rossi • Spanish adaptation: Ortiz, Laura Pausini

 3:26
12. “No me lo puedo explicar” with Tiziano Ferro

• Music & lyric: Tiziano Ferro • Spanish adaptation: Tiziano Ferro

 4:32
13. “En los jardines donde nadie va”

• Music & lyric: Renato Zero, Danilo Riccardi • Spanish adaptation: Ortiz, Laura Pausini

 5:13
14. “En un cuarto casi rosa”

• Music & lyric: Biagio Antonacci • Spanish adaptation: Ortiz, Laura Pausini

 4:33
15. “Cuando”

• Music & lyric: Pino Daniele • Spanish adaptation: Ortiz, Laura Pausini

 3:41
16. “Por el camino”

• Music & lyric: Claudio Baglioni • Spanish adaptation: Ortiz

 5:40

[edit] iTunes pre-order edition

# Title Length
17. “Es, no es”

• Music & lyric: Niccolò Fabi • Spanish adaptation: Carmen Fernández

 3:38
18. “No me lo puedo explicar” solo version 4:35
19. “Mi libre canción” solo version 4:40
20. “Como el sol inesperado” solo version 3:22

[edit] Chart performance

The first single "Io canto" debuted at #3 on the Italian chart at the beginning of November, and it peaked at #1 in the week before Christmas. It has spent a total of 4 weeks at the top spot. The album debuted at #1 in the Italian chart with 270,000 copies shipped in the first week. At the end of 2006 it became the Italian's best-selling album of the year with sales over 500,000 copies. It has spent a total of 8 weeks at #1. As of February 2008 the album sold over 2,500,000 copies worldwide.

Album
edition		 Chart Peak
position
Italian Italy Album Chart 1
Italian Swiss Top 100 Album 1
Italian Greece 7
Spanish U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 12
Spanish Spain 15
Italian France 14
Spanish Argentina 16
Italian Brazil 18
Spanish U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Albums 22
Italian Finland 30
Italian Dutch Album Chart 62
Italian Belgium 7
Spanish Mexico 15
Italian Croatia 3
Spanish Uruguay 7
Spanish Venezuela 14
Spanish Chile 17

[edit] Tour

Pausini chose not to do a tour to promote Io canto. Instead, she opted for a single concert in Milan, in the Stadio San Siro, making history as the first female artist to play a gig in this venue. The sold out concert happened on June 2 2007. Approximately 70,000 fans attended in the incessant rain. Tiziano Ferro appeared for a duet. The two and a half hour concert has been released on DVD in December 2007.[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Alfredo Rapetti billed as Cheope
  2. ^ Jean-Pierre Lemaire also known as Kernoa
  3. ^ Milagrosa "Mila" Ortiz Martín billed as Ortiz[1]
  4. ^ Laura Pausini's official site

[edit] References