Park Hotel (Alice album)

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Park Hotel
Park Hotel cover
Studio album by Alice
Released 1986
Recorded 1986
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 38:13
Label EMI
Producer Francesco Messina
Professional reviews

All Music Guide [1]
Alice chronology
Gioielli Rubati - Alice Canta Battiato
(1985)		 Park Hotel
(1986)		 Elisir
(1987)

Park Hotel is the eighth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in late 1986 on EMI Music.

The album was recorded with a four-piece band consisting of Italian keyboardist Michele Fedrigotti plus three internationally acclaimed musicians: American bassist Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Yes, Lou Reed etc.), American drummer Jerry Marotta (Orleans, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Tony Levin Band etc.) and British guitarist Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Pink Floyd etc.).

Park Hotel which was Alice's first project to be produced by long-time collaborator Francesco Messina and included the single releases "Nomadi" and "Conoscersi" as well as other popular tracks like "Il Senso Dei Desideri", "Volo Di Notte", "Viali Di Solitudine" and "Nuvole Rosse" became one of the most commercially successful albums of the singer's career, a Top 20 hit in most parts of Continental Europe as well as Scandinavia (#14 Sweden) and Japan in early 1987. The track "Nomadi" was later covered by Franco Battiato on his 1988 album Fisiognomica.

A re-recorded version of "Nomadi" was included on the 2000 career retrospective Personal Jukebox.

[edit] Track listing

Side A
  1. "Il Senso Dei Desideri" (Alice, Mino Di Martino, Saro Cosentino) - 4:12
  2. "Viali Di Solitudine" (Francesco Messina, Marco Liverani) - 4:04
  3. "Conoscersi" (Francesco Messina, Alice, Marco Liverani) - 3:16
  4. "Città Chiusa" (Francesco Messina, Marco Liverani) - 4:21
  5. "Nuvole Rosse" (Saro Cosentino, Vincenzo Zitello) - 4:00
Side B
  1. "Luci Lontane" (Francesco Messina, Alice) - 5:13
  2. "Nomadi" (Juri Camisasca) - 4:29
  3. "Volo Di Notte" (Francesco Messina, Alice) - 5:07
  4. "Segni Nel Cielo" (Francesco Messina, Alice, Marco Liverani) - 4:13

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Francesco Messina - record producer, musical arranger
  • Alice - musical arranger
  • Michele Fedrigotti - musical supervision
  • Recorded at Lark Studio, Carimate
  • Allan Golberg - sound engineer
  • Jim at Logic Studio, Milan - assistant sound engineer
  • Benedict Tobias Fenner - assistant sound engineer
  • Mauro Stokmajer - technical assistance
  • Fabio Montaldi - technical assistance
  • Mixed by Benedict Tobias Fenner at Logic Studio, Milan
  • Polystudio - cover design
  • Pia Valentinis - artwork
  • Fulvio Ventura - photography