Eros (Eros Ramazzotti album)

Eros
Greatest hits album by Eros Ramazzotti
Released 28 October 1997
Recorded Fonoprint, Bologna, Italy
Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Pop, rock
Length 76:02
Label BMG
Producer Eros Ramazzotti, Piero Cassano
Eros Ramazzotti chronology
Dove c'è musica
(1996)		 Eros
(1997)		 Stilelibero
(2000)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic [1]

Eros is the first greatest hits album by Italian pop/rock singer Eros Ramazzotti, released in 1997 on the BMG label. Of the album's 16 tracks, five are original recordings, nine re-recordings and two new tracks. Two of the re-recorded tracks are duets; "Musica è" featuring Andrea Bocelli and "Cose della vita (Can't Stop Thinking of You)" with Tina Turner. Eros topped the albums chart in six countries.

Contents

Track listing

Original recordings - Tracks 7, 10, 12, 14, 15
Re-recordings - Tracks 1-6, 8, 9, 13
New recordings - Tracks 11, 16
Tracks written by Eros Ramazzotti, Piero Cassano, Adelio Cogliati unless stated

  1. "Terra promessa" (Ramazzotti, Brioschi, Salerno) - 4:38
  2. "Una storia importante" - 4:05
  3. "Adesso tu" - 4:02
  4. "Ma che bello questo amore" - 4:12
  5. "Musica è" - 9:46 (Duet with Andrea Bocelli)
  6. "Occhi di speranza" - 3:19
  7. "Più bella cosa" - 4:24
  8. "Memorie" - 3:31
  9. "Cose della vita (Can't Stop Thinking of You)" (Ramazzotti, Cassano, Cogliati, Ralston, Turner) - 4:48 (Duet with Tina Turner)
  10. "L'aurora" - 5:32
  11. "Ancora un minuto di sole" (Ramazzotti, Cassano, Cogliati, Fabrizio) - 3:56
  12. "Quasi amore" - 5:08
  13. "Se bastasse una canzone" - 5:22
  14. "Un'altra te" - 4:40
  15. "Favola" - 4:23
  16. "Quanto amore sei" (Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti) - 4:16

Charts and certifications

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[18] Platinum 60,000x
Austria (IFPI Austria)[19] 2× Platinum 100,000x
Belgium (BEA)[20] 2× Platinum 100,000*
France (SNEP)[21] 2× Platinum 600,000*
Greece (IFPI Greece)[22] Platinum 60,000^
Germany (BVMI)[23] 3× Platinum 1,500,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[24] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[25] 2× Platinum 160,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[26] 4× Platinum 200,000x
United States (RIAA)[27] 2× Platinum (Latin) 200,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[28] 5× Platinum 5,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
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