E² (album)

e²
Greatest hits album by Eros Ramazzotti
Released October 26, 2007
Recorded 1985-2007
Genre Pop, Latin music
Label Sony BMG, Ariola
Eros Ramazzotti chronology
Calma apparente
(2005)		 e²
(2007)		 Ali e radici
(2009)

e² is a greatest hits album by Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti, released in Europe and Latin America on October 26, 2007. This is his fourteenth album (including live and compilation albums), and his second Greatest Hits Album after Eros in 1997. The first single of the album is "Non Siamo Soli", a vocal duet with Latin singer Ricky Martin.

Contents

Track listing

Disc 1

The first disc is composed by 4 new songs and 14 remastered hits.

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Non siamo soli" (duet with Ricky Martin) Kaballà, Claudio Guidetti, Eros Ramazzotti 3:45
2. "Terra promessa"   Alberto Salerno, Ramazzotti, Renato Brioschi 3:35
3. "Una storia importante"   Piero Cassano, Adelio Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:05
4. "Un cuore con le ali"   Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 3:50
5. "Adesso tu"   Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:02
6. "Se bastasse una canzone"   Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 5:05
7. "Cose della vita (Can't stop thinking of you)" (duet with Tina Turner) Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti, J. Ralston 4:48
8. "Un'altra te"   Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:40
9. "Favola"   Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:20
10. "L'aurora"   Cogliati, Ramazzotti 5:37
11. "Più bella cosa"   Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:23
12. "Più che puoi" (duet with Cher) Cogliati, Ramazzotti, Antonio Galbiati, Cher 4:11
13. "Non ti prometto niente"   Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:05
14. "I Belong to You (Il ritmo della passione)" (duet with Anastacia) DioGuardi, Kaballà, Anastacia, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 4:26
15. "La nostra vita"   Guidetti, Ramazzotti 4:37
16. "Ci parliamo da grandi"   Alice Visconti, Guy Chambers, Niccolò Agliardi, Ramazzotti 4:33
17. "Dove si nascondono gli angeli"   Kaballà, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 3:44
18. "Il tempo tra di noi"   Kaballà, Ramazzotti, Galbiati 4:26

Disc 2

The second disc is composed by 17 hits revised with popular international artists.

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Adesso tu" (with Gian Piero Reverberi & London Session Orchestra) Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 3:59
2. "Cose che ho visto" (produced by Michele Canova) Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:07
3. "Musica è" (with Gian Piero Reverberi & London Session Orchestra) Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 12:24
4. "Dolce Barbara" (with Dado Moroni) Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:23
5. "Taxy Story" (with Jon Spencer) Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:00
6. "Cose della vita" (produced by John Shanks) Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:25
7. "L'aurora" (with Wyclef Jean) Cogliati, Ramazzotti 3:19
8. "Più bella cosa" (produced by John Shanks) Cogliati, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 4:23
9. "Dove c'è musica" (with Steve Vai) Maurizio Fabrizio, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 5:01
10. "E ancor mi chiedo" (with Gian Piero Reverberi & London Session Orchestra) Fabrizio, Cogliati, Guidetti Ramazzotti 5:17
11. "Fuoco nel fuoco" (with Carlos Santana) Cogliati, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 4:02
12. "L'ombra del gigante" (produced by Pat Leonard) Lorenzo Cherubini, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 4:26
13. "Il buio ha i tuoi occhi" (with Rhythm Del Mundo) Cogliati, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 4:04
14. "Un attimo di pace" (with Take 6) Cogliati, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 3:18
15. "Un'emozione per sempre" (with The Chieftains) Fabrizio, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 3:46
16. "Solo ieri" (with Gian Piero Reverberi & London Session Orchestra) Fabrizio, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 4:09
17. "Está pasando noviembre" (with Amaia Montero) Fabrizio, Guidetti, Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Ortiz 4:11

DVD (Limited edition only)

A limited edition was released in Italy, featuring an additional DVD with a selection of 14 music videos.

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "La luce buona delle stelle" (duet with Patsy Kensit) Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:32
2. "Se bastasse una canzone"   Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:51
3. "Ancora vita"   Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:21
4. "Cose della vita"   Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:13
5. "Un'altra te"   Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:21
6. "Più bella cosa"   Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:32
7. "Stella gemella"   Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Mario Lavezzi, Vladimiro Tosetto 5:37
8. "L'aurora"   Cogliati, Ramazzotti 4:44
9. "Cose della vita (Can't stop thinking of you)" (duet with Tina Turner) Cassano, Cogliati, Ramazzotti, Ralston 5:07
10. "L'ombra del gigante"   Cherubini, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 4:32
11. "Solo ieri"   Cogliati, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 4:13
12. "I Belong to You (Il ritmo della passione)" (duet with Anastacia) DioGuardi, Kaballà, Anastacia, Guidetti, Ramazzotti 4:50
13. "Bambino nel tempo"   Ramazzotti, Guidetti, Giuseppe Rinaldi 4:26

Chart positions and sales

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[21] Platinum 20,000x
Belgium (BEA)[22] Platinum 30,000*
France (SNEP)[23] Gold 75,000*
Germany (BVMI)[24] Gold 100,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[10] Gold 7,500^
Hungary (Mahasz)[25] 2× Platinum 12,000x
Italy (FIMI)[26] Diamond 600,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[27] Gold 10,000*
Portugal (AFP)[28] Gold 10,000x
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[29] Platinum 80,000^
Sweden (GLF)[30] 2× Platinum 80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[31] 2× Platinum 40,000x
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[32] Platinum 1,000,000*

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

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