Anima latina

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Anima latina
Lucio Battisti - Anima latina.jpg
Studio album by
Lucio Battisti
ReleasedDecember 1974
GenreProgressive rock, pop rock, psychedelic rock
Length47:59
Label
ProducerLucio Battisti, Mogol
Lucio Battisti chronology
Il nostro caro angelo
(1973) 		Anima latina
(1974) 		Lucio Battisti, la batteria, il contrabbasso, eccetera
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]
Ondarock8/10 stars – milestone[2][3]

Anima latina (Latin soul) is an album by the Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Battisti. It was released in December 1974 by . The album was arranged and produced by the lyricist Mogol and Battisti in its entirety, with performances by various semi-unknown musicians. It is considered one of Battisti's masterpieces for signalling a significant departure from his previous records. Anima latina was Italy's eighth best-selling album of 1975.[4]

The album[]

Anima latina was meant by Battisti as an experiment, "the exact point of rupture between [his] yesterday and [his] tomorrow".[5] The album was conceived after a trip which Battisti took to South America and is particularly influenced by Brazilian music.

Track listing[]

All lyrics written by Mogol, all music composed by Battisti.

  1. "Abbracciala abbracciali abbracciati" (Embrace Her, Embrace Them, Embrace Yourself) – 7:04
  2. "Due mondi" (Two Worlds) – 5:13
  3. "Anonimo" (Anonymous) – 7:03
  4. "Gli uomini celesti" (The Celestial Men) – 5:06
  5. "Gli uomini celesti (ripresa)" (The Celestial Men (reprise)) – 0:52
  6. "Due mondi (ripresa)" (Two Worlds (reprise)) – 1:10
  7. "Anima latina" (Latin Soul) – 6:37
  8. "Il salame" (The Salami) – 3:38
  9. "La nuova America" (The New America) – 2:49
  10. "Macchina del tempo" (Time Machine) – 6:59
  11. "Separazione naturale" (Natural Separation) – 1:28

Personnel[]

  • Alberto Radius - backing vocals
  • Gianni Bogliano - trombone
  • Lucio Battisti - arranger, theorbo, composer, guitar, keyboards, piano, primary artist, vocals
  • Fabio Berruti - artwork, graphic design
  • Piero Bravin - sound technician
  • Pippo Colucci - trumpet
  • Mara Cubbedu - vocals (on "Due mondi"), backing vocals
  • Gianni Dall'Aglio - drums
  • La Rosa, Antonio - remastering
  • Massimo Luca - guitar
  • Claudio Maioli - keyboards
  • Mogol - composer
  • Caesar Monti - photography
  • Gigi Mucciolo - trumpet
  • Dodo Nileb (Franco Loprevite) - percussion
  • Claudio Pascoli - drums, flute
  • Gneo Pompeo - strings, synthesizer
  • Bob Wayne (Bob Callero) - bass,[ambiguous] basso continuo

The name "Gneo Pompeo" (Italian for Gnaeus Pompeius) is a pseudonym and is widely believed[according to whom?] to stand for Gian Piero Reverberi. It has also been claimed[citation needed] that it stands for Gabriele Lorenzi.

References[]

  1. ^ "Anima Latina". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  2. ^ Francesco Buffoli. "Lucio Battisti. Un'emozione italiana" (in Italian). Ondarock. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  3. ^ Salvatore Setola. "Lucio Battisti - Anima latina" (in Italian). Ondarock. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Classifica degli album più venduti del 1975" (in Italian). www.hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  5. ^ (in Italian) Rolling Stone Italia, No. 93, pp. 77-81

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