Azimut (Alice album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Alice (Per Elisa)
Type = album
Artist = Alice


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Released = 1982
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Pop, Rock
Length = 36:46
Label = EMI
Producer = Angelo Carrara
Reviews = Allmusic [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:3pfixqu5ldfe]
Chronology =
Last album = "Alice"
(1981)
This album = "Azimut"
(1982)
Next album = "Falsi Allarmi"
(1983)

"Azimut" is the fifth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1982 on EMI Music.

Singles released from the album include "Messaggio" (1982), "A Cosa Pensano" (1982) and "Chanson Egocentrique" (1983), the latter a duet with Franco Battiato. The track "Messagio" was co-written by Battiato under one of his pseudonyms, "Albert Kui". The closing track "Laura Degli Specchi" ("Laura With The Mirrors") was written by singer-songwriter Eugenio Finardi, whose "Le Ragazze Di Osaka" Alice would later cover on her 1989 album "Il Sole Nella Pioggia".

An alternate version of the track "La Mano" appears on the 1987 album "Elisir". Re-recorded versions of both "A Cosa Pensano" and "Chanson Egocentrique" were included on the 2000 career retrospective "Personal Jukebox".

Track listing

;Side A
#"Azimut" (Alice) - 3:44
#"A Cosa Pensano" (Francesco Messina, Alice) - 3:42
#"Animali D'America" (Alice) - 4:09
#"Deciditi" (Alice) - 3:39
#"Messaggio" (Alice, Albert Kui (pseudonym for Franco Battiato), Giusto Pio) - 3:46

;Side B
#"Principessa" (Alice) - 4:28
#"La Mano" (Alice) - 5:35
#"Chanson Egocentrique" (duet with Franco Battiato) (Franco Battiato, Francesco Messina, Tommaso Tramonti) - 3:52
#"Laura Degli Specchi (Eugenio Finardi) - 3:51

Personnel

* Alice - lead vocals, piano & synthesizers trks A1, A3 & B2
* Matteo Fasolino - synthesizer
* Alfredo Golino - drums
* Franco Testa - bass guitar
* Paolo Donnarumma - bass guitar trk A5
* Claudio Bizzarri - guitars
* Alberto Radius - guitars trk A5
* Claudio Pascoli - saxophone trks A3 & B3
* Giorgio Baiocco - saxophone trk A5
* Filippo Destrieri - keyboards trks A5 & B4

Production

* Angelo Carrara - record producer
* Alice - musical arranger, sound engineer
* Matteo Fasolino - musical arranger, sound engineer
* Alfredo Golino - musical arranger, rhythm section
* Albert Kui (Franco Battiato) - musical arranger track A5
* Giusto Pio - musical arranger track A5
* Eugenio Finardi - musical arranger tracks B2, B4
* Enzo "Titti" Denna - sound engineer
* Recorded at Stone Castle Studios except tracks A5 & B4 at Radius Studio
* Mulino - sound mixing