Gioielli Rubati - Alice Canta Battiato

Infobox Album |
Name = Gioielli Rubati - Alice Canta Battiato
Type = album
Artist = Alice


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Released = 1985
Recorded = 1985
Genre = Pop, Rock
Length = 31:34
Label = EMI
Producer = Angelo Carrara
Reviews = Allmusic [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfixqu5ldfe]
Chronology =
Last album = "Falsi Allarmi"
(1983)
This album = "Gioielli Rubati - Alice Canta Battiato"
(1983)
Next album = "Park Hotel"
(1986)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
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Lower caption =1997 EMI compilation "Alice Canta Battiato"

"Gioielli Rubati - Alice canta Battiato" is the seventh studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1985 on EMI Music.

The album whose title translates as "Stolen Jewels - Alice sings Battiato" followed the highly successful 1984 single and Eurovision Song Contest entry "I Treni Di Tozeur", a duet with the composer. "Gioielli Rubati" includes songs from Battiato's pop albums "L'Era Del Cinghale Bianco" ("The Era of the White Boar", 1979), "Patriots" (1980), "La Voce Del Padrone" ("His Master's Voice", 1981), "L'Arca Di Noè" ("Noah's Ark", 1982) and "Orizzonti Perduti" ("Lost Horizons", 1983). "Luna Indiana" ("Indian Moon"), loosely based on Mozart's "Moonlight Sonata" and originally largely instrumental had new lyrics penned by Battiato, partly spoken and partly sung by Alice. Just like the preceding single "I Treni Di Tozeur" the album prominently features strings courtesy of the opera house La Scala, arranged and conducted by classical composer Roberto Cacciapaglia.

The opening track "Prospettiva Nevski", describing a day at Saint Petersburg's Nevsky Prospekt in the early 20th century, became Alice's best-selling single in Continental Europe and Scandinavia since her breakthrough with Sanremo music festival winner "Per Elisa" in 1981. Further single releases from the "Gioielli Rubati" album include "A Summer on A Solitary Beach", "Luna Indiana" and "Il Re del Mondo". Franco Battiato himself released the album "Mondi Lontanissimi" ("Very Distant Worlds") the same year, which also included a new version of "Il Re Del Mondo" as well as solo interpretations of "I Treni Di Tozeur" and "Chanson Egocentrique", both previously recorded as duets with Alice.

A re-recorded version of "Prospettiva Nevski" with the London Session Orchestra was included on the 2000 career retrospective "Personal Jukebox".

The "Gioielli Rubati" album should not be confused with the EMI budget compilation "Alice Canta Battiato" which comprises tracks from "Gioielli Rubati", "Capo Nord" (1980), "Alice" (1981), "Azimut" (1982) and "Elisir" (1987), released in 1997 after the artist had left the label and signed with Warner Music.

Track listing

;Side A
#"Prospettiva Nevski" (Franco Battiato) - 3:39
#"Il Re Del Mondo" (Franco Battiato) - 2:57
#"Mal D'Africa" (Franco Battiato) - 2:56
#Segnali Di Vita" (Franco Battiato) - 3:35
#"Le Aquile" (Fleur Jaeggy, Franco Battiato) - 2:55

;Side B
#"Summer on a Solitary Beach" (Franco Battiato) - 4:32
#"Gli Uccelli" (Franco Battiato) - 4:07
#"Un'Altra Vita" (Franco Battiato) - 3:31
#"Luna Indiana" (Francesco Messina, Franco Battiato) - 3:22

Personnel

* Alice - lead vocals
* Aldo Banfi - computers, keyboards, drum machines
* Michele Fedrigotti - keyboards
* Orchestra della Scala di Milano (The La Scala Orchestra, Milan) - string instruments, woodwind instruments

Production

* Angelo Carrara - record producer
* Roberto Cacciapaglia - musical arranger, sound engineer
* Recorded at Studio Sette, Milan (February 1985)
* Franco Zorzi - sound engineer
* Mixed at The Power Station Studios, New York (March 1985)
* Jeff Friedriekson - sound engineer
* Francesco Messina - art direction
* Gik Piccardi - photography