La voce del Padrone
Encyclopedia
La voce del padrone is an album by Italian
singer-songwriter Franco Battiato
, released by EMI Italian in 1981. The album followed L'era del cinghiale bianco (1979) and Patriots (1980), which signed a return by Battiato to a more pop-oriented style.
La voce del padrone, besides being Battiato's first pop success, was also the first Italian LP to sell more than one million copies.
. In La voce del padrone Battiato could rely on Pio's collaboration too, even if violin was never used in the scores.
, Dance
and Progressive
. "Bandiera bianca" quotes Mr. Tambourine Man
by Bob Dylan
. The most important song of LP is "Summer on a solitary beach", "Bandiera bianca" (one of the bigger success of Battiato) and "Centro di gravità permanente"
Italy
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singer-songwriter Franco Battiato
Franco Battiato
Francesco Battiato is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes...
, released by EMI Italian in 1981. The album followed L'era del cinghiale bianco (1979) and Patriots (1980), which signed a return by Battiato to a more pop-oriented style.
La voce del padrone, besides being Battiato's first pop success, was also the first Italian LP to sell more than one million copies.
Overview
Before L'era del cinghiale bianco Battiato had begun to collaborate with violinist and composer Giusto PioGiusto Pio
Giusto Pio is an Italian musician and songwriter.Born at Castelfranco Veneto , he studied music in Venice...
. In La voce del padrone Battiato could rely on Pio's collaboration too, even if violin was never used in the scores.
Album
The album is a mixture of SynthpopSynthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
, Dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
and Progressive
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
. "Bandiera bianca" quotes Mr. Tambourine Man
Mr. Tambourine Man
"Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, which was released on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. The Byrds also recorded a version of the song that was released as their first single on Columbia Records, reaching number 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and...
by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
. The most important song of LP is "Summer on a solitary beach", "Bandiera bianca" (one of the bigger success of Battiato) and "Centro di gravità permanente"
Track listing
- "Summer on a solitary beach" - 4:34
- "Bandiera bianca" - 5:19
- "Gli uccelli" - 4:43
- "Cuccurucucù" - 4:09
- "Segnali di vita" - 3:37
- "Centro di gravità permanente" - 3:55
- "Sentimiento nuevo" - 4:18
Personnel
- Alfredo Golino - DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Paolo Donnarumma - Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Filippo Destrieri - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Alberto Radius - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Claudio Pascoli - SaxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Donato Scolese - VibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
- Madrigalisti di Milano - ChoirChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...