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Elisir (Alice Album)
''Elisir'' is the ninth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in late 1987 on EMI Music. The album was recorded after the 1986/1987 European '' Park Hotel'' concert tour and includes new interpretations of six songs from the singer's earlier repertoire as performed on the tour, as well as the previously unreleased "Nuvole" ("Clouds") and a cover version of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's "The Fool on the Hill", released as the album's lead single. The ''Elisir'' was a commercial success in both Continental Europe and Scandinavia and was later awarded the prize Goldene Europa for sales on the West German market. The track "Hispavox" was first released as "Rumba Rock" on the 1980 album '' Capo Nord''. ''Elisir'' was released with a revised track list under the title '' Kusamakura'' in Japan in 1988, then also including tracks from 1986's '' Park Hotel'' as well as the previously unreleased recording "Le scogliere di Dover". Both "Il vento caldo dell'estate" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisir (Roberto Vecchioni Album)
Roberto Vecchioni (born 25 June 1943) is an Italian singer-songwriter, singer-lyricist, lyricist, teacher and writer. Biography Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, Province of Monza and Brianza, to a Neapolitan family . In 1968 he graduated in Classical Literature at the Catholic University of Milan, where he subsequently worked for two years as assistant lecturer of History of Religion. Later he was appointed professor of literature and history at a Milanese High School, an activity that he continued for almost thirty years and that would influence several of his songs. His career in the Italian music industry began in the late 1960s as songwriter for Italian pop stars such as Ornella Vanoni, Gigliola Cinquetti, Mina, Iva Zanicchi and the band Nuovi Angeli. Vecchioni's first solo album, ''Parabola'' was released in 1971. In 1973 he took part in the Sanremo Festival with "L'uomo che si gioca il cielo a dadi". His 1974 LP, '' Il re non si diverte'', won the Best Year's Album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |