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", a duet with singer and composer

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, and the following tribute album '' Gioielli rubati - Alice canta Battiato'' in 1985, including hit single "Prospettiva Nevski"; the cover picture is in fact from the same photo sessions as for the ''Gioielli Rubati'' album. The collection, which was the first career retrospective and also compact disc release with Alice, comprises material from her first four studio albums for the EMI label, '' Capo Nord'' (1980), '' Alice'' (also known as ''Per Elisa'', 1981), '' Azimut'' (1982) and ''

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'' (1983), including hit singles "Il vento caldo dell'estate", "Per Elisa", "Una notte speciale", "Messaggio" and "Notte a Roma" and the set opens with her first duet with Franco Battiato, 1982's "Chan-son Egocentrique". The ''Alice'' compilation is not to be confused with a similar eponymously titled compilation, first released by CGD/

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in 1984.

Track listing

#"Chan-son Egocentrique" (duet with Franco Battiato) (Franco Battiato, Francesco Messina, Tommaso Tramonti) – 3:52 #* From 1982 album '' Azimut'' #"Azimut" ( Alice) – 3:44 #* From 1982 album '' Azimut'' #"La mano" (Alice) – 5:35 #* From 1982 album '' Azimut'' #"A cosa pensano" (Francesco Messina, Alice) – 3:42 #* From 1982 album '' Azimut'' #"Messaggio" (Alice, Albert Kui (pseudonym for Franco Battiato), Giusto Pio) – 3:46 #* From 1982 album '' Azimut'' #"Principessa" (Alice) – 4:28 #* From 1982 album '' Azimut'' #"Il vento caldo dell'estate" (Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio, Francesco Messina, Alice) – 3:34 #* From 1980 album '' Capo Nord'' #"Una sera di Novembre" (Alice) – 3:03 #* From 1980 album '' Capo Nord'' #"Solo un'idea" ( Alice, Matteo Fasolino, Alice) – 4:16 #* From 1983 album ''

'' #"Il profumo del silenzio" (Alice, Matteo Fasolino, Alice) – 4:32 #* From 1983 album ''

'' #"Notte a Roma" (Alice) – 4:22 #* From 1983 album ''

'' #"La canzone più bella" (Alice, Matteo Fasolino, Alice) – 5:07 #* From 1983 album ''

'' #"Per Elisa" (Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio, Alice) – 3:40 #* From 1981 album '' Alice'' #"Una notte speciale" (Alice,

, Giusto Pio) – 4:14 #* From 1981 album '' Alice''

Sources and external links

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alice (1986 Album) 1986 greatest hits albums Alice (singer) albums EMI Records compilation albums Italian-language compilation albums