''Azimut'' is the fifth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1982 on

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. Singles released from the album include "Messaggio" (1982), "A cosa pensano" (1982) and "Chan-son Egocentrique" (1983), the latter a duet with Franco Battiato. The track "Messaggio" 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 ''

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''. An alternate version of the track "La Mano" appears on the 1987 album '' Elisir''. Re-recorded versions of both "A cosa pensano" and "Chan-son Egocentrique" were included in the 2000 career retrospective ''

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''.

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

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), Giusto Pio) – 3:46 ;Side B #"Principessa" (Alice) – 4:28 #"La mano" (Alice) – 5:35 #"Chan-son 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 & synthesizer tracks A1, A3 & B2 * Matteo Fasolino – keyboards, piano, synthesizer * Alfredo Golino – drums, percussions * Franco Testa – bass guitar * Paolo Donnarumma – bass guitar track A5 * Claudio Bizzarri – guitar * Alberto Radius – guitar track A5 * Claudio Pascoli – saxophone tracks A3 & B3 * Giorgio Baiocco – saxophone track A5 * Filippo Destrieri – keyboards tracks A5 & B4

Production

* Angelo Carrara – record producer * Alice – musical arranger,

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* Matteo Fasolino – musical arranger, sound engineer * Alfredo Golino – musical arranger, rhythm section * Albert Kui (

) – musical arranger track A5 * Giusto Pio – musical arranger track A5 * Eugenio Finardi – musical arranger tracks B2, B4 * Enzo "Titti" Denna –

* Recorded at Stone Castle Studios except tracks A5 & B4 at Radius Studio * Mulino –

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Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1982 albums Alice (singer) albums EMI Records albums Italian-language albums