''Capo Nord'' is the third studio album by Italian singer-songwriter
Alice, released in 1980 on
EMI Music
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.
The album includes Alice's Italian breakthrough single "Il vento caldo dell'estate", her first collaboration with composer and singer
Franco Battiato
Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, a ...
.
After Alice won the
Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual ...
in 1981 with "
Per Elisa
''Alice'' (also known as ''Per Elisa'') is the fourth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1981 on EMI Music.
The album includes Alice's winning entry in the 1981 Sanremo Music Festival, "Per Elisa", and the ''Alice'' ...
", ''Capo Nord'' was re-released in certain territories and then added the track as A5.
Alternate versions of both "Rumba Rock" (then retitled "Hispavox") and "Il vento caldo dell'estate" were included on the 1987 album ''
Elisir''. "Il vento caldo dell'estate" was again re-recorded in 2000 and included in the career retrospective ''
Personal Jukebox
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''.
Track listing
;Side A
#"Il vento caldo dell'estate (
Franco Battiato
Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, a ...
, Giusto Pio,
Alice) – 3:34
#"Bazar (Alice,
Franco Battiato
Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, a ...
, Giusto Pio) – 3:03
#"Sarà" (Alice,
Franco Battiato
Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, a ...
, Giusto Pio) – 3:01
#"Lenzuoli bianchi" (Alice,
Franco Battiato
Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, a ...
, Giusto Pio) – 3:34
#"Una sera di novembre" (Alice,
Franco Battiato
Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, a ...
, Giusto Pio) – 3:03
;Side B
#"Sera (Alice) – 3:48
#"Bael" (Alice,
Franco Battiato
Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, a ...
, Giusto Pio) – 3:44
#"Rumba Rock" (also known as "Hispavox"; Alice,
Franco Battiato
Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, a ...
, Giusto Pio) – 4:14
#"Guerriglia urbana" (Alice, Giusto Pio, Franco Battiato) – 4:06
Personnel
*
Alice – lead vocals, synthesizer tracks A1, A3, A5
* Mauro Spina – drums
* Stefano Cerri – bass guitar
* Cosimo Fabiano – bass guitar track B4
* Alberto Radius – guitar,
sitar
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* Giusto Pio – violin
* Filippo Destieri – keyboard instruments
* Mark Harris – piano
* Roberto Colombo – keyboards tracks A3, A4
* Lino "Capra" Vaccina –
timpani
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Production
* Angelo Carrara – record producer
*
Franco Battiato
Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, a ...
– musical arranger
* Giusto Pio – musical arranger
* Enzo "Titti" Denna –
sound engineer
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* Recorded and mixed at Capolago Sound Studios,
Milan
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* Luciano Tallarini –
graphic design
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* Mauro Balletti – photography
External links
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1980 albums
Alice (singer) albums
EMI Records albums
Italian-language albums