''Dieci stratagemmi'' () is an album by
Franco Battiato. It was released in fall of 2004 by
Sony Music
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, and features musicians like the
Krisma
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and
Lacuna Coil
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's female singer
Cristina Scabbia
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.
Battiato came up with the idea of this album after reading the book ''
Thirty-Six Stratagems
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Track listing
# "Tra sesso e castità" - 3:26
# "Le aquile non volano a stormi" - 3:27
# "Ermeneutica" - 3:34
# "Fortezza Bastiani" - 3:21
# "Odore di polvere da sparo" - 3:29
# "I'm That" - 3:33
# "Conforto alla vita" - 3:23
# "23 coppie di cromosomi" - 3:35
# "Apparenza e realtà" - 3:39
# "La porta dello spavento supremo"; "La porta dello spavento supremo, il sogno" - 3:50
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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Franco Battiato albums
2004 albums
Italian-language albums