''Elisir'' is the ninth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter

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, released in late 1987 on

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. 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

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's "

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", released as the album's lead single. The ''Elisir'' was a commercial success in both

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and was later awarded the prize

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for sales on the

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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" and "I treni di Tozeur" were again re-recorded and included in the 2000 career retrospective ''

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''.

Track listing

;Side A #"Nuvole" (

, Tuni, Francesco Messina) – 5:13 #* Previously unreleased recording. #"Il vento caldo dell'estate" (1987 version) (Alice,

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, Giusto Pio) – 4:26 #* Original version appears on 1980 album '' Capo Nord''. #"Notte a Roma" (1987 version) (Alice) – 4:14 #* Original version appears on 1983 album ''

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''. #"Hispavox" (Alice,

, Giusto Pio) – 5:03 #* Original version entitled "Rumba Rock" appears on 1980 album '' Capo Nord''. ;Side B #"

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" (1987 solo version) (Franco Battiato, Saro Cosentino, Giusto Pio) – 4:23 #* Original duet version with

released as single in 1984. #"

" (

) – 3:32 #* Previously unreleased recording #"Una notte speciale" (1987 version) (Alice, Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio) – 4:40 #* Original version appears on 1981 album ''

'', also known as ''Per Elisa''. #"La mano" (1987 version) (Alice) – 5:42 #* Original version appears on 1982 album '' Azimut''.

Personnel

– lead vocals, keyboard instruments * Curt Cress – drums, percussion instruments * Filippo Destrieri – keyboards, computer and drum machine * Michele Fedrigotti – keyboards,

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, synthesizer bass * Marco Guarnerio – acoustic and electric guitars * Francesco Messina – keyboard programming * Marco Liverani – keyboards

Production

* Francesco Messina – record producer, musical arranger * Marco Liverani – musical arranger * Marco Guarniero – collaborator musical arrangements * Michele Fedrigotti – musical supervisor * Benedict Tobias Fenner –

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* Mixed by Benedict Tobias Fenner except "Notte a Roma" mixed by Marco Guarnerio * Recorded and mixed at Logic Studio

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in September and October 1987 * CDG Milano –

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* Mastered at

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, London * Polystudio & EMI Creative Service – cover design * Gik Piccardi – cover photography * Gioi Ardessi – make-up * Alessandro Paderni – tour photography

External links

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