''Resta in ascolto'' (English: "Keep Listening") is the eighth studio album by Italian singer

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, released by

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on 22 October 2004. ''Escucha'' is its

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and

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-winning Spanish language equivalent released for the

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market making her the first and only Italian female to receive such award. The album in its two version (Italian and Spanish). ''Escucha'' features "Víveme", theme song of the highly successful Mexican telenovela '' La madrastra'' (2005). The song's exposure extended to the United States when

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acquired the telenovela and began its broadcast of ''La madrastra'' in March 2005. In September 2006, following a year of praise and formal recognition—particularly from the

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—Warner Music released special edition CD+DVDs of ''Escucha'' in Argentina and the United States. The special editions feature previously unreleased bonus tracks presented in music video form. These tracks include "Prendo te" and "De tu amor". Promoting the album, Pausini embarked on a world tour during the early 6 months of 2005. The tour has yielded a DVD.

Background

The recording is on the subject of a break-up and was written in 2002, during Pausini's separation from her ex-boyfriend and producer Alfredo Cerruti. The album features the song "Mi abbandono a te" / "Me abandono a ti", co-written by Pausini,

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. It also includes the ballad "Vivimi" / "Viveme", written by

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, and the single "Benedetta passione" / "Bendecida pasión", penned by Italian

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-star

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. The album is mainly focused on themes of anger, bitterness, desire for independence and interior peace, but also features a song about the

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, in which Pausini sings about Ali Ismail Abbas, a boy who was severely injured in a nighttime rocket attack near

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in 2003.

Track listing

''Resta in ascolto''

''Escucha''

Limited edition DVD

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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Production credits

* Giulio Antognini – assistant engineer, mixing assistant *

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– wardrobe * Antonio Baglio – mastering * Joe Beckett – project coordinator * Luca Bignardi – computers, engineer, mixing, programming * Matteo Bolzoni – assistant engineer, mixing assistant * Marco Borsatti – engineer * John Brough – engineer, mixing * Cesare Chiodo – producer * Peter Cobbin – string engineer * Emiliano Fantuzzi – pre-production * Daniela Federici – photography * Geoff Foster – string engineer * Roberta Frau – assistant * Chris Garcia – engineer * Gabriele Gigli – assistant engineer, mixing assistant * Kieron Menzies – engineer *

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– producer

Music credits

* Rusty Anderson – electric guitar *

– composer * J. Badia – adaptation * Eric Buffat – composer * Cheope – composer * Cesare Chiodo – bass,

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, keyboards, piano, composer * Luis Conte – percussions * Paolo Costa – bass * Gaetano Curreri – composer * Emiliano Fantuzzi – electric guitar * Gabriele Fersini – electric guitar * Riccardo Galardini – acoustic guitar * Antonio Galbiati – composer * Paolo Gianolio – acoustic guitar * Alfredo Golino – drums * Saverio Grandi – composer * Charles Judge – effects, keyboards,

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– composer * Rick Nowels – keyboards, Spanish guitar * Dado Parisini – arranger, brass arrangement, director, keyboards, piano * Laura Pausini – adaptation, composer, vocals * Carlos Alberto Perez – percussion * Roberto Rossi –

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– composer * Marco Tamburini –

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– arranger, bandir, bass,

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s, conductor, drum programming, effects, string arrangements * Ian Thomas – drums * León Tristán – adaptation *

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– arranger, conductor, keyboards, piano, string arrangements * Michele Vanni – acoustic guitar * Massimo Varini – acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Vasko Vassiliev – concert master * Daniel Vuletic – acoustic guitar, composer * Geoff Westley – conductor, string arrangements * Gavyn Wright – concert master

References

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