''Gommalacca'' (Italian for "
Shellac
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") is a studio album by Italian singer-songwriter
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 ...
, issued in 1998. The album was described as "vigorous and inspired
..with hard and distorted sounds and bold samples set in lavish arrangements."
Track listing
#''Shock in my town''- 4.24 -
(lyrics: Franco Battiato, Manlio Sgalambro
Manlio Sgalambro (; 9 December 1924 – 6 March 2014) was an Italian philosopher and writer, born in Lentini.
Biography
Philosophical production
Sgalambro did not have certificates or degrees as business cards: how he became a writer of phi ...
)
#''Auto da fé ''- 3.59 -
(lyrics: Franco Battiato, Manlio Sgalambro)
#''Casta diva ''- 3.38 -
(lyrics: Franco Battiato, Manlio Sgalambro)
#''Il ballo del potere'' - 4.26 -
(lyrics: Franco Battiato, Manlio Sgalambro)
#''La preda ''- 3.44
#''Il mantello e la spiga ''- 3.59
#''È stato molto bello ''- 3.49
#''Quello che fu ''- 4.30
#''Vite parallele ''- 3.24
#''Shakleton ''- 8.35 -
(German lyrics: Fleur Jaeggy
Fleur Jaeggy (born 31 July 1940) is a Swiss author who writes in Italian. ''The'' ''Times Literary Supplement'' named ''Proleterka'' as a Best Book of the Year upon its US publication, and her ''Sweet Days of Discipline'' won the Premio Bagut ...
)
*Music by Franco Battiato. Lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro except when noted.
References
1998 albums
Franco Battiato albums
Italian-language albums
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