''L'imboscata'' (Italian for "The ambush") 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 ...
, released by
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is ...
in 1996. After some more experimental albums and meditative songs, the album marked the return of Battiato to a rock sound and to a massive commercial success, mainly pushed by the success of the single "La cura".
Track listing
# ''Di passaggio'' - 3:35
(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 ...
)
# ''Strani giorni'' - 3:57
# ''La cura'' - 4:01
(lyrics: Franco Battiato, Manlio Sgalambro)
# ''... ein Tag aus dem Leben des kleinen Johannes'' - 3:47
# ''Amata solitudine'' - 4:04
# ''Splendide previsioni'' - 3:52
# ''Ecco com'è che va il mondo'' - 4:21
# ''Segunda feira'' - 3:59
# ''Memorie di Giulia'' - 3:16
# ''Serial killer'' - 4:06
*Music by Franco Battiato. Lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro except when noted.
References
1996 albums
Franco Battiato albums
Italian-language albums
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