''Tanto'' is a studio album by
Italian singer
Patty Pravo
Patty Pravo (born Nicoletta Strambelli on 9 April 1948) is an Italian singer. She debuted in 1966 and remained most successful commercially for the rest of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Having suffered a decline in popularity in the followin ...
, released in 1976 by
RCA Italiana
RCA Italiana was an Italian record company founded in 1949 and active until 1987, the date on which, together with the parent company RCA Records, it was bought by BMG Entertainment.
History
Founded in Rome in 1949 under the Vatican's protecti ...
.
Overview
The material was arranged by
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ( el, Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; el, Βαγγέλης, links=no ), was a Greek composer and arranger of ...
, who also played keyboards on the album, and was recorded at his
Nemo Studios
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in London. The album also features
Paul Martinez on bass guitar,
Morris (Maurice) Pert on piano, and the
English Chamber Choir conducted by
Guy Protheroe, among others.
The title song was released as a single, backed with "Io ti venderei", and performed at the
Festivalbar
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.
''Tanto'' was a top 10 chart success in Italy. It was re-released on CD in 1998, and re-released on gold vinyl for the
Record Store Day
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in 2018.
Track listing
;Side A
#"Tanto" – 3:28
#"Per te che mi apri l'universo" – 4:07
#"Io ti venderei" – 4:03
#"La mia stagione in più" – 4:10
#"Assurdo" – 5:12
;Side B
#"Le cicale" – 4:27
#"Per amarti d'amore" – 4:06
#"
E io cammino" – 3:40
#"
Dove andranno i nostri fiori" – 5:19
#"Eri la mia poesia" – 3:41
Charts
References
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1976 albums
Albums produced by Vangelis
1970s Italian-language albums
Patty Pravo albums