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, mainly covering material from the 1970s and the early 1980s but interpreted with contemporary musical arrangements and an emphasis on the lyrical values of the songs. The theme was poetry in popular music and it later developed to include two English language titles, on ''Viaggio in Italia'' both sung as duets with singer-songwriter

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''. ''Viaggio in Italia'' was released in 2003 on the independent label NuN and opens with a solo interpretation of the new composition "Come un sigillo" by Battiato and philosopher

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's lead singer Morgan with whom Alice had previously collaborated on the albums ''

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'' in 2000. In 2004, the two among other noted Italian artists also appeared on the collaborative album project ''Zerouno'', with Alice singing lead vocals on the track "Sospesa" ("Suspended"). The "Come un sigillo" single included two non-album tracks, "Rose e limoni" with lyrics by

and music by Mino Di Martino and Léo Ferré's "Col tempo sai", both recorded live. The ''Viaggio in Italia'' album brought Alice back to the Top 20 in Italy, peaking at No. 16 in September 2003.Acharts.us, ''Viaggio in Italia'' chart statistics.
''Viaggio in Italia'' remains Alice's last full-length studio album to date. Since 2006 she has toured Italy with a concert programme called ''Lungo la Strada'' (''Along the Road'') incorporating material from the ''Viaggio in Italia'' album with songs from her early repertoire as well as new compositions, yet to be commercially released.

Track listing

#"Come un sigillo" (

) – 3:37 #"Al principe" (

, Mino Di Martino) – 3:18 #"Un blasfemo" (

, Giuseppe Bentivoglio, Nicola Piovani) – 2:59 #"La bellezza stravagante" (

) – 3:56 #"Atlantide" (

) – 4:28 #"Cosa succederà alla ragazza" (

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) – 4:58 #"Islands" (duet with

; by

) – 5:42 #"Febbraio" (

, Mino Di Martino) – 3:13 #"Lindbergh" (

) – 3:00 #"Ecco i negozi" (duet with Morgan of

) (Pasquale Panella,

) – 4:45 #" Auschwitz" (

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) – 3:53 #"È stato molto bello" (

) – 3:27 #"Non insegnate ai bambini" (

, Sando Luporini) – 4:41 #"Golden Hair" (duet with

; by

, Syd Barrett) – 3:08

Personnel

* Alice – lead vocals * Pino Pinaxa Pischetola – rhythm constructions tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 9–11 * Marco Guarnerio – computer programming tracks 1–3, 6, 7, 10 & 11, guitars tracks 1, 4–6, 9, 11–14, keyboards tracks 1, 2, 4–13,

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track 12, piano track 7 * Francesco Messina – synthesizers, keyboards, beats & sounds * Alberto Tufuri – piano track 12, keyboards track 4, string arrangements track 4, 12 & 13 *

Paolo Fresu Paolo Fresu ( sc, Pàulu; born 10 February 1961) is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music. Career Born in Berchidda, Sardinia, he picked up the trumpet at the age of 11, and played in the ba ...

–

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& flügelhorn tracks 1, 7 & 8 *

Jakko Jakszyk Michael "Jakko" Jakszyk (born Michael Lee Curran, 8 June 1958) is an English musician, record producer, and actor. He has released several solo albums as a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist and has been the lead singer for King Crims ...

– guitars tracks 2 & 5 * Michele Fedrigotti – keyboards tracks 8 *

(

) – vocals tracks 7 & 14 * Morgan (

) – vocals & rhythm guitar track 10

Production

* Francesco Messina – producer, musical arranger * Marco Guarnerio – producer * Alberto Tafuri – arranger track 12 * Recorded by Marco Guarnerio (Arecibo, Fonoprint & Didde Studios, assistant Andrea Debernardi) and by Pino Pinaxa Pischetola (Industria Musica, assistant Raffaele Stefani) * Mixed by Pino Pinaxa Pischetola (Industria Musica) * Sheila Rock – cover photography * Polystudio, Francesca Zucchi & Max Piccardi – design & illustrations * Mariella Reitano – coordinator, editorial assistant to Alice * Arecibo Srl Edizioni Musicali – publishing management,

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References

External links

* {{Authority control 2003 albums Alice (singer) albums Italian-language albums