Notti, guai e libertà

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Notti, guai e libertà
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1998
Genre
Length54:11[1]
LanguageItalian
Label
ProducerMauro Paoluzzi
Patty Pravo chronology
Bye Bye Patty
(1997)
Notti, guai e libertà
(1998)
Una donna da sognare
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Europopmusic.eu[2]
Raro!Positive[3]

Notti, guai e libertà (Italian for Nights, Trouble and Freedom) is a studio album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 1998 by Sony Music.

Overview[edit]

Most of the material on the album was written specially for Patty by some of the most renowned Italian songwriters, such as Franco Battiato, Ivano Fossati, Francesco Guccini, and Enrico Ruggeri, as well as young artists Alex Baroni and Rosario Di Bella.[4][5]

"Les Etrangers" (French for "Strangers") is a cover of "Merci bon Dieu", written by Frantz Casseus and first released by Harry Belafonte on his 1957 album An Evening with Belafonte. An instrumental version of the song, "Des Etrangers", is included as a secret recording in track 10, following the final song and a one-minute silence. Only on vinyl editions of the album are the two recordings billed separately.[6] "Les Etrangers" was released as the lead single accompanied by a music video filmed in a mine located in Cagliari, Sardinia. The song was performed at the Festivalbar with "Strada per un'altra città" (Italian for "Road to Another City") which in turn served as the second single, followed by "Emma Bovary" later in 1998. A remix of "Angelus" was released as the fourth and final single.

Notti, guai e libertà met with positive critical reception and is regarded one of Patty Pravo's best works. It also was a commercial success and entered the Italian charts at no. 5. The album sold 150,000 copies as of late 1998.[7][8]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Les Etrangers" (Harry Belafonte, Frantz Casseus, Mauro Paoluzzi, Enrico Papi, Lucio Dalla) – 5:09
  2. "Strada per un'altra città" (Bruno Bergonzi, Michele Vicino, Enrico Ruggeri) – 5:09
  3. "Emma Bovary" (Franco Battiato, Manlio Sgalambro) – 4:53
  4. "Angelus" (Ivano Fossati) – 5:15
  5. "Baby blu" (Mauro Paoluzzi, Luca Madonia, Vincenzo Incenzo) – 5:25
  6. "Sylvian" (Nicoletta Strambelli, Mauro Paoluzzi, Adelio Cogliati) – 4:10
  7. "Per un sogno vincente" (Mario Lavezzi, Oscar Avogadro) – 4:50
  8. "Treno di panna" (Mauro Paoluzzi, Loredana Bertè, Roberto Vecchioni) – 5:21
  9. "Una casa nuova" (Gaetano Curreri, Francesco Guccini) – 3:54
  10. "Sweet Love" (Paul Buchanan, Rosario Di Bella, Alex Baroni) – 10:08

Charts[edit]

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[9][10] 5
Italy (Musica e dischi)[11] 11
Europe (European Top 100 Albums)[12] 53

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Notti, guai e libertà (Remastered Edition) by Patty Pravo on Amazon Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  2. ^ "Patty Pravo". www.europopmusic.eu. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  3. ^ "Patty Pravo – Notti, guai e libertà" (PDF). Raro! (in Italian). www.pattypravoweb.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  4. ^ "L' ALBUM - Notti, guai e libertà" (in Italian). www.pattypravo.it. Archived from the original on 1999-02-21. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  5. ^ "Patty Pravo - Col Tempo - Discografia: Notti, guai e libertà" (in Italian). coltempo.it. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  6. ^ "Patty Pravo – Notti, Guai E Libertà (1998, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  7. ^ "Patty Pravo: «Scusate il ritardo»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 1998-09-21. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  8. ^ Giovanni Pianetta. "E ora mi metto in scena" (PDF). TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). p. 81. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  9. ^ "Hits of the World – Italy". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 1998-05-30. p. 68. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  10. ^ "Album & Compilation: Classifica settimanale WK 20 (dal 08.05.1998 al 14.05.1998)" (in Italian). www.fimi.it. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  11. ^ "M&D: Classifiche" (in Italian). musicaedischi.it. Retrieved 2023-04-09. (Enter "Patty Pravo" in the "Artista" field and click "cerca".)
  12. ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 15, no. 22. London. 1998-05-30. p. 10. Retrieved 2019-12-05.

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