Lucio Battisti - Discography [LOSSY Mp3 320 kbps][TnTVillage org]

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Lucio Battisti (5 March 1943 - 9 September 1998) was an Italian singer-songwriter. He is considered one of the best and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history.
Battisti started his career in 1966 and from 1969 to 1994 he released 18 albums in his home country. A significant part of his production was translated into Spanish (various albums) and English (one album). He was renowned to be an extremely reserved artist: during his successful career he performed only a relatively small number of live exhibitions and, in 1976, he stated he would communicate only through his studio albums, completely disappearing from Italian public scene.
Battisti was born in Poggio Bustone, a town in the province of Rieti (Northern Latium), and moved with his family to Rome in 1947. A self-taught guitarist, Battisti made his debut as musician in the 1960s, performing in local bands in Rome, Naples and later in Milan: here he joined I Campioni ("The Champions"), the support band of then famous singer Tony Dallara.
In Milan he found the aid of a French talent scout, Christine Leroux, who worked for the Ricordi musical label. Leroux took Battisti under her wing, as he penned three sizeable hits in 1966 for other artists ("Per una lira" for Ribelli, "Dolce di giorno" for Dik Dik, and "Uno in Più" for Riki Maiocchi). Leroux also introduced Battisti to songwriter Giulio Rapetti, better known as Mogol: though not impressed at first by Battisti's music, Mogol declared later to have decided to start the collaboration anyway after recognizing Battisti's humble, though determined, desire to improve his work. Mogol also pushed Ricordi to allow Battisti to sing his own songs: Lucio's voice became a point of strength and originality. As a singer, he made his debut with his tune "Per una lira" in 1966: despite the relatively mediocre success (100,000 copies sold, not much for the times), it allowed him to begin building a career as soloist.
Battisti continued to write tunes for others in the late 1960s: the US rock group The Grass Roots scored a hit stateside with one of Battisti's compositions, "Balla Linda". With the same song, Battisti classified fourth in the Cantagiro, a then popular competition. 1969 saw another one of Battisti's compositions, "Il Paradiso", become a hit in the UK when it was covered by the group Amen Corner, hitting the number one spot on the singles chart.
In the same year Battisti took part in the Festival of Sanremo, with the song "Un'avventura" ("An Adventure"), and his popularity began to increase. His first great hit was "Acqua azzurra, acqua chiara" ("Blue Water, Clear Water"), which won the Festivalbar. The same year, Battisti issued his self-titled debut LP, which topped the Italian charts and included another of his most famous songs, "Mi ritorni in mente". During this successful year he also met Grazia Letizia Veronese, who lived with Battisti until his death.
In the 1970s Battisti won Festivalbar for the second time in a row, with the song "Fiori rosa, fiori di pesco". He started to collaborate with Mina, who sang one of Mogol-Battisti's finest tunes, "Emozioni" ("Emotions"), also the title of the second Battisti's LP. Forming a strong and highly successful duo with songwriter Mogol, Battisti continued to issue solo albums on a regular basis throughout the 1970s: in almost every case they reached the highest places in his country's charts, and are regarded as classics of Italian pop music ("musica leggera"). He also became a popular TV presence. In order to preserve their creative freedom, Battisti and Mogol switched to a label of their own, Numero Uno, founded by the latter back in 1969.
Under the new label Amore e non amore ("Love and Not Love") was released in 1971, followed by the even more successful Umanamente uomo: il sogno (1971) and Il mio canto libero (1972). The latter topped the Italian charts for 8 weeks: one of its songs was later reissued by Mick Ronson with lyrics translated by David Bowie, as "Music Is Lethal". Until 2006, the eponymous song "Il mio canto libero" has remained one of the most popular songs among Italians. Another successful album was Il nostro caro angelo ("Our Dear Angel") (1973).
1974 Anima latina ("Latin Soul") is considered Battisti's most complex and multi-layered work, a new personal approach to progressive music with an increased attention to rhythms and increasingly cryptic lyrics by Mogol; nonetheless, their work enjoyed enormous success, remaining for 13 weeks at number one in Italian charts.
Battisti released an even luckier work in 1976, La batteria, il contrabbasso, ecc., including the tune "Ancora tu"; many of the songs clearly showed the artist's interest toward then-emerging disco sounds and production values that will have a large influence on his three subsequent albums. In the same year Battisti married Veronese and, most of all, declared he would no longer make public appearances nor release any interview. A rather shy person, he had been always reticent to talk about his work: now, according to the words with which he accompanied his retiration, "[he was going to] speak no more, since an artist must communicate with the public only through his work". In some very rare occasions, though, he appeared as a tv guest in other countries such as France, Switzerland and Germany, and only after 1982 his vow can be considered completely fulfilled, with a perseverance similar to that of J. D. Salinger and other famous recluses.
In 1977 he released Io tu noi tutti. He also relocated to Los Angeles, and issued an album, Images, that featured some of his biggest hits re-recorded in English. However, the attempt to equal his European success in the United States failed.
Battisti returned to Rome and in 1978 released Una donna per amico, which was the best-selling Battisti-Mogol LP ever. Nevertheless, it marked the begin of the decline of their relationship. Battisti had started to limit himself to send his music to Mogol by mail, receiving the lyrics in the same way. Critics pointed out that the emotions of the duo's songs had started to wane out. 1980 album Una giornata uggiosa clearly suffered of this lack: Battisti's melodies, moreover, were sometimes covered by the "international pop" arrangement proposed by English producer Geoff Westley, although Battisti's last great success, "Con il nastro rosa", was able to emerge as one of the duo's finest compositions ever.
In 1981 Battisti broke the partnership with Mogol, switching to a more experimental, sometimes weird inspiration, based often on electronic instruments. The LPs of his "second period", starting from E già of 1982 (with lyrics by his wife), received a mixed reception from both critics and audiences. Mogol started to work with Riccardo Cocciante; in 1990, he declared he had not listened to Battisti's LPs for many years.
From 1986, starting with Don Giovanni, to 1994, the lyrics on Battisti's albums were written by the poet Pasquale Panella. Don Giovanni combined a return to classic "Battistian" melodies with lyrics which some felt were weird and often meaningless. Others, however, understood the lyrics to be cryptic: an intellectual mind game of sorts. It was the first relative success he had since the 1970s. L'apparenza ("The Appearance", 1988), however, again contained rather impervious lyrics. La sposa occidentale (1990) was the first LP for CBS. The declining sales were hardly a concern for Battisti: it was rumoured that in the 1990s he was gaining 4-5 billion lire a year (approximately 3 million Euro in 2006) from author rights of his 1970s songs only.
Battisti's last album was Hegel, recorded in 1994.
On September 9, 1998, Battisti died in a Milan hospital. The news was immediately reported by the media and spread quickly throughout the country, generating an unprecedented wave of emotion for a singer. He was later buried in the cemetery of Molteno, the town where he had spent his last years with his family, far from the circus of the show business .
Several compilations of his best tracks have surfaced after Battisti's death, including 2000's Battisti and 2001's Canzoni d'Amore. His catalogue is published by BMG Music Publishing.
Through the years, Battisti consolidated his status as one of the most well-known Italian singers. His songs remain immensely popular in Italy, and are often performed live by other notable musicians.mpletely disappearing from Italian public scene.
1969 Lucio Battisti
1970 Emozioni
1971 Amore e non amore
1971 Lucio Battisti vol.4
1972 Umanamente uomo: il sogno
1972 Il mio canto libero
1973 Il nostro caro angelo
1974 Anima Latina
1976 Lucio Battisti, la batteria, il contrabbasso, eccetera
1977 Io tu noi tutti
1977 Images
1978 Una donna per amico
1980 Una giornata uggiosa
1982 E già
1986 Don Giovanni
1988 L'apparenza
1990 La sposa occidentale
1992 Cosa succederà alla ragazza
1994 Hegel
1971 La canzone del sole / Anche per te
1972 Elena no / Una
Un'avventura
29 Settembre
La mia canzone per Maria
Nel sole, nel vento, nel sorriso e nel pianto
Uno in più
Non è Francesca
Balla Linda
Per una lira
Prigioniero del mondo
Io vivrò (senza te)
Nel cuore, nell'anima
Il vento
Fiori rosa, fiori di pesco
Dolce di giorno
Il tempo di morire
Mi ritorni in mente
7 e 40
Emozioni
Dieci ragazze
Acqua azzurra, acqua chiara
Era
Non è Francesca
Io vivrò (senza te)
Anna
Dio mio no
Seduto sotto un platano con una margherita in bocca guardando il fiume nero macchiato dalla schiuma bianca dei detersivi
Una
7 agosto di pomeriggio. Fra le lamiere roventi di un cimitero di automobili solo io, eppure straordinariamente vivo
Se la mia pelle vuoi
Davanti ad un distributore automatico di fiori dell'aereoporto di bruxelles anch'io chiuso in una bolla di vetro
Supermarket
Una poltrona, un bicchiere di cognac, un televisore. 35 morti ai confini di Israele e Giordania
Le tre verità
Dio mio no
Adesso sì
La mia canzone per Maria
Luisa Rossi
Pensieri e parole
Mi ritorni in mente
Insieme a te sto bene
29 settembre
Io vivrò (senza te)
I giardini di Marzo
Innocenti evasioni
E penso a te
Umanamente uomo: il sogno
Comunque bella
l leone e la gallina
Sognando e risognando
Il fuoco
La luce dell'est
Luci - Ah
L'aquila
Vento nel vento
Confusione
Io vorrei... non vorrei ma se vuoi
Gente per bene e gente per male
Il mio canto libero
La collina dei ciliegi
Ma è un canto brasileiro
La canzone della terra
Il nostro caro angelo
Le allettanti promesse
Io gli ho detto no
Prendi fra le mani la terra
Questo inferno rosa
Abbracciala abbracciali abbracciati
Due mondi
Anonimo
Gli uomini celesti
Gli uomini celesti (ripresa)
Due mondi (ripresa)
Anima latina
Il salame
La nuova america
Macchina del tempo
Separazione naturale
Ancora tu
Un uomo che ti ama
La compagnia
Io ti venderei
Dove arriva quel cespuglio
Respirando
No dottore
Il veliero
Ancora tu (coda)
Amarsi un po'
L'interprete di un film
Soli
Ami ancora Elisa
Si, viaggiare
Questione di cellule
Ho un anno in più
Neanche un minuto di "non amore"
To Feel In Love
A Song To Feel Alive
The only thing I've lost
Keep On Cruising
The Sun Song
There's Never Been A Moment
Only
Prendila così
Donna selvaggia donna
Aver paura d'innamorarsi troppo
Perchè no
Nessun dolore
Una donna per amico
Maledetto gatto
Al cinema
Il monolocale
Arrivederci a questa sera
Gelosa cara
Orgoglio e dignità
Una vita viva
Amore mio di provincia
Questo amore
Perché non sei una mela
Una giornata uggiosa
Con il nastro rosa
Scrivi il tuo nome
Mistero
Windsurf windsurf
Rilassati ed ascolta
Non sei più solo
Straniero
Registrazione
La tua felicità
Hi-Fi
Slow motion
Una montagna
E già
Le cose che pensano
Fatti un pianto
Il doppio del gioco
Madre pennuta
Equivoci amici
Don Giovanni
Che vita ha fatto
Il diluvio
A portata di mano
Specchi opposti
Allontanando
L'apparenza
Per altri motivi
Per nome
Dalle prime battute
Lo scenario
Tu non ti pungi più
Potrebbe essere sera
Timida molto audace
La sposa occidentale
Mi riposa
I ritorni
Alcune noncuranze
Campati in aria
Cosa succederà alla ragazza
Tutte le pompe
Ecco i negozi
La metro eccetera
I sacchi della posta
Però il rinoceronte
Così gli dei sarebbero
Cosa farà di nuovo
Almeno l'inizio
Hegel
Tubinga
La bellezza riunita
La moda nel respiro
Stanze come questa
Estetica
La voce del viso
La canzone del sole*
Anche per te*
Elena no*
Una