Azimut is the fifth studio album by Italian

Italy

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 Alice

Alice (Italian singer)

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, released in 1982 on EMI Music.

Singles released from the album include "Messaggio" (1982), "A cosa pensano" (1982) and "Chan-son Egocentrique" (1983), the latter a duet with Franco Battiato. The track "Messaggio" was co-written by Battiato under one of his pseudonyms, "Albert Kui". The closing track "Laura degli specchi" ("Laura With The Mirrors") was written by singer-songwriter Eugenio Finardi

Eugenio Finardi

Eugenio Finardi is an Italian singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist.-Life:Eugenio Finardi was born in Milan, Italy, on July 16, 1952, in a musical family: his father was an Italian music sound engineer and his mother an American opera singer; at age six Finardi made his first record,...

, whose "Le ragazze di Osaka" Alice would later cover on her 1989 album Il sole nella pioggia

Il Sole Nella Pioggia

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An alternate version of the track "La Mano" appears on the 1987 album Elisir. Re-recorded versions of both "A cosa pensano" and "Chan-son Egocentrique" were included in the 2000 career retrospective Personal Jukebox

Personal Jukebox (Alice album)

Personal Jukebox is a compilation album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 2000 on WEA/Warner Music.In the Spring of 2000 Alice returned to the Sanremo music festival, nineteen years after the victory with "Per Elisa"...

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Track listing

Side A

1. "Azimut" (Alice
   Alice (Italian singer)
   Alice , also known as Alice Visconti is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist, active since 1971...
   
   ) - 3:44
2. "A cosa pensano" (Francesco Messina, Alice) - 3:42
3. "Animali d'America" (Alice) - 4:09
4. "Deciditi" (Alice) - 3:39
5. "Messaggio" (Alice, Albert Kui (pseudonym for Franco Battiato
   Franco Battiato
   Francesco Battiato is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes...
   
   ), Giusto Pio) - 3:46

Side B

1. "Principessa" (Alice) - 4:28
2. "La mano" (Alice) - 5:35
3. "Chan-son Egocentrique" (duet with Franco Battiato) (Franco Battiato, Francesco Messina, Tommaso Tramonti) - 3:52
4. "Laura degli specchi (Eugenio Finardi
   Eugenio Finardi
   Eugenio Finardi is an Italian singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist.-Life:Eugenio Finardi was born in Milan, Italy, on July 16, 1952, in a musical family: his father was an Italian music sound engineer and his mother an American opera singer; at age six Finardi made his first record,...
   
   ) - 3:51

Personnel

• Alice
  Alice (Italian singer)
  Alice , also known as Alice Visconti is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist, active since 1971...
  
   - lead vocals, piano
  Piano
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   & synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  s trks A1, A3 & B2
• Matteo Fasolino - synthesizer
• Alfredo Golino - drums
  Drum kit
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• Franco Testa - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Paolo Donnarumma - bass guitar trk A5
• Claudio Bizzarri - guitar
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• Alberto Radius - guitars trk A5
• Claudio Pascoli - saxophone
  Saxophone
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   trks A3 & B3
• Giorgio Baiocco - saxophone trk A5
• Filippo Destrieri - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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   trks A5 & B4

Production

• Angelo Carrara - record producer
  Record producer
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• Alice
  Alice (Italian singer)
  Alice , also known as Alice Visconti is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist, active since 1971...
  
   - musical arranger, sound engineer
• Matteo Fasolino - musical arranger, sound engineer
• Alfredo Golino - musical arranger, rhythm section
• Albert Kui (Franco Battiato
  Franco Battiato
  Francesco Battiato is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes...
  
  ) - musical arranger track A5
• Giusto Pio - musical arranger track A5
• Eugenio Finardi - musical arranger tracks B2, B4
• Enzo "Titti" Denna - sound engineer
• Recorded at Stone Castle Studios except tracks A5 & B4 at Radius Studio
• Mulino - sound mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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