Clic is a 1974 album by Italian experimental musician 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...

. The album was released on the Island label, Catalogue No. ILPS 9323. A brooding and intense collection of instrumental/vocal arrangements. Dedicated to Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...

 the music has stylistic similarities with Phillip Glass and Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...

 but is more lyrical and with elements of musique concrète

Musique concrète

Musique concrète is a form of electroacoustic music that utilises acousmatic sound as a compositional resource. The compositional material is not restricted to the inclusion of sounds derived from musical instruments or voices, nor to elements traditionally thought of as "musical"...

. Later re-released on cd with a different track listing.

Musicians

• 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...
  
  - voice, piano, keyboards, VCS3, kalimba, special effects
• Gianni Mochetti - bass, electric guitar
• Gianfranco D'Adda - percussion
• Gianni Bedori - saxophones
• Jutta Nienhaus - vocals on "Revolution In The Air"
• Juri Camisasca - vocals

Other personnel

• Producer: Pino Massara.
• Art Director: Franco Battiato, Peppo Delconte.
• Designer: Mario Covertino.
• Photography: Roberto Masotti.

Track listing (original 1974 vinyl release)

1. Propiedad Prohibida
2. No U Turn
3. Gates of Memory

1. Revolution In The Air

Track listing (1998 CD re-release)

1. I Cancelli Della Memoria
2. No U Turn
3. Il Mercato Degli Dei
4. Rien Ne Va Plus: Andante
5. Propiedad Prohibida
6. Nel Cantiere Di Un'Infanzia
7. Ethika Fon Ethica