Eros is the first greatest hits

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 album by Italian

Italy

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 pop

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/rock

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 singer Eros Ramazzotti

Eros Ramazzotti

Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti , known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italian singer and songwriter. Ramazzotti is enormously popular in Italy, and is well known in most non-English-speaking European countries and in the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in both...

, released in 1997 on the BMG

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 label. Of the album's 16 tracks, five are original recordings, nine re-recordings and two new tracks. Two of the re-recorded tracks are duets; "Musica è" featuring Andrea Bocelli

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 and "Cose della vita (Can't Stop Thinking of You)" with Tina Turner

Tina Turner

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. Eros topped the albums chart in six countries.

Track listing

Original recordings - Tracks 7, 10, 12, 14, 15

Re-recordings - Tracks 1-6, 8, 9, 13

New recordings - Tracks 11, 16

Tracks written by Eros Ramazzotti, Piero Cassano, Adelio Cogliati unless stated

1. "Terra promessa" (Ramazzotti, Brioschi, Salerno) - 4:38
2. "Una storia importante" - 4:05
3. "Adesso tu" - 4:02
4. "Ma che bello questo amore" - 4:12
5. "Musica è" - 9:46 (Duet with Andrea Bocelli
   Andrea Bocelli
   Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
   
   )
6. "Occhi di speranza" - 3:19
7. "Più bella cosa" - 4:24
8. "Memorie" - 3:31
9. "Cose della vita (Can't Stop Thinking of You)" (Ramazzotti, Cassano, Cogliati, Ralston, Turner) - 4:48 (Duet with Tina Turner
   Tina Turner
   Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...
   
   )
10. "L'aurora" - 5:32
11. "Ancora un minuto di sole" (Ramazzotti, Cassano, Cogliati, Fabrizio) - 3:56
12. "Quasi amore" - 5:08
13. "Se bastasse una canzone" - 5:22
14. "Un'altra te" - 4:40
15. "Favola" - 4:23
16. "Quanto amore sei" (Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti) - 4:16

Chart performance

• Italy - #1
• Germany
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   - #1
• Netherlands
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   - #1
• Switzerland
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   - #1
• Austria
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   - #1
• Norway
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   - #1
• France
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   - #3
• Finland
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   - #4
• Sweden
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   - #5
• Belgium
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   - #6

• List of best-selling albums in Germany

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