Anima latina explained

Anima latina
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lucio Battisti
Cover:	Lucio Battisti - Anima latina.jpg
Released:	December 1974
Genre:	Progressive rock, pop rock, psychedelic rock
Length:	47:59
Label:	Numero Uno
Producer:	Lucio Battisti, Mogol
Prev Title:	Il nostro caro angelo
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Lucio Battisti, la batteria, il contrabbasso, eccetera
Next Year:	1976

Anima latina (Latin soul) is an album by the Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Battisti. It was released in December 1974 by Numero Uno. The album was arranged and produced by the lyricist Mogol and Battisti in its entirety, with performances by various semi-unknown musicians. It is considered one of Battisti's masterpieces for signaling a significant departure from his previous records. Anima latina was Italy's eighth best-selling album of 1975.^[1]

The album

Anima latina was meant by Battisti as an experiment, "the exact point of rupture between [his] yesterday and [his] tomorrow".^[2] The album was conceived after a trip which Battisti took to South America and is particularly influenced by Brazilian music.

Charts

Weekly charts

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mogol, all music composed by Battisti.

1. "Abbracciala abbracciali abbracciati" (Embrace Her, Embrace Them, Embrace Yourself) – 7:04
2. "Due mondi" (Two Worlds) – 5:13
3. "Anonimo" (Anonymous) – 7:03
4. "Gli uomini celesti" (The Celestial Men) – 5:06
5. "Gli uomini celesti (ripresa)" (The Celestial Men (reprise)) – 0:52
6. "Due mondi (ripresa)" (Two Worlds (reprise)) – 1:10
7. "Anima latina" (Latin Soul) – 6:37
8. "Il salame" (The Salami) – 3:38
9. "La nuova America" (The New America) – 2:49
10. "Macchina del tempo" (Time Machine) – 6:59
11. "Separazione naturale" (Natural Separation) – 1:28

Personnel

• Alberto Radius - backing vocals
• Gianni Bogliano - trombone
• Lucio Battisti - arranger, theorbo, composer, guitar, keyboards, piano, primary artist, vocals
• Fabio Berruti - artwork, graphic design
• Piero Bravin - sound technician
• Pippo Colucci - trumpet
• Mara Cubeddu - vocals (on "Due mondi"), backing vocals
• Gianni Dall'Aglio - drums
• La Rosa, Antonio - remastering
• Massimo Luca - guitar
• Claudio Maioli - keyboards
• Mogol - composer
• Caesar Monti - photography
• Gigi Mucciolo - trumpet
• Dodo Nileb (Franco Loprevite) - percussion
• Claudio Pascoli - drums, flute
• Gneo Pompeo - strings, synthesizer
• Bob Wayne (Bob Callero) - bass, basso continuo

The name "Gneo Pompeo" (Italian for Gnaeus Pompeius) is a pseudonym and is widely believed to stand for Gian Piero Reverberi. It has also been claimed that it stands for Gabriele Lorenzi.

External links

• Lucio Battisti, Anima Latina at www.allmusic.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Classifica degli album più venduti del 1975. www.hitparadeitalia.it. 18 August 2009. it.
2. Rolling Stone Italia, No. 93, pp. 77-81
3. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e Dischi. it. 7 May 2024. Set "Tipo" on "Album". In the "Artista" field, search "Lucio Battisti", then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Anima latina".
4. Web site: Italian Charts .