| Fleurs 3 | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Franco Battiato |
| Cover: | Fleurs 3 coverart.jpg |
| Released: | 20 August 2002 |
| Length: | 39:32 |
| Producer: | Francesco Cattini |
| Prev Title: | Ferro battuto |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | Dieci stratagemmi |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
Fleurs 3, graphically rendered as Flεurs³, is a studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, released by Sony Music in 2002. It is the second chapter in the Fleurs trilogy of cover albums, between Fleurs and Fleurs 2.
As with the previous chapters, the album consists of cover versions of songs, mostly from the 1960s and early 1970s.[1] It also include a new song, "Come un sigillo", a duet with Alice. Starting from January 2002, Battiato anticipated in his concerts several songs of the album.[2]
The album was recorded at Industria Musica studios in Milan. All the tracks were arranged by Battiato. Cover art was cured by Francesco Messina. The album was dedicated to the Sony Music general manager Fabrizio Intra, who had died a few months before at 49 years old. Several songs were used by Battiato for the soundtrack of his 2003 directorial feature film debut, Lost Love.
Battiato explained his choice of naming his second album in the Fleurs series as Fleurs 3 and not Fleurs 2 as "If you go from one to three the trilogy is closed; if you go along with the consequentiality of numbers, on the other hand, you open an infinite series."[3] [4]
The album was released on 20 August 2002. It was officially presented on 5 September 2002 with a concert held at Rai Rome studios that was broadcast live on Rai Radio 1.
The album was a commercial success, topping the Italian album hit parade.
| Position | ||
| Italy (FIMI)[5] | 1 |
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| Position | ||
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[6] | 18 |
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