Latin Lover | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Gianna Nannini |
Cover: | Gianna_Nannini-Latin_Lover-Frontal.jpg |
Released: | 1982 |
Genre: | Rock |
Label: | Dischi Ricordi / Metronome |
Producer: | Conny Plank / Gianna Nannini |
Prev Title: | G. N. |
Prev Year: | 1981 |
Next Title: | Puzzle |
Next Year: | 1984 |
Latin Lover is the fifth album by Gianna Nannini. It was released in 1982.[1]
It is the first album made in collaboration with the German producer Conny Plank, and features prominent guest musicians such as Annie Lennox, Jaki Liebezeit and Annette Humpe. It performed well all around Europe, eventually becoming Gold in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and Platinum in Italy. It was also distributed in Israel, Mexico, Paraguay, South Korea, and North America. In October of the same year, Nannini performed at the Rockpalast Essen stage alongside Kid Creole & The Coconuts and Little Steven.Two songs from the album, "Vieni Ragazzo" and "Come un Treno", were used by Michelangelo Antonioni for the soundtrack of his film "Identificazione di una donna".