Viaggiatrice solitaria explained
Viaggiatrice solitaria – Il meglio di Alice is a compilation album of recordings by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released by EMI Music in 1995.
Unlike EMI Italiana's 1994 best of package Il vento caldo dell'estate, which mainly included tracks from the artist's early career plus a disco remix of the 1982 duet "Chan-son Egocentrique" with Franco Battiato which surprisingly omitted all vocals by the composer himself, this compilation was produced with both the participation and approval of Alice. Viaggiatrice solitaria focuses on material from the albums Mezzogiorno sulle Alpi (1992), Il sole nella pioggia (1989) and Park Hotel (1986) – and it includes the original unremixed duet version of "Chan-son Egocentrique".
Viaggiatrice Solitaria (meaning "Solitary Traveller") became the final collaboration between the artist and the EMI Music label. Her first studio album for WEA/Warner Music, Charade, was released later that same year.
Track listing
- "In viaggio sul tuo viso" (Francesco Messina, Alice) – 4:06
- Includes "Istenem, Istenem" (Traditional, arranged by Francesco Messina, Alice)
- From 1992 album Mezzogiorno sulle Alpi
- "Nomadi" (Juri Camisasca) – 4:29
- "I treni di Tozeur" (1987 solo version) (Franco Battiato, Saro Cosentino, Giusto Pio) – 4:23
- "Cieli del nord" (Alice, Marco Liverani) – 4:51
- "Visioni" (Juri Camisasca) – 4:38
- "Viali di solitudine" (Francesco Messina, Marco Liverani) – 4:04
- "Il sole nella pioggia" (Juri Camisasca) – 5:08
- "Passano gli anni" (Francesco Messina, Mino Di Martino) – 3:50
- "L'era del mito" (Juri Camisasca) – 4:33
- "Lungo ritorno a casa" (Francesco Messina, Alice, Rosario Cosentino) – 4:43
- "Le ragazze di Osaka" (Francesco Messina, Eugenio Finardi, Luca Madonia) – 4:09
- "Prospettiva Nevski" (Franco Battiato) – 3:39
- "Chan-son Egocentrique" (duet with Franco Battiato) (Franco Battiato, Francesco Messina, Tommaso Tramonti) – 3:52
- "Per Elisa" (Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio, Alice) – 3:40
- From 1981 album Alice a.k.a. Per Elisa
- "Il vento caldo dell'estate (Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio, Francesco Messina, Alice) – 3:34
- "Volo di notte" (Francesco Messina, Alice) – 5:07
- "La recessione" (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Mino Di Martino) – 3:53
Personnel
- Alice – vocals, percussion track 9, EMS synthesizer track 15, keyboards track 17
- Pino Pischetola – computer, drum programming track 1
- Marco Guarniero – computer, guitars & keyboards track 1, acoustic and electric guitars track 3, keyboards programming & guitars track 4, keyboards & computer programming track 5, computer programming track 7, additional keyboards track 8, keyboards track 9, classic & electric guitars track 10
- Francesco Messina – keyboards & bass track 1, keyboard programming track 3, keyboards track 5, keyboards & percussion programming track 7, keyboards track 8, keyboards & percussion track 9, keyboards tracks 10 & 17
- Gavin Harrison – drums tracks 1 & 8, percussion tracks 10 & 17
- Paolo Fresu – trumpet tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10
- Jerry Marotta – drums, LinnDrum programming tracks 2, 6 & 16
- Tony Levin – bass guitar, stick bass tracks 2, 6 & 16
- Phil Manzanera – guitars tracks 2, 6 & 16
- Michele Fedrigotti – keyboard instruments, MIDI piano tracks 2, 6 & 16, keyboards, Korg digital piano, synthesizer bass track 3, sampled strings track 10, keyboards 12
- Pietro Pellegrini – Fairlight programming tracks 2, 6 & 16
- Curt Cress – drums, percussion instruments track 3
- Filippo Destrieri – keyboards, computer and drum machine track 3, keyboard instruments, OBX, Fender, Roland, EMS track 14
- Marco Liverani – keyboards tracks 3, 5 & 9, keyboard instruments, Arp 2600 track 15
- Steve Jansen – drums track 4, 5, 7 & 11 keyboards track 7
- Richard Barbieri – keyboards & keyboard programming tracks track 4, 5, 7 & 11 "Prophet V Guitar" track 5, "Prophet V Guitar" solo track 9
- Jon Hassell – keyboard activated sound (sampled trumpet) track 5, trumpet track 7
- Dave Gregory – guitars tracks 5 & 7, electric guitars tracks 8, 12-string and E-Bow solo guitar track 9, acoustic guitar track 10, acoustic & electric guitars track 17
- Jan Maidman – bass guitar track 7 & 11
- Danny Thompson – double bass tracks 8 & 17
- Jakko Jakszyk – guitars track 8
- Bobo Romani – flutes track 8
- Pino Pischerola – EMU III programming track 9, computer, drum programming track 10
- Roberto Baldi – Prophet bass & keyboards track 9
- Nino Lali Piccoli – tablas solo track 9
- Orchestra della Scala di Milano (The La Scala Orchestra, Milan) – string instruments, woodwind instruments track 12
- Mauro Spina – drums track 15
- Stefano Cerri – bass guitar track 15
- Alberto Radius – guitars track 15
- Giusto Pio – violin track 15
- Mark Harris – piano track 15
- Lino "Capra" Vacina – timpani track 15
Production
- Francesco Messina – record producer except tracks 12–15
- Angelo Carrara – producer tracks 12–15
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