''Alice'' (also known as ''Per Elisa'') is the fourth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter

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, released in 1981 on

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. The album includes Alice's winning entry in the 1981 Sanremo Music Festival, "

Per Elisa "Per Elisa" () is a 1981 single composed by Alice (singer), Alice (lyrics), Franco Battiato and Giusto Pio (music) and performed by Alice. The song was the breakthrough in the singer's career, winning the Sanremo Music Festival 1981, 31st edition o ...

", and the ''Alice'' album was released under that title in certain territories, then also with alternative cover art. The track "Una notte speciale" was released as the follow-up single to "Per Elisa". An alternate version of "Una notte speciale" appears on the 1987 album '' Elisir''. A re-recorded version of "Per Elisa" was included in the 2000 career retrospective '' Personal Jukebox''.

Track listing

;Side A #"Per Elisa" (

Franco Battiato Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs explore many themes (including, but not limited to, ph ...

, Giusto Pio,

) – 3:40 #"A Te..." (Alice) – 4:56 #"Non ti confondere amico" (Alice) – 4:25 #"Una notte speciale" (Alice,

, Giusto Pio) – 4:14 ;Side B #"Non devi aver paura" (Alice) – 3:42 #"Senza cornice" (Alice) – 5:30 #"Momenti d'ozio" (Alice, Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio) – 3:18 #"Tramonto urbano" (Alice) – 3:16

Personnel

– lead vocals * Walter Calloni – drums * Flaviano Cuffari – drums (tracks A1, B1, B3) * Paolo Donnarumma – bass guitar *

Alberto Radius Alberto Radius (1 June 1942 – 16 February 2023) was an Italian guitarist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and record producer. Besides his solo career, he is well-known as a member of the group Formula 3 and for his collaboration with prominent ar ...

– guitar * Filippo Destrieri –

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* Salvatore Giumeno –

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* Franco Tangari –

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* Hugo Heredia – saxophone * Paola Orlandi – backing vocals track A4

Production

* Angelo Carrara – record producer *

– musical arranger * Giusto Pio – musical arranger * Enzo "Titti" Denna –

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* Recorded and mixed at Radius Studio * Luciano Tallarini –

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* Fulvio Ventura – photography * Francesco Messina –

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Charts

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References

External links

* {{Authority control 1981 albums Alice (singer) albums EMI Records albums 1980s Italian-language albums