Inneres Auge

Inneres Auge
Studio album by
Released13 November 2009
Length32:49
LabelUniversal Music Group
Franco Battiato chronology
Fleurs 2
(2007)
Inneres Auge
(2009)
Apriti sesamo
(2012)

Inneres Auge (German for 'Inner eye'), also known with the long title Inneres Auge - Il tutto è più della somma delle sue parti (lit. 'The whole is more than the sum of its parts'), is a studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, released by Universal Music Group in 2009. It mostly consists of new versions of old songs.

Production

When his label requested a live album, Battiato opted instead to rearrange and re-record some old songs that, as he put it, "did not received the resonance they deserved".[1] In addition to them, there are two new songs (the title track and "U cuntu"), a cover version of a Fabrizio De André song ("Inverno"), and the song "Tibet", originally published as bonus track for the iTunes version of Fleurs 2.[2]

Battiato recorded the album at Pinaxa Studios in Milan.[2][3] Cover art was cured by Francesco Messina.[1]

Release

Anticipated by the lead single "Inneres Auge", the album was released on 13 November 2009.[2]

Track listing

Inneres Auge track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Inneres Auge"Franco Battiato, Manlio SgalambroBattiato3:44
2."Un'altra vita"Battiato, Giusto PioBattiato, Pio3:10
3."Inverno"Fabrizio De AndréDe André, Gian Piero Reverberi3:29
4."No Time No Space"Saro Cosentino, BattiatoBattiato, Pio3:14
5."L'incantesimo"SgalambroBattiato3:20
6."Haiku"BattiatoBattiato2:37
7."La quiete dopo un addio"Battiato, SgalambroBattiato3:24
8."Stage Door"Battiato, SgalambroBattiato3:40
9."Tibet"Battiato, SgalambroBattiato3:19
10."'U cuntu"Battiato, SgalambroBattiato2:52

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for Inneres Auge
Chart (2009–10) Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[4] 5

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Inneres Auge
Chart (2009) Position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[5] 43

References

  1. ^ a b Spessato, Carla (20 October 2021). "Inneres Auge". Franco Battiato: Come un incantesimo. Giunti. ISBN 978-88-09-95527-1.
  2. ^ a b c Zuffanti, Fabio (30 June 2020). "Inneres Auge - Il tutto è più della somma delle sue parti". Franco Battiato: Tutti i dischi e tutte le canzoni, dal 1965 al 2019 (in Italian). LIT Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-6231-868-6.
  3. ^ La Posta, Annino (2010). "2003-2009: Niente è come sembra". Franco Battiato: soprattutto il silenzio. Giunti. ISBN 978-88-09-74253-6.
  4. ^ "Classifica settimanale WK 48 (dal 16.11.2009 al 22.11.2009)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Classifica annuale 2009" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 25 October 2024.