Anima latina is an album by Italian

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 singer-songwriter Lucio Battisti

Lucio Battisti

Lucio Battisti was an Italian singer-songwriter . He is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history....

. It was released in December 1974

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 by Numero Uno. The album was arranged and produced by lyricist Mogol

Mogol (lyricist)

Giulio Rapetti , in art Mogol, is an Italian music lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with Lucio Battisti.-Career:...

 and Battisti in its entirety, with performances by various semi-unknown musicians. It is considered to be one of Battisti's masterpieces for signing a significant departure from his previous records. Anima latina was Italy

Italy

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's 8th best-selling album of 1975

1975 in music

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The album

Anima latina was meant by Battisti as an experiment, "the exact point of rupture between [his] yesterday and [his] tomorrow. It is conceived as a return to basics, to the "Mediterranean creative spirit" that Battisti had concealed under his being heavily influenced by English

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 and American

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 artists. The album actually features Latin-oriented rhythms and instruments.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mogol

Mogol (lyricist)

Giulio Rapetti , in art Mogol, is an Italian music lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with Lucio Battisti.-Career:...

, all music composed by Lucio Battisti

Lucio Battisti

Lucio Battisti was an Italian singer-songwriter . He is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history....

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1. "Abbracciala abbracciali abbracciati" (Embrace Her, Embrace Them, Embrace Yourself) – 7:04
2. "Due mondi" (Two Worlds) – 5:13
3. "Anonimo" (Anonymous) – 7:03
4. "Gli uomini celesti" (The Celestial Men) – 5:06
5. "Gli uomini celesti (ripresa)" (The Celestial Men (reprise)) – 0:52
6. "Due mondi (ripresa)" (Two Worlds (reprise)) – 1:10
7. "Anima latina" (Latin Soul) – 6:37
8. "Il salame" (The Salami) – 3:38
9. "La nuova America" (The New America) – 2:49
10. "Macchina del tempo" (Time Machine) – 6:59
11. "Separazione naturale" (Natural Separation) – 1:28