is the third album by the Italian singer-songwriter, Simone Tomassini

Simone Tomassini

Simone Tomassini is an Italian singer-songwriter who has toured widely in Italy and appeared at the Sanremo Music Festival.-Biography:...

. It was released in 2006 on the Makno Music label, owned by Enrico Rovelli, the ex-manager of Vasco Rossi

Vasco Rossi

Vasco Rossi , also known as Vasco or with the nickname Il Blasco, is an Italian singer-songwriter. During his career, he has published 25 albums and has written over 150 songs, as well as lyrics for other artists...

 and Patti Pravo and founder of the Alcatraz Club in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

. The album was toured throughout Italy in the summer of 2006, and track 2, "Fuori come un balcone", was chosen for the sound track of Jerry Calà's 2006 film, Vita Smeralda. In addition to twelve original songs written and sung by Tomassini, Sesso Gioia Rock 'n' Roll includes his version of the Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...

 song "Don't Cry

Don't Cry

"Don't Cry" is a song by rock band Guns N' Roses, two versions of which were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with the original lyrics is the fourth track on Use Your Illusion I, while the version with the alternate lyrics is the 13th track on Use Your Illusion II...

" (track 3, "Non piangere mai").

Also performing on the album are Roberto Colombo (synthesizer

Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

 and bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

), Vince Tempera (piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

 and Hammond organ

Hammond organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...

), Pierluigi Mingotti (bass), and Giancarlo Bianchetti (acoustic guitar

Acoustic guitar

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

). The album is distributed by Delta Dischi.

Tracklist

1. (lyrics and music by Simone Tomassini
   Simone Tomassini
   Simone Tomassini is an Italian singer-songwriter who has toured widely in Italy and appeared at the Sanremo Music Festival.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 3:29
2. (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:27
3. (by Izzy Stradlin
   Izzy Stradlin
   Jeffrey Dean Isbell , known by his stage name Izzy Stradlin, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which he left at the height of its fame in 1991. Following his departure, he led his own band Izzy...
   
    and Axl Rose
   Axl Rose
   W. Axl Rose is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he enjoyed great success and recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before disappearing from the public eye for several years...
   
   , arrangement and Italian lyrics by Tomassini) – 4:31
4. (lyrics by Tomassini and Andrea Ge, music by Tomassini) – 4:47
5. (lyrics by Tomassini, music by Riccardo Di Filippo) – 3:41
6. (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:33
7. (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:53
8. (lyrics by Tomassini, music by Roberto Colombo) – 2:49
9. (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:50
10. (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:38
11. (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:32
12. (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 2:37
13. (lyrics and music by Tomassini) – 3:17

Production staff

• Vince Tempera (artistic producer)
• Maurizio Biancani (mastering
  Audio mastering
  Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
  
  )
• Giuseppe Spada (design)

• Pierluigi Mingotti (assistant producer)
• Fausto Demetrio (Pro Tools)
• Gianluca Gadda (mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
  In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
  
  )

External links

• Video: Sesso gioia rock 'n' roll on the artist's official YouTube channel