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Franco Battiato
Person · male · Italy · Giarre-Riposto · born 1945 · died 2021 · recording since 1967
Italian singer-songwriter and musician (1945–2021)
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Also known as Astra · Francesco Battiato · 弗朗科·巴迪亞多
Timeline
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1940s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: Il Mondo Va Così ∕ Triste Come Me
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography1,299 words · 7 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1378995110
Biography
Francesco "Franco" Battiato (Italian: [ˈfraŋko batˈtjaːto, - battiˈaːto] ; 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, philosophy, art, spirituality, science, introspection, innovation, esotericism, religiousness), and have spanned genres such as experimental pop, electronic music, minimalism, avant-garde, progressive rock, new wave, symphonic music, sound collage, opera, oratorio and movie soundtrack.
He was for decades one of the most popular singer-songwriters in Italy. His unique sound, song-crafting and especially his lyrics (often containing philosophical, intellectual and culturally exotic references, as well as tackling universal themes about the human condition) earned him a unique spot on Italy's music scene, and the nickname of "Il Maestro". His work includes songwriting and joint production efforts with several Italian and international musicians and pop singers, including the long-lasting professional relationship with Italian singers Alice and Giuni Russo. Together with Alice, Battiato represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "I treni di Tozeur".
Early years and experimental period
Battiato was born in Ionia, the former name of the town of Giarre-Riposto, in Sicily, southern Italy. After graduating from high school at the Liceo Scientifico "Archimede" in Acireale, and following the death of his father (truck driver and longshoreman in New York), in 1964 he moved first to Rome, and then to Milan at age 19, and soon after won his first musical contract.
His single "La Torre" was released and Battiato appeared on TV to perform the song. He scored some success with the romantic song "È l'amore". After some works as a guitarist and sound engineer for popular singers, he traveled to America for a small tour where he had considerable success. After that, Battiato met the experimental musician Juri Camisasca in 1970 and collaborated with Osage Tribe, an Italian psychedelic-progressive rock band. As a solo artist, he released the science-fiction single La convenzione (The convention), one of the finest Italian progressive rock songs of the 1970s.
Starting from 1971, Battiato devoted much of his efforts to experimental electronic music, producing a series of LPs that remained almost unknown at the time, but are now eagerly sought by collectors worldwide. Starting out with electronic progressive rock with some emphasis on vocals, his music became increasingly experimental, gradually moving into the realms of musique concrète and minimalism. Fetus, his first album, was released in January 1972, followed by Pollution
PollutionSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 7 tracksA1Il silenzio del rumore2:48A231 dicembre 1999 ore 90:20A3Areknames5:07B1Beta7:25B2Plancton5:03B3Pollution8:49B4Ti sei mai chiesto quale funzione hai?3:34 (1973), Sulle Corde di Aries
Sulle corde di AriesSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracksA1Sequenze e frequenze16:22A2Aries5:27B1Aria di rivoluzione5:02B2Da Oriente ad Occidente6:33 (1973), Clic (1974) and M.elle le "Gladiator" (1975).
In 1975, he moved to the Dischi Ricordi label, producing Battiato (1977), Juke Box (1978) and the experimental it:L'Egitto prima delle sabbie ("Egypt Before the Sands", 1978), which won the Stockhausen award for contemporary music. Battiato's early research about sound represented an important innovation as the basis of the THX and Stereophonic Sound.
National success
After the Ricordi label failed to re-sign him, Battiato signed with EMI. He abandoned the progressive rock experiments of the previous years and moved to a more pop-oriented style which afforded him ever increasing popularity with both Italian and worldwide audiences. In this period his albums were usually in collaboration with the renowned musician and violinist Giusto Pio, whose two later albums were produced by Battiato
BattiatoSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAZâ19:33BCafè-Table-Musik18:56.
L'era del cinghiale bianco ("The Era of the White Boar", 1979) was followed in 1980 by Patriots, which reached the No 30 on the charts. It contains a few songs which have become Battiato's classics, such as "Le aquile" ("The Eagles") and "Prospettiva Nevskij" ("Nevsky Prospect"). This new era of his music marked the beginning of his collaboration with the singer Alice and the violinist Giusto Pio. His next album was La voce del padrone
La voce del padroneSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 7 tracksA1Summer on a Solitary Beach5:02A2Bandiera bianca5:25A3Gli uccelli4:44B1Cuccurucucù4:13B2Segnali di vita3:41B3Centro di gravità permanente3:59B4Sentimiento nuevo4:18 ("The Master's Voice"), with which he had even more success than with Patriots. The album contains numerous songs which became classics of Italian popular music and stayed at the number one position for six months, becoming the first Italian album with more than one million copies sold in a single month. His commercial success was confirmed by L'arca di Noè (Noah's Ark) in 1982. Songs such as "L'era del cinghiale bianco" (1979), "Prospettiva Nevskij" (1980), "Centro di gravità permanente" ("Permanent Gravity Centrepoint", 1981), "Bandiera bianca
Bandiera biancaSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksABandiera bianca5:19BSummer on a Solitary Beach4:53" ("White Flag", 1981), and "Voglio vederti danzare" ("I Want To See You Dance", 1982) established his reputation in his own country. Orizzonti perduti (Lost Horizons, 1983) was followed by the successful Mondi Lontanissimi (Faraway Worlds, 1985), which featured a solo version of the popular "I treni di Tozeur" ("The Tozeur Trains)", originally a duet with Alice performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984.
1988's Fisiognomica (Physiognomy) sold more than 300,000 copies and it confirmed Battiato's success. The album, considered by Battiato himself his best work for the balance between music and lyrics, contained the hit "Nomadi" ("Nomads"), originally recorded by Alice and written by his old friend Juri Camisasca, who in the meantime had retired to a Benedictine monastery. The album also included the songs "E ti vengo a cercare", which was performed by director/actor Nanni Moretti in his 1989 movie Palombella Rossa, and "Veni l'autunnu" with lyrics entirely in the Sicilian and Arabic languages.
In 2013 he signed a publishing deal with Roberto Mancinelli and Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
Collaboration with Manlio Sgalambro
In 1994 Battiato began to collaborate with the Sicilian philosopher Manlio Sgalambro, who was to write almost all the lyrics of his following albums. After the tentative L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire of 1995, in 1996 the duo published what is considered their best work so far, L'imboscata, containing the romantic hit "La cura
La curaSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1La cura4:042Dias extranõs (Strani giorni)" ("The care"), elected best Italian song of the year. Gommalacca (1998, with a stress on hard rock), Ferro battuto (2000) and Dieci stratagemmi (2004) continued on the same path, with variations mainly set by Battiato's unceasing desire for musical experimentation.
Later acts
In 2003 Battiato released his first feature film, Lost Love (Perduto amor), for which he also composed the soundtrack. The movie won the Silver Ribbon for the best debutant director and was screened, out of competition as a Battiato request, with excellent critics in prestigious film festivals like Berlin, Cannes, Venezia, New York among others. His following movie was, Musikanten, an experimental work about Beethoven's last four years of life. The German musician was played by the Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky.
In November 2012, Battiato accepted an offer from newly elected Sicilian regional president Rosario Crocetta to become the regional Minister for Tourism and Culture, announcing he would not receive any salary for his position, but subsequently had to resign after a controversial statement in which he defined Sicily's corrupt political elite as "prostitutes".
Final years
In the 2010s he issued Fleurs, Fleurs 3, and Fleurs 2, one after the other, in that specific order. They included covers of songs originally recorded by very famous Italian singers and singers-songwriters, as well as covers of French and English songs, plus three new songs. He went on releasing his music, always on a thin border between pop, rock and electronics, until 2010. He toured with Alice for the whole of 2016, but in 2017 he held his last concert in Catania. He would have continued his work, but he had to give up for health reasons. At the end of 2019, his manager announced his definitive retirement from the scene.
Battiato was vegetarian and was a follower of the ideas of pluralism and ecumenism.
Battiato died on 18 May 2021, at his home in Milo, Catania, surrounded by rumours about a neurodegenerative disease, osteoporosis or cancer. The real cause of death remains as a secret in order to respect BattiatoBattiatoSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAZâ19:33BCafè-Table-Musik18:56's last request and family petition.
The following year it was revealed that the artist had been suffering of multiple myeloma for years,
diagnosed in 2017.
Operas
Genesi (1987)
Gilgamesh (1992)
Messa arcaica (1994)
Il cavaliere dell'intelletto (1994) – unreleased
Telesio (2011)
Other languages
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 41 | 94.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 92 | 97.6th |
| Studio albums | 42 | 99th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 45 | 98.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 54 | 94.2th |
| Genres | 20 | 99.6th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (92 release groups · 42 studio albums)
Albums · 42
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 30:40
1Energia4:312Fetus2:393Una cellula2:554Cariocinesi1:595Fenomenologia3:516Meccanica6:117Anafase5:368Mutazione2:581973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 33:06
A1Il silenzio del rumore2:48A231 dicembre 1999 ore 90:20A3Areknames5:07B1Beta7:25B2Plancton5:03B3Pollution8:49B4Ti sei mai chiesto quale funzione hai?3:341973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 33:24
A1Sequenze e frequenze16:22A2Aries5:27B1Aria di rivoluzione5:02B2Da Oriente ad Occidente6:331974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 32:05
A1I cancelli della memoria6:11A2No U Turn4:53A3Il mercato degli dei4:30B1Rien ne va plus: andante2:44B2Propiedad prohibida5:22B3Nel cantiere di un'infanzia4:33B4Ethika fon ethica3:521975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 31:32
AGoutez et comparez13:38B1Canto fermo5:53B2Orient Effects12:011977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 38:29
AZâ19:33BCafè-Table-Musik18:561978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 31:08
AL'Egitto prima delle sabbie14:17BSud Afternoon16:511979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 31:45
A1L’era del cinghiale bianco4:17A2Magic Shop4:14A3Strade dell’est4:21A4Luna indiana3:35B1Il re del mondo5:38B2Pasqua etiope4:29B3Stranizza d’amuri5:111980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 29:08
A1Up Patriots to Arms5:05A2Venezia-Istanbul4:37A3Le aquile4:11B1Prospettiva Nevski4:00B2Arabian Song3:40B3Frammenti3:57B4Passaggi a livello3:381981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 31:22
A1Summer on a Solitary Beach5:02A2Bandiera bianca5:25A3Gli uccelli4:44B1Cuccurucucù4:13B2Segnali di vita3:41B3Centro di gravità permanente3:59B4Sentimiento nuevo4:181982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 28:02
A1Radio Varsavia4:10A2Clamori4:29A3L’esodo5:14B1Scalo a Grado3:34B2La torre3:38B3New Frontiers3:17B4Voglio vederti danzare3:401983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 29:02
A1La stagione dell’amore3:49A2Tramonto occidentale3:16A3Zone depresse3:33A4Un’altra vita3:45B1Mal d’Africa3:56B2La musica è stanca3:56B3Gente in progresso3:34B4Campane tibetane3:131985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks
1Up Patriots to Arms2No Time No Space3Chan-son egocentrique4The King of the World5Temporary Road6Lover's Season7I Want to See You as a Dancer8The Trains of Tozeur9The Animal1985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 31:34
1Via Lattea4:532Risveglio di primavera3:323No Time No Space3:284Personal Computer2:425Temporary Road2:506Il re del mondo3:287Chan‐son egocentrique4:148I treni di Tozeur3:099L’animale3:181987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:04:16
1Introduzione Atto primo9:082I cavalieri della solitudine2:103Prima di me0:414La nascita non è un principio0:455Simon Petra4:496Simon Petra (coro e voce recitante)1:047Sen Paigamberler4:398Hazreti Mevlana1:399Introduzione Atto secondo6:3910L’aria si separò dal fuoco1:3511Aria‐spirito fuoco‐coscienza2:0412Sri bhagavan1:1813Rotate coeli6:2414Kyrie eleison4:5315Introduzione Atto terzo1:1916Cerco un giardino1:2217L’acqua dei cantici2:0218Je suis l’homme0:5619Albinoni, Albeniz, Bach, ecc4:3820Gloria gloria curva2:3621Finale3:351987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 35:18
A1Nómadas4:18A2Bandera blanca4:42A3Yo quiero verte danzar3:35A4Via Láctea4:43B1La era del jabalí blanco3:43B2Perspectiva Nevskj3:22B3Despertar en primavera3:30B4Mal de África3:40B5Otra vida3:451988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 31:13
1Fisiognomica4:322E ti vengo a cercare3:523Veni l’autunnu3:284Secondo imbrunire3:175Nomadi4:256Zai saman3:537Il mito dell’amore3:288L’oceano di silenzio4:18Come un cammello in una grondaia
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 32:07
1Povera patria3:452Le sacre sinfonie del tempo3:453Come un cammello in una grondaia3:314L’ombra della luce4:545Schmerzen2:506Plaisir d’amour3:577Gestillte Sehnsucht5:488Oh Sweet Were the Hours3:371992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:12:28
1Ouverture5:162Pianoforte1:323Il re di Uruk1:204Balletto7:005Era felice3:386Enkidu muore2:007Romanza1:538Primo viaggio3:279Secondo viaggio1:5610Terzo viaggio1:1811Quarto viaggio3:1312Siduri1:3113Acque letali0:5014Il diluvio2:3815Liberai una colomba0:4116Danza a corte1:1817Danza a corte1:4618Morte di Gilgamesh2:5019Pater noster3:3720Sette Sufi4:1421Solo4:4022Preparazione alla danza4:5123Danza sacra5:1524Exultet5:441993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 31:24
1Caffé de la Paix4:262Fogh in Nakhal3:333Atlantide3:584Sui giardini della preesistenza3:485Delenda Carthago3:596Ricerca sul terzo3:597Lode all’inviolato3:538Haiku3:481994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 35:09
1Kyrie14:312Gloria4:583Credo2:514Sanctus6:445Agnus Dei6:05L’ombrello e la macchina da cucire
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 41:42
1L’ombrello e la macchina da cucire4:202Breve invito a rinviare il suicidio4:193Piccolo pub4:034Fornicazione4:195Gesualdo da Venosa4:086Moto browniano4:437Tao4:018Un vecchio cameriere4:119L’esistenza di Dio7:381996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:18
1Di passaggio3:392Strani giorni3:593La cura4:034… ein Tag aus dem Leben des kleinen Johannes3:485Amata solitudine4:066Splendide previsioni3:537Ecco com’è che va il mondo4:238Segunda feira4:009Memorie di Giulia3:1810Serial killer4:091998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:28
1Shock in My Town4:242Auto da fé3:593Casta diva3:384Il ballo del potere4:265La preda3:446Il mantello e la spiga3:597È stato molto bello3:498Quello che fu4:309Vite parallele3:2410Shakleton8:351999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 30:18
1Energy3:062Foetus2:383A Cell2:574Karyokinesis2:015Phenomenology5:006Mechanics6:117Anaphase5:348Mutation2:511999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 41:54
1La canzone dell’amore perduto3:262Ruby Tuesday3:363J’entends siffler le train3:094Aria di neve2:535Ed io tra di voi2:556Te lo leggo negli occhi3:047La canzone dei vecchi amanti3:258Era de maggio3:279Che cosa resta3:2810Amore che vieni, amore che vai2:2811Medievale2:3712Invito al viaggio7:26Campi magnetici: i numeri non si possono amare
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 56:16
1In trance7:292Corpi in movimento8:273Fulmini globulari6:494La corrente delle stelle7:555The Age of Ermaphrodites6:296L’ignoto5:497Suoni primordiali10:188La mèr3:002001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:49
1Running against the grain3:432Bist du bei mir4:213La quiete dopo un addio3:554Personalità empirica3:375Il cammino interminabile3:466Lontananze d’azzurro3:297Hey Joe3:358Sarcofogia3:439Scherzo in minore3:2310Il potere del canto11:172002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 39:30
1Perduto amor3:182Impressioni di settembre3:413Se mai3:064Ritornerai3:265Col tempo sai3:356Insieme a te non ci sto più3:137Il cielo in una stanza3:128Le tue radici3:219Se tu sapessi3:1710Sigillata con un bacio3:2011Come un sigillo3:0412Beim Schlafengehen2:572004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:18
1Tra sesso e castità3:272Le aquile non volano a stormi3:283Ermeneutica3:344Fortezza Bastiani3:215Odore di polvere da sparo3:296I’m That3:347Conforto alla vita3:23823 coppie di cromosomi3:359Apparenza e realtà3:3910La porta dello spavento supremo3:482005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 44 tracks · 2:44:57
Disc 11L'era del cinghiale bianco3:212Il re del mondo2:163Strade dell'est1:004Up Patriots to Arms5:165Centro di gravità permanente3:476Bandiera bianca4:207L'esodo5:268New Frontiers4:329Radio Varsavia5:0210Clamori4:2511Voglio vederti danzare4:4512La stagione dell'amore3:3913Mal d'Africa3:4114Via Lattea4:4815No Time No Space3:1816E ti vengo a cercare3:4317Veni l'autunnu1:1018Fisiognomica2:0519Secondo imbrunire1:3420L'oceano di silenzio4:1321Mesopotamia4:1122Giubbe rosse4:1523Povera patria3:4024Come un cammello in una grondaia3:3025L'ombra della luce4:50Disc 21Yo quiero verte danzar3:322La estación de los amores3:433Bandera blanca4:394Centro de gravedad3:365Como un camello en un canalón3:266Sentimiento nuevo3:527Cuccurucucu4:078Vía Láctea4:419Nómadas4:1310Y te vengo a buscar3:5011Otra vida3:4312Pobre patria3:4113El animal3:1614El mito del amor3:2515Mal de África3:4216Los trenes de Tozeur3:1417La era del jabalí blanco3:4518Perspectiva Nevski3:2219Mesopotamia4:232007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 33:30
1Il vuoto3:342I giorni della monotonia3:193Aspettando l’estate3:344Niente è come sembra3:375Tiepido aprile3:166The Game Is Over4:397Era l’inizio della primavera3:058Io chi sono?3:349Stati di gioia4:52Orizzonti perduti / Mondi lontanissimi
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:00:47
Disc 11La stagione dell'amore3:502Tramonto occidentale3:153Zone depresse3:334Un'altra vita3:455Mal d'Africa3:566La musica è stanca3:557Gente in progresso3:338Campane tibetane3:24Disc 21Via Lattea4:532Risveglio di primavera3:323No Time No Space3:284Personal Computer2:425Temporary Road2:506Il re del mondo3:287Chanson egocentrique4:148I treni di Tozeur3:099L'animale3:202008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 40:39
1Tutto l'universo obbedisce all'amore3:282Era d'estate3:043E più ti amo3:124It's Five O'Clock3:005Del suo veloce volo3:106Et maintenant3:337Sitting on the Dock of the Bay3:188Il carmelo di Echt3:239Il venait d'avoir 18 ans3:4310Bridge Over Troubled Water3:5111La musica muore3:3312L'addio3:24Inneres Auge: Il tutto è più della somma delle sue parti
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 32:49
1Inneres Auge3:442Un'altra vita3:103Inverno3:294No Time No Space3:145L'incantesimo3:206Haiku2:377La quiete dopo un addio3:248Stage Door3:409Tibet3:1910'U cuntu2:522011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 54:58
1Atto I: Prologo2:272Inizio1:493Ouverture1:234Il sogno3:025Elettronica arcobaleni1:266Duplice intelletto0:587Le stimmate4:498Fine del sistema solare2:169Corale2:5810Danza I6:3511Atto II: Prologo1:1812Abiuras1:4013Il freddo e il caldo3:2614Benedictus2:2515Un amore romano3:4216L'esistenza di Dio2:0617Scampanio2:4618Attende Domine3:0419Danza II4:5920Devota precisazione0:1921Coro1:302012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:05
1Un irresistibile richiamo3:342Testamento3:333Quand'ero giovane3:414Eri con me3:585Passacaglia3:226La polvere del branco3:587Caliti junku3:198Aurora3:409Il serpente3:3010Apriti sesamo3:302013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:30
1Un irresistible reclamo3:342Mi testamento3:363Cuando era joven3:444Estabas conmigo4:005Pasacalle3:246El polvo del rebaño3:597Pliégate junco3:218Tráeme la luz3:439La serpiente3:3710Ábrete sésamo3:32Joe Patti's Experimental Group
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 40:14
1Leoncavallo5:412Le voci si faranno presenze2:123Klavier2:114Omaggio a Giordano Bruno2:345Come un branco di lupi6:216The Implicate Order5:007Nel cosmo0:568CERN4:509Nuba1:2410L'isola elefante4:5411Proprietà proibita4:11Universi paralleli di Franco Battiato
2018 · studio album
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 51:21
1Torneremo ancora3:372Come un cammello in una grondaia3:263Le sacre sinfonie del tempo3:414Lode all'inviolato3:075L'animale3:056Tiepido aprile3:147Povera patria3:538Te lo leggo negli occhi3:059Perduto amor2:2810Prospettiva Nevski3:2211La cura4:0412I treni di Tozeur2:5913E ti vengo a cercare3:4814Le nostre anime4:0615L'era del cinghiale bianco (live)3:26Sentieri Selvaggi Plays Franco Battiato
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 34:19
1L’Egitto prima delle sabbie 11:332L’Egitto prima delle sabbie 21:233L’Egitto prima delle sabbie 31:264L’Egitto prima delle sabbie 41:345L’Egitto prima delle sabbie 51:136L’Egitto prima delle sabbie 61:087L’Egitto prima delle sabbie 71:028L’Egitto prima delle sabbie 81:129L’Egitto prima delle sabbie 91:0310L’Egitto prima delle sabbie 102:4311Sud Afternoon 14:5312Sud Afternoon 21:4013Sud Afternoon 32:3914Sud Afternoon 42:5415Sud Afternoon 54:3616Sud Afternoon 61:3217Sud Afternoon 71:48
Single · 13
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| 1967 | Il Mondo Va Così ∕ Triste Come MeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:221Il Mondo Va Così2:44 2Triste Come Me2:38 | 1967 | ||
| 1967 | La torre / Le reazioniSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:33ALa torre3:08 BLe reazioni2:25 | 1967 | ||
| 1972 | La convenzione / ParanoiaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:55ALa convenzione3:15 BParanoia3:40 | 1972 | ||
| 1978 | AdieuSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:36AAdieu3:30 BSan Marco3:06 | 1978 | ||
| 1979 | L'era del cinghiale bianco / Luna indianaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAL'era del cinghiale bianco BLuna indiana | November 1979 | ||
| 1981 | Bandiera biancaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 10:12ABandiera bianca5:19 BSummer on a Solitary Beach4:53 | 1981 | ||
| 1984 | I treni di Tozeur / Le biciclette di ForlìSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:12AI treni di Tozeur3:10 BLe biciclette di Forlì3:02 | April 1984 | ||
| 1997 | La curaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 4:041La cura4:04 2Dias extranõs (Strani giorni) | 1997 | ||
| 1998 | Il ballo del potereSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 15:411Il ballo del potere4:26 2Stage Door4:07 3Emma3:36 4L’incantesimo3:32 | 1998 | ||
| 1998 | Shock in My TownSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 16:531Shock in My Town4:25 2Stage Door (demo)4:09 3La stagione dell'amore (live)4:12 4La cura (live)4:07 | September 1998 | ||
| 1999 | Finnegan's WakeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 3:521Finnegan's Wake3:52 2Finnegan's Wake (video) | 1999 | ||
| 2001 | Vida en diagonalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:431Vida en diagonal3:43 | 2001 | ||
| 2008 | La stagione dell’amoreSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:551La stagione dell’amore3:55 | 22 August 2008 |
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | “Clic”Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracksA1Propiedad prohibida A2No U Turn A3Gates of Memory BRevolution in the Air | Compilation | 1974 | |
| 1976 | Feed BackSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 59:24Disc 1 1Fetus3:32 2Meccanica8:48 3Il silenzio del rumore1:40 4Beta5:00 5Plancton5:03 6Pollution8:45 Disc 21Aria di rivoluzione 2Sequenze e frequenze 3Da Oriente ad Occidente3:35 4Rien ne va plus2:44 5Propiedad prohibida5:22 6No U Turn4:50 7I cancelli della memoria6:13 8Ethika fon ethica3:52 | Compilation | 1976 | |
| 1978 | Juke BoxSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 26:44A1Campane2:29 A2Su scale4:56 A3Martyre celeste5:21 B1Hyver2:53 B2Agnus4:22 B3Telegrafi6:43 | Soundtrack | May 1978 | |
| 1982 | L'arte di BattiatoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 40:49A1Up Patriots to Arms4:59 A2Summer on a Solitary Beach4:52 A3Bandiera bianca5:18 A4L'era del cinghiale bianco4:10 B1Cuccurucucù4:08 B2Gli uccelli4:39 B3Centro di gravità permanente3:54 B4Il sentimiento nuevo4:18 B5Venezia-Istanbul4:31 | Compilation | 1982 | |
| 1982 | Franco BattiatoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 38:291Zâ19:33 2Café‐Table‐Musik18:56 | Compilation | 1982 | |
| 1986 | BattiatoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:01:151Prospettiva Nevski3:24 2L'era del cinghiale bianco3:45 3Up Patriots to Arms4:28 4Sentimiento nuevo4:19 5Voglio vederti danzare3:33 6Summer on a Solitary Beach4:54 7Cuccurucucù4:11 8Bandiera bianca5:20 9Centro di gravità permanente3:56 10Gli uccelli4:42 11Un'altra vita3:40 12Mal d'Africa3:44 13Chan-son egocentrique4:14 14I treni di Tozeur3:17 15La stagione dell'amore3:48 | Compilation | 1986 | |
| 1987 | Battiato en españolSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 54:331Centro de gravedad3:39 2Sentimiento nuevo3:55 3No Time No Space3:21 4Los trenes de Tozeur3:18 5Chan-son egocentrique4:11 6La estación de los amores3:46 7Cucurrucucú4:10 8Via Láctea4:45 9Bandera blanca4:43 10Yo quiero verte danzar3:35 11Perspectiva Nevski3:26 12Mal de África3:43 13Otra vida3:46 14Nómadas4:15 | Compilation | 1987 | |
| 1989 | Giubbe rosseSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:04:15Disc 1 1Giubbe rosse4:20 2Alexander Platz3:24 3Lettera al governatore della Libia3:27 4Mesopotamia4:23 5L'era del cinghiale bianco3:39 6Un'altra vita3:01 7Voglio vederti danzare3:25 8Oceano di silenzio4:25 Disc 21Sequenze e frequenze7:05 2Aria di rivoluzione3:41 3No U Turn4:21 4Summer on a Solitary Beach3:32 5Cuccurucucù2:59 6Centro di gravità permanente3:53 7Gli uccelli4:43 8E ti vengo a cercare3:57 | Live | 20 September 1989 | |
| 1990 | Benvenuto Cellini: una vita scellerataSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 29 tracks · 47:021Titoli3:44 2Primo incontro1:15 3Secondo incontro0:37 4Pal0:57 5Borgo1:09 6Scena d’amore studio1:27 7La figlia3:02 8Incubo1:29 9Isteria2:04 10Lanzichenecchi2:08 11Sparo3:13 12Stallo0:59 13Saccheggio1:33 14Crocifissione1:26 15Uccisione fratello3:04 16Bozzetto1:22 17Lotta nel cortile0:37 18Governatore del carcere2:06 19Fuga scale1:10 20Fuga corda1:02 21Prigione pozzo1:11 22Graffiti Cristo1:30 23Liberazione0:47 24Cavalcata bosco1:33 25Apparizione Caterina2:07 26Di notte0:57 27Strada Firenze1:21 28Perseo1:23 29Fusione1:49 | Soundtrack | 1990 | |
| 1994 | UnprotectedSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 42:111Il re del mondo3:29 2La stagione dell’amore3:38 3Prospettiva Nevskij3:15 4I treni di Tozeur3:13 5Strade dell’est2:35 6E ti vengo a cercare3:57 7Mal d’Africa2:59 8Secondo imbrunire2:53 9Lode all’inviolato3:15 10L’ombra della luce4:02 11L’animale3:06 12Stranizza d’amuri2:24 13L’era del cinghiale bianco3:25 | Live | 1994 | |
| 1995 | Shadow, LightSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 55:291L’ombra della luce (The Shadow of the Light)4:58 2Messa arcaica (Archaic Mass): Kyrie14:30 3Messa arcaica (Archaic Mass): Gloria4:58 4Messa arcaica (Archaic Mass): Credo2:51 5Messa arcaica (Archaic Mass): Sanctus6:47 6Messa arcaica (Archaic Mass): Agnus Dei6:07 7Haiku3:50 8Povera patria (Poor Country)3:43 9Ricerca sul terzo (Investigation on the Third)4:00 10Le sacre sinfonie del tempo (The Sacred Symphonies of Time)3:45 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1996 | Battiato Live CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 29 tracks · 1:44:58Disc 1 1L’era del cinghiale bianco3:34 2Prospettiva Nevskij3:16 3Summer on a Solitary Beach3:27 4La stagione dell’amore3:37 5Gli uccelli4:43 6Alexander Platz3:24 7Mal d’Africa2:59 8Stranizza d’amuri2:26 9Strade dell’est2:35 10Un’altra vita2:59 11I treni di Tozeur3:12 12Aria di rivoluzione3:33 13Giubbe rosse4:14 14L’ombra della luce4:10 15E ti vengo a cercare3:57 Disc 21Voglio vederti danzare3:22 2Il re del mondo3:24 3Cuccurucucù2:57 4Oceano di silenzio4:25 5Lettera al governatore della Libia3:17 6Secondo imbrunire2:51 7Mesopotamia4:16 8L’animale3:04 9Centro di gravità permanente3:53 10Lode all’inviolato3:12 11Sequenze e frequenze6:53 12No U Turn4:13 13E ti vengo a cercare3:43 14L’era del cinghiale bianco3:22 | Live | 1996 | |
| 1996 | Le OriginiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracksDisc 1 1Fetus 2Meccanica 3Il Silenzio Del Rumore 4Areknames 5Beta 6Plancton 7Pollution Disc 21Aria di Rivoluzione / Sequenze E Frequenze 2Da Oriente A Occidente 3Rien Ne Va Plus 4Propiedad Prohibida 5No U Turn 6I Cancelli Della Memoria 7Ethika Fon Ethica | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1996 | Battiato CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 29 tracks · 1:53:03Disc 1 1Yo quiero verte danzar3:36 2Nómadas4:16 3Chan-son egocentrique4:12 4No Time No Space3:23 5Carta al gobernador de Libia3:19 6El animal3:20 7Mesopotamia4:26 8Pobre patria3:44 9Bandera blanca4:43 10Otra vida3:46 11Y te vengo a buscar3:54 12Fisiognomica4:32 13Alexander Platz3:16 14La era del jabalí blanco3:49 15Cucurrucucú4:08 Disc 21Centro de gravedad3:39 2La estación de los amores3:47 3Casaca roja4:18 4Los trenes de Tozeur3:18 5Up Patriots to Arms4:37 6Mal de África3:44 7Vía Láctea4:46 8Como un camello en un canalón3:31 9Sentimiento nuevo3:56 10Perspectiva Nevski3:26 11El mito del amor3:28 12Despertar en primavera3:34 13La sombra de la luz4:51 14Sagradas sinfonías del tiempo3:44 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1996 | Battiato Studio CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 31 tracks · 2:07:49Disc 1 1Cuccurucucù4:10 2Bandiera bianca5:20 3Centro di gravità permanente3:54 4Prospettiva Nevski3:57 5L’era del cinghiale bianco4:15 6Up Patriots to Arms5:02 7Sentimiento nuevo4:17 8Voglio vederti danzare3:37 9Summer on a Solitary Beach4:54 10Gli uccelli4:40 11Un’altra vita3:38 12Mal d’Africa3:43 13Chan‐son egocentrique4:07 14I treni di Tozeur3:08 15La stagione dell’amore3:42 16Le aquile4:05 Disc 21L’animale3:12 2No Time No Space3:19 3Radio Varsavia4:05 4Strade dell’est4:17 5Il re del mondo5:33 6E ti vengo a cercare3:48 7Nomadi4:23 8L’oceano di silenzio4:17 9Come un cammello in una grondaia3:30 10L’ombra della luce4:50 11Povera patria3:43 12Caffé de la Paix4:23 13Sui giardini della preesistenza3:46 14Atlantide3:55 15L’ombrello e la macchina da cucire4:19 | Compilation | 1 April 1996 | |
| 1998 | Gli anni '70Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 2:35:27Disc 1 1Fetus3:34 2Meccanica8:49 3Areknames4:33 4Aria di rivoluzione / Sequenze e frequenze14:37 5Da Oriente ad Occidente3:36 6Il silenzio del rumore1:44 7Rien ne va plus: Andante2:43 8Beta5:02 9Plancton5:04 10Pollution8:46 11Ethika fon Ethica3:54 12I cancelli della memoria6:11 13No U Turn4:52 14Propiedad prohibida5:20 Disc 21Cafè-Table-Musik18:59 2Zâ19:33 3Campane2:29 4Hiver2:53 5L'Egitto prima delle sabbie14:15 6Sud Afternoon18:33 | Compilation | 23 September 1998 | |
| 2000 | La curaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:16:141La cura4:04 2Prospettiva Nevski4:00 3Amore che vieni, amore che vai2:28 4Summer on a Solitary Beach4:58 5La stagione dell’amore (live)3:40 6Voglio vederti danzare (live)3:23 7Strani giorni3:57 8Bandiera bianca5:21 9Il ballo del potere4:25 10Up Patriots to Arms5:02 11L’era del cinghiale bianco4:15 12Il sentimento nuevo4:19 13Shock in My Town4:22 14Quello che fu4:29 15Vite parallele3:25 16Ecco com’è che va il mondo4:23 17J’entends siffler le train3:11 18La canzone dell’amore perduto3:27 19Te lo leggo negli occhi3:05 | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2001 | IntrospettivaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:09:451Il re del mondo5:34 2Le aquile4:07 3Segnali di vita3:39 4Radio Varsavia4:06 5Mal d'Africa3:43 6L'animale3:13 7Secondo imbrunire3:16 8Giubbe rosse4:16 9Alexander Platz3:23 10Povera patria3:43 11L'ombra della luce4:49 12Lode all'inviolato3:53 13Haiku3:46 14Breve invito a rinviare il suicidio4:19 15La cura4:03 16Casta Diva3:37 17Vite parallele3:24 18Ed io tra di voi2:54 | Compilation | 30 November 2001 | |
| 2002 | La convenzioneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 40:291La convenzione3:36 2Paranoia4:07 3Stranizza d’ammuri3:23 4La musica muore3:07 5Himalaya4:58 6Il regno dell’Eden, Parte 13:50 7Il regno dell’Eden, Parte 25:50 8Galantuomo4:41 9Crazy Horse3:47 10La convenzione3:10 | Compilation | 2002 | |
| 2003 | Le stagioni del nostro amoreSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 1:25:26Disc 1 1Amore che vieni, amore che vai2:30 2La cura4:03 3Te lo leggo negli occhi3:05 4Vite parallele3:26 5La canzone dell’amore perduto3:27 6Amata solitudine4:06 7Aria di neve2:55 8Di passaggio3:38 9È stato molto bello3:50 10La canzone dei vecchi amanti3:26 11Memoria di Giulia3:18 12J’entends siffler le train3:11 13Ecco com’è che va il mondo4:24 14La preda3:44 15Segunda feira4:02 16El cuidado4:04 Disc 21La torre3:16 2Le reazioni2:23 3Il mondo va così (et moi, et moi, et moi)2:41 4Triste come me2:37 5Vento caldo3:03 6È l’amore2:27 7Fumo di una sigaretta2:40 8Bella ragazza2:51 9Sembrava una serata come tante3:11 10Gente3:08 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2003 | Perduto amorSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:07:111Perduto amor3:17 2Non dimenticar le mie parole3:14 3Ich will hier bei dir stehen1:14 4Itsi bitsi petit bikini2:17 5Gloria patri4:50 6Te vojo bene assaje3:05 7Adagio n. 23 in la maggiore0:41 8Quando vedrete il mio caro amore3:43 9Se tu sapessi2:44 10Sigillata con un bacio3:21 11Sulla sabbia c’era lei2:08 12In der Fremde2:17 12Beim Schlafengehen2:55 13When I Am Laid in Earth1:49 14La terza luna2:22 15Porta romana3:32 17Lombardia – Le Plat Pays2:46 18Quando piove sulla spiaggia2:18 19Simple Lies2:57 20Cinque minuti e poi…3:11 21Estratto da symphonic variations0:42 22Parchment Farm4:34 23Novena di natale1:11 24Intermezzo in la maggiore op. 118 n. 26:03 | Soundtrack | 8 May 2003 | |
| 2003 | Last Summer DanceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 1:37:27Disc 1 1Shackleton3:46 2Atlantide3:11 3Strani giorni3:45 4Shock in My Town3:57 5Impressioni di settembre3:30 6L’oceano di silenzio4:00 7Delenda Carthago3:19 8E ti vengo a cercare3:47 9È stato molto bello3:32 10Il mantello e la spiga3:58 11Caffé de la Paix3:40 12La cura4:08 13Accetta il consiglio3:38 Disc 21L’incantesimo3:32 2Auto da fé3:53 3Mesopotamia4:21 4Lode all’inviolato3:11 5Magic Shop2:38 6Stranizza d’amuri2:13 7La stagione dell’amore2:50 8Povera patria3:47 9Medley (Bandiera bianca, Segnali di vita, Sentimiento nuevo, Gli uccelli)8:24 10L’animale2:54 11L’era del cinghiale bianco3:03 12Cuccuruccuccu4:11 13Centro di gravità permanente4:19 | Live | 24 October 2003 | |
| 2004 | The Platinum CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 53 tracks · 3:33:41Disc 1 1Centro di gravità permanente3:54 2Voglio vederti danzare3:38 3L'era del cinghiale bianco4:15 4Cuccurucucù4:09 5Summer on a Solitary Beach4:55 6Up Patriots to Arms5:00 7Bandiera bianca5:22 8Le aquile4:08 9Strade dell'est4:18 10Venezia-Istanbul4:33 11Sentimiento nuevo (Spanish version)3:53 12Radio Varsavia4:05 13Gli uccelli4:40 14Il re del mondo5:35 15Prospettiva Nevski3:57 16Stranizza d'amuri5:10 Disc 21Chan-son egocentrique4:12 2La stagione dell'amore3:47 3I treni di Tozeur3:07 4No Time No Space3:26 5L'esodo5:11 6Tramonto occidentale3:13 7Risveglio di primavera3:30 8Un'altra vita3:42 9Mal d'Africa3:46 10Clamori4:28 11Via Lattea4:50 12Scalo a Grado3:29 13Zone depresse3:28 14L'animale3:16 15Fisiognomica4:28 16Gente in progresso3:31 17New Frontiers3:13 18Temporary Road (English version)2:51 19Veni l'autunnu3:24 Disc 31E ti vengo a cercare3:49 2Povera patria3:41 3Atlantide3:54 4Nomadi4:23 5Caffè de la paix4:22 6Breve invito a rinviare il suicidio4:17 7Secondo imbrunire3:15 8Come un cammello in una grondaia3:27 9Sui giardini della preesistenza3:45 10Le sacre sinfonie del tempo3:44 11Lode all'inviolato3:49 12L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire4:18 13L'ombra della luce4:48 14L'oceano di silenzio4:17 15Giubbe rosse (live)4:14 16Alexander Platz (live)3:24 17Lettera al governatore della Libia (live)3:28 18Mesopotamia (Spanish version)4:22 | Compilation | 19 November 2004 | |
| 2005 | Un soffio al cuore di natura elettricaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 59:521Come Away Death2:27 2Tra sesso e castità3:32 3Strani giorni4:05 4I'm That3:57 5Auto da Fé3:56 6Le aquile non volano a stormi3:41 7Shock in My Town4:26 8Odore di polvere da sparo3:32 9Sarcofagia3:51 10La cura4:01 11La porta dello spavento supremo2:38 12Il mantello e la spiga4:15 13È stato molto bello3:55 14Voglio vederti danzare3:27 15Impressioni di settembre3:32 16Cuccuruccucu4:37 | Live | 25 November 2005 | |
| 2006 | The Platinum Collection 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 54 tracks · 3:26:58Disc 1 1Sentimento nuevo4:17 2Personal Computer2:38 3La torre3:35 4La musica è stanca3:52 5Arabian Song3:37 6Magic Shop4:11 7Segnali di vita3:37 8Passaggi a livello3:37 9Campane tibetane3:12 10Frammenti3:53 11Zai saman3:51 12Pasqua etiope4:25 13Il mito dell'amore3:26 14Luna indiana3:30 15Chan-son egocentrique (Spanish version)4:09 16Bandera blanca (Spanish version)5:20 17Up Patriots to Arms (Spanish version)4:34 Disc 21Un vecchio cameriere4:10 2Plaisir d'amour3:55 3Delenda Carthago3:56 4Gesualdo da Venosa4:06 5Fornicazione4:19 6Oh Sweet Were the Hours3:36 7Fogh in Nakhal3:31 8Piccolo pub4:00 9Gestillte Sehnsucht5:46 10Ricerca sul terzo3:57 11L'esistenza di Dio7:35 12Moto browniano4:41 13Haiku3:47 14Schmerzen2:47 15Tao4:00 16Fisiognomica (Spanish version)4:29 17Nómadas (Spanish version)4:13 Disc 31L'era del cinghiale bianco3:35 2Centro di gravità permanente3:54 3Cuccurucucu2:59 4Voglio vederti danzare3:23 5Un'altra vita3:00 6Gli uccelli4:44 7Il re del mondo3:25 8L'animale3:05 9Mal d'Africa3:00 10Secondo imbrunire2:52 11Strade dell'est2:36 12E ti vengo a cercare3:58 13I treni di Tozeur3:14 14Summer on a Solitary Beach3:29 15La stagione dell'amore3:38 16Prospettiva Nevski3:17 17Stranizza d'amuri2:27 18L'ombra della luce4:11 19Lode all'inviolato3:14 20L'oceano di silenzio4:25 | Compilation | 2006 | |
| 2007 | Frequenze & dissolvenzeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 2007 | |
| 2007 | Le canzoni, Volume 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:05:121Summer on a Solitary Beach4:56 2No Time No Space3:27 3Centro di gravità permanente3:56 4Cuccurucucù4:11 5La stagione dell'amore3:47 6I treni di Tozeur3:09 7Bandiera bianca5:24 8L'animale3:14 9Giubbe rosse4:15 10Prospettiva Nevski3:59 11Up Patriots to Arms5:00 12Mal d'Africa3:47 13Scalo a Grado3:31 14Un'altra vita3:42 15Gli uccelli4:42 16Chan-son egocentrique4:12 | Compilation | 9 November 2007 | |
| 2007 | Le canzoni, Volume 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:02:261E ti vengo a cercare3:49 2Voglio vederti danzare3:38 3Il re del mondo5:34 4Caffè de la paix4:23 5Strade dell'est4:18 6Radio Varsavia4:05 7Il mito dell'amore3:27 8Nomadi4:24 9L'esodo5:11 10New Frontiers3:13 11Se mai3:07 12Il cielo in una stanza3:12 13Insieme a te non ci sto più3:14 14Odore di polvere da sparo3:28 15Tra sesso e castità3:26 16Plaisir d'amour3:57 | Compilation | 16 November 2007 | |
| 2007 | Le canzoni, Volume 3Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 59:401Strani giorni3:45 2La cura4:08 3Shock in My Town3:57 4Impressioni di settembre3:29 5Atlantide3:11 6L'oceano di silenzio3:56 7Autodafè3:46 8Magic Shop2:38 9Stranizza d'amuri2:13 10Povera patria3:47 11Lode all'inviolato3:08 12Alexander Platz3:23 13No U Turn4:10 14Mesopotamia4:17 15Sequenze e frequenze6:49 16L'era del cinghiale bianco3:03 | Compilation,Live | 23 November 2007 | |
| 2007 | Le canzoni, Volume 4: I videoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks1Intro "Sequenze e frequenze" 2L'era del cinghiale bianco 3Il re del mondo 4Strade dell'est 5Up Patriots to Arms 6Centro di gravità permanente 7Bandiera bianca 8L'esodo 9New Frontiers 10Radio Varsavia 11Clamori 12Voglio vederti danzare 13La stagione dell'amore 14Mal d'Africa 15Via Lattea 16No Time No Space 17E ti vengo a cercare 18Veni l'autunnu 19Fisiognomica 20Secondo imbrunire 21L'oceano di silenzio 22Mesopotamia 23Giubbe rosse 24Povera patria 25Come un cammello in una grondaia 26L'ombra della luce | Compilation | 30 November 2007 | |
| 2009 | Gli album originaliSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 41 tracks · 3:20:18Disc 1 1Fetus2:39 2Una cellula2:55 3Cariocinesi1:59 4Energia4:31 5Fenomenologia3:51 6Meccanica6:11 7Anafase5:36 8Mutazione2:59 Disc 21Il silenzio del rumore2:48 231 dicembre 1999 ore 90:20 3Areknames5:07 4Beta7:25 5Plancton5:03 6Pollution8:49 7Ti sei mai chiesto quale funzione hai?3:34 Disc 31Sequenze e frequenze16:22 2Aries5:27 3Aria di rivoluzione5:02 4Da Oriente ad Occidente6:33 Disc 41I cancelli della memoria6:11 2No U Turn4:53 3Il mercato degli dei4:30 4Rien ne va plus: andante2:44 5Propiedad prohibida5:22 6Nel cantiere di un'infanzia4:33 7Ethika fon ethica3:52 Disc 51Goutez et comparez13:38 2Canto fermo5:53 3Orient Effects12:01 Disc 61Perduto amor3:18 2Impressioni di settembre3:41 3Se mai3:06 4Ritornerai3:26 5Col tempo sai3:35 6Insieme a te non ci sto più3:13 7Il cielo in una stanza3:12 8Le tue radici3:21 9Se tu sapessi3:17 10Sigillata con un bacio3:20 11Come un sigillo3:04 12Beim Schlafengehen2:57 | Compilation | 2009 | |
| 2010 | Povera patria: Best & RaritiesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 36 tracksDisc 1 1Centro di gravità permanente 2Voglio vederti danzare 3La stagione dell'amore 4No Time No Space 5L'era del cinghiale bianco 6Nomadi 7Bandiera bianca 8Up Patriots to Arms 9I treni di Tozeur 10Cuccurucucù 11Chan-son egocentrique 12Gli uccelli 13E ti vengo a cercare 14L'animale 15Prospettiva Nevski 16Radio Varsavia 17Un'altra vita 18L'ombra della luce 19Povera patria Disc 21Pobre patria 2Centro de gravedad 3Despertar en primavera - Risveglio di primavera 4Nómadas 5Yo quiero verte danzar 6Bandera blanca 7La era del jabalí blanco 8Yo te vengo a buscar 9Mal de África 10Via Láctea 11El mito del amor 12Fisiognómica (Spanish version) 13Como un camello en un canalón 14I Want to See You as a Dancer 15Lover's Season 16Chan-son egocentrique 17The Trains of Tozeur | Compilation | 2 November 2010 | |
| 2013 | Del suo veloce voloSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:05:011Cripple and the Starfish5:44 2For Today I Am a Boy4:07 3You Are My Sister4:31 4Il re del mondo3:27 5Tutto l'universo obbedisce all'amore3:23 6As Tears Go By3:02 7Crazy in Love5:18 8Salt Silver Oxygen3:39 9Del suo veloce volo4:03 10Hope There's Someone4:50 11La realtà non esiste3:03 12I treni di Tozeur2:54 13La cura4:02 14E ti vengo a cercare3:54 15Bandiera bianca + Up Patriots to Arms5:02 16Inneres auge4:02 | Live | 26 November 2013 | |
| 2015 | Anthology: Le nostre animeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 52 tracks · 3:12:15Disc 1 1Le nostre anime4:26 2L'era del cinghiale bianco3:21 3Stranizza d'amuri3:29 4Up Patriots to Arms4:22 5Prospettiva Nevski3:34 6Summer on a Solitary Beach4:50 7Bandiera bianca4:37 8Gli uccelli4:04 9Cuccurucucù4:10 10Centro di gravità permanente3:51 11Voglio vederti danzare3:28 12La stagione dell'amore3:44 13Un'altra vita3:05 14No Time No Space3:24 15L'animale2:55 16E ti vengo a cercare3:51 17Nomadi3:55 18Giubbe rosse3:35 19Alexander Platz3:23 Disc 21Center of Gravity3:25 2Lo spirito degli abissi3:35 3Povera patria3:43 4Caffè de la paix3:22 5Strani giorni3:59 6La cura4:02 7Shock in My Town4:22 8Il mantello e la spiga3:58 9Niente è come sembra3:37 10Inneres auge3:42 11L'incantesimo3:21 12Un irresistibile richiamo3:35 13Testamento3:36 14Passacaglia3:23 15Il re del mondo (live at Arena di Verona 2013)3:24 16Del suo veloce volo (live at Arena di Verona 2013)4:03 17I treni di Tozeur (live at Arena di Verona 2013)3:09 Disc 31Se telefonando3:22 2Aria di neve2:54 3Te lo leggo negli occhi3:05 4La canzone dei vecchi amanti3:26 5Tutto l'universo obbedisce all'amore3:28 6L'addio3:22 7Inverno3:29 8Oceano di silenzio4:19 9Le sacre sinfonie del tempo3:47 10L'ombra della luce4:51 11Lode all'inviolato3:22 12Haiku3:46 13Stati di gioia3:53 14Io chi sono?3:47 15L'isola elefante2:50 16Proprietà proibita4:14 | Compilation | 2015 | |
| 2016 | Live in RomaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 36 tracks · 2:17:44Disc 1 1L’era del cinghiale bianco3:29 2No Time No Space3:11 3Shock in My Town4:20 4Le nostre anime4:26 5La canzone dei vecchi amanti3:21 6La stagione dell’amore3:40 7La cura4:08 8Prospettiva Nevski3:48 9Dammi la mano amore3:48 10Il vento caldo dell’estate3:58 11Il sole nella pioggia5:26 12Summer on a Solitary Beach4:23 13Gli uccelli3:55 14Segnali di vita3:28 15Cuccurucucù4:17 16Centro di gravità permanente3:50 17Bandiera bianca2:09 18Sentimiento nuevo3:06 Disc 21L’era del cinghiale bianco3:27 2No Time No Space3:14 3Shock in My Town4:13 4Le nostre anime4:32 5La canzone dei vecchi amanti3:19 6La stagione dell’amore3:41 7La cura4:08 8Prospettiva Nevski3:44 9Dammi la mano amore3:52 10Il vento caldo dell’estate3:59 11Il sole nella pioggia5:27 12Summer on a Solitary Beach4:23 13Gli uccelli3:54 14Segnali di vita3:28 15Cuccurucucù4:17 16Centro di gravità permanente3:49 17Bandiera bianca2:10 18Sentimiento nuevo3:24 | Live | 4 November 2016 | |
| 2021 | L’imboscataSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 39:141Di Passaggio (2021 Mix)3:38 2Strani Giorni (2021 Mix)3:59 3La Cura (2021 Mix)4:03 4...Ein Tag Aus Dem Leben Des Kleinen Johannes (2021 Mix)3:48 5Amata Solitudine (2021 Mix)4:05 6Splendide Previsioni (2021 Mix)3:53 7Ecco Com'e Che Va Il Mondo (2021 Mix)4:23 8Segunda - Feira (2021 Mix)4:00 9Memoria Di Giulia (2021 Mix)3:19 10Serial Killer (2021 Mix)4:06 | Remix | 29 October 2021 | |
| 2022 | Correnti gravitazionali: The Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 30 tracks · 1:52:28Disc 1 1Summer on a Solitary Beach4:56 2Bandiera bianca4:40 3L’era del cinghiale bianco3:21 4Up Patriots to Arms4:23 5La stagione dell’amore3:45 6Centro di gravità permanente3:52 7Cuccurucucù4:13 8Gli uccelli4:05 9Voglio vederti danzare3:30 10La cura4:05 11Tutto l’universo obbedisce all’amore3:30 12I treni di Tozeur3:10 13Prospettiva Nevski3:36 14Alexander Platz (live)3:22 15Chan‐son egocentrique3:26 Disc 21L’animale2:56 2Stranizza d’amuri3:30 3Povera patria3:44 4Ruby Tuesday3:38 5E ti vengo a cercare3:52 6No time no space3:25 7Sentimiento nuevo4:11 8Shock in My Town4:24 9La canzone dell’amore perduto3:27 10Te lo leggo negli occhi3:05 11La canzone degli amanti perduti3:26 12Inneres Auge3:43 13Di passaggio3:38 14Strani giorni3:59 15Torneremo ancora3:36 | Compilation | 4 February 2022 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Franco Battiato head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 41 | 94.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 92 | 97.6th |
| Studio albums | 42 | 99th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 45 | 98.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 54 | 94.2th |
| Genres | 20 | 99.6th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art | won | |
| — | Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director | won | |
| — | Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telaio Magnetico(band) | — | present | keyboard |
| Osage Tribe(band) | 1971 | 1971 |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franco_Battiato_-_23_July_2010_-_05_%28cropped%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0cd117b2-2e21-406d-80cf-5ce0a6065e37discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0cd117b2-2e21-406d-80cf-5ce0a6065e37core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25147genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25147seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Battiatobiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Battiatobiography—wikipedia-it · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Battiato
Why this artist is in the database
- List of singer-songwriters
Tier rule: historic figure (41 language versions, career ended)
Image: rabendeviaregia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q25147 · MusicBrainz: 0cd117b2-2e21-406d-80cf-5ce0a6065e37
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