- Park Hotel (Alice album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Park Hotel
Type =album
Artist = Alice
Cover size =
Caption =
Released = 1986
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Pop, Rock
Length = 38:13
Label = EMI
Producer = Francesco Messina
Reviews =Allmusic [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9fqxqyhldke]
Chronology =
Last album = "Gioielli Rubati - Alice Canta Battiato "
(1985)
This album = "Park Hotel"
(1986)
Next album = "Elisir "
(1987)"Park Hotel" is the eighth studio album by Italian
singer-songwriter Alice, released in late 1986 onEMI Music .The album was recorded with a four-piece band consisting of Italian
keyboardist Michele Fedrigotti plus three internationally acclaimed musicians: Americanbassist Tony Levin (King Crimson ,Peter Gabriel ,Pink Floyd , Yes,Lou Reed etc.), Americandrummer Jerry Marotta (Orleans, Peter Gabriel,Hall and Oates , Tony Levin Band etc.) and Britishguitarist Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music ,Bryan Ferry ,Brian Eno ,Pink Floyd etc.)."Park Hotel" which was Alice's first project to be produced by long-time collaborator Francesco Messina and included the single releases "Nomadi" and "Conoscersi" as well as other popular tracks like "Il Senso Dei Desideri", "Volo Di Notte", "Viali Di Solitudine" and "Nuvole Rosse" became one of the most commercially successful albums of the singer's career, a Top 20 hit in most parts of
Continental Europe as well asScandinavia (#14 Sweden) and Japan in early 1987. The track "Nomadi" was later covered byFranco Battiato on his 1988 album "Fisiognomica".A re-recorded version of "Nomadi" was included on the 2000 career retrospective "Personal Jukebox".
Track listing
;Side A
#"Il Senso Dei Desideri" (Alice, Mino Di Martino, Saro Cosentino) - 4:12
#"Viali Di Solitudine" (Francesco Messina, Marco Liverani) - 4:04
#"Conoscersi" (Francesco Messina, Alice, Marco Liverani) - 3:16
#"Città Chiusa" (Francesco Messina, Marco Liverani) - 4:21
#"Nuvole Rosse" (Saro Cosentino, Vincenzo Zitello) - 4:00;Side B
#"Luci Lontane" (Francesco Messina, Alice) - 5:13
#"Nomadi" (Juri Camisasca) - 4:29
#"Volo Di Notte" (Francesco Messina, Alice) - 5:07
#"Segni Nel Cielo" (Francesco Messina, Alice, Marco Liverani) - 4:13Personnel
* Alice -
lead vocals
*Jerry Marotta - drums,LinnDrum programming
*Tony Levin -bass guitar , stick bass
*Phil Manzanera -guitar s
* Michele Fedrigotti -keyboard instruments ,MIDI piano
* Pietro Pellegrini - Fairlight programmingProduction
* Francesco Messina -
record producer ,musical arranger
* Alice - musical arranger
* Michele Fedrigotti - musical supervision
* Recorded at Lark Studio,Carimate
* Allan Golberg -sound engineer
* Jim at Logic Studio,Milan - assistant sound engineer
* Benedict Tobias Fenner - assistant sound engineer
* Mauro Stokmajer - technical assistance
* Fabio Montaldi - technical assistance
* Mixed by Benedict Tobias Fenner at Logic Studio, Milan
* Polystudio - cover design
* Pia Valentinis -artwork
* Fulvio Ventura -photography
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