Images (Lucio Battisti album)

Images is an album by the Italian singer and songwriter Lucio Battisti. It was released in September 1977 by RCA Victor.

Images
cover art by Al Vandenberg
Studio album by
Lucio Battisti
ReleasedSeptember 1977
GenreEasy listening
Length34:20
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerLucio Battisti, Bones Howe, Joe Reisman
Lucio Battisti chronology
Io tu noi tutti
(1977)		 Images
(1977)		 Una donna per amico
(1978)

The album is a collection of five songs from his previous album, Io tu noi tutti, and two of his classic songs ("Il mio canto libero" and "La canzone del sole"). All of the songs were translated into English by Peter Powell.

Critical reception

In the United States, the album was considered by critics a relative failure: Richard Williams, on the Melody Maker, wrote of a "watered-down Battisti".[1]

They criticized mostly Battisti's poor fluency in the English language, the flawed translation of lyrics, and also the disco-inspired arrangements (that, although pleasant, were not able to convey the spirit and all the nuances of the original songs).

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mogol and Peter Powell, all music composed by Lucio Battisti.

  1. "To Feel in Love" – 5:09
  2. "A Song to Feel Alive" – 4:39
  3. "The Only Thing I've Lost" – 5:02
  4. "Keep on Cruising" – 4:36
  5. "The Sun Song" – 5:17
  6. "There's Never Been a Moment" – 4:47
  7. "Only" – 4:47
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gollark: This is if I make it do `z = sin(z) * z + c` instead.
gollark: I agree.
gollark: It has produced this very image-like image.
gollark: I suppose I can go carcinize it maybe.

References
  1. Silvio Sabatini (1998). Lucio Battisti (in Italian). Gremese editore. p. 49. ISBN 88-7742-335-8.
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