Dove si vola (album)

Dove si vola
EP by
ReleasedDecember 4, 2009
Recorded2009
GenrePop
Length24:55
Language
  • Italian
  • English
LabelSony Music
Producer
Marco Mengoni chronology
Dove si vola
(2009)
Re matto
(2010)
Singles from Dove si vola
  1. "Dove si vola"
    Released: December 3, 2009

Dove si vola is the first studio EP by Italian singer Marco Mengoni. The album peaked at number 9 in the Italian Albums Chart[1] and sold more than 70,000 copies in Italy,[2] receiving Platinum certification from the Federation of the Italian Music Industry.[3]

Background and release

In December 2009, Mengoni won the third series of the Italian talent show X-Factor. The 7-track EP was recorded during his experience at the singing contest, and it was released on 4 December 2009,[4] two days after he was announced winner of The X-Factor.[5][6]

Dove si vola includes the previously unreleased song with the same title, written by Bungaro and Saverio Grandi[7] and released as lead single. Mengoni sang it for the first time on 25 November 2009, during the semi-final live show of the talent show. The other tracks are "Lontanissimo da te", and 5 covers of popular Italian and international songs, chosen from the ones that his judge Morgan assigned him during the competition.[8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Dove si vola"Bungaro, Saverio GrandiNew song3:58
2."Man in the Mirror"Glen Ballard, Siedah GarrettMichael Jackson4:06
3."Psycho Killer"David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina WeymouthTalking Heads3:20
4."Insieme a te sto bene"Lucio Battisti, MogolLucio Battisti3:19
5."L'amore si odia"Diego Calvetti, Marco CiappelliNoemi feat. Fiorella Mannoia2:52
6."Almeno tu nell'universo"Bruno Lauzi, Maurizio FabrizioMia Martini4:04
7."Lontanissimo da te"Piero Calabrese, Massimo Calabrese, Roberto Procaccini, Marco Del BeneNew song3:32

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Certification Sales
Italian Albums Chart[9] 9[1] Platinum[3] 70,000+[2]

Year-end charts

Year Chart Position
2009 Italian Albums Chart 47[10]
2010 61[11]

Personnel

  • Marco Mengoni – vocals
  • Pietro Caramelli – mastering
  • Alessandra Tisato – photography
  • Daniela Boccadoro – graphics
  • Luca Rustici – arrangements, production, recording, mixing, computer programming, guitars, keyboards
  • Valerio Gagliano – studio assistant
  • Roberto Di Falco – studio assistant
  • Lorenzo Cazzaniga – mastering
  • Giancarlo Ippolito – drums
  • Gaetano Diodato – bass
  • Luciano Luisi – piano, keyboards
  • Lucio Fabbri – production, bass, guitar, violin, viola, keyboards
  • Alessandro Marcantoni – recording, mixing
  • Roberto Gualdi – drums
  • Salvo Calvo – guitar
  • Stefano Cisotto – keyboards, computer programming
  • Carlo Palmas – keyboards, computer programming
  • Morgan – arrangements, production
  • Piero Calabrese – production, arrangements, Pro Tools programming, keyboards
  • Massimo Calabrese – production, bass
  • Stella Fabiani – production
  • Roberto Procaccini – arrangements, Pro Tools programming, keyboards
  • Stefano Calabrese – recording, electric guitar
  • Gianluca Vaccaro – mixing
  • Marco Del Bene – electric guitar
  • Alessandro Canini – drums

References

  1. ^ a b "MARCO MENGONI - DOVE SI VOLA (ALBUM)". italiancharts.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Marco Mengoni: già oltre 70 mila copie" (in Italian). ANSA. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Certificazioni ARTISTI - Dalla settimana 1 del 2009 alla settimana 43 del 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). FIMI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Dove si vola di Marco" (in Italian). iTunes. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  5. ^ Andrea Laffranchi (December 2, 2009). "X Factor, vince Marco e va a Sanremo" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera.
  6. ^ Pippo Augliera (December 3, 2009). "Marco Mengoni vince a X Factor aggiudicandosi il Premio della Critica e vola alto in classifica con il suo Ep" (in Italian). www.musicalnews.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  7. ^ "Marco, Mengoni Marco - Dove si vola (Cd)" (in Italian). FNAC. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  8. ^ Laura Gorini (January 7, 2010). "Marco Mengoni- Dove si vola (SonyMusic), l'ep di debutto della nuova stella della musica italiana" (in Italian). www.musicalnews.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  9. ^ italiancharts.com - Marco Mengoni "Dove si vola" Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ "Classifiche annuali dei cd, dvd, compilation più venduti e digital download più scaricati online nel 2009" (in Italian). FIMI. January 19, 2010. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  11. ^ "Classifiche annuali dei dischi più venduti e dei singoli più scaricati nel 2010" (in Italian). FIMI. January 17, 2011. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.