Inneres Auge (German for 'Inner eye'), also known with the long title Inneres Auge - Il tutto è più della somma delle sue parti (lit. 'The whole is more than the sum of its parts'), is a studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, released by Universal Music Group in 2009. It mostly consists of new versions of old songs.

Inneres Auge
Studio album by
Released13 November 2009
Length32:49
LabelUniversal Music Group
Franco Battiato chronology
Fleurs 2
(2007)
Inneres Auge
(2009)
Apriti sesamo
(2012)

Production

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When his label requested a live album, Battiato opted instead to rearrange and re-record some old songs that, as he put it, "did not received the resonance they deserved".[1] In addition to them, there are two new songs (the title track and "U cuntu"), a cover version of a Fabrizio De André song ("Inverno"), and the song "Tibet", originally published as bonus track for the iTunes version of Fleurs 2.[2]

Battiato recorded the album at Pinaxa Studios in Milan.[2][3] Cover art was cured by Francesco Messina.[1]

Release

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Anticipated by the lead single "Inneres Auge", the album was released on 13 November 2009.[2]

Track listing

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Inneres Auge track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Inneres Auge"Franco Battiato, Manlio SgalambroBattiato3:44
2."Un'altra vita"Battiato, Giusto PioBattiato, Pio3:10
3."Inverno"Fabrizio De AndréDe André, Gian Piero Reverberi3:29
4."No Time No Space"Saro Cosentino, BattiatoBattiato, Pio3:14
5."L'incantesimo"SgalambroBattiato3:20
6."Haiku"BattiatoBattiato2:37
7."La quiete dopo un addio"Battiato, SgalambroBattiato3:24
8."Stage Door"Battiato, SgalambroBattiato3:40
9."Tibet"Battiato, SgalambroBattiato3:19
10."'U cuntu"Battiato, SgalambroBattiato2:52

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart performance for Inneres Auge
Chart (2009–10) Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[4] 5

Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for Inneres Auge
Chart (2009) Position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[5] 43

References

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  1. 1 2 Spessato, Carla (20 October 2021). "Inneres Auge". Franco Battiato: Come un incantesimo. Giunti. ISBN 978-88-09-95527-1.
  2. 1 2 3 Zuffanti, Fabio (30 June 2020). "Inneres Auge - Il tutto è più della somma delle sue parti". Franco Battiato: Tutti i dischi e tutte le canzoni, dal 1965 al 2019 (in Italian). LIT Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-6231-868-6.
  3. La Posta, Annino (2010). "2003-2009: Niente è come sembra". Franco Battiato: soprattutto il silenzio. Giunti. ISBN 978-88-09-74253-6.
  4. "Classifica settimanale WK 48 (dal 16.11.2009 al 22.11.2009)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  5. "Classifica annuale 2009" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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