La voce del padrone is an album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, released by EMI Italiana in 1981. The album followed L'era del cinghiale bianco (1979) and Patriots (1980), which signaled a return by Battiato to a more pop-oriented style.

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La voce del padrone
Studio album by Franco Battiato
Released	1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Synthpop, pop rock, progressive rock
Length	31:24
Label	EMI Italiana
Producer	Angelo Carrara
Franco Battiato chronology
Patriots (1980) La voce del padrone (1981) L'arca di Noè (1982)
Singles from La voce del padrone
"Bandiera bianca" Released: 1981 "Summer on a solitary beach" Released: 1981

Besides being Battiato's first pop success, it was also the first Italian LP to sell more than one million copies.

Overview

Before L'era del cinghiale bianco Battiato had begun to collaborate with violinist and composer Giusto Pio. In La voce del padrone Battiato could rely on Pio's collaboration too, even if violin was never used in the scores.

Album

The album is a mixture of synthpop, dance and progressive. "Bandiera Bianca" quotes "Mr. Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan, while "Cuccurucucù" borrows the refrain from the Tomás Méndez song "Cucurrucucú paloma". The better known songs of this album are "Summer On a Solitary Beach", "Bandiera Bianca" (one of the best known songs by Battiato) and "Centro Di Gravità Permanente". The title of the album references the Italian offshoot of the HMV record label – La voce del padrone.

"Summer On A Solitary Beach" was released as a single.

Track listing

1. "Summer on a solitary beach" - 4:34
2. "Bandiera bianca" - 5:19
3. "Gli uccelli" - 4:43
4. "Cuccurucucù" - 4:09
5. "Segnali di vita" - 3:37
6. "Centro di gravità permanente" - 3:55
7. "Sentimiento nuevo" - 4:18

Personnel

• Alfredo Golino - Drums
• Paolo Donnarumma - Bass guitar
• Filippo Destrieri - Keyboards
• Alberto Radius - Guitar
• Claudio Pascoli - Saxophone
• Donato Scolese - Vibraphone
• Madrigalisti di Milano - Choir