Anime di carta
Anime di carta (Souls of Paper) is the second studio album by Italian singer Michele Bravi, released by Universal Music Italy on 24 February 2017.[3] The album, produced by Francesco Catitti, features 13 songs, including two instrumental tracks and two English-language songs.[4][5] Preceded by the single "Il diario degli errori", which placed fourth in the main section of the 67th Sanremo Music Festival, the album debuted at number one on the Italian FIMI Albums Chart.[6][7]
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Released | 24 February 2017 | |||
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Length | 35:53 | |||
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Label | Universal Music Italy | |||
Producer | Francesco Catitti | |||
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Background
In a press conference to launch Anime di carta, Bravi revealed he started writing the album in 2014, and that it was completed in December 2016.[8] Bravi described it as a new beginning after a personal crisis, which followed his mediatic exposure resulting from winning the seventh series of Italian talent show X Factor, the commercial failure of his debut studio album, A passi piccoli, and being dubbed as a "dead artist" when he was dropped by Sony Music Italy.[9] Anime di carta was his first full-length studio album released for Universal Music Italy, which had previously released Michele Bravi's extended play I Hate Music in 2015.[10]
The album is focused on the end of a love story. According to Bravi, he personally met most of the authors contributing to the album, in order to tell them his story and to allow them to write songs he could recognize in. Bravi also contributed writing most of the songs featured in Anime di carta.[11] Discussing the album title, Bravi explained that, while examining his trouble in relating with other people, he felt humans are like paper souls, because "paper is an accessible material, it is not valued, it is not precious, it's always at your fingertips. But you can write your story on it, and if you're made of paper, you can't tear it off of you, or you're gonna hurt yourself".[8]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Come l'equilibrio (Intro)" |
| 0:29 |
2. | "Cambia" |
| 3:55 |
3. | "Diamanti" |
| 3:26 |
4. | "Il diario degli errori" |
| 3:26 |
5. | "Solo per un po'" |
| 3:01 |
6. | "Due secondi (Cancellare tutto)" |
| 2:34 |
7. | "Andare via" |
| 2:32 |
8. | "Pausa" |
| 3:20 |
9. | "Shiver" | Andreas Pfannenstill | 3:23 |
10. | "Bones" | Patrick Jordan-Patrikios | 2:33 |
11. | "Respiro" |
| 3:15 |
12. | "Il punto in cui ti ho perso (Interludio)" |
| 0:58 |
13. | "Chiavi di casa" |
| 3:01 |
Total length: | 35:53 |
Charts
Year-end charts
Chart (2017) | Position |
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Italian Albums (FIMI)[13] | 39 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Italy (FIMI)[14] | Gold | 25,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References
- "Michele Bravi a 105 Mi Casa" (in Italian). Radio 105 Network. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- Tatiana Cipollini (24 February 2017). "Michele Bravi, ecco la recensione dell'album Anime di carta".
- "Michele Bravi: ecco la tracklist e le date instore di anime di carta" (in Italian). AllMusicItalia.it. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- Alessandro Alicandri (23 February 2017). "Michele Bravi e i testi più belli di Anime di Carta". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- Francesco Chignola. "Michele Bravi, tutti gli autori di Anime di carta, il suo nuovo album". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- Domenico Naso (12 February 2017). "Sanremo 2017, il vincitore è Francesco Gabbani, seconda Fiorella Mannoia, terzo Ermal Meta". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- "Michele Bravi, Samuel e Gabbani al top delle classifiche FIMI" (in Italian). Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- Matilde Ferrero (23 February 2017). "Michele Bravi si racconta in Anime di carta" (in Italian). Spettakolo.it. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- "Michele Bravi racconta Anime di carta: Una seduta di psicanalisi con me stesso – Intervista" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- "Sanremo:24 febbraio Anime di Carta, nuovo album di Michele Bravi" (in Italian). Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. 23 January 2017.
- Mattia Marzi (24 February 2017). "Anime di carta - Michele Bravi - Recensione" (in Italian). Rockol.it. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- "Album - Classifica settimanale WK 9 (dal 2017-02-24 al 2017-03-02)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- "Classifiche annuali dei dischi più venduti e dei singoli più scaricati nel 2017" (in Italian). FIMI. Archived from the original (Click on "Scarica allegato" and open the "Classifica annuale 2017 Album combined" file) on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- "Italian album certifications – Michele Bravi – Anime di carta" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 30 October 2017. Select "2017" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Anime di carta" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".