Resta in ascolto and Escucha (English: Keep Listening or Listen) are the eighth studio albums by Italian singer Laura Pausini, released by Warner Music on October 22, 2004. The Spanish-language edition won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in 2006, making her the first and only Italian female to receive such award.
Escucha features "Víveme", theme song of the highly successful Mexican telenovela La madrastra (2005). The song's exposure extended to the United States when Univision acquired the telenovela and began its broadcast of La madrastra in March 2005. In September 2006, following a year of praise and formal recognition—particularly from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences—Warner Music released special edition CD+DVDs of Escucha in Argentina and the United States. The special editions feature previously unreleased bonus tracks presented in music video form. These tracks include "Prendo te" and "De tu amor".
Promoting the album, Pausini embarked on a world tour during the early 6 months of 2005. The tour has yielded a DVD.
Background The recording is on the subject of a break-up and was written in 2002, during Pausini's separation from her ex-boyfriend and producer Alfredo Cerruti.
The album features the song "Mi abbandono a te" / "Me abandono a ti", co-written by Pausini, Rick Nowels and Madonna. It also includes the ballad "Vivimi" / "Viveme", written by Biagio Antonacci, and the single "Benedetta passione" / "Bendecida pasión", penned by Italian rock-star Vasco Rossi. The album is mainly focused on themes of anger, bitterness, desire for independence and interior peace, but also features a song about the Iraq War, in which Pausini sings about Ali Ismail Abbas, a boy who was severely injured in a nighttime rocket attack near Baghdad in 2003.
Track listing
Resta in ascolto
Escucha
Limited edition DVD
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts Chart (2004–05)PeakPositionEuropean Top 100 Albums (Billboard)6Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 11Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 3US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) 20US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)20US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard) 10
Year-end charts Chart (2004)PositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)54French Albums (SNEP)74Italian Albums (FIMI)15Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)24 Chart (2005)PositionItalian Albums (FIMI)14Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)53Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)13
Certifications and sales
Personnel Credits adapted from AllMusic.
Production credits
Giulio Antognini – assistant engineer, mixing assistant Emporio Armani – wardrobe Antonio Baglio – mastering Joe Beckett – project coordinator Luca Bignardi – computers, engineer, mixing, programming Matteo Bolzoni – assistant engineer, mixing assistant Marco Borsatti – engineer John Brough – engineer, mixing Cesare Chiodo – producer Peter Cobbin – string engineer Emiliano Fantuzzi – pre-production Daniela Federici – photography Geoff Foster – string engineer Roberta Frau – assistant
Chris Garcia – engineer Gabriele Gigli – assistant engineer, mixing assistant Kieron Menzies – engineer Rick Nowels – producer Cesare Paciotti – wardrobe Sergio Pappalettera – artwork Gabrielle Parisi – executive producer Dado Parisini – producer, programming Laura Pausini – producer Wayne Rodrigues – computer analysis, programming Tara Saremi – project coordinator John Temis – engineer, mixing, producer Luca Turatti – assistant engineer, mixing assistant Celso Valli – producer
Music credits
Rusty Anderson – electric guitar Biagio Antonacci – composer J. Badia – adaptation Eric Buffat – composer Cheope – composer Cesare Chiodo – bass, acoustic guitar, keyboards, piano, composer Luis Conte – percussions Paolo Costa – bass Gaetano Curreri – composer Emiliano Fantuzzi – electric guitar Gabriele Fersini – electric guitar Riccardo Galardini – acoustic guitar Antonio Galbiati – composer Paolo Gianolio – acoustic guitar Alfredo Golino – drums Saverio Grandi – composer Charles Judge – effects, keyboards, strings Madonna – composer
Rick Nowels – keyboards, Spanish guitar Dado Parisini – arranger, brass arrangement, director, keyboards, piano Laura Pausini – adaptation, composer, vocals Carlos Alberto Perez – percussion Roberto Rossi – trombone Vasco Rossi – composer Marco Tamburini – flugelhorn John Themis – arranger, bandir, bass, clay drums, conductor, drum programming, effects, string arrangements Ian Thomas – drums León Tristán – adaptation Celso Valli – arranger, conductor, keyboards, piano, string arrangements Michele Vanni – acoustic guitar Massimo Varini – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Vasko Vassiliev – concert master Daniel Vuletic – acoustic guitar, composer Geoff Westley – conductor, string arrangements Gavyn Wright – concert master
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