Funambola is an album of the Italian singer Patrizia Laquidara, released in 2007 by Ponderosa Music&Art. It includes 13 songs and it is inspired by the French tightrope walker Philippe Petit, who walked on a steel wire between the Twin Towers of New York City.[citation needed]

Funambola
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 14, 2007
GenrePop music
Length50:38
LabelPonderosa Music&Art
ProducerArto Lindsay, Patrick Dillett
Patrizia Laquidara chronology
Indirizzo portoghese
(2003)
Funambola
(2007)
Il canto dell'Anguana
(to be released)
Singles from Funambola
  1. "Le cose"
    Released: 2007
  2. "Ziza"
    Released: 2008
  3. "Personaggio"
    Released: 2008

Tightrope walking has this time both a physical and an intimate meaning, as a never ending research of a mental equilibrium, perhaps lasting, when found, only the space of a morning.[1]
Intimate thought and introspection are actually the main themes of Patrizia Laquidara's songs.[2]

Tracks

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  1. Pioggia senza zucchero – 3.36 – (P. Laquidara)
  2. Se qualcuno – 3.45 – (P. Laquidara, A. Canto)
  3. Senza pelle – 4.00 – (G. Casale – R. Tarantino)
  4. Nuove confusioni – 4.00 – (P. Laquidara)
  5. L'equilibrio è un miracolo – 4.08 – (P. Laquidara, E. Cirillo – A. Canto)
  6. Le cose – 3.08 – (P. Laquidara, Kaballà – P. Laquidara, G. Mancini)
  7. Addosso – 3.20 – (P. Laquidara – A. Canto)
  8. Ziza – 3.49 – (A. Canto, P. Laquidara – A. Canto)
  9. Chiaro e gelido mattino – 4.12
  10. Oppure no – 2.57 – (P. Laquidara, A. Canto)
  11. Va dove il mondo va – 4.22 – (G. Fabbris – J. Barbieri)
  12. Personaggio – 5.07 – (A. M. Lindsay, M. Gibbs, Kassin – adatt. in italiano P. Laquidara, L. Gemma)
  13. Noite e luar – 4.14 – (P. Laquidara)

Singles

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  • Le cose, released in 2007.
  • Ziza, released in 2008, was also used for a video and to present the Lisbon concert in 2009, during the Festa do Cinema Italiano film festival.
  • Personaggio, released in 2008, was also the soundtrack of the presentation spot of the Festa do Cinema Italiano film festival (Lisbon and Porto).

Soundtracks

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References

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  1. ^ D'Ottavio P (2007). "Torna Patrizia Laquidara una funambola sul filo", La Repubblica, March 27, 2007 p. 19 (Rome edition) link
  2. ^ Colombo, S (2007). "Laquidara "funambola" delle emozioni viaggia sul filo della canzone d'autore", Corriere della Sera, August 31, 2007 p. 9