Il ballo della vita

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Il ballo della vita
Studio album by
Måneskin
Released26 October 2018 (2018-10-26)
Recorded2018
StudioOfficine Meccaniche, The Sound of Violins in Milan
Genre
Length34:11
LanguageItalian • English
Label
ProducerMåneskin, Fabrizio Ferraguzzo
Måneskin chronology
Chosen
(2017) 		Il ballo della vita
(2018) 		Teatro d'ira: Vol. I
(2021)
Singles from Il ballo della vita
  1. "Morirò da re"
    Released: 23 March 2018
  2. "Torna a casa"
    Released: 28 September 2018
  3. "Fear for Nobody"
    Released: 18 January 2019
  4. "L'altra dimensione"
    Released: 10 April 2019
  5. "Le parole lontane"
    Released: 13 September 2019

Il ballo della vita (lit. 'The dance of life') is the debut

FIMI. The album includes the hit singles "Morirò da re", "Torna a casa", "Fear for Nobody", "L'altra dimensione" and "Le parole lontane
".

Description

Like in the previous EP Chosen, Il ballo della vita is a modern Italian pop rock record with influences from funk, reggae and ska.[1][2][3] In an The Upcoming interview, the band cited Led Zeppelin, Arctic Monkeys, Harry Styles, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bruno Mars as inspirations for the album.[4]

The album's title is meaning a "celebration of youth, of freedom".

muse "Marlena", a "woman who represents beauty and the message we want to communicate: a message of freedom of choice, of attitude, of style to which we have tried to give a face, a name and a voice".[5] Another protagonist is a man who wants to be with her until the very end. According to Damiano David, she is also a "personification of the fear of not being able to be oneself. Man is security, believing in oneself, like a father or an older brother, and he takes this woman into an objectively uncomfortable situation to bring her to a better version: not changing her, but making her accept herself, her aspirations".[6]

Five out of twelve songs in the album contain lyrics in English: "New Song", "Sh*t Blvd", single "Fear for Nobody", "Are You Ready?" and "Close to the Top".

Promotion

In October 2018, the band released This Is Måneskin, a documentary film which delved into the band's career beginnings, personal life and the creative process of producing the album.[7]

The album was promoted by their first career tour which was held between 2018 and 2019, and which had sold-out over 70 dates with more than 140,000 tickets, including their first European tour with eleven sold-out dates in Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom.[8][9][10]

Commercial performance

By May 2019, the tracks accumulated more than 196 million streams on Spotify.[11] Following the band's win at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Zitti e buoni" (from their succeeding album Teatro d'ira: Vol. I), the album entered charts outside Italy (and Switzerland) for the first time.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Damiano David, with track #7 co-written by Matteo Privitera and composed by Luigi Florio.[12]

No.TitleLength
1."New Song"3:33
2."Torna a casa"3:50
3."L'altra dimensione"2:06
4."Sh*t Blvd"3:22
5."Fear for Nobody"2:30
6."Le parole lontane"3:25
7."Immortale" (featuring Vegas Jones)2:31
8."Lasciami stare"2:49
9."Are You Ready?"2:34
10."Close to the Top"2:18
11."Niente da dire"2:36
12."Morirò da re"2:37
Total length:34:11

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[12]

Group
  • Damiano David – vocals, arrangement
  • Victoria De Angelis – bass guitar, arrangement
  • Thomas Raggi – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, arrangement
  • Ethan Torchio – drums, percussion, drum machine, arrangement
Additional musicians
  • Fabrizio Ferraguzzo – arrangement, orchestration, synth, synthesizer (Juno), drum machine, lap steel guitar
  • Enrico Brun – orchestration, synth, electric organ (Organo Hammond), synthesizer (Moog), mellotron, synthesizer (Juno), fortepiano, keyboards (Solina, Farfisa)
  • Riccardo Jeeba Gibertini – trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone
  • Marco Zaghi – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
  • Andrea Di Cesare – violin, viola
  • Mattia Boschi – violoncello
Production and design
  • Måneskin – production
  • Fabrizio Ferraguzzo – production, engineering, mastering
  • Riccardo Damian – recording
  • Enrico La Falce – engineering, mastering
  • Corrado Grilli - graphic design
  • Paolo Sant'Ambrogio - photography

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Il ballo della vita
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[37] 5× Platinum 250,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[38] Platinum 20,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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  37. ^ "Italian album certifications – Måneskin – Il ballo della vita" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 3 April 2023. Select "2023" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Il ballo della vita" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
  38. ^ "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 February 2024. Click "TYTUŁ" and enter Il ballo della vita in the search box.
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