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The Platinum Collection

Franco Battiato · 2004

213 min · 53 tracks · new wave

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Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

58 /100
Foothills
Higher than 10% of albums we've rated

A strong selection of sharply written songs, but its cross-era, 53-track survey format has little album-length pacing or identity of its own.

What we noticed

  • The opening run puts early-1980s synth-pop songs out of release order: the 1979 title track follows two later hits, with several songs from 1981 close behind.
  • The 53-track sequence ranges across Battiato's career and includes a Spanish-language version of “Sentimiento nuevo,” making it a catalog survey rather than a single-era statement.
  • The first 30 tracks move from synth-led pop toward later, more spacious art-pop; the length makes the set function as a broad archive rather than a tightly paced album.
Composition 25% of the score
7/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
7/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
7/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
3/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
3/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 2/10

Little footprint beyond its audience. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Centro di gravità permanente 3:53
  • 2 Voglio vederti danzare 3:37
  • 3 L'era del cinghiale bianco 4:14
  • 4 Cuccurucucù 4:09
  • 5 Summer on a Solitary Beach 4:54
  • 6 Up Patriots to Arms 5:00
  • 7 Bandiera bianca 5:21
  • 8 Le aquile 4:08
  • 9 Strade dell'est 4:18
  • 10 Venezia-Istanbul 4:33
  • 11 Sentimiento nuevo (Spanish version) 3:52
  • 12 Radio Varsavia 4:05
  • 13 Gli uccelli 4:40
  • 14 Il re del mondo 5:34
  • 15 Prospettiva Nevski 3:57
  • 16 Stranizza d'amuri 5:10

Disc 2

  • 1 Chan-son egocentrique 4:12
  • 2 La stagione dell'amore 3:46
  • 3 I treni di Tozeur 3:06
  • 4 No Time No Space 3:25
  • 5 L'esodo 5:10
  • 6 Tramonto occidentale 3:12
  • 7 Risveglio di primavera 3:30
  • 8 Un'altra vita 3:41
  • 9 Mal d'Africa 3:45
  • 10 Clamori 4:27
  • 11 Via Lattea 4:49
  • 12 Scalo a Grado 3:29
  • 13 Zone depresse 3:28
  • 14 L'animale 3:16
  • 15 Fisiognomica 4:28
  • 16 Gente in progresso 3:30
  • 17 New Frontiers 3:12
  • 18 Temporary Road (English version) 2:50
  • 19 Veni l'autunnu 3:23

Disc 3

  • 1 E ti vengo a cercare 3:48
  • 2 Povera patria 3:41
  • 3 Atlantide 3:54
  • 4 Nomadi 4:23
  • 5 Caffè de la paix 4:22
  • 6 Breve invito a rinviare il suicidio 4:16
  • 7 Secondo imbrunire 3:14
  • 8 Come un cammello in una grondaia 3:27
  • 9 Sui giardini della preesistenza 3:44
  • 10 Le sacre sinfonie del tempo 3:43
  • 11 Lode all'inviolato 3:48
  • 12 L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire 4:18
  • 13 L'ombra della luce 4:47
  • 14 L'oceano di silenzio 4:17
  • 15 Giubbe rosse (live) 4:14
  • 16 Alexander Platz (live) 3:24
  • 17 Lettera al governatore della Libia (live) 3:27
  • 18 Mesopotamia (Spanish version) 4:22

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