Amore (Andrea Bocelli album)

Amore is an album by Italian singer Andrea Bocelli. After his release on 31 January 2006, the album managed to soon make the leap to high places in the international charts, such as in the Netherlands, but also in Italy could establish itself high.

Parallel to the album Amore appeared on 22 March 2006, the album Amor, which was designed just for the Spanish-speaking market, many Italian songs of Amore were interpreted in the Spanish album of Bocelli in Spanish.

In the United States alone, the album was selling 1.66 million times worldwide, the album sold about 3.7 million copies.

Formation

Bocelli said in an interview that he had many of these pieces already played before the start of his career, in Italian bars during his time as a student. It was a very moving experience (a very moving experience) have been for him to visit this musical world again.

Content

The album contains mainly Italian and Spanish titles, among which are some that were already known by other artists in the past such as Besame Mucho, The Beatles and even the tenor Plácido Domingo among others.

Generally, the album stands out because of its diversity of languages ​​, so in addition to Spanish and Italian songs and other languages ​​exist, such as the French song Les Feuilles Mortes. This he sang with his fiancée Veronica Berti, who accompanied him on concerts in which Bocelli presented his album. The song L' appuntamento, which was known by the Italian singer Ornella Vanoni quite a few decades earlier, has some passages of text in Portuguese, so the subtitle Sentado à Beira do Caminho. At the end of the Italian version of the album Bocelli then interprets Can not Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley. The version included on the album is from the concert Amore - Under The Desert Sky borrowed from Las Vegas. With the song Because We Believe Bocelli appeared later on in the U.S. show American Idol.

For the album Bocelli collaborated with numerous other artists, with well-known such as Christina Aguilera and Stevie Wonder. With Aguilera Somos Novios he sang in a duet that got It's Impossible for the album yet subtitle. With Wondershare Bocelli Canzoni Stonate sang. Other musicians, such as Kenny G and Chris Botti, Bocelli instrumental support. With Kenny G Bocelli interpreted later A te, which was published in his best-of album in 2007.

Also for Amore tried Bocelli his musical colleagues. So Kenny G also played for the song Me Faltas, which is the Spanish version of Mi Manchi. Even with Canción Desafinada Bocelli received the musical support Wonders. The French song Les Feuilles Mortes was replaced by its Spanish version under the title Las hojas Muertas. In addition, there is at Amor another song, Porque Tú Me Acostumbraste that finds no counterpart at Amore.

The album was re-released on 12 January 2010, this time the song Porque tú me acostumbraste was supplemented, the Bocelli sang before at concerts for Amore.

Song list

For Amore

For Cupid

Awards

• 2006: platinum status in Hungary