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Ferro battuto
Ferro battuto
Studio album by Franco Battiato
Released	2001
Length	44:49
Label	Sony Records
Franco Battiato chronology

Ferro battuto (lit. 'Wrought iron') is the twenty-second studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, released in 2001.

Production

Battiato started working on the album in August 2000.^[1] It was recorded between Battiato's house in Milo, Whitfield Street Studios and Angel Recording Studios in London.^[2]^[3]

Among the musicians who collaborated to the album, were David Rhodes, Gavyn Wright, and Sonia Jones, while Natacha Atlas and Simple Minds' Jim Kerr were guests in two songs.^[3]

The cover art parodies the early 1900s Russian political posters, and was realized by Moltimedia Fattoria Digitale.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Release and reception

The album was released on 13 April 2001.^[2]^[3] The same year, it was released a Spanish-language version of the album, Hierro forjado.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Running against the grain"	Franco Battiato, Manlio Sgalambro	3:43
2.	"Bist du bei mir"	Battiato, Sgalambro	4:21
3.	"La quiete dopo un addio"	Battiato, Sgalambro	3:55
4.	"Personalità empirica"	Battiato, Sgalambro	3:37
5.	"Il cammino interminabile"	Battiato, Sgalambro	3:46
6.	"Lontananze d'azzurro"	Battiato, Sgalambro	3:29
7.	"Hey Joe"	William Billy Roberts	3:35
8.	"Sarcofagia"	Battiato, Sgalambro	3:43
9.	"Scherzo in minore"	Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli, Battiato, Sgalambro	3:23
10.	"Il potere del canto"	Battiato, Sgalambro	11:17

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Italy (FIMI)^[4]	2

References

^ ^a ^b ^c La Posta, Annino (2010). "2000-2003:Seguendo le linee per moto contrario". Franco Battiato: soprattutto il silenzio. Giunti. ISBN 978-88-09-74253-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Spessato, Carla (20 October 2021). "E adesso la mia vita fugge in diagonale". Franco Battiato: Come un incantesimo. Giunti. ISBN 978-88-09-95527-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Zuffanti, Fabio (30 June 2020). "Ferro battuto". Franco Battiato: Tutti i dischi e tutte le canzoni, dal 1965 al 2019 (in Italian). LIT Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-6231-868-6.
^ "Classifica settimanale WK 16 (dal 13.04.2001 al 19.04.2001)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 5 August 2024.