{{Infobox album | name = Reality and Fantasy | type = studio | artist = Raphael Gualazzi | cover = Raphael Gualazzi - Reality and Fantasy cover.jpg | alt = | released = 16 February 2011 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Jazz|Blues}} | length = {{Duration|m=56|s=54}} | language = {{hlist|English|Italian}} | label = Sugar Music | producer = Raphael Gualazzi | prev_title = Raphael Gualazzi | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Happy Mistake | next_year = 2013 | misc = {{Singles | name = Reality and Fantasy | type = studio | single1 = Follia d'amore | single1date = 16 February 2011 | single2 = A Three Second Breath | single2date = 8 April 2011 | single3 = Calda estate (dove sei) | single3date = 17 June 2011 }} {{Singles | name = Reality and Fantasy Special Edition | type = studio | single1 = Love Goes Down Slow | single1date = 16 September 2011 | single2 = Zuccherino dolce | single2date = 25 November 2011 }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = ''Rolling Stone Italia'' |rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527042147/http://www.rollingstonemagazine.it/musica/recensioni/reality-and-fantasy/38832 |work=Rolling Stone Italia |accessdate=29 June 2012 |title=Raphael Gualazzi - Reality and Fantasy |url=http://www.rollingstonemagazine.it/musica/recensioni/reality-and-fantasy/38832 |archivedate=27 May 2011 |date=25 May 2011 |author=Mattia Marzi |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}

'''''Reality and Fantasy''''' is the second studio album by Italian jazz singer Raphael Gualazzi, composed, produced and arranged by Gualazzi himself,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://musica.excite.it/raphael-gualazzi-reality-and-fantasy-sanremo-2011-N65458.html | title = Raphael Gualazzi fra Reality e Fantasy | date = 17 February 2011 | publisher = musica.excite.it | accessdate = 26 February 2011 | language = Italian | archive-date = 20 February 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110220013207/http://musica.excite.it/raphael-gualazzi-reality-and-fantasy-sanremo-2011-N65458.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> it was released in Italy on February 16, 2011 on Sugar Music.

==Background== The album features guest artists such as Italian trumpeter Fabrizio Bosso, Ferdinando Arnò, who co-produced the lead single "Follia d'amore", Vince Mendoza, James F. Reynolds, Pete Glenister and French DJ Gilles Peterson.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/news-211647/Sanremo-2011,-Raphael-Gualazzi-presenta--Reality-and-fantasy- | title = Sanremo 2011, Raphael Gualazzi presenta "Reality and fantasy" | date = 16 February 2011 | accessdate = 27 February 2011 | publisher = Rockol.it | language = Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/spettacolo/2011/02/24/visualizza_new.html_1583814192.html | title = Sanremo: non solo pop su podio vendite | date = 24 February 2011 | accessdate = 27 February 2011 | publisher = Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata | language = Italian}}</ref> As of June 2012, the album had sold more than 100,000 copies and it was certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry.<ref name=MusicWeek>{{Cite web | url = http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1050156 | title = EMI Music France signs Raphael Gualazzi | date = 28 June 2012 | author = Rhian Jones | accessdate = 29 June 2012 | work= Music Week}}</ref> In October 2011, a special edition of the album was released in Italy, including bonus tracks and an additional DVD featuring the "Live Documentary", recorded on June 24, 2011 during Gualazzi's concert at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.newspettacolo.com/disks/view/43148-raphael_gualazzi_reality_and_fantasy_special_edition | publisher = Newspettacolo.com | language = Italian | accessdate = 29 June 2012 | title = Dischi. Raphael Gualazzi, Reality and Fantasy Special Edition}}</ref> A new edition of the album was released in France by Blue Note Records in September 2012.<ref name=MusicWeek/><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/news-393026/Accordo-Sugar-EMI,-l-album-di-Raphael-Gualazzi-esce-in-Francia-a-settembre- | publisher = Rockol.it | accessdate = 29 June 2012 | title = Accordo Sugar-EMI, l'album di Raphael Gualazzi esce in Francia a settembre | language = Italian | date = 29 June 2012}}</ref>

==Singles== The first single from the album, "Follia d'amore", was the winner of the 61st Sanremo Music Festival in the newcomer artists' section and also won the Critics' "Mia Martini" Award for newcomers.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/febbraio/20/Raphael_Gualazzi_voglio_che_jazz_co_8_110220053.shtml | newspaper = Corriere della Sera | language = Italian | accessdate = 26 February 2011 | date = 20 February 2011 | title = Raphael Gualazzi: voglio che il jazz diventi popolare | author = Andrea Laffranchi}}</ref> It was chosen by a specific jury among the participants at the Sanremo Festival to be the Italian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.riviera24.it/articoli/2011/02/19/104006/festival-sanremo-2011-raphael-gualazzi-triplo-trionfo-nei-giovani-mi-sento-un-artigiano | title = Festival Sanremo 2011, Raphael Gualazzi, triplo trionfo nei Giovani: "Mi sento un artigiano" | language = Italian | accessdate = 26 February 2011 | date = 19 February 2011 | author = Mario Guglielmi | publisher = www.riviera24.it | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120313055115/http://www.riviera24.it/articoli/2011/02/19/104006/festival-sanremo-2011-raphael-gualazzi-triplo-trionfo-nei-giovani-mi-sento-un-artigiano | archivedate = 13 March 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Italy">{{cite web | url = http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=25943&_t=and_finally_italy_is_back_with_raphael_gualazzi | title = and finally... Italy is back with Raphael Gualazzi!! | publisher = Eurovision.tv | accessdate = 19 February 2011}}</ref> It was the first Italian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest in 14 years since 1997. The song, performed in both Italian and English with the translated title "Madness of Love", came in second place.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a319549/azerbaijan-win-eurovision-song-contest-2011.html | website= Digital Spy | title = Azerbaijan win Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | date = 14 May 2011 | author = Daniel Sperling | accessdate = 16 May 2011}}</ref> Other singles from the album were "A Three Second Breath",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kisskiss.it/news/musica/RAPHAEL-GUALAZZI---A-THREE-SECOND-BREATH.html |publisher=Radio Kiss Kiss |language=Italian |accessdate=9 April 2011 |title=Raphael Gualazzi - A Three Second Breath |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411005459/http://www.kisskiss.it/news/musica/RAPHAEL-GUALAZZI---A-THREE-SECOND-BREATH.html |archivedate=11 April 2011 }}</ref> "Calda estate (dove sei)",<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/spettacolo/2011/06/16/visualizza_new.html_816612332.html |publisher=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata |language=Italian |date=26 June 2012 |accessdate=29 June 2012 |title=Gualazzi, domani in radio 'Calda estate' |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055557/http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/spettacolo/2011/06/16/visualizza_new.html_816612332.html |archivedate=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Love Goes Down Slow"<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.musickr.it/raphael-gualazzi-love-goes-down-slow-e-il-nuovo-singolo/ | author = Massimo Gualanto | publisher = Musickr.it | date = 17 September 2011 | accessdate = 29 June 2012 | language = Italian| title = Raphael Gualazzi, Love Goes Down Slow è il nuovo singolo}}</ref> and "Zuccherino dolce".<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.earone.it/news/raphael_gualazzi_zuccherino_dolce_radio_date_25_novembre_2011_2725362/ | publisher = earone.it | language = Italian | author = Mary Cavallaro | title = Raphael Gualazzi - Zuccherino Dolce (Radio Date: 25 Novembre 2011) | accessdate = 29 June 2012}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Follia d'amore | length1 = 3:35 | music1 = Gualazzi | lyrics1 = {{hlist|Raphael Gualazzi|Ferdinando Arnò}} | title2 = Icarus | length2 = 4:01 | music2 = Gualazzi | lyrics2 = Gualazzi | title3 = Tuesday | length3 = 4:59 | lyrics3 = Gualazzi | music3 = {{hlist|Gualazzi|Fio Zanotti}} | title4 = Reality and Fantasy | length4 = 3:54 | music4 = Gualazzi | lyrics4 = Gualazzi | title5 = Scandalize Me | length5 = 3:13 | music5 = Gualazzi | lyrics5 = Gualazzi | title6 = Behind the Sunrise | length6 = 4:17 | music6 = Gualazzi | lyrics6 = Gualazzi | note6 = feat. Rox | title7 = A Three Second Breath | length7 = 3:36 | music7 = Gualazzi | lyrics7 = Gualazzi | title8 = Calda estate (dove sei) | length8 = 3:01 | music8 = Gualazzi | lyrics8 = Gualazzi | title9 = Out of My Mind | length9 = 3:38 | music9 = Gualazzi | lyrics9 = Gualazzi | title10 = Sarò sarai | length10 = 5:16 | lyrics10 = {{hlist|Gualazzi|Oliviero Malaspina}} | music10 = {{hlist|Gualazzi|Zanotti}} | title11 = Love Goes Down Slow | length11 = 3:51 | lyrics11 = Gualazzi | music11 = {{hlist|Gualazzi|Zanotti}} | title12 = Lady 'O' | length12 = 4:32 | music12 = Gualazzi | lyrics12 = Gualazzi | title13 = Empty Home | length13 = 3:18 | lyrics13 = Raphael Gualazzi | music13 = {{hlist|Gualazzi|Zanotti}} | title14 = Caravan | length14 = 2:17 | lyrics14 = Irving Mills | music14 = {{hlist|Duke Ellington|Juan Tizol}} | title15 = Reality And Fantasy | length15 = 3:26 | lyrics15 = Gualazzi | music15 = Gualazzi | note15 = Gilles Peterson remix }} {{Track listing | headline = iTunes bonus track<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/reality-fantasy-bonus-version/id416533760 |title=Reality and Fantasy (Bonus Version) - Raphael Gualazzi |publisher=iTunes |accessdate=26 February 2011 |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224142844/http://itunes.apple.com/it/album/reality-fantasy-bonus-version/id416533760 |archivedate=24 February 2011 }}</ref> | title16 = Don't Stop | length16 = 3:15 | music16 = McVie | lyrics16 = Christine McVie }}

{{Track listing | headline = Special Edition (CD) bonus tracks | title16 = Zuccherino dolce | length16 = 2:45 | lyrics16 = Oliviero Malaspina | music16 = Fiorenzo Zanotti, Raffaele Gualazzi | title17 = New Orleans | length17 = 3:37 | title18 = Carola | length18 = 3:11 | title19 = A Three Second Breath | note19 = Original version | length19 = 2:59 | title20 = Don't Stop }}

{{Track listing | headline = iTunes Special Edition bonus tracks<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/reality-fantasy-special-edition/id467620976 |publisher=iTunes Store (Italy). Apple Inc. |language=Italian |accessdate=29 June 2012 |title=Reality and Fantasy (Special Edition) di Raphael Gualazzi |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414035335/http://itunes.apple.com/it/album/reality-fantasy-special-edition/id467620976 |archivedate=14 April 2012 }}</ref> | title16 = Zuccherino dolce | length16 = 2:45 | title17 = New Orleans | length17 = 3:37 | title18 = Carola | length18 = 3:11 | title19 = A Three Second Breath | length19 = 2:59 | note19 = Original version | title20 = Don't Stop | length20 = 3:15 | title21 = Madness of Love | note21 = Gilles Peterson Remix | length21 = 3:40 | title22 = Reality and Fantasy | note22 = Alex G. Mix | length22 = 3:12 }}

==Charts and certifications== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Chart (2011) ! Peak<br/>position |- ! scope="row"| Austrian Albums Chart<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Raphael+Gualazzi&titel=Reality+And+Fantasy&cat=a|title=Raphael Gualazzi - Reality And Fantasy|publisher=austriancharts.at/}}</ref> | 53 |- ! scope="row"| French New Albums Chart<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-256595-Albums-nouveautes.html?cid=386206 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121172519/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-256595-Albums-nouveautes.html?cid=386206 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2013 |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique |language=French |accessdate=17 August 2012 |title=Le Classement des Albums Nouveautés - Semaine du 21/02/2011 au 27/02/2011 }}</ref> | 128 |- ! scope="row"| German Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web | url = http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Gualazzi%2CRaphael/longplay | language = German | accessdate = 27 May 2011 | title = Chartverfolgung / Gualazzi, Raphael / Longplay | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175511/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Gualazzi,Raphael/longplay | url-status = dead }}</ref> | 49 |- ! scope="row"| Italian Albums Chart<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Raphael+Gualazzi&titel=Reality+And+Fantasy&cat=a|title=Raphael Gualazzi - Reality And Fantasy|publisher=italiancharts.com/}}</ref> | 4 |- |} {{col-2}}

===Certifications=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Country ! Certification |- ! scope="row"| Italy (FIMI)<ref>{{cite certification|region=Italy|type=album|artist=Gualazzi Raphael|title=Reality and Fantasy|accessdate=31 July 2013}}</ref> | Platinum |- |} {{col-end}}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Chart (2011) ! Position |- ! scope="row"| Italian Albums Chart<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pensieri-parole.max.gazzetta.it/2012/01/16/la-classifica-fimi-dei-dischi-piu-venduti-del-2011/ |work=Gazzetta dello Sport |title=La classifica Fimi dei dischi più venduti del 2011 |author=Massimo Poggini |date=16 January 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235158/http://pensieri-parole.max.gazzetta.it/2012/01/16/la-classifica-fimi-dei-dischi-piu-venduti-del-2011/ |archivedate=3 March 2016 |accessdate=29 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 17 |- |}

==Personnel== Credits adapted from Allmusic.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/reality-and-fantasy-r2139350/credits | website = Allmusic | accessdate = 16 May 2011 | title = Reality and Fantasy - Raphael Gualazzi - Credits}}</ref>

===Production credits === {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * Ferdinando Arnò – additional production * Emiliano Alborghetti – assistant * Laura Borgognoni – art direction, design * Marco Craig – cover photo, design, photography * Giuseppe Dicecca – stylist * David Frazer – engineer, mixing * Donal Hodgson – engineer, mixing * Joe LaPorta – mastering * Emily Lazar – mastering * Sabrina Mellace – stylist * Mimmo Di Maggio - Hair and Make Up {{div col end}}

===Music credits=== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * Raphael Gualazzi – vocals, composer, lyricist, producer, kazoo, clavinet, organ, piano, background vocals, Wurlitzer * Atem Quartet – saxophone * Abigail Bailey – background vocals * Lele Barbieri – drums * David Bartelucci – tenor saxophone * Fabrizio Bosso – trumpet * Karl Brazil – drums * David Brutti – contralto saxophone * Giuseppe Conte – bass, guitar * Felice Del Gaudio – electric bass, double bass * Duke Ellington – composer * Luca Florian – percussion * Pete Glenister – guitar, percussion, producer * Oliviero Malaspina – composer, lyricist * Christian Marini – drums * Mr. Wallace – arranger * Malcolm Moore – bass * James Reynolds – harmonica, mixing, producer * Roxanne Tataei – vocals * Massimo Valentini – baritone sax, saxophone * Matteo Villa – contralto saxophone * Fio Zanotti – composer {{div col end}}

==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Region ! Date ! Format ! Edition ! Label |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row"| Italy | 16 February 2011 | CD, digital download | Standard Edition | rowspan="2"| Sugar Music |- | 18 October 2011 | CD+DVD | Italian Special Edition<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www3.lastampa.it/musica/sezioni/news/articolo/lstp/425397/ | work = La Stampa | language = Italian | accessdate = 18 October 2011 | title = Un cd + dvd per il talento musicale di Raphael Gualazzi | date = 18 October 2011}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| France<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B008N66LEW?ie=UTF8&tag=emifr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1642&creative=6746&creativeASIN=B008N66LEW | publisher = Amazon.fr | language = French | accessdate = 19 September 2012 | title = Raphael Gualazzi - Reality And Fantasy}}</ref> | 10 September 2012 | CD, digital download | French Edition | Blue Note Records |- |}

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