{{Infobox album | name = Ritratti | type = studio | artist = Francesco Guccini | cover = Ritratti.jpg | released = 20 February 2004 | recorded = | genre = Italian singer-songwriter | length = 45:50 | label = EMI | producer = | prev_title = Francesco Guccini Live @ RTSI | prev_year = 2001 | year = 2004 | next_title = Anfiteatro Live | next_year = 2005 }} '''''Ritratti''''' is the twenty-first album by Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini. The title means ''portraits'', and some of the songs of the album are portraits of historical figures. It was released in 2004 by EMI, was generally well received by critics and fans, and remained at the top of the Italian album chart for two weeks.
==Overview== ''Ritratti'' ("portraits") was released on February 20, 2004,<ref name=rele/> four years after Guccini's last studio album, Stagioni. It consists of nine songs, three of which are portraits of historical figures: "Odysseus" and "Cristoforo Columbo", in which Guccini focuses on the theme of travel through the voices of Ulysses and Columbus, and "Canzone per il Che", the second Guccini's song in honour of Ernesto "Che" Guevara after "Stagioni", included in the album of the same name.<ref name=genr/> "Piazza Alimonda" is about the demonstrations at the 2001 G8 Summit in Genoa and the death of Carlo Giuliani during the riots.<ref name=pol1/> There are several literary references throughout the album, especially in "Odysseus", which references the Odyssey, the Canto 26 of Dante's Inferno, and "A Zacinto", a poem by Foscolo.<ref name=odys/> "La ziatta" was translated in the dialect of Modena by Guccini from "La tieta" by Joan Manuel Serrat, while "La tua libertà" was a song first written in 1971 but never recorded before.<ref name=jms/>
==Reception== The album was generally well received by critics. The Italian music website Ondarock gave it a 6.5 mark, saying Ritratti was not outstanding for its music but for its lyrics, which "face current affairs both seriously and lightly".<ref name=onda/> The two major Italian newspapers also praised the album; the ''Corriere della Sera'' said it contained songs which are still necessary, and the fact that Guccini didn't change his style was "a piece of luck",<ref name=corr/> while ''La Repubblica'' described the album as an "earthquake of sharp words".<ref name=repu/> The website Rockol.it, in its review, criticised the album, saying it was "old, anachronistic, with songs full of obsolete images".<ref name=rock/>
Ritratti was a commercial success: it reached the number one spot in the FIMI Albums Chart,<ref name=noon/> and held it for two weeks, from February 26 to March 11.<ref name=twwe/> It remained in the Top 20 chart for eight weeks.<ref name=topt/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | collapsed = | headline = | extra_column = | total_length =
| all_writing = | all_lyrics = | all_music =
| title1 = Odysseus | note1 = | writer1 = | lyrics1 = | music1 = | extra1 = | length1 = 4:29
| title2 = Una canzone | note2 = | writer2 = | lyrics2 = | music2 = | extra2 = | length2 = 4:39
| title3 = Canzone per il Che | note3 = | writer3 = | lyrics3 = Manuel Vázquez Montalbán – Francesco Guccini | music3 = Juan Carlos Biondini | extra3 = | length3 = 5:14
| title4 = Piazza Alimonda | note4 = | writer4 = | lyrics4 = | music4 = | extra4 = | length4 = 5:53
| title5 = Vite | note5 = | writer5 = | lyrics5 = | music5 = | extra5 = | length5 = 5:38
| title6 = Cristoforo Colombo | note6 = | writer6 = | lyrics6 = Giuseppe Dati – Francesco Guccini | music6 = Giuseppe Dati – Marco Fontana | extra6 = | length6 = 5:50
| title7 = Certo non-sai | note7 = | writer7 = | lyrics7 = | music7 = | extra7 = | length7 = 4:28
| title8 = La ziatta | note8 = | writer8 = | lyrics8 = Joan Manuel Serrat – Francesco Guccini | music8 = Joan Manuel Serrat | extra8 = | length8 = 5:48
| title9 = La tua libertà | note9 = | writer9 = | lyrics9 = | music9 = Antonio Marangolo | extra9 = | length9 = 4:37 }}
==Personnel== *Vince Tempera – piano, keyboards *Antonio Marangolo – saxophone, percussion *Roberto Manuzzi – saxophone, keyboards *Ares Tavolazzi – bass guitar, double bass *Juan Carlos Biondini – guitar, backing vocals, bouzouki *Ellade Bandini – drums *Daniele Di Bonaventura – bandoneón *Giancarlo Bianchetti – rhythm guitar (in "Odysseus")
==References== <references>
<ref name=twwe>{{cite web|title=04/03/2004|url=http://www.italiancharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2004&date=20040304&lang=|publisher=Italiancharts.com|access-date=31 October 2011}}</ref> <ref name=noon>{{cite web|title=26/02/2004 |url=http://www.italiancharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2004&date=20040226&lang=|publisher=Italiancharts.com|access-date=31 October 2011}}</ref> <ref name=topt>{{cite web|title=Francesco Guccini – Ritratti (Album)|url=http://www.italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Francesco+Guccini&titel=Ritratti&cat=a|publisher=Italiancharts.com|access-date=31 October 2011}}</ref> <ref name=jms>{{cite web|last=Timișoara|first=Pinto|title=Trasmettiamo per voi – Le stanze di Guccini|url=http://www.radio.rai.it/radioscrigno/trasmettiamo/trasmettiamo_lancio.cfm?Q_IDSCHEDA=67|publisher=Radio RAI|access-date=31 October 2011|language=Italian}}</ref> <ref name=genr>{{cite news|last=Cesarale|first=Sandra|title=Guccini: la voce dei Due Mondi|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2004/novembre/04/Guccini_voce_dei_Due_Mondi_co_10_041104036.shtml|access-date=31 October 2011|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=4 November 2004|page=57|language=Italian}}</ref> <ref name=pol1>{{cite news|last=Pellicciotti|first=Giacomo|title=Francesco Guccini "Ora canto il G8 di Genova"|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2004/b/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/guccini/guccini/guccini.html|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=19 February 2004|language=Italian}}</ref> <ref name=odys>{{cite web|title=Francesco Guccini – Interview|url=http://www.mollica.rai.it/vinile/guccini_ritratti/guccini3.htm|publisher=RAI.it|access-date=31 October 2011|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425124122/http://www.mollica.rai.it/vinile/guccini_ritratti/guccini3.htm|archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref> <ref name=rele>{{cite news|title=In arrivo i "Ritratti" di Guccini|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2004/gennaio/24/arrivo_Ritratti_Guccini_co_9_040124085.shtml|access-date=31 October 2011|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=24 January 2004|page=36|language=Italian}}</ref> <ref name=onda>{{cite web|last=Margiotta|first=Emanuele|title=Francesco Guccini – Ritratto di un cantastorie|url=http://www.ondarock.it/italia/francescoguccini.htm|publisher=Ondarock.it|access-date=31 October 2011|language=Italian}}</ref> <ref name=repu>{{cite news|last=Pellicciotti|first=Giacomo|title=Francesco Guccini "Ora canto il G8 di Genova"|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2004/b/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/guccini/guccini/guccini.html?ref=search|access-date=31 October 2011|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=19 February 2004|language=Italian}}</ref> <ref name=corr>{{cite news|last=Cesarale|first=Sandra|title=La leggerezza di Byrne, i "Ritratti" di Guccini|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2004/marzo/17/leggerezza_Byrne_Ritratti_Guccini_co_10_040317044.shtml|access-date=31 October 2011|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=17 March 2004|page=58|language=Italian}}</ref> <ref name=rock>{{cite web|last=De Simone|first=Paola|title=Francesco Guccini – Ritratti|url=http://www.rockol.it/musicaitaliana.com/cd/francescoguccini_489.html|publisher=Rockol.it|access-date=31 October 2011|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220212942/http://www.rockol.it/musicaitaliana.com/cd/francescoguccini_489.html|archive-date=20 February 2010}}</ref>
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