For the uninitiated, Battiato’s career is generally divided into two distinct eras: the avant-garde experimentalist of the early 1970s and the sophisticated pop philosopher of the 1980s and beyond. This collection focuses heavily on the latter, which is arguably his most accessible and influential body of work.
That night, he poured a glass of cheap whiskey, slid the first disc into the player, and pressed track one. franco battiato the platinum collection