Destinazione paradiso
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{{Infobox album
| name = Destinazione paradiso
| type = Studio
| artist = Gianluca Grignani
| cover = Gianluca Grignani - Destinazione paradiso (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 24 February 1995
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Digital Studio l'Isola, Milan, Italy
| genre = Rock, pop
| length = 46:34
| producer = Massimo Luca, Vince Tempera
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = La fabbrica di plastica
| next_year = 1996
}}
Destinazione paradiso is the first studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Gianluca Grignani. The album, produced by Massimo Luca and Vince Tempera,{{Cite magazine | publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | magazine = Billboard | accessdate = 16 August 2012 | title = Reviews & Previous – Latin – Gianluca Grignani, Destino Paraiso | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA93 | page = 93 | date = 16 March 1996}} has sold about 650,000 copies in Italy during 1995,{{Cite web|url=http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=1514278 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701121012/http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=1514278 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2012 |work=La Stampa |accessdate=16 August 2012 |title=L'hit parade canta italiano Il blues napoletano alle stelle mentre Giorgia resta al palo |date=4 January 1996 |page=17 |author=Marinella Venegoni |language=Italian }} and it has later passed 700,000 copies domestically and about 1,000,000 copies abroad,{{Cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/news-102231/Gianluca-Grignani-cambia-etichetta--nuovo-accordo-con-la-Sony- | publisher = Rockol.it | accessdate = 16 August 2012 | title = Gianluca Grignani cambia etichetta: nuovo accordo con la Sony | date = 31 July 2009 | language = Italian}} mainly in South America,{{Cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/biografia/Gianluca-Grignani | publisher = Rockol.it | language = Italian | accessdate = 16 August 2012 | title = Gianluga Grignani – Biografia}} where a Spanish-language version of the record was released under the title Destino paraíso.
Thanks to the success achieved by the album, Grignani was awarded with a Telegatto for Revelation of the Year in 1995.{{Cite web | url = http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1995/settembre/15/doppio_premio_Vasco_tra_star_co_0_9509159209.shtml | work = Corriere della Sera | language = Italian | accessdate = 16 August 2012 | title = Un doppio premio a Vasco tra le star di Vota la voce | date = 15 September 1995| page = 33}}
Background
The album is mainly composed of melodic ballads focusing on young generations' uneases.{{Cite web | url = http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1996/dicembre/06/Grignani_Jekyll_mister_Hyde_co_0_96120610268.shtml | work = Corriere della Sera | language = Italian | date = 6 December 1996 | title= Grignani, da Jekyll a mister Hyde | author = Mario Luzzatto Fegiz | page = 37}}
It also contains the singles "La mia storia tra le dita", a pop ballad performed for the first time by Grignani during the televised selection for the 1995 Sanremo Music Festival, and "Destinazione paradiso", his entry for that year's contest, which finished sixth in the newcomers' competition.{{Cite book | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5cdvbGGtuIQC&pg=PA1457 | page = 1457 | chapter = Gianluca Grignani | title = Ventiquattromila dischi. Guida a tutti i dischi degli artisti e gruppi più importanti | language = Italian | author = Riccardo Bertoncelli, Cris Thellung |isbn = 9788860181510 | publisher = Dalai Editore | year = 2006}} Another track, "Le-ro-là", was initially composed for the album, but it was not released until 2010, when it was included in Grignani's eighth studio album, Romantico Rock Show.{{Cite web | url = http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2010/05/18/gianluca-grignani.html | work = la Repubblica | title = Gianluca Grignani: Il mio rock romantico si ispira a John | date = 18 May 2010 | language = Italian | accessdate = 16 August 2012 | author = Luca Marchio | page = 16}}
Track listing
=Italian-language edition=
{{Track listing
|headline = Destinazione paradiso
|title1 = La mia storia tra le dita
|writer1 = Grignani
|length1 = 5:10
|title2 = Falco a metà
|writer2 = Grignani
|length2 = 4:43
|title3 = Una donna così
|writer3 = Grignani
|length3 = 4:22
|title4 = Cammina bambina
|writer4 = Grignani
|length4 = 4:04
|title5 = Primo treno per Marte
|writer5 = Grignani
|length5 = 5:11
|title6 = Destinazione paradiso
|writer6 = Grignani
|length6 = 3:48
|title7 = Ci vuoi tornare con me
|writer7 = Grignani
|length7 = 3:52
|title8 = Tanto tempo fa
|writer8 = Grignani
|length8 = 3:57
|title9 = Come fai?
|writer9 = Grignani
|length9 = 4:47
|title10 = Ae-au
|writer10= Grignani
|length10= 3:08
|title11 = Il gioco di Sandy
|writer11= Grignani
|length11= 3:39
}}
=Spanish-language edition=
{{Track listing
|headline = Destino paraíso{{Cite web | url = https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/destino-paraiso/id310137070 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100222202031/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/destino-paraiso/id310137070 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 22 February 2010 | publisher = iTunes Store (United States). Apple Inc. | accessdate = 16 August 2012 | title = Destino Paraíso – Gianluca Grignani}}
|title1 = Mi historia entre tus dedos
|writer1 = Grignani
|length1 = 5:10
|title2 = Halcón a medias
|writer2 = Grignani
|length2 = 4:43
|title3 = Una chica normal
|writer3 = Grignani
|length3 = 4:22
|title4 = Camina chiquilla
|writer4 = Grignani
|length4 = 4:04
|title5 = Primer tren a Marte
|writer5 = Grignani
|length5 = 5:11
|title6 = Destino paraíso
|writer6 = Grignani
|length6 = 3:48
|title7 = Si quieres puedes volver
|writer7 = Grignani
|length7 = 3:52
|title8 = Tanto tiempo atras
|writer8 = Grignani
|length8 = 3:57
|title9 = ¿Qué haces tú?
|writer9 = Grignani
|length9 = 4:47
|title10 = Ae-au
|writer10= Grignani
|length10= 3:08
|title11 = El juego de Sandy
|writer11= Grignani
|length11= 3:39
|title12 = La mia storia tra le dita
|writer12= Grignani
|length12= 5:14
}}
Personnel
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;Music credits{{cite AV media notes
| title = Destinazione paradiso | others = Gianluca Grignani | year = 1995}}
- Gigi Cappellotto – bass
- Margherita Graczyk – orchestra conductor
- Gianluca Grignani – vocals, composer
- Massimo Luca – guitars, arrangements
- Lele Melotti – drums
- Pier Carlo Penta – Hammond organ, keyboards, programming
- Vince Tempera – keyboards, arrangements
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- Vince Tempera – producer
- Massimo Luca – record producer
- Umberto Iervolino – pre-producer
- Bruno Malasoma – engineer, mixing
- Antonio Baglio – editing
- Pier Carlo Penta – engineer
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