Fiesta (Raffaella Carrà album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Fiesta
| type = studio
| artist = Raffaella Carrà
| cover = Fiesta (Raffaella Carrà album).png
| alt =
| released = September 1977
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Latin pop|Eurodisco}}
| length = 38:29
| language = {{hlist|Italian|Spanish|English}}
| label = CGD
| producer = Gianni Boncompagni
| prev_title = Forte forte forte
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Raffaella
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Fiesta
| type = studio
| single1 = Fiesta
| single1date = 1977
}}
}}
Fiesta is the eighth studio album by Italian singer Raffaella Carrà, released in 1977 by CGD. The album was named after the song of the same name, which was widely popular in Italy, Spain, Canada and Argentina. The recording was produced by Gianni Boncompagni.
The Italian and Canadian versions of the album have songs in both English and Italian, while the Spanish version has lyrics adapted to the language. In 1977, Raffaella Carra was nominated for the Canadian Disco Awards for this album.{{cite magazine|date=12 November 1977|title=1977 Canadian Disco Awards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N0UEAAAAMBAJ&dq=billboard+raffaella+carra+1977&pg=PA76-IA8|magazine=Billboard |access-date=4 July 2022|page=88|volume=89|issue=45|issn=0006-2510}}
As part of the Fiesta promotion, Carrà went on tour, visiting Argentina, Chile, Peru and Mexico in 1979.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = Fiesta
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Gianni Boncompagni|Luis Gómez Escolar}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Franco Bracardi|Paolo Ormi}}
| length1 = 3:23
| title2 = Dreamin' of You
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Boncompagni|Ormi}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Boncompagni|Ormi}}
| length2 = 4:30
| title3 = Non dobbiamo litigare più
| lyrics3 = Boncompagni
| music3 = {{hlist|Ormi|Bracardi}}
| length3 = 3:22
| title4 = Vola
| lyrics4 = Boncompagni
| music4 = T. Benn Feghali
| length4 = 4:31
| title5 = I Thank You Life
| lyrics5 = Boncompagni
| music5 = Bracardi
| length5 = 3:54
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| title1 = Mi sento bella
| lyrics1 = Boncompagni
| music1 = Ormi
| length1 = 3:41
| title2 = How You Doin'
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Boncompagni|Susan Duncan Smith}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Boncompagni|Ormi}}
| length2 = 3:41
| title3 = Il presidente
| lyrics3 = Boncompagni
| music3 = Bracardi
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Ma ne sai più di me
| lyrics4 = Boncompagni
| music4 = Bracardi
| length4 = 3:40
| title5 = Melodia
| lyrics5 = Andrea Lo Vecchio
| music5 = Shel Shapiro
| length5 = 4:05
}}
Credits
- Raffaella Carrà – vocals
- Shel Shapiro – arrangement
- Paolo Ormi – guitar, piano, percussion, arrangement
- Enzo Restuccia – drums, percussion
- Massimo Bartoletti, Alberto Corvino, Nino Culasso, Ernesto Pumpo – trombone
- Silvestro Catacchio, Giuseppe Gabucci, Camillo Grasso, Milena Costisella, Paolo Mezzaroma, Fernando Baratta – strings
- Rita Mariano, Patrizia Neri, Isabella Sodani – backing vocals
Charts
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| scope="col" | Chart (1977)
! scope="col" | Peak |
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| scope="row" | Spanish Albums (AFE){{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}
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