L'amore è femmina
{{About||the song|L'amore è femmina (song)}}
{{Infobox album
| name = L'amore è femmina
| type = Studio
| artist = Nina Zilli
| cover = AmoreFemminaCover.png
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2012|02|15}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length =
| language = Italian
| label = Universal Music Italy
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Michele Canova
- Nina Zilli
- Davide Tagliapietra
- Pino "Pinaxa" Pischetola
}}
| prev_title = Sempre lontano
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Frasi & fumo
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Singles
| name = L'amore è femmina
| type = studio
| single1 = Per sempre
| single1date = 15 February 2012
| single2 = L'amore è femmina
| single2date = 11 April 2012
| single3 = Per le strade
| single3date = 12 July 2012
| single4 = Una notte
| single4date = 30 November 2012
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Rockol.it
| rev2 = Rolling Stone Italia
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine | url = http://www.rollingstonemagazine.it/musica/recensioni/lamore-e-femmina/50900 | magazine = Rolling Stone Italia | language = Italian | accessdate = 5 April 2012 | title = L'amore è femmina - Nina Zilli | author = Michele Primi | date = 30 March 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120912194350/http://www.rollingstonemagazine.it/musica/recensioni/lamore-e-femmina/50900 | archive-date = 12 September 2012 | url-status = dead }}
}}
L'amore è femmina ({{IPA|it|laˈmoːre ɛ fˈfemmina}}; {{langx|en|"Love is female"}}) is the second studio album by Italian recording artist Nina Zilli, released in Italy on 15 February 2012, following her participation in the 62nd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Per sempre", chosen as the lead single from the album.{{Cite web | url = http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/spettacoli/2012/27-febbraio-2012/nina-zilli-sanremo-napolicanta-l-amore-femmina-1903461312772.shtml | work = Corriere del Mezzogiorno | language = Italian | accessdate = 9 March 2012 | title = Nina Zilli da Sanremo a Napoli: canta L'amore è femmina | date = 27 February 2012}} The second single and title track, "L'amore è femmina", was chosen as the official song entry for Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=48953&_t=italy_changes_their_song_to_lamore_e_femmina|title=Italy changes their song to L'Amore È Femmina|publisher=Eurovision.tv|date=13 March 2012|accessdate=13 March 2012}}
In November 2012 the album was certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry for domestic sales exceeding 30,000 units.{{Cite web | url = http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Gfk_week4312.pdf | publisher = Federation of the Italian Music Industry | language = Italian | accessdate = 6 November 2012 | title = Certificazione Album fisici e digitali settimana 43 del 2012 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121202072602/http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Gfk_week4312.pdf | archivedate = 2 December 2012 }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
|headline = Standard edition{{Cite web | url = http://www.universalmusic.ch/music/artist/zilli-nina/release/0602527945972 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210417110705/http://www.universalmusic.ch/music/artist/zilli-nina/release/0602527945972 | url-status = dead | archive-date = April 17, 2021 | publisher = Universal Music Group | language = Italian | title = Nina Zilli - Release - L'amore è femmina | accessdate = 9 March 2012 }}{{Cite web | url = https://music.apple.com/it/album/lamore-e-femmina/499223224 | publisher = iTunes |language = Italian | access-date = 23 June 2013 | title = iTunes - Musica - L'amore E' Femmina di Nina Zilli}}
|title1 = Per le strade
|writer1 = Luigi De Crescenzo
|length1 = 3:37
|title2 = Per sempre
|writer2 = Roberto Casalino, Nina Zilli
|length2 = 3:25
|title3 = Una notte
|writer3 = Nina Zilli
|length3 = 3:27
|title4 = L'inverno all'improvviso
|writer4 = Nina Zilli
|length4 = 3:25
|title5 = La felicità
|writer5 = Diego Mancino
|length5 = 3:41
|title6 = L'amore è femmina
|writer6 = Nina Zilli, Christian Rabb, Kristoffer Sjokvist, Frida Molander, Charlie Mason
|length6 = 2:59
|title7 = Piangono le viole
|writer7 = Nina Zilli, Davide Tagliapietra
|length7 = 3:29
|title8 = Non qui
|writer8 = Nina Zilli
|length8 = 2:55
|title9 = La casa sull'albero
|writer9 = Alessandra Flora, Francesco Morettini, Marco Ciappelli, Luca Angelosanti
|length9 = 3:05
|title10 = Anna
|writer10 = Nina Zilli
|length10 = 3:09
|title11 = Un'altra estate
|writer11 = Nina Zilli, Carmen Consoli
|length11 = 3:03
|title12 = Lasciatemi dormire
|writer12 = Nina Zilli
|length12 = 3:03
}}
Personnel
Credits for L'amore è femmina adapted from the album liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|type=Liner notes |title=L'amore è femmina|year=2012|others=Nina Zilli|publisher=Universal Music}}
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;Music credits
- Biagio Antonacci - drums
- Alberto Boliettieri - trombone, bass trombone
- Gareth Brown - drums
- Simone D'Eusanio - strings
- Riccardo Jeeba Gibertini - trumpet, French horn
- Christian "Noochie" Rigano - piano, Fender Rhodes, ARP, solina, Hammond organ, synth, string arrangements
- Davide Tagliapietra - drums, bass, guitars, string arrangements
- Marco Zaghi - tenor sax, flutes
- Nina Zilli - voice, string arrangements
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;Production
- Michele Canova - producer
- Fabrizio Giannini - executive producer
- Davide Tagliapietra - producer, arrangements
- Pino "Pinaxa" Pischetola - producer, arrangements, mixing
- Nina Zilli - producer, arrangements
- Patrizio "Pat" Simonini - assistant
- Antonio Baglio - mastering
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Charts
=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (2012)
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| scope="row"|Italian Albums Chart{{Cite web | url =http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Nina+Zilli&titel=L%27amore+%E8+femmina&cat=a | publisher = Italiancharts.com | accessdate = 9 March 2012 | title = Italian Charts - Nina Zilli - L'amore è femmina (album)}}
|11 |
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Notes
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