L'apparenza

{{Infobox album

| name = L'apparenza

| type = studio

| artist = Lucio Battisti

| cover = Lucio Battisti - L'apparenza (LP cover).jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = 7 October 1988

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Synthpop
Pop

| length = 38:11

| label = Numero Uno

| producer = Robin Smith

| prev_title = Don Giovanni

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = La sposa occidentale

| next_year = 1990

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = cover

| cover = Lucio Battisti - L'apparenza (CD cover).jpg

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| alt =

| caption = CD cover, with a zoom of the LP one

}}

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Ondarock

| rev1Score = {{rating|7.5|10}} – recommended{{Cite web|url=http://www.ondarock.it/italia/luciobattisti.htm|author=Francesco Buffoli|title=Lucio Battisti. Un'emozione italiana|publisher=Ondarock|accessdate=25 July 2012|language=it}}

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{{Listen

|filename = Lucio Battisti - A portata di mano.ogg

|title = A portata di mano

|description = A portata di mano, track #1

|filename2 = Lucio Battisti - Per altri motivi.ogg

|title2 = Per altri motivi

|description2 = Per altri motivi, track #5

}}

L'apparenza (The appearance) is the seventeenth studio album by the Italian singer and songwriter Lucio Battisti. It was released on 7 October 1988 by Numero Uno.

The album was Italy's 17th best-selling album in 1988.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1988.htm|title=Classifica degli album più venduti del 1988|publisher=www.hitparadeitalia.it|accessdate=20 August 2009|language=it}}