Laura (Laura Pausini album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Laura
| type = studio
| artist = Laura Pausini
| cover = Laura pausini laura.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 26, 1994
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Santanna Recording Studios, Castelfranco Emilia https://www.discogs.com/release/407532-Laura-Pausini-Laura
| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 42:33
| language = Italian
| label = CGD
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Angelo Valsiglio
- Marco Marati}}
| prev_title = Laura Pausini
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Laura Pausini
| next_year = 1994
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Laura
| type = Studio album
| single1 = Strani amori
| single1date = February 1994
| single2 = Gente
| single2date = June 1994
| single3 = Lui non sta con te
| single3date = October 1994
| single4 = Lettera
| single4date = 1995
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r212896|pure_url=yes}} | publisher = Allmusic | accessdate = 23 July 2011 | title = Laura – Laura Pausini – Review | author = Marisa Brown}}
}}
Laura is the second studio album by Italian singer Laura Pausini, released by CGD Records on February 26, 1994. It has sold three million copies in the world.{{cite web | url= http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2000/settembre/15/Laura_Pausini_alla_moda_del_co_0_0009159171.shtml | publisher = Corriere della Sera | accessdate = 23 July 2011 | language = Italian | date = 15 September 2000 | author = Mario Luzzatto Fegiz | title = Laura Pausini: no alla moda del pop latino}}
Track info
The release of the album coincides with the participation of Laura Pausini in the Sanremo Festival 1994, where the singer made her debut in the category Giovani after winning the previous year as the Nuove proposte.
At the stage, Pausini, a big favourite of the spectators,[http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=1198891 Vinse l'anno scorso tra i giovani: adesso pare già lanciata verso il bis tra i grandi Pausini, già favorita al TotoFestival] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927144900/http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=1198891 |date=27 September 2013 }}[http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=1207254 Pausini, la favorita: Vincere non conta, ma mi piace che la gente canti quello che canto io] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328215522/http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=1207254 |date=28 March 2012 }} ranked third in the final ranking.[http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/02/27/vincono-baldi-bocelli.html Vincono Bocelli e Baldi, Laura Pausini terzo posto al Festival di Sanremo 1994][http://www.sanremo.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-903d4295-392e-4f54-8ba6-82661dce3968.html Laura Pausini terzo posto al Festival di Sanremo 1994] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331232105/http://www.sanremo.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-903d4295-392e-4f54-8ba6-82661dce3968.html |date=31 March 2012 }}
The piece presented, Strani amori, was attacked by critics because it was judged too conservative and adolescent[http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/02/23/amore-amore-amore-ma-pure-che-guevara.html Amore amore ma pure Che Guevara] and some journalists in the industry saw it as a trivial piece.[http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=1213628 Sanremo 1994, che la festa cominci] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328215527/http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=1213628 |date=28 March 2012 }}
Within the disc is also included the second single extracted from the album Gente. Some tracks from the album were translated into Spanish and inserted on the version released in Spain and South America for the album Laura Pausini, released in 1994. The same tracks were released in Italian on the English version of the same album, released in 1995.
The song Ragazze che, much like the entire album, is dedicated to Silvia Pausini, sister of the singer.
Promotion
Since Pausini was not known outside Europe at the time the album was released, no tour was yielded to support the album. Although, Pausini's tours that date from after the World Wide Tour 1997 have at least one song from the album. These songs are Strani amori, Gente, Un amico è così, Il coraggio che non c'è, Ragazze che, Lui non sta con te and Lettera, with the first two being sung on every of Pausini's tours.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Gente
| length1 = 4:30
| title2 = Lui non sta con te
| length2 = 3:45
| title3 = Strani amori
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = Ragazze che
| length4 = 4:30
| title5 = Il coraggio che non c'è
| length5 = 4:35
| title6 = Un amico è così
| length6 = 4:10
| title7 = Amori infiniti
| length7 = 3:40
| title8 = Cani e gatti
| length8 = 5:03
| title9 = Anni miei
| length9 = 4:15
| title10 = Lettera
| length10 = 3:42
| total_length = 42:33
| writer1 = {{hlist|Angelo Valsiglio|Cheope|Marco Marati}}
| all_writing =
| writer2 = {{hlist|A. Valsiglio|Roberto Buti|Cheope|M. Marati}}
| writer3 = {{hlist|A. Valsiglio|R. Buti|Cheope|M. Marati}}
| writer4 = {{hlist|A. Valsiglio|R. Buti|Cheope|M. Marati}}
| writer5 = {{hlist|A. Valsiglio|Cheope|M. Marati}}
| writer6 = {{hlist|A. Valsiglio|R. Buti|Cheope|M. Marati}}
| writer7 = {{hlist|A. Valsiglio|Cheope|Stefano Jurgens}}
| writer8 = {{hlist|A. Valsiglio|Giuseppe Carella|Cheope}}
| writer9 = {{hlist|A. Valsiglio|Salvatore Monetti|Cheope|M. Marati}}
| writer10 = {{hlist|A. Valsiglio|Giovanni Salvatori|Cheope|M. Marati}}
}}
Charts
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!Chart (1994) !Position |
| scope="row"|Italian Albums (FIMI)
|6 |
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| scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{Cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1994 |publisher=SwissCharts.com |accessdate=23 July 2011 |title=Swiss Year-End Charts 1994 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927215728/http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1994 |archivedate=27 September 2012 }}
|6 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|artist=Laura Pausini |type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1994| access-date = 23 July 2011|certref={{Cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=P&Tipo=0&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |publisher=Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas |language=Spanish |access-date=15 August 2012 |title=Discos de Oro y Platino |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20110531185849/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=P&Tipo=0&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archivedate=31 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|artist=Laura Pausini |type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1994|certyear=1995|access-date=20 September 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Laura Pausini |type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1994|certyear=1996| access-date = 23 July 2011}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|artist=Laura Pausini |type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1994|relmonth=2|access-date=August 23, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=Laura Pausini |type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1994|certyear=1995| access-date = 23 July 2011|number=2}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|artist=Laura Pausini |type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1994|certyear=1996| access-date = 23 July 2011}}
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