Signora Bovary

Signora Bovary is an album of Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini. It was released in 1987 by EMI.

Signora Bovary
Studio album by Francesco Guccini
Released	1987
Genre	Italian singer-songwriters
Length	38 min.
Label	EMI
Francesco Guccini chronology
Guccini (1983) Signora Bovary (1987) ...quasi come Dumas... (1988)

The album

"Signora Bovary" is a poetic variation of Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary. "Culodritto" is dedicated to Guccini's daughter, Teresa, who was 9 at the time. "Van Loon" is about Guccini's father, who was a reader of the books of the 1930s science writer Hendrik Willem van Loon. The long suite "Keaton" was co-written by Claudio Lolli, who had found difficulties in releasing it: as Guccini liked it, he published in his new album after minor modification. The last stanzas deals with the American actor Buster Keaton.

Personnel

• Francesco Guccini - voice and guitar
• Juan Carlos "Flaco" Biondini - guitars
• Ares Tavolazzi - bass
• Ellade Bandini - drums
• Vince Tempera - piano, keyboards
• Antonio Marangolo - saxophone
• Juan José Mosalini - bandoneon

Track listing

• "Scirocco" (5:40)
• "Signora Bovary" (4:36)
• "Van Loon" (5:44)
• "Culodritto" (2:39)
• "Keaton" (10:12)
• "Le piogge d'aprile" (3:51)
• "Canzone di notte N°3" (5:20)