album rating: ★★★★☆
Genre: Italian pop / pop rock / adult contemporary. Dove c'è Musica ('Where There Is Music') is the seventh studio album by Eros Ramazzotti (born Eros Walter Luciano Ramazzotti, Rome, 1963), released on 13 May 1996 by BMG. It marked two significant firsts in his career: the first album he produced entirely by himself, without his long-time co-producer and songwriting collaborator Piero Cassano; and the first release on his new label, BMG, after leaving DDD. Ramazzotti wrote the songs with Adelio Cogliati, his principal lyrical collaborator; musical arrangements were by Celso Valli, his long-time musical director and arranger. The album was recorded at LCD Studio Inverigo and Fonoprint (Italy), with additional sessions at A&M Studios. It was mixed partly by Luca Bignardi at Fonoprint and partly by the Chilean-American Grammy-winning engineer Humberto Gatica at Fonoprint. The album was released simultaneously in Italian (Dove c'è Musica) and Spanish (Donde Hay Música), reflecting Ramazzotti's enormous and enduring following across the Spanish-speaking world. Key singles include 'Più Bella Cosa', 'Dove c'è Musica', 'Stella Gemella' and 'L'Aurora'. Notable guest musician credits include Steve Tavaglione on tenor saxophone and the horn section of Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Bill Reichenbach and Charlie Loper.
Label: BMG (Italy/international), released 13 May 1996.
Producer: Eros Ramazzotti (first self-produced album). Arranger: Celso Valli.
Recording studios: LCD Studio Inverigo, Italy; Fonoprint, Italy; additional recording at A&M Studios.
Critical reception: Dove c'è Musica was received as a significant artistic step forward — a confirmation of Ramazzotti's maturity as a complete artist, now in full control of his own sound. Italian and European critics praised the production and the consistency of the songwriting. The album demonstrated that Ramazzotti could independently deliver a cohesive and commercially potent body of work, and it was recognised as the most successful album of his career to that point.
Commercial success: Dove c'è Musica was Ramazzotti's most successful album to that date, topping the albums chart in six countries — including Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland — and selling six million copies worldwide. It represented the peak of his commercial trajectory to that point. In 1997, he released Eros, a collection of reworked and new songs that featured the duets 'Musica è' with Andrea Bocelli and 'Cosas de la Vida' with Tina Turner. Ramazzotti has sold over 80 million records in his 40-year career.
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