Signora Bovary

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

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)