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Buoni o cattivi
Studio album by Vasco Rossi
Released	2 April 2004
Studio	Digital Studio (Bologna) Fonoprint (Bologna) Henson Studios (Los Angeles) Studio Impatto Studio Nautilus (Milan)
Length	48:01
Label	EMI
Producer	Guido Elmi Vasco Rossi
Vasco Rossi chronology
Tracks (2002) Buoni o cattivi (2004) Buoni o cattivi Live Anthology 04.05 (2005)

Buoni o cattivi is the fourteenth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Vasco Rossi, released on 2 April 2004.

The album spent fifteen non-consecutive weeks atop the Italian FIMI Albums Chart, and later became Italy's best-selling album of 2004. It also entered the charts in Switzerland, peaking at number 6 and being certified gold in the country.

It spawned the singles "Buoni o cattivi", "Come stai", "Un senso", "E…" and "Señorita". "Un senso" also appeared on the soundtrack of the film Non ti muovere by Sergio Castellitto. Despite not being included in the film's official soundtrack, "Un senso" was awarded a Nastro d'Argento for Best Original Song in 2005.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from Buoni o cattivi's liner notes.

Production

• Antonio Baglio – mastering
• Luca Bignardi – mixing (3, 5, 9, 12), engineer (3, 5, 9, 12)
• Marco Borsatti – assistant (3, 5, 9, 12)
• Guido Elmi – producer
• Floriano Fini – executive producer
• Enrico "Flint" Mambella – assistant (3, 5, 9, 12)
• Vasco Rossi – producer
• Davide Roveri – assistant (3, 5, 9, 12)
• Jaime Sickora – assistant (3, 5, 9, 12)
• Michael Tacci – engineer (3, 5, 9, 12)
• Mark Valentine – assistant (3, 5, 9, 12)
• Celso Valli – co-producer (3, 5, 9, 12)
• Nicola Venieri – mixing (1−2, 4, 6−8, 10−11), engineer (1−12)

Music

• Luca Bignardi – programming (3, 5, 9, 12)
• Nando Bonini – background vocals (1−2, 4, 6, 8, 11)
• Stef Burns – electric guitar (1−2, 4−8, 10−12), solo guitar (2, 7), acoustic guitar (5), guitar (8)
• Paul Bushnell – bass (8)
• Giacomo Castellano – electric guitars (5, 12)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (1−12)
• Larry Corbett – cello
• Bruce Dukov – violin
• Guido Elmi – arrangements (1−2, 4, 6−8, 10−11), harpsichord (1, 2), congas (5), electric guitar (8), drums (11)
• Tony Franklin – bass (1, 3−4, 6, 8, 11)
• Andrea Innesto – wind instruments (11)
• Suzie Katayama – orchestra conductor
• Michael Landau – electric guitar (2, 4, 8, 12), guitars (3), solo guitar (4)
• Clara Moroni – background vocals (1−2, 4, 6, 8, 11)
• Frank Nemola – programming (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10−11), keyboards (1, 2, 4, 6−8, 10), string arrangements (2, 4, 7, 10), background vocals (4, 8), arrangements (6, 7, 10), wind instruments (11)
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 6, 10)
• Tim Pierce – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 6, 7), solo guitar (6)
• Silvio Pozzoli – background vocals (1−2, 4, 6, 8, 11)
• Alberto Rocchetti – Hammond (11)
• Vasco Rossi − vocals (1−12)
• Lee Sklar – bass (2, 4−5, 7, 9, 10, 12)
• Maurizio Solieri – electric guitar (11)
• Michael Thompson – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 6, 10)
• Celso Valli – Hammond (2, 7, 9), string conductor (2−5, 7, 9, 10, 12), string arrangements (3, 5, 9, 12), arrangements (3, 5, 12), keyboards (3, 5, 9, 12), electric bass (5), piano (9, 12)
• Patrick Warren – piano (6)
• Evan Wilson – viola

Charts

Weekly charts

Annual charts

Certifications and sales

References

1. "Vasco, arriva Buoni o cattivi. Io sto sempre con i più deboli". la Repubblica (in Italian). 30 March 2004.
2. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Vasco Rossi – Buoni o cattivi". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2002.
3. "Classifiche FIMI-Nielsen 2004: trionfa Vasco Rossi, bene le raccolte" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 14 January 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
4. "Anche Vasco Rossi tra i premiati dei Nastri d'Argento 2005" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 5 February 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
5. Buoni o cattivi (booklet). EMI Records. 2004.
6. "Swisscharts.com – Vasco Rossi – Buoni o cattivi". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2002.
7. "Top of the Music (AC Nielsen) - Classifica annuale 2004" (PDF) (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
8. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2004 − Album" (in German). Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
9. "Le cifre di vendita" (PDF). Musica e dischi: 10. January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
10. "Italian album certifications – Vasco Rossi – Buoni o cattivi" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 6 January 2021. Select "2020" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Buoni o cattivi" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
11. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Buoni o cattivi')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

• 2014 albums
• Vasco Rossi albums
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