Zu & Co.

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Zu & Co.
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Compilation album by
Zucchero
ReleasedMay 14, 2004
Genre Pop, rock
Length76:58
Label Polydor Records, Universal
Producer Toby Baker, Simon Climie,
Corrado Rustici, Zucchero
Zucchero chronology
Shake
(2001)		Zu & Co.
(2004)		 Fly
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Zu & Co. is a compilation album by Italian blues rock singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari released in 2004. [5] With the exception of "Indaco Dagli occhi Del Cielo" (a cover of the Korgis song "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime") and "Il Grande Baboomba", all songs have previously been recorded and released by Zucchero. For "Zu & Co." new versions of these songs were recorded with a selection of artists with whom Zucchero has performed during his career. It has been released in several editions, Italian, Spanish, French (including duet with Johnny Hallyday), Australian, Latin American, and International. [5] The album has sold over a million copies worldwide and was one of the rare Italian albums which managed to enter the Billboard 200 (#84) chart, after its release in the United States in the summer of 2005 in partnership with the Starbucks Hear Music label and Concord Records. [6] It topped the Billboards World Albums chart, where it charted for 27 weeks. [7]

Contents

A special concert with guests was held to present the album at the Royal Albert Hall in London, [5] which was recorded and released as Zu & Co live at the Royal Albert Hall . The show was also recorded by TV networks. [5] In December 2005 a limited edition box set titled Zu & Co. - The Ultimate Duets Collection was released, with regular CD and DVD, and an additional third disc with 12 more duets, including "Mama" feat Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Io vivo (in te)" feat Bryan Adams, "Diamante" feat Randy Crawford, "Before you accuse me" feat Buddy Guy, and "Va, pensiero" feat Sinéad O'Connor.

Track listing

Italian edition
  1. "Dune Mosse" (with Miles Davis) – 5:44
  2. "Muoio Per Te" (with Sting) – 3:23
  3. "Indaco Dagli Occhi Del Cielo" (with Vanessa Carlton, feat. Haylie Ecker) – 4:03
  4. "Il Grande Baboomba" (with Mousse T) – 3:20
  5. "Like The Sun (From Out Of Nowhere)" (with Macy Gray, feat. Jeff Beck) – 3:56
  6. "Baila morena" (with Maná) – 4:06
  7. "Ali D'Oro" (with John Lee Hooker) – 4:57
  8. "Blue" (lyrics by Bono; with Sheryl Crow or Ilse DeLange) – 4:48
  9. "Pure Love" (with Dolores O'Riordan) – 3:28
  10. "A Wonderful World" (with Eric Clapton) – 4:35
  11. "Pippo (Nasty Guy)" (with Tom Jones) – 3:16
  12. "Hey Man (Sing A Song)" (with B. B. King) – 4:37
  13. "Il Volo (The Flight)" (with Ronan Keating) – 4:48
  14. "Così Celeste (with Cheb Mami) – 4:42
  15. "Diavolo In Me (A Devil In Me)" (with Solomon Burke) – 4:00
  16. "Senza Una Donna (Without A Woman)" (with Paul Young) – 4:30
  17. "Il Mare Impetuoso Al Tramonto Salì Sulla Luna E Dietro Una Tendina Di Stelle..." (with Brian May) – 4:05
  18. "Miserere" (with Luciano Pavarotti & Andrea Bocelli) – 4:14

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [29] Platinum30,000*
France (SNEP) [30] Gold186,100 [31]
Germany (BVMI) [32] 3× Gold300,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Italy (FIMI) [33] Diamond500,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [34] 2× Platinum80,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [35] Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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