Mondi Lontanissimi (Italian: "Very Distant Worlds") is an album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, released by EMI Italiana in 1985. Overview The central theme of most of the songs on the album is travelling, either on Earth or in space; for example "Via Lattea", "No Time No Space" and "I treni di Tozeur" speak of astronauts, telescopes and spaceships. "Temporary Road" is a song about drivers who sit in their cars in traffic jams every day, a slow first part in English and a second part in Italian. "Il Re del Mondo" is an older song, inspired by René Guenon's theories, released again in a re-arranged version,. Also in 1985, Battiato re-recorded the songs "No Time No Space", "Temporary Road", "Il Re del Mondo", "Chan-son Egocentrique" (first recorded by Alice on her 1982 album Azimut), "I treni di Tozeur" and "L'animale", translated into English on his album Echoes of Sufi Dances and into Spanish on Ecos de Danzas Sufi. "I treni di Tozeur" was originally performed by Battiato and his female colleague Alice in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, gaining the 5th place in a field of 19. On Mondi lontanissimi Battiato sings this song by himself. Track listing Side A "Via Lattea" (Franco Battiato) - 4:50 "Risveglio di Primavera" (Battiato, Giusto Pio) - 3:29 "No Time No Space" (Battiato, Pio, Saro Cosentino) - 3:25 "Personal computer" (Battiato, Cosentino) - 2:38 Side B "Temporary Road" (Battiato, Pio) - 2:47 "Il Re del Mondo" (Battiato) - 3:26 "Chan-son Egocentrique" (Francesco Messina, Battiato, Tommaso Tramonti) - 4:12 "I treni di Tozeur" (Battiato, Pio, Cosentino) - 3:07 "L'animale" (Battiato) - 3:18 Personnel Filippo Destrieri - Keyboards Gianfrando D'Adda - Drums Alberto Radius - Guitars Alfredo Riccardi - Cello Marilyn Turner - Lyric voice Lino Vaccina - Tabla Citations External links Page at Battiato's official website Discogs.com entry Rateyourmusic.com entry 1985 albums Franco Battiato albums Italian-language albums