The Italian (album)

The Italian
Studio album by
Released28 February 2005 (UK),
7 March 2006 (US)
RecordedAbbey Road Studios, London
GenreAdult contemporary
Popera
Oldies
LanguageItalian, English
LabelNext Plateau Records
ProducerChristian Seitz
Patrizio Buanne chronology
The Italian
(2005)
Forever Begins Tonight
(2006)

The Italian is the debut album by Italian baritone Patrizio Buanne. It was released in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2005, and the United States on 7 March 2006.

The album is composed of romantic Italian tunes, influenced by the songs of Italian and Italian-American singers (such as Sergio Bruni and Frank Sinatra) that Buanne heard played as a youth in his father's Italian restaurant. Buanne strives to re-invent the classics of that era with this new album of traditional songs arranged in a fresh style and sung in both Italian and English.