A top 100 of what I believe are the best Italian singer-songwriter songs, in purely random order:

001. Emotions - Lucio Battisti (1970)
002. Love That Goes, Love That Comes - Fabrizio De André (1966)
003. Waiting for Godot - Claudio Lolli (1972)
004. The March Gardens - Lucio Battisti (1972)
005. The Evening of Miracles - Lucio Dalla (1980)
006. Sora Rosa - Antonello Venditti (1972)
007. Wind in the Wind - Lucio Battisti (1972)
008. The Violets Were Blooming - Rino Gaetano (1976)
009. Bourgeoisie - Claudio Lolli (1972)
010. Florence (Sad Song) - Ivan Graziani (1980)
011. Modena - Antonello Venditti (1979)
012. Those Who... - Enzo Jannacci (1975)
013. Well​ - Francesco De Gregori (1974)
014. Strange Love - Franco Battiato (1979)
015. How Deep Is the Sea - Lucio Dalla (1977)
016. The Song of Lost Love - Fabrizio De André (1974)
017. The Wounded Ibex - Antonello Venditti (1975)
018. Goodbye Lugano - Ivan Graziani (1977)
019. Who Has the Sea - Pino Daniele (1979)
020. I Have Also Seen Happy Gypsies - Claudio Lolli (1976)
021. The Story - Francesco De Gregori (1985)
022. The Blackbird - Piero Ciampi (1971)
023. One Night in Italy - Ivano Fossati (1986)
024. Daughter - Roberto Vecchioni (1976)
025. Fire on the Hill - Ivan Graziani (1979)
026. Could Be Happy - Pino Daniele (1979)
027. Come Away With Me - Paolo Conte (1981)
028. The Construction of a Love - Ivano Fossati (1981)
029. 'A Cup of Coffee - Pino Daniele (1977)
030. The Tea Plant - Ivano Fossati (1988)
031. But the Sky Is Always Bluer - Rino Gaetano (1975)
032. Eva Is Not Yet Born - Giorgio Gaber (1978)
033. Schoolmate - Antonello Venditti (1975)
034. Steam Trains - Ivano Fossati (1993)
035. My Brother Is an Only Child - Rino Gaetano (1976)
036. The Party - Giorgio Gaber (1978)
037. Lights at San Siro - Roberto Vecchioni (1971)
038. However, the Rhinoceros - Lucio Battisti (1992)
039. My Brother Watching the World - Ivano Fossati (1992)
040. What Joy - Lucio Dalla (1977)
041. Stories of Yesterday - Francesco De Gregori (1975)
042. The Birds - Franco Battiato (1981)
043. The Father's Song - Fabrizio De André (1973)
044. Universal Judgments - Samuele Bersani (1997)
045. Lazy - Ivan Graziani (1978)
046. On the Gardens of Preexistence - Franco Battiato (1993)
047. Little Puppy Alfredo - Lucio Dalla (1977)
048. Ti Ti Ti Ti - Rino Gaetano (1980)
049. Alive - Renato Zero (1977)
050. The Sea of Jan - Antonello Venditti (1973)
051. Anna and Marco - Lucio Dalla (1979)
052. Mario - Enzo Jannacci (1979)
053. Fine Moves - Zucchero (1987)
054. Aesthetics - Lucio Battisti (1994)
055. The Island That Doesn't Exist - Edoardo Bennato (1980)
056. The Sunday of the Corpses - Fabrizio De André (1990)
057. A Glove - Francesco De Gregori (1996)
058. Lonely Souls - Fabrizio De André, Ivano Fossati (1996)
059. Stranglove (This Is Also Love) - Roberto Vecchioni (1978)
060. General - Francesco De Gregori (1978)
061. Jodi and the Little Monkey - Antonello Venditti (1976)
062. The Last Show - Roberto Vecchioni (1977)
063. Nevsky Prospect - Franco Battiato (1980)
064. A.D. 4000 A.D. - Rino Gaetano (1974)
065. Future - Lucio Dalla (1980)
066. Airplane Crash Over the Sicily Channel - Francesco De Gregori (1976)
067. Laugh, Laura - Roberto Vecchioni (1984)
068. Keep Struggling - Edoardo Bennato (1974)
069. Information About Vincent - Francesco De Gregori (1974)
070. Wind and Earth - Pino Daniele (1981)
071. The Swallows - Lucio Dalla (1990)
072. The Tower of Babel - Edoardo Bennato (1976)
073. Vincenzina and the Factory - Enzo Jannacci (1975)
074. In Line in Threes - Edoardo Bennato (1974)
075. Except the Dog - Rino Gaetano (1977)
076. Marta - Antonello Venditti (1974)
077. Rimmel - Francesco De Gregori (1975)
078. A Lemon Ice Cream - Paolo Conte (1979)
079. May First Festival - Claudio Lolli (1976)
080. Her Roads - Francesco De Gregori (1973)
081. Latin Soul - Lucio Battisti (1974)
082. Alleria - Pino Daniele (1980)
083. Don Giovanni - Lucio Battisti (1986)
084. Velasquez - Roberto Vecchioni (1976)
085. Napul'è - Pino Daniele (1977)
086. Languid - Paolo Conte (1987)
087. All Story - Pino Daniele (1982)
088. Red Devil - Paolo Conte (1982)
089. Mangiafuoco - Edoardo Bennato (1977)
090. The Sky - Renato Zero (1977)
091. Look Out, Look Out - Edoardo Bennato (1975)
092. Has All the Cards Right (To Be an Artist) - Piero Ciampi (1973)
093. What Time Is It - Edoardo Bennato (1975)
094. The Discipline of the Earth - Ivano Fossati (2000)
095. One Day You Believe - Edoardo Bennato (1973)
096. One Week, One Day - Edoardo Bennato (1973)
097. The Cure - Franco Battiato (1996)
098. My Father Has a Hole in His Throat - Antonello Venditti (1973)
099. Nomads - Franco Battiato (1988)
100. The Kiss on the Mouth - Ivano Fossati (2003)

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  • withor
    25 jun 22
    I like all the songs you've included in your ranking, none excluded. I swear :-)
     
  • MarkRChandar
    12 jan 21
    I see the list only now, interesting as the absences of Tenco, Califano, Finardi, Concato, and Bertoli are intriguing.
     
  • TataOgg
    17 oct 20
    But you are a de-living juke-box! 😯
     
    • Dislocation
      17 oct 20
      It only remains to establish where the hundred lire should be introduced...
    • TataOgg
      22 oct 20
      Still with the lira?
    • Dislocation
      23 oct 20
      Let's talk about giubbox, darling, what else, if not the lire?
    • TataOgg
      23 oct 20
      I only knew him through the tokens because the only one I ever really "used" was in the arcade. EH!
  • Dislocation
    3 sep 20
    I sent you love.
     
  • sergio60
    13 aug 20
    Welcome... But I warn you... Of the 100 songs suggested, I could accept maybe about ten, but that's just details... We'll have a chance to get to know each other better...
     
  • rossana roma
    10 aug 20
    Wind in the Wind and Universal Judgments are enough for me to share this lovely list! Greetings! :-)
     
  • Stefano2010
    30 jul 20
    Hi, welcome.
    Nice ranking.
     
    • Stefano2010
      30 jul 20
      I would have swapped No. 1 and No. 4, still Battisti anyway...
    • Alemarcon
      30 jul 20
      It's in random order, Stefano :)
    • Stefano2010
      30 jul 20
      I thought according to your tastes, anyway all great pieces.
  • Martello
    23 jul 20
    BUT THE RHINO!! BIG, IF YOU WERE NOT ALREADY MY EX I WOULD HAVE LOVED YOU!!
     
  • Ditta
    23 jul 20
    Nice little list. Nothing to say.
     
  • fabriziozizzi
    4 jun 20
    Welcome Ale. We have several LPs in common.
     
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