Gazebo – I Like Chopin (also known as the self-titled debut album Gazebo in some markets)
This is a classic Italo disco album from the early 1980s.
Key details
Artist: Gazebo (real name Paul Mazzolini, an Italian singer-songwriter of English-Italian descent).
Original album release: 1983 on Baby Records (Italy). The CD shown is a later reissue (catalog 610 296, German Ariola/Baby Records pressing, © 1983 Baby Records).
Genre: Italo disco / synth-pop.
Producer/Arranger: Pierluigi Giombini (music composer on most tracks); mixed by G.P. Bresciani.
Biggest hits on the album
The cover highlights three singles:
“I Like Chopin” (1983) – Massive European hit that reached #1 in multiple countries (Austria, Switzerland, West Germany, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Finland, etc.). The music has no actual Chopin themes despite the title.
“Masterpiece” (1982)
“Lunatic” (1983)
Track listing (matches the disc)
Lunatic
Love in Your Eyes
London Paris
Masterpiece
I Like Chopin
Wrap the Rock
Midnight Cocktail
Gimmick!