Aldo Caporuscio known by the stage name Aldo Nova, is a Canadian hard rock musician. He gained recognition with his 1982 debut album Aldo Nova, which peaked at Billboard number 8 position, and its accompanying single, "Fantasy", which reached number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and boosted sales for its parent album. In 1997, he won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year as co-producer of Celine Dion's 1996 album Falling into You. He co-wrote four songs on the 2000 album Uno by La Ley, which won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album.

Early life

Nova was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Italian immigrant parents from a small village near Rome. He adopted the stage name Aldo Nova when he started playing guitar and keyboards at age 15.

Career

1980s–1990s

Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced album Aldo Nova in 1982,

Nova's second album Subject...Aldo Nova from 1983, had two singles: "Rumours of You" and "Tonite (Lift Me Up)".

Nova was displeased with the third album and the record company's insistence on making a more commercial album. He co-wrote the Latin Grammy nominated song "Aqui" for the Chilean rock group La Ley on the album Uno. He also co-wrote and co-produced four other tracks on that album, which won a Grammy for best Latin/Alternative/Rock Album.

As a songwriter, Nova's hits include Clay Aiken's "This Is The Night" (co-written with Chris Braide and Gary Burr), which in the US was a number 1 hit and the best-selling single of 2003. He wrote one and co-wrote more songs on Dion's Taking Chances album.

2000s–present

In 2003, Nova received an International Achievement Award at the SOCAN Awards in Toronto for co-writing the Dion song "A New Day Has Come".

In early 2019, Nova announced to Loudwire that he would release a rock opera in June 2020 under the name The Life and Times of Eddie Gage. He had been working on the album from 2008. The release was delayed, eventually coming out in the smaller EP format on 1 April 2022.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Aldo Nova (1982) No. 8 US 2× Platinum
  • Subject...Aldo Nova (1983) No. 56 US Gold & Canada Platinum
  • Twitch (1985) Canada Gold
  • Blood on the Bricks (1991) No. 124 US
  • Nova's Dream (1997)
  • The Life and Times of Eddie Gage – A Rock Opera – 10-song EP – A Little Preview (EP) (2022)
  • 2.0 Reloaded (2022)
  • Short Stories (EP) (2022)
  • Sonic Hallucinations (EP) (2022)

Compilations

  • A Portrait of Aldo Nova (1991)
  • The Best of Aldo Nova (2006)
  • Under the Gun...A Portrait of Aldo Nova (2007)

Singles

{| class="wikitable"

!rowspan=2|Year

!rowspan=2|Title

!colspan=3|Chart Positions

!rowspan=2|Album

|-

!width=45|<small>CAN</small>

!width=45|<small>US</small>

!width=45|<small>US Main</small>

|-

|rowspan=2|1982

|"Fantasy"

|align="center"|14

|align="center"|23

|align="center"|3

|rowspan=2|Aldo Nova

|-

|"Foolin' Yourself"

|align="center"|45

|align="center"|65

|align="center"|—

|-

|rowspan=2|1983

|"Monkey on Your Back"

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|12

|rowspan=2|Subject

|-

|"Always Be Mine"

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|107

|align="center"|—

|-

|rowspan=2|1985

|"Tonight (Lift Me Up)"

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

|rowspan=2|Twitch

|-

|"Rumours Of You"

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

|-

|rowspan=3|1991

|"Blood on the Bricks"

|align="center"|65

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|14

|rowspan=3|Blood on the Bricks

|-

|"Someday"

|align="center"|45

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

|-

|"Medicine Man"

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|43

|-

| rowspan=2|2018

|-

|"Fantasy 2.0"

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

|rowspan=2|Aldo Nova 2.0

|-

|rowspan=4|2019

|"I'm a Survivor"

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

|}

Songwriter/producer

{| class="wikitable"

! Artist

! Title

! Year

!

|-

| Blue Öyster Cult

| "Take Me Away"

| 1983

|rowspan="5"| Music/Lyrics

|-

| Nicole McCloud

| "Don't You Want My Love"

| 1985

|-

| Beau Geste

| "No More Heroes"

| 1986

|-

|rowspan="6"| Celine Dion

| "Partout Je Te Vois"

| 1987

|-

| "Have a Heart"

| 1990

|-

| "Des Mots Qui Sonnent"

| 1991

|-

| "Dreamin' of You"

|rowspan="3"| 1996

| Music/Lyrics/Producer

|-

| "I Love You"

| Music/Lyrics

|-

| "Your Light"

|rowspan="5"| Music/Lyrics/Producer

|-

| Saints & Sinners

|Saints & Sinners

|rowspan="1"| 1992

|-

|rowspan="4" | Éric Lapointe

| "L'école du Rock'n'roll"

|rowspan="4" | 1994

|-

| "Terre Promise"

|-

| "N'importe quoi"

|-

| "Hypocrite"

|-

| Jetsam

| "Drive"

| 1997

|-

| Faith Hill

| "I Love You"

|rowspan="2"| 1998

|-

| Jon Bon Jovi

| "Mister Big Time"

|-

|rowspan="2"| Garou

| "Au Plaisir De Ton Corps"

| 2000

| Music/Lyrics

|-

| "Le Monde Est Stone"

| 2001

| Producer

|-

| Celine Dion

| "A New Day Has Come"

| 2002

| Music/Lyrics/Producer

|-

| Chenoa

| "Una Mujer (I'm A Woman)"

| 2002

| Music/Lyrics

|-

| Clay Aiken

| "This Is The Night"

| 2003

| Music/Lyrics

|-

|rowspan="2"| Garou

| "L'aveu"

|rowspan="3"| 2004

| Producer

|-

| "Pour L'amour D'une Femme"

|rowspan="2"| Music/Lyrics/Producer

|-

| Celine Dion

| "You and I"

|-

| Agnes Carlsson

| "I Believe"

|rowspan="2"| 2005

| Music/Lyrics

|-

| Marilou Bourdon

| "Le Coeur De Mon Coeur"

| Music/Lyrics/Producer

|-

|rowspan="2"| Garou

| "Que Le Temps"

|rowspan="2"| 2006

|rowspan="2"| Producer

|-

| "Trahison"

|-

|rowspan="4"| Celine Dion

| "A Song For You"

|rowspan="4"| 2007

|rowspan="4"| Music/Lyrics

|-

| "Can't Fight The Feelin'"

|-

| "Fade Away"

|-

| "Shadow Of Love"

|}

Tours

  • Fantasy Tour (1982–1983)
  • Subject Tour (1983–1984)
  • Blood on the Bricks Tour (1991)

See also

  • Canadian rock
  • List of Canadian musicians
  • List of bands from Canada

References

  • Interview with Aldo Nova
  • Second Interview with Aldo Nova
  • Everything2 writeup