La pulce d'acqua ("The Water Flea") is an album by Italian singer-songwriter Angelo Branduardi.

The title track, "La pulce d'acqua" is based on a Native American legend reported and adapted by Jaime de Angulo about a man falling ill because his shadow has been stolen by a water flea.

"Ballo in Fa diesis minore" ("Dance in F-sharp minor") is based on Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal in which a man defies the personification of Death (lyrics are taken from an inscription of a danse macabre depiction at Clusone, near Bergamo); the melody is inspired by "Schiarazula Marazula", a medieval northern Italian theme which accompanied exorcism rites and which was collected by Giorgio Mainerio in his Primo libro de' balli (1578).

"Il poeta di corte" ("The court poet"), featuring launeddas parts by Luigi Lai, is partially based on "Canarios" by Aragonese Baroque composer Gaspar Sanz.

"La bella dama senza pietà" ("The beautiful merciless dame") recalls a poem by John Keats, in turn based on a composition by Alain Chartier.