Caterpillar (Mina album)

Caterpillar
Studio album by
Mina
Released18 October 1991 (1991-10-18)
Recorded1991
StudioStudi PDU, Lugano
Genre
Length82:25
Language
LabelPDU
Mina chronology
Ti conosco mascherina
(1990) 		Caterpillar
(1991) 		Sorelle Lumière
(1992)

Caterpillar is a double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 18 October 1991 and distributed by EMI Italiana.[3][4]

Overview

The album, as usual, features a part with cover versions of famous world and Italian hits, originally released between 1927 (Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust") and 1979 (Gianna Nannini's "California"), as well as a part with new original material.

The song "Il genio del bene" was used by Rete 4 as the theme song of the telenovela Vendetta di una donna starring Luisa Kuliok.[5]

The album debuted at number fifteen on the Italian albums chart and peaked at number four in its fourth week, and stayed on the chart for a total of fifteen weeks.[6] In the European albums chart, it became the fifty-second.[7]

A remastered version of the album was released in 2001.[8]

Track listing

Volume 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stardust"
3:54
2."La casa del serpente"Ivano Fossati6:10
3."Canto (Anche se sono stonato)"
3:13
4."I'm a Fool To Care"Ted Daffan3:03
5."Love Me, Please Love Me"
3:55
6."Doodlin'"Horace Silver4:36
7."California"Gianna Nannini5:29
8."Lo shampoo"Giorgio Gaber3:39
9."Love Me Tender"
4:03
10."Legata ad uno scoglio"
  • Chiosso
  • Luttazzi
2:25
Total length:40:29
Volume 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Il corvo"Marco Luberti3:44
2."Acquolina"
  • Samuele Cerri
  • Roberto Costa
5:00
3."Lunarità"
  • Cerri
  • Fabio Sinigaglia
5:05
4."Flamenco"
4:24
5."Traditore"Giorgio Faletti4:33
6."Fermi"
  • Cerri
  • Mauro Paoluzzi
4:49
7."Il genio del bene"Maurizio Morante4:07
8."L'indifferenza"
  • Silvestro Longo
  • Carlo Ambrosio
4:55
9."Amanti"
  • Gino De Nicola
  • Nicola Di Battista
5:15
Total length:41:56

Personnel

  • Danilo Rea – accordion, Hammond organ, piano
  • Massimo Moriconi – acoustic bass
  • Angel "Pato" Garcia – acoustic guitar
  • Mario Robbiani – arrangement
  • Massimiliano Pani – arrangement, backing vocals, keyboards
  • Lele Cerri – backing vocals
  • Margherita Ragnetti – backing vocals
  • Massimo Bozzi – backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Moreno Ferrara – backing vocals
  • Simonetta Robbiani – backing vocals
  • Massimo Morriconi – bass
  • Alfredo Golino – drums
  • Ellade Bandini – drums
  • Roberto Gatto – drums
  • Franco Ambrosetti – flugelhorn
  • Danilo Minotti – guitar
  • Gigi Cifarelli – guitar
  • Paolo Gianolio – guitar
  • Sandro Gibellini – guitar
  • Aldo Banfi – synclavier
  • Candelo Cabezas – percussion
  • Giancarlo Porro – saxophone
  • Giovanni Troversi – saxophone
  • Leonardo Prete – saxophone
  • Maurizio Giammarco – saxophone
  • Paolo Panigada – saxophone
  • Sergio Rigon – saxophone
  • Wally Allifranchini – saxophone
  • Marco Tempesta – trombone
  • Mauro Parodi – trombone
  • Rudy Migliardi – trombone
  • Emilio Soana – trumpet
  • Fernando Brusco – trumpet
  • Umberto Moretti – trumpet

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[9]

Charts

Chart performance for Caterpillar
Chart (1991) Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[7] 52
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[6] 4

References

  1. ^ Mina – Caterpillar at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Mina e il jazz". Jazz Convention (in Italian). 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ^ Romano, Nino (1996). Mina: Mito e mistero (in Italian). Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 9788820022983.
  4. ^ Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Grafe.it. ISBN 9788893720885.
  5. ^ Gentili, Gherardo (3 November 1991). "L'ingombrante Mina". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. p. 102.
  6. ^ a b Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
  7. ^ a b "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 47. 23 November 1991. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Rimasterizzati 59 album di Mina". Rockol (in Italian). 17 October 2001. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  9. ^ Mina (1991). Caterpillar (booklet). Italy: PDU. Pld. L. 7077.