Mazzini canta Battisti

Mazzini canta Battisti
Compilation album by Mina
Released	13 May 1994 (1994-05-13)
Recorded	1971–1994
Studio	La Basilica, Milan, Italy[1] Studi PDU, Lugano, Switzerland[2]
Genre	Pop rock[3]
Length	55:43
Language	Italian
Label	PDU
Producer	Massimiliano Pani
Mina chronology
Lochness (1994) Mazzini canta Battisti (1994) Canarino mannaro (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Mazzini canta Battisti is a compilation album by Mina, released in 1994 by PDU.[4]

Overview

The album name is derived from the surnames of Mina and the songwriter and singer Lucio Battisti, hence Mazzini canta Battisti. This is also the first time in Mina's recording history that her surname appears on an album of hers. This is the second tribute album that Mina has recorded, the first being the 1975 album Minacantalucio. In contrast to the album Minacantalucio which was composed of 10 new recordings of Lucio Battisti, this album contains only two new recordings, "Perché no" and "Il leone e la gallina".[5] The rest are songs Mina has recorded before.

"Insieme" was originally on the 1970 album ...quando tu mi spiavi in cima a un batticuore.... "Io e te da soli" was originally on the 1971 live album Del mio meglio.[6] "Amor mio" and "E penso a te" were originally on the 1971 album Mina.[6] "La mente torna" was originally on the 1973 album Del mio meglio n. 2. The medley "Emozioni / Ancora tu / Sì, viaggiare / I giardini di marzo" was originally on the live album Mina Live '78.[6] Full length versions of the tracks "Emozioni" and "I giardini di marzo" are found on the 1975 album Minacantalucio. "Acqua azzurra, acqua chiara" was roginially on the 1984 album Catene.[7] "Eppur mi son scordato di te" was originally on the 1985 album Finalmente ho conosciuto il conte Dracula....[8] "Nessun dolore" was originally on the 1987 album Rane supreme.[9] "Io vorrei... non-vorrei... ma se vuoi..." was originally on the 1989 album Uiallalla.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mogol; all music is composed by Lucio Battisti

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Perché no"	5:12
2.	"Nessun dolore"	4:16
3.	"Io e te da soli"	4:37
4.	"Amor mio"	4:49
5.	"La mente torna"	4:32
6.	"Eppur mi son scordato di te"	3:34
7.	"Io vorrei... non-vorrei... ma se vuoi..."	3:13
8.	"Il leone e la gallina"	3:52
9.	"E penso a te"	3:37
10.	"Insieme"	4:12
11.	"Acqua azzurra, acqua chiara"	4:13
12.	"Emozioni / Ancora tu / Sì, viaggiare / I giardini di marzo"	9:33

Personnel

• Mina – vocals (all tracks)
• Massimiliano Pani – arrangement (1, 2, 6, 7, 8)
• Gian Piero Reverberi – arrangement (3, 4, 5)
• Mario Robbiani – arrangement (6)
• Pino Presti – arrangement (9, 12)
• Detto Mariano – arrangement (10)
• Victor Bach – arrangement (11)
• Nuccio Rinaldis – sound engineer

Charts

Initial chart performance for Mazzini canta Battisti

Chart (1994)	Peak position
European Albums (Music & Media)[10]	64
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[11]	5

2005 chart performance for Mazzini canta Battisti

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[12]	91

References

1. "La Basilica" (in Italian). minamazzini.it. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
2. Mazzini canta Battisti at Discogs
3. Birchmeier, Jason. Mazzini canta Battisti Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
4. "Mazzini canta Battisti – Mina – Opinione – ...quella Mina di Lucio..." www.ciao.it. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
5. "Best of the year: i migliori album del 1994 secondo Stunrise". stunrise.it. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
6. "Mina Battisti". libero.it. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
7. "Mina :: Voci Divine :: Recensioni: Catene". Altervista. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
8. "Mina :: Voci Divine :: Recensioni: Finalmente ho conosciuto il conte Dracula". Altervista. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
9. "Mina :: Voci Divine :: Recensioni: Rane supreme". Altervista. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
10. "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 26. 25 June 1994. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2021.
11. Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
12. "Italiancharts.com – Mina – Mazzini canta Battisti". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

External links

• Mazzini canta Battisti at Discogs (list of releases)