Mina®

Mina®
Studio album by
Mina
ReleasedOctober 1974 (1974-10)
Recorded1974
StudioLa Basilica, Milan[1]
GenrePop
Length42:16
LanguageItalian
LabelPDU
Mina chronology
Evergreens
(1974) 		Mina®
(1974) 		Baby Gate
(1974)

Mina® is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1974 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana. Originally distributed as a double album along with Baby Gate.[2] The album topped the Italian albums chart.[3]

Cover versions

Some of the songs of this album were recorded in different languages by Mina during the 1970s. In 1975, she recorded "Due o forse tre", "Nuur" and "Distanze" in Spanish ("Dos o acaso tres", "Nuur", " Dostancias"), as well "Tutto passerà vedrai" ("Todo pasara veras"). The same first three songs were covered in French one year later (as "Deux peut-être trois", "Lumière", "Ensemble"), as well "Caravel" ("La chiromancienne") and "Solo lui" ("Rien que vous"). All the tracks were published on albums for French and Spanish-speaking countries only and were re-issued on cd by EMI in 2011 (in the compilations Je suis Mina and Yo soy Mina).[4]

Critical reception

Mattia Marzi from Rockol noted that this album stated Mina as one of the most valuable voices of Italian pop music.[5]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Due o forse tre"
4:12
2."Tutto passerà vedrai"
  • Lo Vecchio
  • Shapiro
3:50
3."Caravel"Guido Bolzoni3:00
4."Una musica va"
  • Mario Nobile
  • Guido Bolzoni
3:28
5."L'amore è un'altra cosa"
2:34
6."Penombra"
3:53
Total length:20:57
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nuur"
  • Osvaldo Miccike
  • Ermanno Capelli
4:28
2."Distanze"
4:39
3."Mai prima"
4:09
4."Solo lui"
  • Cantini
  • Evangelisti
4:26
5."Trasparenze"
  • Calabrese
  • Ferrio
3:46
Total length:21:19

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]

Charts

Chart performance for Mina® and Baby Gate
Chart (1975) Peak
position
Italian Albums (Billboard)[7] 2
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[3] 1

References

  1. ^ "La Basilica" (in Italian). minamazzini.it. 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). "Numero Uno". Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Graphe.it Edizioni. p. 34. ISBN 9788893720885. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
  4. ^ Augliera, Pippo (1 March 2011). "I am, Je suis, Yo soy: Mina nel mondo". MusicalNews (in Italian). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  5. ^ Marzi, Mattia (28 December 2023). "Questi 10 album italiani compiono 50 anni nel 2024". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  6. ^ Mina (1974). Mina® (liner notes). Italy: PDU. Pld. L. 6005. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 87, no. 3. 18 January 1975. p. 75. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 18 May 2024.


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