Mina 2

Mina 2
Studio album by
Mina
ReleasedNovember 1966 (1966-11)
Genre
Length32:23
Language
LabelRi-Fi
Mina chronology
Studio Uno 66
(1966) 		Mina 2
(1966) 		Sabato sera – Studio Uno '67
(1967)
Singles from Mina 2
  1. "Sono come tu mi vuoi"
    Released: September 1966

Mina 2 (or Mina Due) is the tenth studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in November 1966 by Ri-Fi.

Overview

This studio work mainly consists of foreign songs performed in the original language.[2] Most of them had never been released before, with the exception of the opening song "Se non ci fossi tu", released a month earlier as a single,[3] as well as the songs "Lontanissimo (Somewhere)" and "Ebb Tide", released on the previous studio album Studio Uno 66 in July of the same year.[4]

Augusto Martelli was involved as a song arranger and conductor of his orchestra.

The album was released in November 1966 in mono sound format, but a month later it was reissued with stereo sound. It became the eighth in the sales chart.[5] The album was also distributed in Latin American countries under the name Mina 5 – El Quinto Disco de la Ùnica with a slightly changed track order, but with the same cover.[6]

Critical reception

Claudio Milano from OndaRock [it] highlighted the track "My Melancholy Baby" in the album with an exquisite Martelli arrangement and Mina's personal interpretation: "The interpreter's voice, announced by a caressing string intro, immediately flies on high frequencies, caressed with superb lightness, to become loaded with harmonics as it falls back on low and deliberately dirty frequencies, with a typically "Fitzgerald" manner that is not as soon as the brass appears to thunder. While the strings retain an almost fairy-tale dimension, the singing shows off a palette of colors that transfigures every word into a thousand of a thousand. It is a continuous up and down: in high gracefulness, on the low frequencies a support of the orchestral crescendos. There is also room for a trumpet solo, supported by repetitions on the piano. Mina closes with a unique elegance of timbre and phrasing. Pure enchantment".[7]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Se non ci fossi tu"
2:25
2."Uno (Tango celebre)"
2:57
3."Full Moon and Empty Arms"
2:48
4."I'm Glad There Is You"
2:31
5."Lontanissimo (Somewhere)"
2:07
6."Caminemos"
2:36
Total length:15:24
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lunedì 26 ottobre"
2:39
2."Ebb tide"
2:43
3."Invitation"
3:07
4."Angustia"Orlando Brito3:08
5."My Melancholy Baby"
3:23
6."I'm a Fool to Want You"
1:59
Total length:16:59

Charts

Chart performance for Mina 2
Chart (1964) Peak
position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[5] 8

References

  1. ^ "Mina e il jazz". Jazz Convention (in Italian). 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Gli album di Mina da avere assolutamente". Optimagazine (in Italian). 28 January 2020. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Sono come tu mi vuoi/Se non ci fossi tu". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Studio Uno 66". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Mina (1966). Mina 5 – El Quinto Disco de la Ùnica (liner notes) (in Spanish). Uruguay: Philips. 82163. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. ^ Milano, Claudio. "Mina: Sessant'anni di storia in una voce". OndaRock (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2024.


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