Mina 25

Mina 25
Studio album by
Mina
ReleasedOctober 1983 (1983-10)
Recorded1983
StudioStudi PDU, Lugano
Genre
Length77:00
Language
LabelPDU
Mina chronology
Del mio meglio n. 7
(1983) 		Mina 25
(1983) 		Catene
(1984)
Singles from Mina 25
  1. "Devi dirmi di sì"
    Released: November 1983

Mina 25 (or simply 25) is double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in October 1983 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana.[3]

Overview

The celebration of the anniversary of Mina's career coincided with the thirtieth anniversary of the RAI broadcasting company, which offered the singer a collaboration. Mina's songs from this album, as well as her comments, were used as the soundtrack to Paolo Frajese's Trent'anni della nostra storia (Thirty Years of Our History). The first issue of the program covered the history of the channel from 1945 to 1955, so the singer recorded songs from this period. This was the first such work, and three more albums will be released in the following years: Catene (1984), Finalmente ho conosciuto il conte Dracula... (1985) and Sì, buana (1986).

The song Verde luna had already been included on the album Salomè and was re-recorded for this album.

To support the album, the single "Devi dirmi di sì" was released with the song "La controsamba" on the b-side.[4] The song was a success with listeners and reached the 7th place in the singles chart.[5] The album itself debuted at the twenty-second position on the weekly albums chart, and in the fourth week of its stay reached the peak eighth position. In total, the album spent a total of 14 weeks there.[6]

Critical reception

Christian Calabrese from Musica e dischi gave a positive assessment of the album, calling the songs very beautiful, mostly because of the authors with whom Mina has been collaborating for a long time and who know her style.[7]

Track listing

Volume 1

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Only You"
3:15
2."Nature Boy"Eden Ahbez3:34
3."Che bambola!"
2:44
4."Sophisticated Lady"Duke Ellington3:50
5."Ho un sassolino nella scarpa"Marcello Valci2:58
6."Chattanooga Choo-Choo"
3:10
Total length:19:31
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A chi (Hurt)"
3:02
2."Che m'è 'mparato a fà"
3:38
3."Amore baciami"
4:09
4."Misty"
4:16
5."Bellezze in bicicletta"
2:30
6."Verde luna"Vicente Gomez2:35
Total length:20:10

Volume 2

Side C
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Devi dirmi di sì"
4:16
2."Allora sì"
4:14
3."Non ho difese"
4:08
4."Cowboys"Ivano Fossati1:51
5."Magia"
4:20
Total length:18:49
Side D
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."La controsamba"
  • Calabrese
  • Valli
5:08
2."Giuro di dirti la verità"
4:27
3."Un'aquila nel cuore"Anselmo Genovese3:35
4."Ahi, mi' amor (Romance de curro "El Palmo")"
6:15
Total length:19:25

Personnel

  • Mina – vocals
  • Victor Bach – arrangement (A1–B6), strings, wind instruments, keyboard
  • Massimiliano Pani – arrangement (C1), background vocals
  • Celso Valli – arrangement (C2, C3, C5–D3), keyboard
  • Mario Robbiani – arrangement (C4, D4), strings, keyboard
  • Piero Cassano – background vocals
  • Lella Esposito – background vocals
  • Giulia Fasolino – background vocals
  • Gianni Ferrio – background vocals
  • Naimy Hackett – background vocals
  • Germano Melotti – background vocals
  • Silvio Pozzoli – background vocals
  • Wanda Radicchi – background vocals
  • Gigi Cappellotto – bass
  • Paolo Gianolio – bass
  • Massimo Moriconi – bass
  • Hugo Heredia – clarinet
  • Paolo Tomelleri – clarinet
  • Ellade Bandini – drums, percussion
  • Bruno Bergonzi – drums
  • Rolando Ceragioli – drums
  • Flaviano Cuffari – drums
  • Walter Scebran – drums, percussion
  • Sergio Farina – guitar
  • Angel "Pato" Garcia – guitar
  • Paolo Gianolio – guitar
  • Ernesto Massimo Verardi – guitar
  • Bruno De Filippi – harmonica
  • Simonne Sporck – harp
  • Maurizio Preti – percussion
  • Aldo Banfi – synthesizer

Charts

Chart performance for Mina 25
Chart (1983–1984) Peak
position
Italian Albums (Billboard)[8] 16
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[6] 8

References

  1. ^ Mina – Mina 25 at AllMusic Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Mina e il jazz". Jazz Convention (in Italian). 17 December 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. ^ Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Grafe.it. ISBN 9788893720885.
  4. ^ "Devi dirmi di sì/La controsamba". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  5. ^ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). pp. 306–308. ISBN 9781093264906.
  6. ^ a b Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
  7. ^ Calabrese, Christian (19 November 1983). "Mina 25". Musica e dischi (in Italian). ISSN 0027-4526.
  8. ^ Ruscitto, Germano (14 January 1984). "Hits of the World – Italy" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 2. p. 56. ISSN 0006-2510.