Mina con bignè

Mina con bignè
Studio album by
Mina
ReleasedNovember 1977 (1977-11)
Recorded1977
StudioLa Basilica, Milan[1]
Genre
Length45:18
Language
LabelPDU
Mina chronology
Del mio meglio n. 4
(1977) 		Mina con bignè
(1977) 		Mina quasi Jannacci
(1978)
Singles from Mina con bignè
  1. ""Giorni" / "Ormai""
    Released: July 1976[2]

Mina con bignè is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in November 1977 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana.[3]

According to tradition, in 1977, Mina recorded one album with new songs, and another (Mina quasi Jannacci) with cover versions.[4][5] Originally, both albums were sold together as a double album, later they went on sale separately.

Critical reception

Claudio Milano of OndaRock [it] highlighted the song "Ormai" in the album, stating that Mina had created a new form of drama by reaching artistic maturity.[6] In 2015 Panorama magazine named Mina con bignè among the ten fundamental albums by Mina.[7] Carlo Gibertini from Rolling Stone magazine included "Ma che bontà" in the list of the 15 best Italian songs about food, calling it "brilliant".[8]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Da capo"
3:16
2."Ma che bontà"Enrico Riccardi3:00
3."Amante amore"
4:10
4."Oroscopo"
3:45
5."Balla chi balla (Bala com bala)"
3:38
6."Giorni"
4:50
Total length:22:39
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ormai"Andrea Lo Vecchio4:08
2."Tradirò"Simon Luca4:20
3."Una ragazza in due (Down Came the Rain)"
3:08
4."Señora melancolía"Willy Morales4:43
5."La tua voce dentro l'anima"Mario Nobile3:42
6."Che lui mi dia (Basta um dia)"
2:38
Total length:22:39

Personnel

  • Mina – vocals
  • Alberto Visentin – arrangement, conducting (A1)
  • Gianni Ferrio – arrangement, conducting (A2, A5, B4, B6)
  • Pino Presti – arrangement, conducting (A3, B3, B5)
  • Sergio Parisini – arrangement, conducting (A4)
  • Shel Shapiro – arrangement, conducting (A6)
  • Rodolfo Grieco [it] – arrangement, conducting (B1)
  • Simon Luca – arrangement, conducting (B2)
  • Alberto Mompellio – arrangement, conducting (B2)
  • Luciano Tallarini – art direction
  • Nuccio Rinaldis – sound engineer
  • Mauro Balletti – photography

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

Charts

Chart performance for Mina con bignè and Mina quasi Jannacci
Chart (1977–1978) Peak
position
Italian Albums (Billboard)[10] 5
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[11] 4
Chart performance for Mina con bignè
Chart (1978) Peak
position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[11] 7

References

  1. ^ "La Basilica" (in Italian). minamazzini.it. 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Giorni/Ormai". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Mina con bignè". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Mina canta Enzo Jannacci". Rockol (in Italian). 29 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  6. ^ Milano, Claudio. "Mina – biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". OndaRock (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  7. ^ Poglio, Gianni (25 March 2015). "Mina compie 75 anni: le immagini di un mito". Panorama (in Italian). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  8. ^ Gibertini, Carlo (21 August 2023). "Menu acustico di 15 portate a base delle migliori canzoni italiane sul cibo". Rolling Stone (in Italian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ^ Mina (2001). Mina con bignè (liner notes). Italy: PDU. 090 7906942. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 90, no. 5. 4 February 1978. p. 82. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  11. ^ 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.


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