| Italiana | ||||
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 Volume 1 cover | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Studio | Studi PDU, Lugano [1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 81:00 | |||
| Language | ||||
| Label | PDU | |||
| Mina chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Volume 2 cover | ||||
| Singles from Italiana | ||||
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Italiana is a double studio album by Italian singer Mina,released in November 1982 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana. [4]
Like Mina's other material,this album came out as a double LP on first release. Thereafter the record was available as two separate albums with the titles of "Vol. 1" "vol. 2",while maintaining the same track list of the two original discs and the same cover.
"Sweet Transvestite" is a cover of a song from the soundtrack of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. [5]
"Marrakesh" is the Italian version of the 1975 song "Qualquer coisa" by Caetano Veloso. [6]
The songs "Il cigno dell'amore" and "Senza fiato" were covered by Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan (respectively as "Son Yolcu" and "Düşünme Hiç" in Turkish) for her album Süperstar '83 (1983).
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Magica follia" | Andrea Lo Vecchio | Lo Vecchio | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Il cigno dell'amore" | Anselmo Genovese | Genovese | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Perfetto non so" | Lo Vecchio | Celso Valli | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Per averti qui" |
|
| 4:33 |
| 5. | "Ti dimentichi di Maria" | Pani | Valli | 3:32 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Già visto" | Pani | Valli | 5:12 |
| 2. | "Morirò per te" | Giancarlo Bigazzi | Maurizio Piccoli | 4:20 |
| 3. | "O qué será (À flor da pele)" | Luis Gomez Escolar | Chico Buarque | 5:24 |
| 4. | "Sapori di civiltà" |
|
| 4:54 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mi piace tanto la gente" | Carla Vistarini | Nat Kipner, Luigi Lopez | 5:32 |
| 2. | "Sweet Transvestite" | Richard O'Brien | O'Brien | 4:27 |
| 3. | "Senza fiato" |
| Genovese | 4:02 |
| 4. | "La vita vuota" | Lucio Tunesi | Cesare Rotondo | 3:41 |
| 5. | "Marrakesh (Qualquer coisa)" | Cristiano Malgioglio | Caetano Veloso | 3:07 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "It's Your Move" | Kipner | Lopez | 5:11 |
| 2. | "Musica d'Argentina" | Lo Vecchio | Valli | 4:36 |
| 3. | "Caro qualcuno" | Sergio Bardotti | Umberto Bindi | 5:06 |
| 4. | "Oggi è nero" |
|
| 5:10 |
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [1]
| Chart (1982–1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italian Albums ( Billboard ) [7] | 11 |
| Italian Albums ( Musica e dischi ) [8] | 6 |
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