Mina (1971 album)

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Mina
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Studio album by
Mina
ReleasedNovember 1971 (1971-11)
Recorded1971
Studio La Basilica, Milan [1]
Genre
Length44:50
Language
Label PDU
Mina chronology
Del mio meglio
(1971)		Mina
(1971)		 Cinquemilaquarantatre
(1972)
Singles from Mina
  1. "Amor mio"
    Released: May 1971 [3]
  2. "Grande, grande, grande"
    Released: January 1972

Mina is a studio album by Italian singer Mina released in 1971 by PDU. The album topped the Italian albums chart for eleven consecutive weeks, and spent thirty-one weeks in the top three, becoming the best-selling album of the year. [4] In total, the album sold 900,000 copies. [5] It also contains some of Mina's most successful singles, "Amor Mio" and "Grande grande grande". [6]

Contents

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."E penso a te"
3:40
2."Capirò (I'll Be Home)"
2:55
3."Le farfalle nella notte"
4:09
4."Non ho parlato mai"
  • Paolo Limiti
  • Mario Robbiani
3:23
5."Sentimentale"
4:38
6."Alfie"
3:40
Total length:22:25
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Grande, grande, grande"
3:57
2."Amor mio"
  • Lucio Battisti
  • Mogol
4:46
3."Al cuore non comandi mai (Plus fort que nous)"
3:53
4."Something" George Harrison 3:05
5."Vacanze"
3:14
6."Mi fai sentire cosi strana"
3:30
Total length:22:25

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Mina
Chart (1972)Peak
position
Italian Albums ( Discografia Internazionale ) [7] 1
Italian Albums ( Musica e dischi ) [4] 1

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References

  1. ↑ "La Basilica" (in Italian). minamazzini.it. 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ↑ Castaldo, Gino, ed. (1990). "Le Canzoni". Dizionario della Canzone Italiana (in Italian). Rome: Armando Curcio Editore. p. 37. ISBN   9788897508311.
  3. ↑ "Amor mio/Capirò (I'll Be Home)". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  4. 1 2 Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN   978-1094705002.
  5. ↑ Marzi, Mattia (4 January 2022). "1971-2021: 50 anni di "Mina" di Mina". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Tanti auguri Mina: compie 80 anni la "Tigre di Cremona"". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 25 March 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 84, no. 9. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. 26 February 1972. p. 43. ISSN   0006-2510.


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