Veleno

This article is about the album "Veleno". For the Fleshgod Apocalypse album, see Veleno (Fleshgod Apocalypse album). For the Veleno guitar, see Veleno (guitar).

Veleno
Studio album by Mina
Released	25 October 2002 (2002-10-25)
Recorded	2002
Studio	Studi GSU, Lugano, Switzerland CambioMusica, Brescia, Italy [1]
Genre	Pop rock [2] R&B [3]
Length	49:04
Language	Italian
Label	PDU
Producer	Massimiliano Pani
Mina chronology
Sconcerto (2001) Veleno (2002) In duo (2003)
Singles from Veleno
"Succhiando l'uva" Released: 27 September 2002 [4] "Certe cose si fanno" Released: 11 December 2002 [5]

Veleno is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 25 October 2002 by PDU. ^[6]

Overview

With this album, Mina returns to performing original material (the two previous albums were cover albums). The album features eleven new songs, as well as a cover version of "Notturno delle tre" by Ivano Fossati, whose voice can also be heard on the recording. ^[1]

In the Italian chart, the album debuted on the second position, losing to L'eccezione by Carmen Consoli, in total, the album stayed on the chart for 14 weeks, ^[7] in the annual rating the album took the 32nd position. ^[8] It was also able to get into the European Top 100 Albums at the 47th position. ^[9] In Italy, the album became double platinum. ^[10]

Critical reception

The album received generally positive reviews. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]} Gino Castaldo from La Repubblica called the album "a polished record with very diverse arrangements compared to what was in the past" and found Mina's desire to "return to the search for quality songs to enhance the culture of Italian song." ^[3] Pippo Piarulli from Giornale di Brescia wrote that "on the one hand, the album is aimed at strengthening Mina's image as the only great performer of an Italian melodic song, and on the other hand, it strives for cooperation of a more refined artistic level than in the past, as well as in order to offer itself to a more attentive audience to the author's song". ^[16]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Succhiando l'uva"	Zucchero Fornaciari Matteo Saggese Mino Vergnaghi	4:09
2.	"Certe cose si fanno"	Gianfranco Fasano Bruno Lauzi	3:58
3.	"D'amore non scrivo più"	Mauro Santoro	3:59
4.	"Il pazzo"	Giancarlo Bigazzi	4:07
5.	"La seconda da sinistra"	Daniele Silvestri	4:32
6.	"Che fatica"	Maurizio Fabrizio Renato Zero	4:35
7.	"Notturno delle tre"	Ivano Fossati	4:23
8.	"Hai vinto tu"	Massimo Fedele	2:35
9.	"In percentuale"	Samuele Bersani	4:24
10.	"Solo un attimo"	Giulia Fasolino	4:25
11.	"Mente"	Samuele Cerri Gianni Ferrio	4:15
12.	"Ecco il domani"	Andrea Paglianti	3:31
Total length:			49:04

Personnel

• Mina – vocals
• Alex Britti – acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (2), guitar (6)
• Gogo Ghidelli – acoustic guitar (9, 10, 12), electric guitar (9, 10, 12)
• Toti Panzanelli – acoustic guitar (9, 12), electric guitar (9, 10, 12)
• Massimiliano Pani – arrangement, backing vocals (8), keyboards (1–4, 6, 8), programming (1–4, 6, 8), production
• Nicolò Fragile – arrangement, keyboards (1–4, 6, 8), programming (1–4, 6, 8), Hammond organ (1)
• Gianni Ferrio – arrangement (3, 5, 6, 7, 11)
• Alfredo Golino – arrangement (9, 10, 12), drums (1, 3, 4, 6–12)
• Bruno Zucchetti – arrangement (9, 10, 12), backing vocals (12), keyboards (9, 10), piano (9, 10, 12), programming (9, 10, 12)
• Giulia Fasolino – arrangement (9, 10, 12), backing vocals (9, 10, 12)
• Cesare Chiodo – bass (10, 12)
• Anthony Flint – concertmaster (3, 5–7, 11)
• Massimo Moriconi – double bass (6, 11)
• Franco Ambrosetti – flugelhorn (2, 3), trumpet (2)
• Gerges Alvarez – French horn (11), horn (7)
• Giorgio Cocilovo – guitar (1, 3, 4, 8)
• Sandro Gibellini – guitar (7)
• Ignazio Morviducci – mixing (1–8, 11), recording (1–8, 11)
• Carmine Di – mixing (3, 5, 6, 11), recording (3, 5, 6, 11)
• Marc Blanes – mixing (9, 10, 12), recording (9, 10, 12)
• Federico Cicoria – oboe (11)
• Antonio Faraò – piano (1, 11), programming (7)
• Giancarlo Bigazzi – vocals (4)

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[17]

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Veleno Chart (2002) Peak position European Albums ( Music & Media ) [9] 47 Italian Albums (FIMI) [7] 2

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Veleno Chart (2002) Position Italian Albums (FIMI) [8] 32

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [10]	2× Platinum	200,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Tanti autori per il Veleno di Mina". MAM-e (in Italian). 22 October 2002. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
2. Mina – Veleno at AllMusic. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
3. Castaldo, Gino (23 October 2002). "Una Mina al Veleno da Zero a Zucchero". La Repubblica (in Italian). ISSN   0390-1076.
4. "Italiancharts.com – Mina – Succhiando l'uva". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
5. "Italiancharts.com – Mina – Certe cose si fanno". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
6. "Mina, un album con i big della musica italiana". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 22 October 2002. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
7. "Italiancharts.com – Mina – Veleno". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
8. "Classifica annuale 2002 (dal 31.12.2001 al 29.12.2002)" (in Italian). FIMI . Retrieved 15 June 2023.
9. "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 20, no. 47. 16 November 2002. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2021.
10. "Italian Best Sellers 1987-2002" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
11. Luzzatto Fegiz, Mario (23 October 2002). "Mina, cantautori in parata per il suo Veleno". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). ISSN   1120-4982.
12. Marzi, Bruno (23 October 2002). "Un po' di Veleno d'autore per Mina". Il Gazzettino (in Italian).
13. Vacalebre, Federico (23 October 2002). "Mina torna pop: dolce Veleno per grandi firme". Il Mattino (in Italian). ISSN   1592-3908.
14. Mangiarotti, Marco (23 October 2002). "Mina al Veleno in exhibition". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). ISSN   1128-6741.
15. Maraone, Paola (5 December 2002). "Mina - Veleno - la recensione". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
16. Piarulli, Pippo (23 October 2002). "Mina, Veleno d'autore targato Brescia". Giornale di Brescia (in Italian). ISSN   1590-346X.
17. Mina (1999). Veleno (booklet). Italy: PDU. 509914-1.

External links

• Veleno at Discogs (list of releases)