Mina (1971 album)
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Mina is an album by Italian singer Mina
released in 1971.
The album is one of the singer's most successful, yiedlding the hit singles "Amor Mio" and "Grande grande grande
" and outselling every other album release in 1972.
Arrangers/conductors:
Pino Presti
: E penso a te, Grande grande grande. Augusto Martelli: Le farfalle della notte, Sentimentale.
Gian Piero Reverberi: Capirò (I'll Be Home), Amor mio, Mi fai sentire cosi strana. Mario Robbiani: Non ho parlato mai, Alfie,
Al cuore non comandi mai, Something, Vacanze.
Sound engineer : Nuccio Rinaldis
Mina (singer)
Anna Maria Quaini, Grand Officer , known as Mina, is an Italian pop singer. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an...
released in 1971.
The album is one of the singer's most successful, yiedlding the hit singles "Amor Mio" and "Grande grande grande
Grande grande grande
"Grande grande grande" is a 1972 Italian song, written by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It was a No. 1 hit for Mina in Italy and for Shirley Bassey released as "Never Never Never" in the U.K., U.S. and Australia.-Mina version:...
" and outselling every other album release in 1972.
Track listing
- E penso a te - 3:40 - (Lucio BattistiLucio BattistiLucio Battisti was an Italian singer-songwriter . He is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history....
-MogolMogolMogol may refer to:*Mogol, Jalal-Abad, a town in Kyrgyzstan*Mogol, Tajikistan, a town in Tajikistan*Mogol *An alternative spelling of Mughal...
) - Capirò (I'll be home) - 2:55 - (Randy NewmanRandy NewmanRandall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
-Franca Evangelisti) - Le farfalle nella notte - 4:09 - (Luciano Beretta-Rossella Conz-Pino Massara)
- Non ho parlato mai - 3:23 - ([Paolo Limiti-Mario Robbiani)
- Sentimentale - 4:38 - (Lucio DallaLucio DallaLucio Dalla is a popular Italian singer-songwriter and musician. He also plays clarinet and keyboards.He is the composer of Caruso , which has been covered by numerous international artists...
-Sergio Bardotti-Gianfranco Baldazzi) - AlfieAlfie (song)"Alfie" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David in 1965 most successfully recorded by Cher, Cilla Black and Dionne Warwick.-Background:...
- 3:40 - (Burt BacharachBurt BacharachBurt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
-Hal DavidHal DavidHarold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...
) - Grande grande grandeGrande grande grande"Grande grande grande" is a 1972 Italian song, written by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It was a No. 1 hit for Mina in Italy and for Shirley Bassey released as "Never Never Never" in the U.K., U.S. and Australia.-Mina version:...
- 3:57 - (Tony Renis-Alberto Testa) - Amor mio - 4:46 - (Lucio BattistiLucio BattistiLucio Battisti was an Italian singer-songwriter . He is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history....
-MogolMogolMogol may refer to:*Mogol, Jalal-Abad, a town in Kyrgyzstan*Mogol, Tajikistan, a town in Tajikistan*Mogol *An alternative spelling of Mughal...
) - Al cuore non comandi mai (Plus fort que nous) - 3:53 - (Francis LaiFrancis LaiFrancis Lai is a French accordionist, and composer noted for his film scores.While in his twenties, Francis Lai left home and went to Paris where he became part of the lively Montmartre music scene...
-Herbert PaganiHerbert PaganiHerbert Pagani is an artist and musician.He comes from a family of Libyan Jews who were italianized by the Colonial Administration. He spent his childhood and adolescence between Italy, Germany and France...
) - SomethingSomething"Something" is a song by The Beatles, written by lead guitarist George Harrison in 1969. It was featured on the album Abbey Road, and was also the first song written by Harrison to appear on the A-side of a Beatles' single...
- 3:05 - (George HarrisonGeorge HarrisonGeorge Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
) - Vacanze - 3:14 - (Umberto BindiUmberto BindiUmberto Bindi was an Italian singer-songwriter.He is especially known for the popular song he co-wrote with Gino Paoli, Il Mio Mondo , which he recorded in Italian in 1963. It was later performed by singers in English and other languages.Bindi was born in Bogliasco , Italy, and was classically...
-Carlo Alberto Rossi) - Mi fai sentire cosi strana - 3:30 - (Bruno LauziBruno LauziBruno Lauzi was an Italian singer-songwriter.-Biography:Lauzi was born in Asmara, then part of the Italian Eastern Africa...
-Riccardo Del Turco)
Arrangers/conductors:
Pino Presti
Pino Presti
Pino Presti is an Italian bassist, arranger, composer, conductor, record producer, born in Milan....
: E penso a te, Grande grande grande. Augusto Martelli: Le farfalle della notte, Sentimentale.
Gian Piero Reverberi: Capirò (I'll Be Home), Amor mio, Mi fai sentire cosi strana. Mario Robbiani: Non ho parlato mai, Alfie,
Al cuore non comandi mai, Something, Vacanze.
Sound engineer : Nuccio Rinaldis