La Mina

1975 studio album by Mina
La Mina
Studio album by
Mina
ReleasedOctober 1975 (1975-10)
Recorded1975
StudioLa Basilica, Milan[1]
GenrePop
Length40:18
LanguageItalian
LabelPDU
Mina chronology
Minacantalucio
(1975)
La Mina
(1975)
Singolare
(1976)
Singles from La Mina
  1. "L'importante è finire"
    Released: 1975

La Mina is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in October 1975 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana initially as double album with Minacantalucio.[2][3]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Uappa"
  • Luigi Albertelli
  • Enrico Riccardi
3:20
2."Ti accetto come sei"
  • Gino Paoli
  • Lorenzo Raggi
  • Armando Brenna
3:54
3."Quasi come musica (A Song for You)"
  • Leon Russell
  • Gino Paoli
  • Claudio Daiano
4:19
4."Racconto (C'est comme l'arc en ciel)"
3:47
5."Signora più che mai"
  • Fabio Massimo Cantini
  • Franca Evangelisti
4:47
Total length:20:04
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Immagina un concerto"4:13
2."L'importante è finire"
3:21
3."Come un uomo (Comme un homme)"
  • Giraud
  • Delanoë
  • Lauzi
3:07
4."Tu no"
6:08
5."Di già"
  • Lo Vecchio
  • Shapiro
3:25
Total length:20:14

Personnel

  • Mina – vocals
  • Enrico Riccardi – arrangement (A1)
  • Pino Presti – arrangement (A2, A3, B2, B5)
  • Gabriel Yared – arrangement (A4, B3)
  • Toto Torquati – arrangement (A5, B4)
  • Shel Shapiro – arrangement (B1)
  • Nuccio Rinaldis – sound engineer
  • Mauro Balletti – photography
  • Luciano Tallarini – cover art

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for La Mina and Minacantalucio
Chart (1976) Peak
position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[5] 3
Weekly chart performance for La Mina
Chart (1976) Peak
position
Italian Albums (Billboard)[6] 5
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[5] 5

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for La Mina and Minacantalucio
Chart (1976) Position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[7] 5

References

  1. ^ "La Basilica" (in Italian). minamazzini.it. 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Mina (1975). La Mina/Minacantalucio (liner notes). Italy: PDU. Pld. L. 6036/37. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  4. ^ Mina (1975). La Mina (liner notes). Italy: PDU. Pld. L. 6037. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
  6. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 9. 28 February 1976. p. 61. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  7. ^ Anzelmo, Francesco; Bellavita, Andrea; Facchinotti, Lorenzo (2007). "Classifica 1976". In Colombo, Fausto (ed.). Gli Anni delle Cose: Media e società italiana negli anni settanta (in Italian). Ente per il diritto allo studio universitario dell’Università Cattolica. p. 113. ISBN 9788883110634.

External links

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