Bula Bula Explained

Bula Bula
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Mina
Cover:	BulaBula.jpg
Recorded:	2004
Studio:	Studio 2 Radio Svizzera, Lugano
Genre:	Pop
Length:	53:11
Language:	Italian
Producer:	Massimiliano Pani
Chronology:	Mina studio albums
Prev Title:	Napoli secondo estratto
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	L'allieva
Next Year:	2005

Bula Bula is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in 2005 by PDU and Sony Music. The album debuted at number one on the Italian albums chart, and its annual sales amounted to 130 thousand copies.^[1]

Personnel

• Mina – vocals
• Massimiliano Pani – arrangement (1–7, 9), keyboards (1, 3, 9), backing vocals (2, 5–7, 10), programming (3, 7), strings (4), guitar (9)
• Luca Meneghello – guitar (1–5, 7, 9–11), acoustic guitar (6)
• Celeste Frigo – mixing (1, 8, 9, 10, 12)
• Ugo Bongianni – piano (1), keyboards (5, 11, 12), Rhodes piano (9), arrangement (11), programming (11, 12)
• Roberto Vernetti – programming (1, 2, 5, 9, 11)
• Ignazio Morviducci – recording (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9–12), mixing (2–7)
• Davide Pagano – recording (1–5, 7, 8, 10, 11)
• Antonio Galbiati – backing vocals (2, 10)
• Giulia Fasolino – backing vocals (2, 6, 10)
• – bass guitar (2–5, 7, 10, 11)
• – programming (2–4, 7, 9), keyboards (2–4, 7, 8, 10), arrangement (3, 7, 8, 10), Rhodes piano (3), Hammond organ (5), strings (8, 10)
• Carmine Di – recording (2, 4, 6, 9, 10)
• Axel Pani – vocals (2)
• Gabriele Kamm – recording (4, 8, 10)
• – strings (4, 8, 10), arrangement (12), saxophone (12)
• Franco Ambrosetti – trumpet (4)
• Manù Cortesi – backing vocals (6)
• Massimo Bozzi – backing vocals (6)
• Massimo Moriconi – double bass (6)
• – drums (6)
• Sandro Gibellini – electric guitar (6)
• Francesco Corvino – drums (8)
• Marco Kaserer – guitar (11)
• Tullio Pizzorno – arrangement (12)
• Mauro Parodi – trombone (12)
• Emilio Soana – trumpet (12)
• Alessandro Di Guglielmo – mastering
• Mauro Balletti – photography, cover art

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[2]

Charts

Year-end charts

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Position
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[3]	24

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ricossa nazionale. https://web.archive.org/web/20150526212820/http://www.musicaedischi.it/mdonline/6937.pdf. Mario. De Luigi. Musica e Dischi. 10. dead. 26 May 2015. 8 August 2020.
2. Bula Bula. Mina. 2005. liner notes. PDU, Sony Music. 519181 2. Italy.
3. Web site: Classifica annuale 2005 (dal 03.01.2005 al 01.01.2006). it. FIMI. 15 May 2024.