Caterpillar (Mina album) explained
Caterpillar is a double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 18 October 1991 and distributed by EMI Italiana.[1] [2]
Overview
The album, as usual, features a part with cover versions of famous world and Italian hits, originally released between 1927 (Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust") and 1979 (Gianna Nannini's "California"), as well as a part with new original material.
The song "Il genio del bene" was used by Rete 4 as the theme song of the telenovela Vendetta di una donna starring Luisa Kuliok.[3]
The album debuted at number fifteen on the Italian albums chart and peaked at number four in its fourth week, and stayed on the chart for a total of fifteen weeks. In the European albums chart, it became the fifty-second.
A remastered version of the album was released in 2001.[4]
Personnel
- Danilo Rea – accordion, Hammond organ, piano
- Massimo Moriconi – acoustic bass
- Angel "Pato" Garcia – acoustic guitar
- Mario Robbiani – arrangement
- Massimiliano Pani – arrangement, backing vocals, keyboards
- Lele Cerri – backing vocals
- Margherita Ragnetti – backing vocals
- Massimo Bozzi – backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Moreno Ferrara – backing vocals
- Simonetta Robbiani – backing vocals
- Massimo Morriconi – bass
- Alfredo Golino – drums
- Ellade Bandini – drums
- Roberto Gatto – drums
- Franco Ambrosetti – flugelhorn
- Danilo Minotti – guitar
- Gigi Cifarelli – guitar
- Paolo Gianolio – guitar
- Sandro Gibellini – guitar
- Aldo Banfi – synclavier
- Candelo Cabezas – percussion
- Giancarlo Porro – saxophone
- Giovanni Troversi – saxophone
- Leonardo Prete – saxophone
- Maurizio Giammarco – saxophone
- Paolo Panigada – saxophone
- Sergio Rigon – saxophone
- Wally Allifranchini – saxophone
- Marco Tempesta – trombone
- Mauro Parodi – trombone
- Rudy Migliardi – trombone
- Emilio Soana – trumpet
- Fernando Brusco – trumpet
- Umberto Moretti – trumpet
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]
Charts
Notes and References
- Book: Romano, Nino. Mina: Mito e mistero. it. Sperling & Kupfer. 1996. 9788820022983.
- Book: Dalla Vecchia, Aldo. Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse. it. Grafe.it. 2020. 9788893720885.
- Gherardo. Gentili. L'ingombrante Mina. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. 3 November 1991. 102.
- Web site: Rimasterizzati 59 album di Mina. it. Rockol. 17 October 2001. 20 June 2023.
- Caterpillar. Mina. 1991. booklet. PDU. Pld. L. 7077. Italy.
- European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 23 November 1991. 47. 8. 29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210308063935/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-11-23.pdf. 8 March 2021.
- Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019. it. 2019. 225–228. 978-1094705002.
