Italiana (album) explained

Italiana
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mina
Cover:	Italiana (album).jpg
Caption:	Volume 1 cover
Recorded:	1982
Studio:	Studi PDU, Lugano^[1]
Length:	81:00
Label:	PDU
Prev Title:	Salomè
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Del mio meglio n. 7
Next Year:	1983

Italiana is a double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in November 1982 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana.^[2]

Overview

Like Mina's other material, this album came out as a double LP on first release. Thereafter the record was available as two separate albums with the titles of "Vol. 1" "vol. 2", while maintaining the same track list of the two original discs and the same cover.

"Sweet Transvestite" is a cover of a song from the soundtrack of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.^[3]

"Marrakesh" is the Italian version of the 1975 song "Qualquer coisa" by Caetano Veloso.^[4]

The songs "Il cigno dell'amore" and "Senza fiato" were covered by Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan (respectively as "Son Yolcu" and "Düşünme Hiç" in Turkish) for her album Süperstar '83 (1983).

Track listing

Volume 2

Personnel

• Mina – vocals
• Celso Valli – arrangement (A1–A3, A5, B1–B3, C3–C5, D2), keyboards (A1, A2, A5, B3, C3, D2)
• Massimiliano Pani – arrangement (A4, B4, C2, D4) guitar
• Victor Bach – arrangement (C1, D1), keyboards (C1, D1)
• Mario Robbiani – arrangement (D3), keyboards (D3)
• Naimy Hackett – background vocals (A1, A5, B1, B2, C1–C3, D1)
• Silvio Pozzoli – background vocals (A1, A5, B1, B2, C1–C3, D1)
• Marco Ferradini – background vocals (A1, A5, B1, B2, C2, C3)
• Aida Castignola – background vocals (C1, D1)
• Lella Esposito – background vocals (C1, D1)
• Gianni Farè – background vocals (C1, D1)
• Gigi Ferro – background vocals (C1, D1)
• Linda Wesley – background vocals (C1, D1)
• Gigi Cappellotto – bass (A1–A3, A5, B1, B3, C3–C5, D2, D3)
• Dino D'Autorio – bass (A4, B4, C2, D4)
• Franco Testa – bass (B2)
• Cosimo Fabiano – bass (C1, D1)
• Flaviano Cuffari – drums (A1–A3, A5, B1–B4, C1, C3–C5, D1, D2, D4)
• Bruno Bergonzi – drums (A4, C2), electronic drum, programming
• Rolando Ceragioli – drums (D3)
• Paolo Gianolio – guitar (A4, C1, C2, D1)
• Sergio Farina – guitar (A4, C1, C2, D1)
• Gigi Tonet – keyboards (A3, A5)
• Aldo Banfi – keyboards (A1–A5, B1–B4, C1–C5, D1, D2, D4)
• Pino Nicolosi – keyboards (A4, C2)
• Maurizio Preti – percussion (B1, B3, C3, C5)
• Nuccio Rinaldis – recording, mixing
• Sandro Caroli – recording (D3)
• Claudio Pascoli – saxophone (C2, D2)
• Rudy Migliardi – trombone (A4, C2, D1, D2)
• Pier Luigi Mucciolo – trumpet (D2)

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts

Chart (1982–1983)! scope="col"

Peak position
Italian Albums (Billboard)^[5]	11
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[6]	6

Notes and References

1. Italiana. Mina. 1982. booklet. PDU. Pld. L. 7030/1. Italy.
2. Book: Dalla Vecchia, Aldo. Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse. it. Grafe.it. 2020. 9788893720885.
3. Web site: The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. .
4. Web site: Caetano Veloso . 2013-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130530035227/http://caetanoveloso.com.br/biografia.php . 2013-05-30 .
5. Hits of the World. Billboard. 19 February 1982. 95. 7. 58. 0006-2510.
6. Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019. it. 2019. 225–228. 978-1094705002.